Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 741 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, what's the tailor's massive boast on his belt?

1. Seven flies swatted with one whack of my mighty fists — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Seven at one stroke — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Dead giants and seven at one stroke, mate, proper legend — no support
4. Seven whacks in one go — 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 ✗

Did he bring anything proper useful, innit?

1. Nothing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A squashed pear — no support
3. Just bread — no support
4. An old cheese — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the giant make the stone do, like?

1. Turn the stone into a bird that flew away over the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Make it sing loud — score 5
3. Make the stone roll down the mountain and crack open — score 5
4. Let water drop out — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 168, line 14: «The young king says his wife is "an enchantress," and she turned him to stone after he hurt her favourite slave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «turn» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why'd the bird never come back, pal?

1. The tailor had let it go out of pity for its tiny wings — score 3
2. It was too scared to come back after the giant chased it into the woods — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. It fancied a new mate — score 3
4. It was buzzing free — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 340, line 1: «One spring night Peter Pan comes back through the window to take Wendy away, but she has grown up and can no longer fly.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the giant carry the tree or nah?

1. He dropped it — score 2
2. He carried it, dragging — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He lifted it, huffing — score 2
4. No, he fell — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 709, line 9: «Why not go on at night: they feared they "might lose their way or fall into the hands of robbers."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «giants» (+3); the same action «fall» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whoa, where did the tailor chill while the tree got lugged?

1. Sitting on top of the giant's shoulder all along the path — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Lying in a hammock slung between two tall birch trees — no support
3. On a branch — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. In a bush — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the tailor, like, scared of the giants in the cave?

1. Yeah, dead scared — no support
2. Yes, he was well shook — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. No, he was dead cheeky — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Not at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 718, line 10: «Labakan brags: "I'll bet the court tailor himself cannot do better."», 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 «court tailor» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bet the giants were well scared at dawn, yeah?

1. They begged for mercy — no support
2. Yeah, they hid — no support
3. They sat down — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. They legged it quick — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 741, line 8: «Where: he climbs a mountain, where a giant sits "looking peacefully about him".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+3); the same doer «giant» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Did the king reckon the tailor was dead tough?

1. No, a fool — no support
2. Nope — no support
3. Yes, a mighty lord — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. No, a cowardly rat — 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 741, line 17: «The king hires him because the people say "He must be a mighty lord", and he is given a special dwelling.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tailor» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the soldiers wanna bounce, innit?

1. They were bored — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Too cold out — no support
3. They were scared of ghosts — score 4
4. They feared seven-at-once — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 444, line 9: «Why: The witch wants the boy because "a certain witch had heard what Ivashko's parents had cried aloud to him".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «certain witch» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the king buzzing or gutted about the tailor?

1. Chuffed — no support
2. Chuffed he had met him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Glad, mate — no support
4. Gutted he had met him — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 741, line 5: «He falls asleep in a palace courtyard, the king hires him, but the soldiers quit and the king wishes he had never met him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «meet» (+3); the same doer «tailor» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the tailor get a sweet pad in the palace, or what?

1. A grand palace room — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A fancy tent outside — score 3
3. Nah, he got a shed round the back of the stables — no support
4. A special dwelling — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 202, line 4: «He chases the bird for eleven days, reaches a town by the sea, and hides in a kind gardener's garden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same place «garden» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what did he whistle while lugging the tree?

1. Three tailors rode forth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Three giants sang along — no support
3. A cheerful song about the seven giants and their wicked kingdom — no support
4. Happy birthday to the king, sung very loudly in the wood — 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 · right ✓

Which phrase is inscribed upon the girdle of the tailor?

1. Seven at one stroke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Seven flies and seven giants struck down with one mighty blow — no support
3. Seven struck in one blow — no support
4. Seven blows in one stroke — 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 ✗

Which was the tailor's stated reason for leaping over the tree?

1. He was chasing a deer — no support
2. The huntsmen were noisy — no support
3. He said the giants were calling him from the cave — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He claimed huntsmen were shooting in the thicket — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 741, line 13: «At the cherry-tree he says he "leapt over the tree because the huntsmen are shooting" in the thicket.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «tailor» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did the tailor perform to demonstrate his strength to the giant?

1. He squeezed a ripe apple until juice poured out — score 0
2. He crushed a soft cheese in his fist until the whey ran out, then bragged to the giants — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He compressed a soft cheese until liquid emerged — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He tore a bread loaf into pieces until crumbs fell everywhere on the floor of the cave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 684, line 5: «The blind prince goes to the giant, who asks anxiously what became of the eyes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver (+3); the same doer «blind prince» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal cause of the soldiers' petition for dismissal?

1. Their pay was late — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Their wish to return home to their families now — no support
3. Their fear of his power to slay seven at once — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Their anger at the king for low wages — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 471, line 6: «Who: the Soldier, a poor man who has done a lot of work, and the merchant, who pays him a hundred and fifty roubles.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+3); the same doer «merchant» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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