Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid takes the bride's place and Curdken spies

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 737 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 ✓

Bruv, who got the prince's hug at the court, the maid or the princess?

1. the maid, the sneaky madam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the princess, obviously — no support
3. the princess, the real one, who got robbed of her spot at court — no support
4. the princess, the proper one — 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 ✗

Yo, was she scared to get her cup out, or just being extra?

1. she was scared of the water — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she was dead scared of the cup — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she was totally chill — no support
4. she was just being lazy — 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 ✓

Mate, did the maid nick the lock, or did it just float off?

1. it floated off the bride into the brook, totally random, no one nicked it — score 4
2. it floated off the bride, random — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the maid nicked the lock and tossed it into the water, real sus — score 3
4. it floated off the horse, sad — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 737, line 11: «The maid sees it and "was very glad, for she knew the charm", so she knows she now has power over the bride.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «maid» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what did the maid say would happen if the princess grassed on her?

1. she'd kill her, no joke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. she'd beat her up, no joke — score 0
3. she'd tell, no joke — score 0
4. she'd sack her — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 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 488, line 14: «The youngest princess says "It's fated I must, it seems!" and so she is the only one who marries the soldier.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «only one» (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, which head was on the gate, the horse Falada or a goose?

1. a goose, the talking bird from the kitchen yard — no support
2. the prince's dog — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Falada, the talking horse — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. a sheep's head — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 688, line 19: «Old word: "Toll" was the money paid at the city gate for goods carried in; today we might pay a fee at a bridge or road.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, why did Curdken go mad in the meadow?

1. his horse got loose and bolted — no support
2. his hat blew off and he had to run — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. his hat fell in the brook — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. his hat blew off and he had to run after it across the whole meadow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 260, line 13: «The monkey "cocked his eye", sees the trick is no use, and goes down, so the boy stays safe in the tree.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sis, what was the princess doing with her hair that made Curdken stare?

1. combing out her silver locks — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. braiding gold — no support
3. washing her silver hair — no support
4. combing her hair — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 99, line 1: «The goose-girl's secret comes out when Curdken tells the old king how she talks to Falada's head and combs her golden hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «comb» (+3); the same thing acted on «golden hair» (+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 ✓

Wagwan, who was the dodgy spy hiding in the bush?

1. the royal chamberlain — no support
2. the old king himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the goose-boy Curdken — no support
4. the prince — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 737, line 5: «Curdken, the goose-boy, tells the king what he saw, so the old king hides in a bush and hears the princess call out to the wind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old king» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did Curdken rat out to the king?

1. the girl ignored the old king — score 2
2. the girl chats to the head of a talking horse and tells it secrets — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. the girl chats to a horse head nailed on the dark gate each morning — no support
4. the girl chats to a horse head — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 733, line 2: «On the third night he takes a golden cup as proof, and when the king asks where the princesses go, he tells the whole secret.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same thing acted on «whole secret» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what did the old king do the next morning?

1. hid behind the dark gate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. hid behind the dark gate and watched the girl talk to Falada's head — no support
3. hid in a bush near the meadow and listened to the girl's whispered words — no support
4. hid behind the old wall — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, what did the wind do to Curdken's hat?

1. blew it away — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. carried it off to town — no support
3. blew it over the hills — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. dropped it in the brook — 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 ✗

Yo, which head did the false bride want chopped off?

1. the prince — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. the goose — no support
3. the maid's head — score 3
4. Falada's head — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 266, line 11: «The princess asks how he will get the egg out, and Jack says "With a crooked stick", the answer she needs.», 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 «jack» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, who was the real bride supposed to be helping?

1. Curdken with the geese — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the prince in the hall — no support
3. the geese — no support
4. the king — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal consequence of the lock of hair being lost in the water?

1. It exposed the maid's deceit to the court — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It forced the bride to walk home — no support
3. It saved the bride — no support
4. It enabled the maid to assume the bride's identity — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the old king ascertain the true identity of the girl at the meadow?

1. He questioned Curdken in the hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He concealed himself in a bush and observed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He asked the girl — no support
4. He hid behind a wall and listened — 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 ✗

Which phrase most accurately describes the treatment of the true bride following her arrival at court?

1. She was sent to the kitchen to cook — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. She was consigned to the courtyard as a goose-girl — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. She was given a room in the palace — score 8
4. She was consigned to the courtyard as a goose-girl and forbidden to speak to anyone at court — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 498, line 19: «Old word: "Autochthony" comes from autos (self) and chthon (earth), meaning the belief that people came out of the ground itself; today it is an old idea nobod…», 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 «old word» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement most accurately describes the threat made by the maid to her mistress?

1. She threatened her life — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She threatened to take the princess's life if she spoke — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She threatened to cast the princess out if she told — no support
4. She threatened to harm the princess if she spoke — 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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