English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills the dragon and wins the princess
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 261 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗
Oi, what'd the dragon nip off the lad before it croaked?
- 1. his thumb — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. his little finger — no support
- 3. his forefinger — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a toe — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, what did the lad smack the beast with?
- 1. a hammer — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a bladder — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a bladder full of gravel — no support
- 4. a big stick from the hedge — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wee Jamie, where was the princess tied up?
- 1. staked doon in its path — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. tied in a dark cave — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. staked doon in the middle of its path — no support
- 4. chained near its den — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 11: «The princess ties "a diamond ring" in the lad's hair, and she says goodbye to him with sorrow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tie» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Oi, what did the lad chop out of the dragon?
- 1. its heart and liver — no support
- 2. its tongue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 3. its horn — no support
- 4. its eye — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 3: «Before it dies the dragon bites off the boy's forefinger, and the lad cuts out its tongue.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Oi, what did the princess tie in his hair?
- 1. a diamond ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. her mother's jeweled necklace — no support
- 3. a ring from her finger — score 8
- 4. a silver brooch — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 104, line 4: «The King makes him lord of the castle and he marries the princess, but he still cannot shiver.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same thing acted on «princess» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, who turned up looking dead ragged?
- 1. the beggar — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the little beggar boy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the wee lad — no support
- 4. the ragged laddie — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Haud on, what did the king promise the winner?
- 1. half the kingdom and a horse of gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. his daughter and his kingdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. his daughter and his gold — no support
- 4. his daughter, his kingdom and his crown — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wee Jamie, what did the posh gents bring?
- 1. wagonloads o' tongues fae every village — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. tongues cut fae a dozen lizards and snakes — no support
- 3. tongues that werenae dragons' — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. pickled tongues fae the market — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Oi, what did the king say to the boy at the end?
- 1. "You shall have my daughter" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. You shall have my daughter and my estate, lad, for your bravery — no support
- 3. You shall wed my daughter — no support
- 4. You shall have my daughter, my estate and my royal name — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, who did the princess say she knew?
- 1. that beggar — no support
- 2. that wee boy — score 6
- 3. him — no support
- 4. that boy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 231, line 15: «Bahman says they are "sons of your Highness's late intendant of the gardens," their father.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «bahman» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wee Jamie, did the boy end up loaded?
- 1. aye, he got the king's crown — no support
- 2. aye, he got the castle — no support
- 3. aye, he wed the princess and got half the kingdom — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. yeah, he got the king's estate — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 5: «The king promises his daughter to whoever brings the tongue, the ring and a missing forefinger, and the ragged boy wins her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ragged boy» (+4); the same thing acted on «princess» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Oi, when the boy showed the ring, who was gobsmacked?
- 1. the other gentlemen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the posh gents who'd brought their tongues — no support
- 3. the other lords — no support
- 4. the king and all the other fine gentlemen — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which part of the lad's body was severed by the dragon's bite prior to its death?
- 1. the thumb — no support
- 2. the left ear — no support
- 3. the middle finger — no support
- 4. the forefinger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 9: «The dragon bites off the boy's "forefinger" before it dies, and this mark helps prove who he is.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «forefinger» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What object did the princess affix to the lad's hair as a token of identification?
- 1. a ribbon — score 4
- 2. a silver comb — score 4
- 3. a golden brooch — score 6
- 4. a diamond ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 261, line 11: «The princess ties "a diamond ring" in the lad's hair, and she says goodbye to him with sorrow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which condition did the king stipulate for the bestowal of his daughter's hand?
- 1. the presentation of a sworn witness and the dragon's tongue and ring — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the production of the dragon's tongue, ring and both wings as proof — no support
- 3. the proof of a slain beast's ear and tail — no support
- 4. the production of the dragon's tongue and ring — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the rival claimants attempt to substantiate their claims before the king?
- 1. by presenting counterfeit dragon tongues and forged letters of proof — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. by presenting counterfeit dragon tongues — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. by bringing forged dragon ears — no support
- 4. by showing forged dragon scales — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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