Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic water brings the dead back, and Snakes and cliffs guard the flasks
Tests: 0 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 461 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, did the girl's hair actually lower the murderer down the well, or what?
- 1. yeah, fam — no support
- 2. nah, she used a rope, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. yeah, proper long hair, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. yeah, it was her hair — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 361, line 20: «Old word: "Dye" once meant a colouring liquid for cloth or skin; today we still use it for colouring hair or fabric.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruv, so the lover came back to life, then just died? that's gutted
- 1. yeah, he only lasted three days, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, he lived quite long, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. yeah, he died after a bit — no support
- 4. yeah, bro — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 246, line 20: «The tale ends with Johnny becoming king and living "a long, happy, and good life".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, the Bee got honey for the dead dude? sick, innit
- 1. yeah, the Bee nicked it from the Creator's cellar, bro, proper — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. nah, from the Creator's pantry, bro — no support
- 3. nah, it was from the Snake's basement down the well, innit, mate — no support
- 4. yeah, from the Creator's cellar, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 461, line 12: «fact: In the Kalevala, Lemmenkaeinen's mother gathers his scattered remains, and the Bee brings honey "from the cellar of the Creator."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «honey» (+4); the same place «cellar» (+4); 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
is the Snake keeping the magic water in its basement, like?
- 1. yeah, a seven-headed one — no support
- 2. yeah, a many-headed one, fam — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nah, it's the Dragon keeping the stuff in the attic, innit, mate — no support
- 4. yeah, a big many-headed snake with a basement full of water, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 79, line 19: «Real places and creatures: the Limpopo is a real river in southern Africa; fever trees are real yellow-barked trees of wet ground, named long ago because peopl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «biggest snake» (+4); the same property (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
that Queen is mad, she sleeps for nine days, proper lazy
- 1. yeah, she's awake for nine, mate — no support
- 2. yeah, then she's up for nine days, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. nah, she's up for a week, innit — no support
- 4. yeah, she sleeps nine days then wakes up proper hungry, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 289, line 13: «fact: Gerda's bed had "a red silken coverlet filled with blue violets", and she slept like a queen on her wedding-day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same property (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the prince steals the flask and his brothers chop him up? harsh
- 1. yeah, that's proper bad, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, fair play — no support
- 3. yeah, proper wicked, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, wicked — 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 ✗
the bird sticks the bits back together with a beak, that's sus
- 1. nah, it's the wing that sticks them together, the beak's just for pecking, innit — no support
- 2. yeah, dead water first, then live, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, live water after, bro — no support
- 4. yeah, he sprinkles the dead water first then the live water, bro, proper — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 230, line 16: «Why: The dervish is surprised, because she is "the first who has ever suggested such a means of escaping the danger."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
the mountains slam shut and the horse gets smashed, that's peak
- 1. yeah, the hind legs got crushed right off, bro, proper gruesome — no support
- 2. yeah, the front legs went, fam — no support
- 3. nah, the horse got out just fine, the mountains only grazed the tail, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. yeah, the hind legs went, fam — ✓ 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 260, line 1: «The lassie's horse and fish leave her at the stair of light, but she slides back down and wakes at home, weeping.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
the old king sees a maiden in a dream, is he off his head?
- 1. nah, he's just got a dream, mate — no support
- 2. yeah, he goes off and marries her, she's proper rich, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. nah, it's a message from God, he's not mad at all, he's just old, bruv — no support
- 4. yeah, but she's proper rich, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 203, line 2: «The old king has no son, so he asks his guest to marry his daughter and take the crown.», 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 «daughter» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
which mountains open at midday, and which at midnight?
- 1. the Life one at noon, the Death one at midnight — no support
- 2. the mountain of Life at noon, the mountain of Death at midnight, both shut by dawn — score 3
- 3. the Life one at midday, Death one at night — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. the one for Life at noon, the other for Death — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 117, line 2: «He tames the lions with bread, takes rings and a sword, and fetches the water just before midnight, losing a bit of his heel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
the Ukrainian ones have grinding hills and iron-beaked ravens, lol
- 1. yeah, grinding hills and iron-beaked ravens, that's the whole setup, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, that's the setup, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, that's the deal, mate — no support
- 4. nah, that's the other one, bruv — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
the lad sits up and says he slept ages, is that mad or what?
- 1. yeah, "Where am I now?", mate — no support
- 2. yeah, he says "How long have I been out cold, I've slept ages", mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. nah, "I slept ages, bruv", mate — no support
- 4. yeah, "How long I have slept!", mate — ✓ the right answer · 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 240, line 2: «Tom swears at the imp, but the imp only laughs and says Tom let him out himself.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+1); the same doer «tom» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
With what instrument did the maiden effect the descent of the murderer into the well?
- 1. by means of her remarkably long hair and a bucket — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. by means of a silken cord — no support
- 3. by means of her remarkably long hair — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. through her long golden braid — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓
What is the nature of the fluid which the Tamuls define as sanjivi?
- 1. a medicine dissipating a mortal swoon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a potion curing a deadly faint — no support
- 3. a drink ending a fatal sleep — no support
- 4. a medicine — 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 ✗
In what manner did the Zhar-Ptitsa restore the murdered prince to life?
- 1. by flying down, gathering his scattered fragments and sprinkling them with water — no support
- 2. by sewing his limbs and blowing on them — no support
- 3. by gathering his pieces and sprinkling them — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. by collecting his fragments and sprinkling them — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 19: ««Give your evidence, and don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot» — the King's threat makes the Hatter even more nervous, and he bites a piece…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which substance did the Bee bring in order to revive Lemmenkaeinen?
- 1. life-giving nectar from the Creator's hall — no support
- 2. sweet mead — score 4
- 3. honey — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. vivifying honey from the Creator's cellar — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 461, line 12: «fact: In the Kalevala, Lemmenkaeinen's mother gathers his scattered remains, and the Bee brings honey "from the cellar of the Creator."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); the same doer «bee» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «honey» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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