Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 670 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 ✗

bruh, why didn't the boy spill the sword thing to his mum?

1. cos she'd tell every single neighbour on the whole street about it before dinner tonight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cause she talks to all neighbours — no support
3. cos she would tell the baker and the priest and the miller and everyone else in town — no support
4. cos she gossips with every neighbour — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what was the king's deal with crying?

1. he couldn't stand anyone else crying cause it made him feel sad for the whole day — score 2
2. he couldn't stand anyone else crying — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. he couldn't handle others sobbing — no support
4. he couldn't stand anyone else crying, so he sent his guards out to fetch every child in the village — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 670, line 12: «Who hears him? The king hears the noise "as he was driving by," and sends a servant to find out who is crying.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, how many times did the sword slide in?

1. like three times — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. nine times — score 3
3. seven times — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. every single time he swung it over and over until it finally slid in — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 670, line 8: «Where does the sword go? It slides into its scabbard "quite easily" after many days, and the boy tries it "seven times."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slide» (+2); the same doer «sword» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so who got whacked, fr?

1. the king — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the king, by the guard — no support
3. the boy, by his mum, who also took his sword away for the whole week — no support
4. the boy, by his mum — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

what did the king say he'd give the boy, lol?

1. gold — score 9
2. a wife, the princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. a crown, the throne — score 9
4. a horse — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 666, line 3: «The shepherd refuses every time, until the king agrees to give him the princess as his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+4); the same action «give» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

why'd the widow go from mad to happy, bro?

1. the king offered her boy a fine horse and a big bag of gold to take home — no support
2. the king offered her son a fine palace life and a princess for a wife, so she calmed down — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. the king gave her boy riches — no support
4. the king offered her boy a palace life — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 135, line 4: «But the Widow does not hear the cock, so she wakes them earlier than ever.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «widow» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the boy ask for before he went with the king?

1. to get things from garden — score 4
2. to grab stuff from the garden — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. to fetch his toys outside — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. to ask his mum to come with him to the palace gates — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 670, line 16: «How does the boy get his sword back? He asks to fetch "something that he had left in the garden," and then slides the sword home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+4); the same action «fetch» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

did the scabbard grow with the boy, for real?

1. yep, it grew bigger and heavier until it was too big to carry — score 7
2. yep, it grew bigger too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. yep, it got longer too — no support
4. yep, it kept growing bigger too as he got older and taller over the years — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 670, line 7: «What is special about the sword? It is "sticking out of the ground in the garden," and its scabbard grows bigger as the boy grows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «grow» (+2); the same doer «scabbard» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

how did the horse diss the mare, like, for real?

1. said she carried a fat lady — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. said she was so heavy the farmer had to shoe her twice a year — score 4
3. told her she was chunky — score 4
4. said she hauled a big lady — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 463, line 3: «Katoma does the hard work, then tames the magic horse with iron chunks so it can carry the Prince to the wedding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «horse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the husband do when the wife kept nagging, bruh?

1. he said he'd die if he told — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. he said he'd be dead by morning if he ever told her why he laughed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. he said he'd be dead — score 1
4. he claimed he'd die then — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 652, line 2: «The mayor and corporation are too busy that evening, so John goes home and tells his wife only part of the tale.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same receiver «wife» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «tell» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the cock's vibe about the husband, fr?

1. he never keeps wife in line — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he can't keep his wife in order — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he's a total wimp who lets his wife boss the horses and cows around the farm — no support
4. he can't control his wife — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the wolves and dogs plan, no lie?

1. a big dinner in the village where they'd eat every goose and calf in the square — no support
2. a big party on farm — score 3
3. a big dinner on the farm — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. a sheep hunt in fields — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 398, line 20: «The Wolf keeps the sheep company for a long time before he finally falls upon them, and the Lions answer the Hares: "Your words... lack both claws and teeth."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «wolf» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the master do to the dogs?

1. killed every one of the dogs and then gave the old one a bowl of bread for his supper — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. killed all except the old one — score 4
3. killed every one of the young dogs and let only the old one live out his days — score 4
4. killed them all but the old one — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 395, line 5: «Last come monkeys, hounds, shepherds and dogs, a Wasp and a Snake who die together, a Peacock and a Crane, a foolish pair who kill their golden-egg Hen, and Wo…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «kill» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

how many teeth did the old dog have left, lol?

1. only two teeth, but he still had them all in his jaw — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. just two — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. just four — score 0
4. only three — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 445, line 7: «What: the witch gnaws the oak until Ivashko jumps into another tree, and then she breaks "two lower teeth".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «two lower teeth» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which creature first remarked upon the wife's weight?

1. The husband's horse, who spoke first to the mare about the wife's great weight on the road — score 2
2. The cow, who spoke first to the mare about the husband's wife and her heavy load — no support
3. The mare, in answer to the husband's horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The dog, answering the husband's mule — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 670, line 3: «On the ride home the husband's horse teases the wife's mare about the wife's weight, the husband laughs, and his nagging wife won't let it go.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «mare» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the boy respond to the king's offer of adoption?

1. He refused — score 3
2. He agreed, if his mum said yes — score 3
3. He accepted when mother allowed it — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. He consented, provided his mother agreed — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 223, line 8: «The maids say the princess "would be fortunate" if the king let her marry the prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+4); the same action «let» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

For what reason did the king order that the boy be brought to him?

1. Since he couldn't abide others crying loudly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He wanted a boy — score 3
3. To ask a question — no support
4. Because he could not bear anyone else to weep — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 5: «Lessons lasted ten hours the first day, nine the next, and so on: «That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lessen from day to day.» Alice works…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «reason» (+2). 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 · right ✓

Which action did the boy perform upon the sword before departing with the king?

1. He drew the sword from the earth and handed it to the king before he sheathed it — score 8
2. He drew the sword from the earth and sheathed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. He lifted the sword from the soil and tossed it — score 8
4. He drew the sword from the earth, cleaned the blade on his sleeve, and sheathed it carefully — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 558, line 20: «What is "scabbard" today? It is the sheath, the cover in which a sword is kept, and Odysseus draws his sword from it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «draw» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «sword» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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