Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 678 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 Tiidu really swim behind a ship all night?

1. Yeah, he claims he swam the whole way from shore, lol that's crazy — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Nah, he was actually hiding on the ship the entire time, lol — no support
3. Yeah, he said he swam from the dock — no support
4. Yeah, he said he swam from shore, lol — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 678, line 7: «What: the sailor hides him and ties a rope round his body, so the crew think he "swum after the ship all the way from shore."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swim» (+2); the same thing acted on «way» (+2); the same place «shore» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why'd he even go to Kungla anyway?

1. Honestly he just wanted to get super rich and never work again, fam — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He wanted to get rich, fam — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He heard Kungla was full of gold so he wanted to get rich quick, fam — no support
4. To make some cash, fam — 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 ✗

Ngl, what was the captain's vibe after the swim story?

1. He was chill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was soft and let him ride free — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was kinda soft, let him go — no support
4. He got sympathetic, let him ride — 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 ✗

Fr, what did the crew think about Tiidu after that?

1. They saw him as legit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They thought he was cool — no support
3. They thought he was legit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They respected him a lot after his crazy swim, like legit tough — 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 ✓

Bruh, what kind of job did he end up with?

1. A scullion, a pot washer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A dishwasher, kinda basic — no support
3. A scullion, basically a pot washer in some rich dude's house — no support
4. A kitchen helper, sad — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what were the pots in the merchant's house made of?

1. Silver and copper, for real — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tin, bruh — no support
3. Silver and gold, but also some jewels, I think, straight up — no support
4. Silver and gold, straight up — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, did the merchant let Tiidu wear fancy clothes?

1. Nah, he wore rags, bruh, no fancy clothes — no support
2. Only sometimes — no support
3. Nah, he had to wear rags the whole time, bruh, that's wild — no support
4. Only when his boss made him, bruh — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 219, line 15: «What the merchant sees makes him greedy: "The sight of the money roused all the merchant's greed."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «merchant» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayo, why did the merchant have a big party?

1. Because he wanted to show off his rich new house and wealth — no support
2. For his baby's christening — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. For his son's wedding day — no support
4. To celebrate his baby getting christened, plus make business friends — ← 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 575, line 12: «"Juberlee" means jubilee, a big party held to celebrate, and today we would say a big celebration or a feast.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «celebrate» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what was Tiidu doing in the gardens?

1. Just relaxing and watching folks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Just chilling and people watching — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Walking around — no support
4. Just hanging out and 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, who did he bump into in the park?

1. Some old man he used to know back in his village — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Some old guy from home — no support
3. Some old man he knew — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. An old pal of his — 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 ✗

Nah fr, what did the old dude say to him?

1. You're a total fool, what on earth did you do with your beautiful pipes, man — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. You're a fool, what did you do with your pipes — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Ha, you're a fool, so tell me what you did with your pipes and why — score 3
4. Dude, you're a fool, where'd your pipes go — score 3

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 676, line 15: «Old word "heralds": men sent out to announce the ruler's news and orders; today we say messengers or announcers.», 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 thing acted on «men» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, how long had he been a scullion?

1. Like two years, straight up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Like two whole years of scrubbing pots, straight up, no cap — no support
3. Like three years, straight up — no support
4. About two years, for real — 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 ✗

Yo, did Tiidu keep his pipes or what?

1. He sold them, sounds right — score 2
2. Nah he still has them, sounds like he just kept them in a box somewhere — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. He traded them for some cash, sounds like it, it's a whole sad story — score 2
4. He traded them, sounds like it — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 50, line 7: «The Piper has «curved horns», a «stern, hooked nose», «kindly eyes», a «bearded mouth», «shaggy limbs» and «hooves», and holds «pan-pipes»: this is how the old…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «piper» (+3); the same action «hold» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

To what extent did Tiidu's exploitation of a fellow sailor's kindness and his deceit toward the captain justify his eventual employment as a scullion?

1. Tiidu's deceit was deliberate, and his employment followed from his own avarice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. It was entirely his own fault — no support
3. Tiidu's deceit was deliberate — no support
4. His deceit was forgiven, and his employment was a reward for his honest, hardworking nature — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 358, line 6: «Who: Dick, a poor boy with "neither father nor mother", who is too young to work.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «poor boy» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal motive that governs Tiidu's conduct throughout the narrative passage under examination.

1. A constant and overwhelming craving to become rich at any cost — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A longing for fame and power — no support
3. An insatiable desire for wealth — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. An unending hunger for money that drives every action he takes — 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 ✗

Explain the function of the old man's concluding reproach within the structure of the narrative.

1. It mocks Tiidu's greed and presents his decision as a plain blunder — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It praises Tiidu's wit — no support
3. It mocks Tiidu — no support
4. It condemns Tiidu's folly and frames his choice as a loss — ✓ 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 ✗

Evaluate the narrator's use of the scullion's ladle as a symbol within the passage's moral argument.

1. It symbolises humble labour exchanged for artistic talent — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It symbolises wealth gained through hard, honest work — no support
3. It symbolises the cruel exchange of a gifted musician's soul for a life of meaningless kitchen drudgery — no support
4. It signifies the merchant's power over servants and his cruelty — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 6: «Alice thinks: "and what is the use of a book," "without pictures or conversations?"; "conversations" here means characters talking to each other.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «use» (+2). Against it: 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

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