Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: the soldier wins a princess, and the fisherman's wife starts asking for more

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 733 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, where do the princesses go dancing every night?

1. Under the hill in a castle full of guests — no support
2. Under the sea, in a glittering palace full of twelve princes and their many servants and musicians who play all night long — score -2
3. Under ground, in a castle with twelve princes, every single night after the king has gone to sleep — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Under ground, in a castle with twelve princes — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 200, line 2: «Back in China the genii carry the princess home, and she wakes up calling for the young man who slept beside her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «young man» (+3); the same action «sleep» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how did the soldier even see them?

1. He followed them in secret — score 3
2. He was invisible the whole time thanks to a magic cloak he wore — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He was invisible the whole time — ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. He crept up on them slowly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 299, line 12: «The pewter soldier sits on the drawers and says "I cannot bear it any longer!" again and again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bear» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what's the soldier actually keeping as proof?

1. A cup — no support
2. A coin — no support
3. One golden cup — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. One silver plate — 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 733, line 11: «The soldier keeps a golden cup "as a token of where he had been", so that he has proof for the king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «golden cup» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, who does the soldier end up marrying?

1. The eldest princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. The king's second girl — no support
3. The eldest princess, whom he met first at the great dance — score 7
4. The youngest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 714, line 7: «The king is the one who "bewailed his sad loss" at his queen's grave, and he later marries the richly dressed lady he met there.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «one» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Seriously, what's the fish really?

1. A bewitched old wizard — no support
2. A magic fish — score 4
3. A prince who had been enchanted by a witch long, long ago — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. An enchanted prince — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 733, line 4: «A poor fisherman and his wife live in a pigsty until he catches a talking fish that says it is an enchanted prince, so he lets it go.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, where do the fisherman and his wife live at the start?

1. In a pigsty by the sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. In a barn by the river — score 7
3. In a hut — score 7
4. By the sea — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 733, line 4: «A poor fisherman and his wife live in a pigsty until he catches a talking fish that says it is an enchanted prince, so he lets it go.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+5); the same doer «poor fisherman» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what's the wife wanting after the cottage?

1. A palace — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. A big stone castle — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. A big stone castle with a moat, towers, and many servants inside — score 8
4. A grand golden hall — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 733, line 5: «His wife Ilsabill keeps sending him back to the fish for something better, from a cottage to a stone castle, and at the end she wants to be king.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper weird, but what does the fisherman do with the fish?

1. Sells it at the market — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Chucks it back in the sea and walks home to tell his wife — score 9
3. Takes it home to his wife and cooks it for their supper that night — no support
4. Chucks it back in the sea — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 379, line 14: «Who: a poor Fisherman who "lived on the fish he caught."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «poor fisherman» (+3); the same thing acted on «poor fisherman» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mental, what happens to the wine the soldier drinks?

1. He drinks it all up — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He drinks it all up without leaving a single drop for his sisters — no support
3. He pours it away — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He pours the wine on the floor and runs out of the castle quickly — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 238, line 21: «The ending: he hears the song, pours away his drink on the third night, and later has the old washerwife and her daughter burnt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pour away» (+3); the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «drink» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for her, but how does the youngest sister feel?

1. Excited but also worried that her sisters might wake up very soon — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Quite annoyed — score 3
3. Dead scared and hiding her face under the blanket all night long — score 3
4. Dead scared — ✓ the right answer · 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 130, line 1: «The sisters wake up to a tree with silver leaves and golden fruit growing where the goat's insides were buried.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wake up» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hang on, what's the eldest sister doing about the youngest?

1. Shushing her — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hitting her — no support
3. Shushing her and telling her to keep quiet about the dancing — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Hugging her — 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 673, line 14: «Why: the old woman flattered the dragon, saying "I do wish you would tell me", to make him talk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «old woman» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what are the princesses' shoes like by morning?

1. Clean and shiny — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dirty — no support
3. Worn to bits — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Torn — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, what's the wife want by the end, like seriously?

1. To be the king of all the land and sea and the whole world — score 0
2. To be a queen — score 0
3. To be the king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. To rule the sea — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 733, line 5: «His wife Ilsabill keeps sending him back to the fish for something better, from a cottage to a stone castle, and at the end she wants to be king.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the object which the soldier retained as evidence of his nocturnal attendance at the subterranean castle?

1. A silver plate kept on the second night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A golden cup and a silver goblet, both taken on the third night from the princesses' table — no support
3. A golden cup, taken on the third night — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A golden cup, taken on the third night from the table in the great hall of the castle — 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 ✗

With reference to the text, which of the following correctly records the princess whom the soldier elected to wed upon the disclosure of the secret?

1. The second princess, chosen by the soldier for her beauty and grace — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. The youngest princess — score 7
3. The middle princess, selected by the soldier for her kindness — score 6
4. The eldest princess, selected by the soldier on account of her age — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 225, line 6: «Who: the Indian, a magician with a flying horse, takes the princess of Bengal, who is to marry Prince Firouz Schah of Persia.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «princess» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the enchanted fish first addressed the fisherman when it was drawn from the water?

1. It begged to be set free from the hook — no support
2. It declared that it was not a real fish but an enchanted prince — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It spoke as a fish — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. It said it was a prince — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 304, line 19: «The shadow says "A word is a shadow, and as such it must speak," a clever play on what a shadow is.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+6); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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 · right ✓

According to the passage, which of the following accurately records the dwelling in which the fisherman and his wife resided prior to their acquisition of the cottage?

1. A pigsty situated close by the seaside — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A cottage situated close by the river — no support
3. A barn situated far from the village — no support
4. A small hut by the sea — 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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