German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings home a barrel of gold and meets a sad young lover
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 688 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 · ★ · right ✓
ok so you know that barrel of nails in the story?
- 1. it's secretly full of gold, obvs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. it's secretly full of gold, obvs, and he sold the nails to a guy — no support
- 3. yeah, it's full of old rocks — no support
- 4. it's just nails, nothing more — 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 ✗
wait, why did Lucia's mum get so mad at her dad?
- 1. cos he wasted all the cash in town — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos he spent all the cash on ale — no support
- 3. cos he went off for years and left them skint with no food at all — no support
- 4. cos he went off and left them skint — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
lol did the crossbow guy get lost, or what?
- 1. yeah, he ran off from the castle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, he just wandered off a bit — no support
- 3. no, he was found — no support
- 4. yeah, he rode off to the hills — 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 ✗
honestly, was the wedding bang on?
- 1. nah, it was dull — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. kinda, it was a bit rushed — no support
- 3. yeah, it was proper happy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nope, rubbish — 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 ✗
did Peter really need that magic root?
- 1. nope, he could have dug it all himself with his spade and lamp — score 5
- 2. yeah, it made the digging work — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, it let him dig down fast — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. yeah, it made the digging work so he could get down to the gold — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 329, line 10: «Where: Peter goes into his tree to breathe fast, and the lost boys are left in the home where Wendy has been living.», 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 right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruv, why did the young guy dress up as an old lady?
- 1. to hide from the count's men and sneak into her house at night — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. so he could get in to see her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. so he could get in to see her without her father noticing him at all — no support
- 4. to fool her old father well — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 114, line 13: «The prince wants to know where she lives, so he follows her; she slips away and hides in the pigeon-house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
so was the treasure hall shiny or not?
- 1. no, dull — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yes, very shiny — no support
- 3. no clue, he didn't check — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yes, it was all golden — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
did Peter tell his wife about the gold?
- 1. yeah, but she didn't care — score 4
- 2. yeah, he told her — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. nope, he kept it secret — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. nope, he lied to her face — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 233, line 10: «The lie: the women told the Sultan that his wife had given birth to "a dog, a cat, and a log of wood."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «sultan» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «women» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
what's the deal with the iron door in the gnome's place?
- 1. it locks after he left — no support
- 2. it slammed shut behind him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. it stayed open — no support
- 4. it shut when he went out — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 422, line 13: «THE DEAL: The Demon says, "swear that you will never strike me with your hammer," and the Smith promises this.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «deal» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
was Dame Ilse happy to see her hubby back?
- 1. nope, she cried — no support
- 2. kinda, but she went mad — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. kinda, but she was cross — no support
- 4. yeah, but she scolded him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 688, line 3: «Dame Ilse scolds him, Friedlin offers him a home, and the wedding is a happy one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scold» (+3); the same doer «dame» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
why did the sad guy say the world had done nothing to him?
- 1. cos he was hungry — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos he just wanted to be loved — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. cos he was lonely and had no home — no support
- 4. cos he had no friends at all — 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 ✗
did Peter give the sad guy some food?
- 1. yeah, he gave him some bread — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. yeah, he invited him to sup — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nah, he didn't — no support
- 4. yeah, he shared his cheese — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 686, line 9: «Peter gives bread to "all the hungry folk who asked him," and borrows from neighbours to hide it from his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «peter» (+2); the same thing acted on «bread» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
so Lucia was actually the crossbow guy's girl, right?
- 1. nope, he was just a friend who wanted to help her with her father — no support
- 2. yeah, he was dead gone for her and begged her to marry him — no support
- 3. yeah, he was keen on her a bit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. yeah, he was dead gone for her — ✓ 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 123, line 2: «She ignores the bread and the apple-tree, and Mother Holle hires her, but she gets lazier every day.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «mother» (+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 ✗
Which object did Peter conceal his gold within during his return journey, and for what purpose did he conceal it?
- 1. A barrel of nails, placed at the bottom of the cart so that his wife and the whole village would not learn of the treasure he had carried home from the mountain — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. A barrel of nails, so that his wife would not learn of the treasure — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. A chest of old iron, so that his neighbours would never learn he had found the treasure — score 4
- 4. A sack of wool, so that his greedy neighbours would never learn how rich he had become — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 688, line 4: «The nails hide gold from the gnome's treasure, which Peter fetched with the magic root and then left behind.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «treasure» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the young crossbow-man first express his affection for the maiden, and what obstacle did he face?
- 1. He wrote her letters, but she stayed away — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He gave her a ring, but her mother thought him a beggar and the match forbidden — no support
- 3. He begged her to marry him, but her mother would scorn a penniless wooer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He kissed her hand, but her uncle would turn away any suitor who had no land — 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 ✗
Why did Father Peter decline to share the knowledge of his fortune with his household upon his return?
- 1. He was afraid the neighbours would steal the gold from the cart — no support
- 2. He hoped to buy his wife a fine gift from the gold — score 1
- 3. He feared that his scolding wife would demand the whole of it and leave him nothing to call his own in the house — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. He feared that his scolding wife would demand the whole of it — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 350, line 12: «The Fathers ask, "Who is wise enough to lead them, and thus save Rome?" and one answers, "Send for Cincinnatus."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fathers» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What advice did Peter give to the young man concerning the maiden's father, and what was the principal reason for this advice?
- 1. To wait a year, since he is strict — score 0
- 2. To go to the father at once, since he would welcome a good match — score 0
- 3. To ask the father for her hand, since he might be glad of a son-in-law — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. To offer the father gold, since he would surely accept the offer — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 686, line 9: «Peter gives bread to "all the hungry folk who asked him," and borrows from neighbours to hide it from his wife.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same receiver «peter» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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