Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsman: he loses the king's golden ox, dodges the scythes, and wins a bride

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

Lesson 704 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 ✗

No cap, what did the youth tell the herdsman happened to the oxen?

1. they fell down a pit — no support
2. they fell in — score 5
3. they were stolen — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. they sank down a hole — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 518, line 1: «Not many hours after he is born, baby Hermes creeps out of his cave to steal oxen from his brother Apollo.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+4); the same thing acted on «oxen» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, why did the herdsman yell "Scoundrel, you lie!"?

1. he thought the youth had stolen the oxen — no support
2. he did not believe the story — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. he thought the youth was lying — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he was angry — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 704, line 10: «fact: Why the youth lies: the herdsman shouts "Scoundrel, you lie!" when he hears the story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «story» (+2); the same doer «herdsman» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did the herdsman want made the next morning?

1. ten scythes, one for every man — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. twelve spears — no support
3. ten scythes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. twenty iron scythes for the field workers — 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 ✗

Fam, why could the youth not make the scythes?

1. he lacked the skill for it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. he had no iron to work — score 6
3. he was never trained as a smith — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. he was never trained as a smith by any master — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 688, line 12: «What: The gnome's treasure lies in a hollow in the wood, and Peter reached it by digging "like a mole into the earth."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, where did the youth hide when he got stuck?

1. at his parents' house in the village — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in the old stable — no support
3. at his uncle's farm — no support
4. at his parents' house — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, which sword did the youth grab from his dad?

1. the one over his bed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. the sword on the wall — score 2
3. the knife — score 2
4. a spear — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 316, line 17: «Where: the children fly "over the sea", and Michael nearly hits the water, so Peter dives to catch him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+2); the same action «catch» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, who did the youth threaten with a blade to win a wife?

1. the herdsman himself, the master of the oxen — score 8
2. the herdsman himself — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. the herdsman's youngest daughter's father, the old man — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. the herdsman's wife — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 704, line 4: «The herdsman orders ten scythes, so the youth hides at home, then wins the herdsman's youngest daughter by threatening him with a sword.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «threaten» (+5); the same thing acted on «youth» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the king make the clever youth?

1. his counselor — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. his minister — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. the richest man in the whole kingdom — score 2
4. his chief minister and adviser — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 681, line 10: «Where next: he reaches a land ruled by a great king and leaves his horse outside the walls.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same action «reach» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did Peter's dad say he had no more of?

1. gold to spare — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. bread — no support
3. any food at all — no support
4. food to give — ✓ 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 ✗

Lit, what did Peter pack in his knapsack?

1. a bag of dried figs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a small piece of cheese and a crust of black bread — no support
3. a piece of black bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a piece of black bread and a flask of wine — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, what did Peter do when he met the old man?

1. he bowed — no support
2. took off his hat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. he ran off — score 5
4. he waved to him — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 241, line 3: «The men start shouting over who suffered most, come to blows, and shove one another into the pond.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «men» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «start» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did Peter say he was doing?

1. wandering to find work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. seeking a job — score 5
3. travelling to find a master — score 5
4. looking for work — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 322, line 19: «Old word: "stodge" means eating heavy, filling food, and Peter "could not stodge just to feel stodgy."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «feel» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the youth's father warn the marriage would do?

1. cost him his life — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. kill him at once — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. ruin him — no support
4. end his life — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 554, line 16: «Why: Patroclus chases the Trojans to the city walls and forgets his friend's warning, so Hector kills him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «kill» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which account did the youth give of the herdsman's oxen?

1. that a storm had swept them into the sea one night — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. that they fell into a pit — no support
3. that they had descended into a deep hole in the earth and never returned to the surface again — score -2
4. that they had descended into a deep hole in the earth — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 420, line 11: «But the wolves eat the ox in the night, so the Birch has nothing to pay with.», 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 property (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «ox» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What condition did the herdsman impose regarding the scythes?

1. that ten swords be forged for his men — no support
2. that ten scythes be made, one for each man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. that ten ploughs be made for the workers — no support
4. that twenty scythes be forged — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 704, line 4: «The herdsman orders ten scythes, so the youth hides at home, then wins the herdsman's youngest daughter by threatening him with a sword.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «herdsman» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «ten scythes» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the youth obtain the herdsman's youngest daughter in marriage?

1. by begging his master for her — no support
2. by threatening his master with a drawn sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. by threatening his master — no support
4. by offering his master a fine gold ring — 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 704, line 4: «The herdsman orders ten scythes, so the youth hides at home, then wins the herdsman's youngest daughter by threatening him with a sword.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same action «threaten» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What reason did Peter's father give for sending his son into the world?

1. that there was no longer any food in the house and the harvest had failed — score -2
2. that the granary was empty and the family starving — no support
3. that there was no longer any food in the house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. that the winter was hard and there was no longer any food in the whole house — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 417, line 4: «At his village he does exactly this, the horse vanishes, and his own father stands in its place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «own father» (-1); the same place «place» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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