Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 706 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 ✓

yo did Peter actually sprint up a tree to dodge Eisenkopf or what

1. Nah he sprinted off down the road — score 0
2. Yeah he climbed a tall tree proper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Yeah he jumped up a big oak — no support
4. Yeah he legged it up a massive tree and sat there for ages — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 706, line 8: «What: Peter climbs a tall tree and cries "Iron-strong, World's-weight, Quick-ear, fly to my help!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb» (+4); the same thing acted on «tall tree» (+4); the same doer «peter» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv those dogs took ages to come, innit

1. Yeah they only came back on the third shout after ages — score -1
2. Nah they got there right away — no support
3. Yeah they came on the second go — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah they only came on the third shout — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 705, line 18: «The dogs: they are named "World's-weight, Ironstrong, and Quick-ear," and they come from the cakes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «dogs» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

so the girl nicked the napkins, right

1. Yeah she nicked them — score 1
2. Nah she crept in quietly — no support
3. Yeah she sneaked in and took them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Nah she didn't — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 706, line 16: «Old word: "napkins" here means cloths for wiping and carrying, not the paper napkins of a table today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same thing acted on «paper napkins» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

was that ring just a normal ring then

1. Nah it was a proper magic ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yeah it was a fancy ring — score 6
3. Nah it was a proper magic ring that changed things — score 6
4. Nah it was a plain old ring — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 706, line 13: «The maiden gives Peter a ring, and it is "really a magic ring, but neither Peter nor the maiden knew that."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «magic ring» (+4); the same doer «ring» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

wait so Peter's wife actually died, that's gutted

1. Yeah she faded away and got buried — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Yeah she got ill and went — score 4
3. Nah she moved away to town — score 3
4. Yeah she faded away slowly and then got buried in the churchyard — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 706, line 14: «Peter's mother-in-law says his wife "faded away" and was laid "in her grave" after a month.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fade away» (+4); the same property (+3); the same doer «wife» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did Peter dream about, like a mad dream

1. Ring on hand — no support
2. Shifting the ring to his other hand — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Meeting the girl by the river — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Swapping the ring to his left — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 340, line 3: «Wendy turns up the light so he can see her, and when Peter sees that she is grown up, he cries and raises his dagger over Jane without striking.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «peter» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl Peter ended up with the golden-haired girl, sorted

1. Yeah they got married and that was that — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah they never married, she went back home and he stayed in the village — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah they got hitched and lived well — no support
4. Yeah they got married in a big feast and that was that — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 706, line 2: «The dogs burst in and kill Eisenkopf, and Peter goes back to the old woman and her daughter to say goodbye.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go back» (+4); the same doer «peter» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

is Abu Nowas the Sultan's jester or what

1. Yeah he's the jester, a proper favourite — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah he's the vizier, a proper hater — no support
3. Yeah he's the cook, a proper mate — no support
4. Yeah he's a jester — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

bet the Sultana was well chuffed sorting that marriage

1. Nah she got really cross and said she never wanted to see that jester again — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah she clapped her hands and said she had a girl ready for him — no support
3. Nah she frowned and said she was not fussed — no support
4. Yeah she clapped and said she had a girl — ✓ 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 ✗

so the Sultan gave them a thousand gold pieces, dead generous

1. Yeah he gave them the lot plus a horse and a cloak — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah he gave them the lot — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Nah he gave them some coins — score 5
4. Yeah he gave them the whole lot of gold and then some more for the feast — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 192, line 13: «Why: the Sultan gives the cruel order because "there is no pardon for a Christian who kills a Mussulman", so the merchant is in danger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «sultan» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

did they run through all their money or what

1. Yeah they spent most of it on wine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah they hid the coins under a stone — no support
3. Yeah they sold everything bar a cloak and a blanket — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah they sold everything bar a cloak and a blanket and then started begging in the square — 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 ✗

that Eisenkopf was a proper baddie, yeah

1. Yeah he fell down a well and drowned — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah he got squashed and that was that — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah he got squashed flat by a big rock and that was the end of him — no support
4. Nah he got turned into a dog by the gods and sent away to live in the forest — 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 ✗

so what does Abu Nowas do when he's skint, innit

1. He worries about going back to the Sultan and being thrown out of the palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He tries to sell his old cloak now — no support
3. He sits in the market all day worrying about going back to the Sultan with no money — no support
4. He worries about going back to the Sultan — ✓ the right answer · 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the maiden use to part the flames, and what was its purpose in the narrative?

1. The three cakes, which she used to feed Eisenkopf quietly — no support
2. The three napkins, which she used to divide the fire for Eisenkopf — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. The bellows and the three napkins, which she used to split the fire and let the dogs out of the house — score -3
4. The poker, which she used to spread the coals for the dog — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 168, line 20: «Old word: an "enchantress" was a woman who used magic spells, and today we would often just call her a witch.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+3); the same action «use» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the significance of the ring given to Peter by the maiden in the events that follow.

1. It was magic and it gave Peter a wife, and his dream of moving it to the other hand made the maiden disappear forever from his life — score 5
2. It was magic, and Peter's dream of moving it to the other hand brings him back to the maiden and his lost wife — score 5
3. It was magic, and Peter's dream of moving it to the other hand brings him back to the maiden — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. It was a ring of love, so Peter married the maiden straight away at the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 689, line 8: «Peter promises that Friedlin "shall marry this maiden whom you love so much, and that before you are many days older."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same thing acted on «maiden» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the character who first proposes the marriage in the second tale.

1. The Sultan, who offers the girl to Abu Nowas — no support
2. The Sultana, who proposes the girl to Abu Nowas — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The bridegroom, who asks the Sultana for the girl — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. The Sultana's maid, who suggests the marriage to Abu Nowas in the garden — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 237, line 5: «In the last tale, a Norroway girl asks her mother for food and goes off to an old washerwife to seek her fortune.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the reason why Abu Nowas fears to return to the Sultan.

1. He fears the Sultan will send his soldiers to chase him away — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. He fears the Sultan will command his servants to turn him from the door — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He fears the Sultan will jail him for losing the girl's ring — no support
4. He fears the Sultan will command his servants to turn him from the door and beat him with sticks — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 213, line 6: «Who: The Sultan, now angry, sends thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin in chains, and they bring him in "on foot."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+4); the same thing acted on «thirty men» (+4); the same doer «sultan» (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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