Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 348 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 · ★ · right ✓
bruv, why'd George's dad go from mad to proud?
- 1. cause George told the truth, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. cause George said sorry, innit — no support
- 3. cause he got a new tree, innit — no support
- 4. cause George lied, innit — 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 · ★ · right ✓
so Grace was a proper legend in that boat, right?
- 1. yeah, she was brave, innit — no support
- 2. nah, she steered while her dad slept — no support
- 3. yeah, she held it steady while her dad got on the wreck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 4. yeah, she rowed hard while her dad climbed up — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 11: «Grace held the boat steady while her father climbed onto the wreck to help the crew.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same doer «grace» (+4); the same thing acted on «boat» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
was the sea calm when they set off, or mental?
- 1. mental, massive waves everywhere and the wind was howling loud — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. mental, massive waves everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. fairly calm, a bit choppy — no support
- 4. calm at first, then mental waves came crashing in — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
how good was Tell's aim, mate?
- 1. he hit the tree trunk — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he hit the target near the edge — no support
- 3. he hit the apple dead centre first time with one shot — no support
- 4. he hit the apple dead centre — ✓ the right answer · 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 5 · ★ · right ✓
why'd Tell have a spare arrow in his coat?
- 1. for Gessler, in case he missed — no support
- 2. in case he got lost — no support
- 3. for a rainy day trip — no support
- 4. for Gessler, if he'd hurt his kid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 16: «Tell hid a second arrow under his coat, and he meant it "for your heart" if he had hurt his child.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+3). Against it: the same doer «gessler» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
what's Gessler's whole deal, fam?
- 1. a proper tyrant who made folk bow to his cap in the square — score 2
- 2. a soldier who guarded the square — no support
- 3. a cruel tyrant who taxed everyone and made folk bow — score 2
- 4. a proper tyrant who made folk bow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 348, line 15: «Gessler made Tell shoot an apple off his son's head with "one of his arrows."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); the same doer «gessler» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
how did the Swiss fight the army, like, really?
- 1. with scythes and pitch-forks — score 4
- 2. with clubs, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. with rocks — score 4
- 4. with sticks, stones and clubs — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 348, line 18: «The Swiss fought with "sticks and clubs," but the enemy lines stayed "un-bro-ken."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fight» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «swiss» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the enemy spears look scary or what?
- 1. yeah, like a wall of iron spikes — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. yeah, like a massive hedge of bristles — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. yeah, like a massive hedge of bristles that looked dead scary — no support
- 4. nah, they looked like long sticks — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 86, line 8: «Taffy explains the spear looked as if it «stuck into Daddy's head» because «there wasn't room on the birch-bark», and that the «bad people» were her beavers sh…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+1); the same doer «spear» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did Winkelried say he'd do, bro?
- 1. charge at the enemy alone and give his life so the others win — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. give his life so the others could win the battle — no support
- 3. fight for the others, fam — no support
- 4. give his life so the others win — ✓ 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
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
why's Grace's grave such a big deal?
- 1. people go visit it every year to honour her bravery — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. she saved lots of lives — no support
- 3. loads of folk come to see it every year at the shore — no support
- 4. people go visit it every year — ✓ 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
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the cherry tree was like a wicked huge tree, yeah?
- 1. nah, it was a small one, the only one around — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, it was a small one, the only cherry tree around the whole garden — no support
- 3. nah, it was a small one, a young cherry — no support
- 4. yeah, it was a wicked huge tree that towered over the whole garden and the house — ← Mova's choice · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 130, line 8: «Where: the magic tree stands "before" the house, and later it stands again outside Two-Eyes's own chamber window in the palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «magic tree» (+4); the same place «house» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
was that ship wrecked near some islands or in the city?
- 1. by the harbour wall — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. near the Scilly Isles — no support
- 3. near the Farne Islands, off the shore — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. near the city docks — 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 ✓
According to the passage, what was the father's response when his son confessed to felling the cherry tree?
- 1. He shouted at the boy for lying — score 7
- 2. He punished the boy severely at first but forgave him in the end because of his honesty and courage — score 8
- 3. He forgave the boy because of his honesty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. He forgave the boy because he was honest about the tree — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 298, line 6: «Who: the King's Son, a brave prince, and a poor boy in "wooden shoes and jacket" who was confirmed with him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «son» (+4); the same thing acted on «poor boy» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which object did Gessler place upon the pole in the public square as a token of submission?
- 1. a flag — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a red banner — no support
- 3. a crown of gold — no support
- 4. his own cap — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the chief purpose of the second arrow concealed by William Tell beneath his garment?
- 1. to strike the tyrant should the Swiss army ever need help in battle — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. to strike the tyrant should harm befall his son during the shot — no support
- 3. to strike the tyrant should harm befall his son — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. to defend the village from the king — 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 · right ✓
What did Arnold Winkelried declare he was prepared to sacrifice so that Switzerland might gain its freedom?
- 1. his own life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. his land — no support
- 3. his gold — no support
- 4. his farm and home — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 5: «The Swiss face a wall of spears, and Arnold Winkelried gives his life to break the line.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «life» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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