Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat steals the winter fat, then eats the mouse

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 736 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 ✗

oi mate, where did they stash the pot of fat, innit?

1. under the church bed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. stuffed inside the cat's basket under the church altar cloth — no support
3. under the altar — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. behind the church door — 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 ✗

bruv, what wicked lie did the cat tell every time she nipped out?

1. she was godmother to some kid at the church every single time she left — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she was godmother to some kid — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she told the mouse that she had to go to a christening party — no support
4. she had a cousin with a kid — 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 ✓

so what did the mouse want a sip of at the christening?

1. sweet red christening wine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the warm red wine that the priest had poured for the guests at the feast — no support
3. a glass of fresh milk — score 4
4. a big cup of the sweet red christening wine from the priest — score 4

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 20, line 1: «Now the creatures want Alice's adventures. She says she can only tell them from this morning: «it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different p…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «creatures» (+3); the same action «want» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

which mad name did the cat give the second kid?

1. Lick-the-pot-clean-tonight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Half-done — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Half-gone — no support
4. Scraped-down-to-the-bone — 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 · ★ · right ✓

was the mouse well suspicious or dead chuffed about them names?

1. well suspicious — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. very happy and pleased — no support
3. dead chuffed — no support
4. well suspicious of the strange names the cat gave — 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 ✗

on the second trip, how much did the cat scoff?

1. a quarter — score -2
2. a spoon — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. half the pot — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. a bit — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 736, line 17: «The cat threatens: "one word more, and I will eat you too," and then she swallows the mouse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

proper gutted, the mouse found the pot was what?

1. gone — no support
2. completely empty and scraped clean — no support
3. bare — no support
4. empty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 736, line 15: «In winter the pot "certainly was still in its place, but it was empty."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). Against it: the same doer «pot» (-1); the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the cat say when everything was eaten up?

1. one has some peace — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. now one has some peace and quiet for the long winter ahead — no support
3. the cat said one has some peace, and then went back to sleep by the fire — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. one is very full — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 461, line 6: «fact: Who: a golden-haired hero, betrothed to the maiden in his youth, is murdered on her father's orders in a Kirghiz story.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+3); the same action «order» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate, who did the cat chomp at the end?

1. the mole — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the mouse — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. the dog — score 6
4. the bird — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 461, line 6: «fact: Who: a golden-haired hero, betrothed to the maiden in his youth, is murdered on her father's orders in a Kirghiz story.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same place «kirghiz story» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

so what was All-gone, the name the mouse hated most?

1. a strange name that sounded like something a cat would invent — score 3
2. a name she had never seen written anywhere in the whole village — score 6
3. a name that she did not know — score 5
4. a name she had never seen in print — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 736, line 14: «The mouse calls All-gone "the most suspicious name of all!" because she has never seen it in print.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «print» (+4); the same action «see» (+2); the same doer «mouse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the cat say she licked off the fat first?

1. the very top of the golden fat before anything else — score -2
2. the bottom of the pot — score -3
3. the side of the dish — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. the top off the fat — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 4: «The Queen solves every problem the same way: «Off with his head!» But the Cat is only a head. The executioner says you can't cut off a head without a body to c…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «cat» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, what colour was the mouse's fur?

1. dark brown — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. dark grey — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. grey — no support
4. black — 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 how did the cat finish off the mouse?

1. she carried her off to the church and swallowed her whole at the altar — score 2
2. she swallowed her whole in one single gulp under the stove — score 1
3. she licked her clean — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. she swallowed her whole — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 95, line 1: «Very angry now, the Woman makes a Still Magic so that she will never say a third word of praise. The Cave grows so still that a little mouse creeps out. «Ouh!…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lap» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

what does the narrator say right at the end?

1. verily, that is how the cat plays her game — no support
2. verily, that is the way of the world — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. verily, that is the way the cat was born — score 8
4. verily, so it goes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 736, line 5: «The cat swallows the mouse whole, and the narrator says, "Verily, that is the way of the world."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+6); the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «way» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which name was given by the cat to the third child?

1. Gone — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Top — score 8
3. All-gone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Half-gone — no support

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 437, line 6: «Who: Vasilissa the Wise and the Prince, plus an old woman who gives Vasilissa a bed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same receiver «vasilissa» (+3); the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which description is given of the second child in the cat's account?

1. a white neck — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a red ring — score 4
3. a brown spot on its back — score 4
4. a white ring round its neck — ✓ the right answer · score 4

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 643, line 5: «George gives in grumpily, they climb the icy fence and head off across dark, snowy fields, getting colder with every step.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

In what place was the pot of fat deposited for safekeeping?

1. hidden deep beneath the wooden altar of the small old church — score -2
2. beneath the altar of the church — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. beneath the altar of the church in the middle of the village square — score 4
4. beneath the bench by the door — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 218, line 4: «A woman tests him, then secretly leads him to her house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same place «house» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the mouse's conclusion regarding the cat's conduct?

1. she had devoured all the fat and then blamed the poor mouse for it — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. that the cat had secretly devoured every drop of the fat while the mouse slept — score -4
3. she had devoured all the fat — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. she had hidden all the fat — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 736, line 3: «The cat pretends three times that she is asked to be godmother, and each time she secretly licks and eats the fat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «mouse» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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