Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 356 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 ✗

Yo, so the dude at the fake feast, was he actually eating?

1. Yeah, he ate every bite of the big feast that was laid out — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he was starving — no support
3. Nah, he just pretended — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he was eating — 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 ✗

Bro, what did the Barmecide want him to do after supper?

1. Live there and run the whole house with the servants — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Marry the cook and stay — no support
3. Live there and run the house — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Work the fields all year — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 355, line 16: «Old word: "bidden" means told or asked to do something; today we would say "told".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, why did Schacabac skip the wine?

1. Cuz his faith says it was forbidden to him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cuz it was forbidden — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He didn't feel like it — no support
4. Didn't want — 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 · ★ · right ✓

No cap, how long did the locust story go on?

1. Like two years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Like three weeks — no support
3. Like a year — no support
4. Like two whole years of locusts eating everything — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did the king offer for the endless tale?

1. His kingdom and his gold — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. His daughter and the crown — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Half his land and a horse — score 6
4. His daughter, a huge dowry, and the crown once he passes away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 333, line 4: «Hook has the boys brought up from the hold and offers two of them a place as cabin boys.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «offer» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the first dude's story last?

1. Four months, then he gave up — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Three months, then he blanked — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Three full months of rambling, and then he simply stopped talking — score 1
4. Three months, then he blanked on the story's ending completely — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 72, line 8: «Toad tries «Me stop indoors and write a lot of rotten letters on a jolly morning like this...» then turns: «I sacrifice this fair morning on the altar of duty…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, how many blind dudes touched the elephant?

1. Six of them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Seven of them — no support
3. Five of them — no support
4. Six of them, all from the village — 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 ✗

Sus, what did the fifth guy grab on the elephant?

1. The big ear — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The big floppy ear by the head — no support
3. The trunk — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. The tusk — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 20: «Real biology: elephants got trunks slowly over millions of years, as their ancestors changed from generation to generation; no nose was ever stretched by a cro…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «trunks» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be real, did the blind guys agree on the elephant?

1. Nope, they kept arguing loudly until the sun went down — no support
2. Nope, they argued — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, they argued the whole day long about it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yup, they agreed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 12: «He waited three days for it to shrink, but "it never grew any shorter, and, besides, it made him squint"; it was "a really truly trunk same as all Elephants ha…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ya know the goose boy part? Where did the king nap?

1. Beside a stone wall — score 5
2. Under a shady tree — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Under a tree — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Lying down — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 356, line 5: «Six blind men quarrel over an elephant, then King Maximilian naps under a tree and wakes up past noon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «nap» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «tree» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, what time did the king wake up?

1. Near sunset — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Late — score 9
3. Early — score 9
4. Past noon — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 356, line 5: «Six blind men quarrel over an elephant, then King Maximilian naps under a tree and wakes up past noon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5); the same action «wake up» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what was the king reading?

1. A small ledger — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A little book — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A little book his mother left for him — no support
4. A little book of old prayers and psalms — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, when the king woke, what did he do?

1. Looked around the shady field for the horse — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Looked around — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sat upright — score 8
4. Yawned — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 341, line 16: «The king was not afraid, though he "looked and wondered" at the bright light and the old man.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same doer «king» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, why did the king's eyes close?

1. The book was too dull — no support
2. He was tired — no support
3. He got sleepy in the shade — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He fell asleep at once — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 124, line 3: «He falls down as a handsome Prince with beautiful eyes, and soon becomes her dear companion and betrothed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall down» (+2). Against it: the same doer «father» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which phrase best describes the Barmecide's hospitality to Schacabac?

1. A lavish banquet of very real dishes — ← Mova's choice · score 12
2. A pretended feast of imaginary dishes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Empty bread — score 12
4. A plain meal — score 12

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 89, line 1: «Tegumai wants to write a whole message: «Shu-ya-las, ya maru», sky-water ending, come to the river. «Las» is a teaser; Taffy remembers that las also means brok…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «draw» (+5); the same circumstance (+5); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What condition did the king attach to his offer of his daughter and heirship?

1. Failure to complete the tale results in execution — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Anyone who fails loses wealth and rank at court — no support
3. Execution if he fails — no support
4. Those who fail to finish lose their heads on the spot — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 356, line 3: «A king who loves stories offers his daughter to anyone who can tell an endless tale, or lose his head.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which principle do the six blind men illustrate in the narrative?

1. Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers who each trust only their own limited experience — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Limited knowledge breeds arguments between witnesses — no support
3. Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers, and only sight reveals the complete truth of things — no support
4. Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers — ✓ 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 · right ✓

What circumstance interrupts King Maximilian's reading in the narrative?

1. Drowsiness induced by heat and shade — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A loud noise from the nearby road — no support
3. A servant calling him to dinner — no support
4. Boredom from the book — 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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