Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Niels shoots at three giants and is caught

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 709 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 so where'd Niels and Rasmus crash, like what place?

1. a cottage by a quiet lake near town — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a big inn in town right next to the market square and the river — no support
3. a inn right at the edge of a forest — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a tiny hut on a hill with a broken fence and a sleepy old dog out front — 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 did Niels lug his gun everywhere lol?

1. cuz he wanted to show it off to every person they met on the whole road — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. cuz he couldn't be happy without it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cuz wolves are everywhere out here — no support
4. cuz the king said every traveler has to carry one and he'd get fined otherwise, so yeah — 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 709, line 7: «Niels carries his gun: "What do you want with that?" said Rasmus, but Niels took it anyway.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «niels» (+1); the same thing acted on «gun» (+1). Against it: a different action (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 3 · ★ · right ✓

wait, why didn't they just travel at night tho?

1. they could get lost or jumped by robbers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. they'd get tired — no support
3. the roads were full of robbers — no support
4. they would wake the whole village up — 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 · ★ · right ✓

who actually shot the big stag, dude?

1. Niels — score 8
2. Their guide from the inn who knew the forest well — no support
3. The innkeeper's youngest son who had come along — no support
4. Rasmus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 709, line 3: «Rasmus keeps the first watch and shoots a big stag with Niels' gun, and Niels teases him about it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «big stag» (+2); the same doer «rasmus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

lmao so Niels said he shot a sparrow, right?

1. yeah, a hare — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, a pigeon — no support
3. no way — no support
4. yep, a sparrow — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

how many giants were chilling by the fire, fr?

1. four — score 2
2. three — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. two — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. three giants plus a little black dog by the fire — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 109, line 13: «In the cave two Giants sit by the fire, each eating "a roast sheep" in his hand.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same doer «two giants» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

what were the giants eating, for real?

1. bread — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. broth and beef — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. ale — score 5
4. fish and bread — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 558, line 1: «Next morning the giant eats two more men, drives his sheep out, and shuts the cave.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «giant» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

which giant got poked in the chin tho?

1. the smallest giant sitting nearest the door of the hall — no support
2. the giant with the big beard who sits by the fire all night — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. the second giant — no support
4. the first giant — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 109, line 13: «In the cave two Giants sit by the fire, each eating "a roast sheep" in his hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «sit» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

what were the giants trying to snatch from the castle?

1. the princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the silver cup — no support
3. the castle gold — no support
4. the princess and all the gold in the castle hall — 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 ✗

how'd Niels get over that massive wall, like seriously?

1. he used a long wooden ladder that the giants left at the castle gate — no support
2. a giant tossed him up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a rope pulled him up — no support
4. he climbed up a rope that a giant threw over the whole wall — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 709, line 5: «A giant catches Niels, forces him over a high wall, and he shoots the guard dog and finds an empty lit hall.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «high wall» (+3); the same doer «giant» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 11 · ★ · right ✓

what was on top of the wall, no cap?

1. long grass — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. moss — no support
3. iron spikes — no support
4. ivy — 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 ✗

what did Niels find inside the hall, kinda sus?

1. full of gold — score 8
2. quiet and full of old books — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. dim and totally dusty inside — score 8
4. lit up but totally empty — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 302, line 1: «The blind mother finds Death in a great hall full of plants, and each flower is a human life.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same action «find» (+3); the same place «great hall» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro who kept the whole castle guarded anyway?

1. a little black dog that barked at every sound in the courtyard and the hall — no support
2. a little black dog that stayed up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a tall guard who watched the gate — no support
4. a ring of sleepy soldiers who stood guard along the high castle walls all night — ← Mova's choice · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 688, line 15: «Why: The young man left the castle by night because the count "absolutely refused to give me leave" to seek the maiden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «young man» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In which location did the two travellers elect to pass the night?

1. In a barn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. At an inn — no support
3. At an inn situated at the edge of a forest — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. At a farm situated beside a quiet river — 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 the principal reason given for Niels's refusal to part with his firearm?

1. He had promised his father that he would never part with it on any road or trip — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He could not be content without it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He had promised his father to keep it — no support
4. He feared wolves on the long road — 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 ✗

By what means did Niels succeed in gaining the top of the rampart?

1. He was lifted by a rope and pulley — no support
2. He was thrown upward by a giant — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A ladder helped him — no support
4. He climbed up — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 709, line 4: «Niels climbs a tree and spies three giants eating broth and beef, then shoots their forks.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «niels» (+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 · right ✓

What was the eventual fate of the small black dog?

1. It was taken to the castle hall and kept as a pet by the princess — no support
2. It was never seen again after the giants chased it into the forest — score 8
3. It was shot dead by Niels — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. It was caught by the giants — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 709, line 5: «A giant catches Niels, forces him over a high wall, and he shoots the guard dog and finds an empty lit hall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+4); the same thing acted on «guard dog» (+4); the same doer «niels» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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