Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 748 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 how tiny was Tom actually, like thumb-sized?

1. yeah, super tiny — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. yep, lowkey tiny, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. nah, he was pretty big — score -3
4. nah, not really — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 239, line 5: «Tom cannot do his own jobs any more, so the master sacks him, and Tom is furious with Yallery Brown.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tom» (+2). Against it: the same doer «master» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh why did his dad sell him tho

1. cause the parson paid him more money than he had — no support
2. cause the strangers wanted a little boy for cash — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. cause the strangers paid a big chunk of gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cause he was poor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 748, line 3: «Two strangers want him for a show, so his father sells him for a large piece of gold.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «two strangers» (+3); the same action «want» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

was Tom really driving the horse from inside its ear, fr?

1. nah, just sat on it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. nah, he rode on the back — score 5
3. yep, he shouted go on and stop — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. yep, he whispered go and stop — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 118, line 2: «One day he sits in his horse's ear and steers the cart into the forest for his father.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «boy» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

where did Tom chill on the way with the strangers?

1. on the rim of a hat — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. on the brim of a cap — score 2
3. on a shoe — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. on top of the carriage with the strangers near the wheel — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 298, line 18: «The boy wraps one pewter soldier in paper and sends it across by the errand man.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «boy» (+1); the same place «paper» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did Tom dip from the strangers?

1. he wriggled off the hat and crawled into a small hole in the wall — score 1
2. he crawled under a fence — no support
3. he slipped quietly into a mouse-hole in the middle of a ploughed field — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. he slipped into a mouse-hole — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 242, line 17: «Tom turns his cart upside down and takes "axle-tree and wheel for shield and buckler."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3). Against it: the same doer «tom» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Tom sleep in an actual snail shell, ngl?

1. nope, a box — no support
2. nah, in a hollow log — no support
3. yeah, in a dusty old bag — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. yeah, a big empty one — ✓ the right answer · 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 582, line 15: «Old word: "hardshell" is Terrapin's name for himself, meaning a turtle with a hard shell on its back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl how did Tom wreck the thieves' plan?

1. he sang a song to the whole town — no support
2. he pretended to be a whole crowd of guards shouting — no support
3. he bawled like he was throwing out loads of money — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he bawled out a long list of rich things in the house so the thieves would think the parson had guards — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 373, line 11: «WHY the Thief acts: he "guessed what it was the Miser had hidden" after watching him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «guess» (+3). Against it: the same doer «thief» (-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 ✗

did the cook hear him or nah?

1. nah, she slept through the whole thing until the morning sun came up outside — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, she sat up in bed — no support
3. yeah, she heard it plain — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. yeah, she heard it plain and woke up right away in the next room — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 255, line 14: «The cook lies "all-fours on her back" on the floor, sleeping with a knife and fork in her hands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same doer «cook» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

what did the maid think had happened?

1. someone was hiding behind her — score 3
2. she was dreaming with her eyes open — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
3. the thieves had sneaked in — no support
4. she had seen a ghost — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 14, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 748, line 16: «What: The maid searches the room, finds nobody, and goes to bed, thinking "she must have been dreaming with her eyes open."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dream» (+5); the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «maid» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

where did Tom finally crash for the night?

1. under the old cart outside — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. up in the hay-loft in the big barn next to the farmer's house — score 2
3. in a corner of the stable — score 1
4. the hay-loft in the barn — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 258, line 19: «What: Old Tom shouts "then I'm the King o' the Cats!" and rushes up the chimney, never to be seen again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old tom» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what was Tom's plan once he woke up?

1. go home to mum and dad — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. find the way to town — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. go home to his mum and dad and tell them all about the strangers — no support
4. walk back to the village — 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 8, line 16: «Her plan is first "to grow to my right size again" and second "to find my way into that lovely garden", but "she had not the smallest idea how to set about it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «way» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

so what did the bride do first at the start of this part?

1. waved to guests — no support
2. showed the guests her new gown — score 4
3. showed a ring — score 4
4. showed the guests the finger with the ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 748, line 18: «Old word: "shewed" is an old spelling of "showed," so the bride "shewed" the finger means she showed it to the guests.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «finger» (+3); the same doer «bride» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so was the bridegroom bad or what?

1. nope, he was just a poor farmer's son — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, a cruel knight in court — no support
3. yeah, a murderer, condemned to death — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, a murderer who was condemned to death after his whole band was caught — 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 ✓

Identify the means by which Tom Thumb evaded the two strangers.

1. He slipped into an old mouse-hole in a ploughed field. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He crept into a rabbit burrow beside the road. — no support
3. He climbed into a hedge and hid under the leaves of a bush. — score 5
4. He slipped into a mouse-hole in the field, where the strangers could not find him at all. — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 664, line 19: «The king's little boy of ten "stole the key of the strong room from his mother" and let the hairy man out.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «little boy» (+3); the same action «steal» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the reason the woodman consented to dispose of his son.

1. He took the gold because the family was very poor. — no support
2. He accepted a large piece of gold from the strangers and gave his tiny son up to them forever. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He wanted the money to feed the family. — no support
4. He accepted a large piece of gold for the child. — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 748, line 1: «A poor woodman and his wife get a son who is no bigger than a thumb, and they call him Tom Thumb.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «son» (+4); the same doer «poor woodman» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the manner in which the maid concluded her search of the room.

1. She checked the room and then went back out. — score 1
2. She went back to bed, believing she had been dreaming, after searching the entire room thoroughly once more. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. She went to the kitchen, woke the cook, and then went back to bed, believing she had been dreaming all along. — score 5
4. She went to bed, believing she had been dreaming. — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 748, line 16: «What: The maid searches the room, finds nobody, and goes to bed, thinking "she must have been dreaming with her eyes open."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «search» (+4); the same doer «maid» (+1); the same thing acted on «room» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Specify the location in which Tom Thumb finally rested before dawn.

1. He slept under an old wooden cart. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He slept soundly in the hay-loft of the farmer's barn, where nobody would think to look for a boy. — score 5
3. He slept in the hay-loft of the barn, curled up in a heap of soft straw near the horses. — score 5
4. He slept in the hay-loft of the barn. — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 748, line 4: «Tom escapes into a mouse-hole, then sleeps in a snail-shell and overhears two thieves plotting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same doer «tom» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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