Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 687 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 ✗

Oi, how did Peter get the root off that woodpecker, mate?

1. he stole the root off her with a red cloak and a lot of shouting — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he scared her with the red cloak — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. he bribed her with some nuts — no support
4. he scared her off with the red cloak he borrowed from the hangman — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 687, line 1: «Peter finds a woodpecker's nest and wins the magic root by frightening the bird with the hangman's red cloak.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «peter» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Peter well chuffed when he found that nest, innit?

1. nah, not really — no support
2. nah, he was dead gutted — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. yeah, he was buzzing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 321, line 2: «Peter kneels by Wendy, thinks she is dead, and cannot bring himself to strike Tootles with the arrow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «peter» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Who was the hangman, like, the only bloke with a red cloak?

1. Master Hammerling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Master Schneider — no support
3. Master Hartmann — no support
4. the baker — 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 ✗

Why did Peter need the hangman's cloak, bruv?

1. to scare the woodpecker — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. to scare the woodpecker off the magic root — score 2
3. to fetch the nest back — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. to frighten the bird off — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 687, line 1: «Peter finds a woodpecker's nest and wins the magic root by frightening the bird with the hangman's red cloak.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «nest» (+2); the same doer «peter» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

How many locks was on Ilse's cupboard, yeah?

1. eleven — no support
2. seven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. seventeen — no support
4. one — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 687, line 11: «The root works on the locks: Peter hears "all the seven locks creaking and turning" at the keyhole.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same doer «seven locks» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did Peter use the root on the cupboard to nick the money, like?

1. yeah, he nicked the gold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, no way — no support
3. nah, he didn't — no support
4. yeah, he nicked the cash — 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 ✗

Where did Ilse look for Peter after he went missing, mate?

1. every corner of the house and then the whole town — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. all round the village square — score 5
3. out in the back garden — score 5
4. every corner of the house — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 357, line 16: «Old word: "scoured" meant searched carefully or swept over, here the robber searched the seas for ships.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «search» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Ilse reckon Peter was down the pub, innit?

1. nah, in the church — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, in some tavern — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, at the market — no support
4. nah, at home — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the snooty bloke who turned up, mate?

1. Peter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gerhard — no support
3. Hans — no support
4. Friedlin — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Lucia go red when Friedlin walked in, like?

1. nah, she went pale — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, she blushed and hid her face behind her apron — no support
3. yeah, she blushed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, not really — 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 ✗

How did Friedlin get loaded, then?

1. he found gold — no support
2. his dad sold his mill — no support
3. he married a rich girl — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. his rich uncle died — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 666, line 14: «"Suitors" means men who ask to marry a princess, and the princess had refused many royal suitors before the shepherd.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2). Against it: the same doer «men» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Friedlin cover the table with, mate?

1. silver coins — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. copper rings — score 1
3. coins — score 1
4. gold pieces — ✓ the right answer · 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 75, line 2: «The Horse, the Dog and the Ox each ask him to come and work like them, and each gets a "Humph!", so the Man makes the Three work double to cover for the lazy C…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2). Against it: the same action «cover» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was there loads of stuff in that waggon, bruv?

1. crates, bales and a whole load of cloth and silk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. boxes, bales and a big chest of silver — no support
3. boxes and bales — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. sacks of grain — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did Peter induce the woodpecker to drop the magic root?

1. by displaying the hangman's scarlet cloak — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. by waving the hangman's scarlet cloak in front of the nest and shouting loudly — no support
3. by shaking a bag of nuts at her — no support
4. by hanging a bell from the branch — 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 · wrong ✗

What was found inside the cupboard once the magic root had opened its seven locks?

1. a chest of silver rings — no support
2. some gold — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. a store of gold pieces — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a bag of silver coins — 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 687, line 2: «He tests the root on Dame Ilse's cupboard with seven locks, and the door flies open to show her hidden gold.», 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 «hidden gold» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What explanation did Dame Ilse offer for her husband's absence on the first evening?

1. he was at the mill — score 0
2. that he had been sent to the mill — no support
3. that he had idled in some tavern — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. that he had gone to the market — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 687, line 13: «Ilse guesses her husband is "idling in some tavern", but she is wrong about where he has gone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «idle» (+4); the same place «tavern» (+3). Against it: the same doer «husband» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What business did the young stranger Friedlin claim to have with Lucia?

1. a commission in needlework for his rich uncle's household — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a commission in needlework — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a long-standing commission in fine embroidery and lace for the city — no support
4. an order for a new dress — 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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