Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 684 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 prince really rip a whole oak outta the ground like it was nothin'?

1. Yeah, he ripped it out easy as pie — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he yanked it up easy like a weed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yep, he did — no support
4. Yeah, totally — 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, why'd the queen even let the robber dude get close to her?

1. He scared her into thinking he was a prince — score 1
2. He flattered her till she was totally into him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He buttered her up until she fell — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He sweet-talked her into liking him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 97, line 12: «The Queens come down the marble steps «one hundred abreast» (side by side) and say it was «a troublesome trouble, unlike any trouble we have known». An Egyptia…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come down» (+2); the same doer «queens» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the robber nabbed the sword while the prince was having his bath, right?

1. Yep, while he was washing up at the stream — no support
2. Nah, he took it while the prince was sleeping in the cave — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yep, while the prince was taking a bath in the river down by the old mill — score 2
4. Yep, while the prince was bathing in the river — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 223, line 7: «Where: the prince sleeps in "a large and lofty room", and dinner is served in "a magnificent apartment".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what'd the robber captain even do to the prince when he caught him?

1. He took out both his eyes, bruh — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Bro, he tied him up and took out both his eyes, then threw him out — no support
3. He stabbed him in the chest, bro — no support
4. He just tied him up, bruh, and left him there — 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 ✗

Dang, was the captain really dead when the prince came back in the cave?

1. Yeah, dead — no support
2. Nah, he was faking it, playing possum — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, he was really dead, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Nah, he was just sleeping it off — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 462, line 10: «The Prince is warned not to strike Vikhor after he is dead, because "a hero's hand does not strike twice".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «prince» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, how'd the prince even beat the eleven robbers with just a sword?

1. He used a trick to make them fall into the ditch and then cut each one down fast — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He stood by the ditch and cut each robber down as soon as they leapt over it — score 4
3. He cut each one down as they jumped the ditch — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He cut each one down as they jumped the wall — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 667, line 9: «Why: the king is angry at first, but he keeps his promise because he gave "my royal word" to spare the thief.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same doer «king» (+1); the same thing acted on «royal word» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what was the whole deal with that golden sword in the forest?

1. It made whoever buckled it on super strong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. It made whoever drew it out super fast — score 4
3. Some kind of legendary blade that would make a whole army of men fall before it — no support
4. It made the bearer stronger than most men — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 587, line 1: «A blacksmith drinks all week and makes a deal with the Bad Man, the Ole Boy himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «deal» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the queen didn't just sit still when the prince told her to, right?

1. Nope, she opened the locked door anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nope, she only peeked into the kitchen — no support
3. Yes, she opened a couple of the doors — score 5
4. Nope, she peeked in every room she was told not to — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 684, line 14: «The queen breaks the rule when she opens the doors, and she runs away when she sees the captain alive.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «open» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+2); the same thing acted on «doors» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, why did the prince fall down on his knees and beg for mercy?

1. He saw the robber raise a knife to strike — score 4
2. He knew the robber was about to do something awful — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He realized the robber was planning something truly terrible and wanted to stop him at once — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He thought the robber would hurt his mother badly — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 551, line 15: «Who kills him: the sons of Phegeus, who "concealed themselves" by the road and "fell upon him and despatched him".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sons» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «sons» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did the giant say when he heard the prince had no eyes?

1. He wondered who had done this to the prince — score 2
2. He asked what had happened to his eyes — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He asked anxiously what the prince had done with them — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He asked who had blinded him — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 607, line 10: «Where: They find Kaa "stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun," admiring his new coat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «find» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, why was the castle the robbers lived in so fancy and big?

1. Because the giant had built it for them — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Cuz they stole a ton of gold and built a massive secret palace nobody could find — no support
3. Because it was a secret castle, lowkey splendid — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Because the robbers had built it in secret so nobody would ever find it, and it was super fancy inside — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 244, line 3: «The housekeeper warns them that the king plans to kill them so they cannot build another castle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, so the giant's house is bigger than the robbers' castle, yeah?

1. Nope, the robbers' castle is bigger and more splendid — no support
2. Yep, it's larger and more splendid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Nope, it's smaller and plainer — score 7
4. Yeah, totally, the giant's place is huge and it's got loads more rooms and gold than theirs — score 2

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 300, line 19: «Old word: a "manor-house" was a large country house where a lord lived with his land around it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «old word» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the prince find hanging over the pool, and what inscription did it bear?

1. A golden sword bearing a long inscription that promised unmatched strength and courage to any man who could buckle it on and wear it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A golden shield with an inscription promising safety to whoever carried it — no support
3. A golden blade engraved with a promise of mighty strength for its bearer — score 2
4. A golden sword bearing an inscription promising great strength to whoever buckled it on — ✓ the right answer · score 2

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 673, line 8: «Who: the youngest prince, who is "Wiser than his brothers" and does not follow the hare inside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «youngest prince» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what stratagem did the robber captain preserve his life when the prince attacked him?

1. He fastened a cloth about his throat and played dead — score -3
2. He wound the shawl of his dead wife about his neck and feigned death, then fled into the forest that very night, leaving the prince unharmed — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He wound the shawl of his dead wife about his neck and feigned death — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. He wrapped his dead wife's shawl round his neck and lay down — 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 684, line 7: «What: the queen says "My son, I am thirsty; fetch me some water." and the prince obeys at once.», 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 «son» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the prince's mother do in disobedience of her son's instructions, and with what consequence?

1. She disobeyed and opened a locked door, saw trouble — score 3
2. She opened the locked rooms and found the robbers — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. She opened all the locked rooms and saw the captain alive, which terrified her — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. She obeyed him and kept every door locked, and so she saw nothing at all — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 276, line 12: «The Queen-mother says not a word of her plan, and quietly goes into the bedroom to take all the bed-clothes off the bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same doer «queen mother» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What misfortune befell the prince, and to whom did he resort for assistance?

1. He was blinded by the robber and sought help from a giant — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was deprived of both eyes by the robber and went to the giant for aid — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The captain took his eyes and he fled to a giant's house — no support
4. The robber gouged out both of his eyes, so he traveled far to the giant's house to beg for help and aid — 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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