Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learns the dwarf's name, and Gretel eats the fowls

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 750 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 ✗

bruv, did the queen get her baby back or what?

1. Yeah, she kept her child — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Yeah, she kept her child after guessing his name — ← Mova's choice · score 12
3. Yeah, she lost her child — score 12
4. Nah, the dwarf took the baby home to the forest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 750, line 1: «The queen gets three days to guess the dwarf's name, and her messengers search the whole land for odd names.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «guess» (+5); the same thing acted on «name» (+5); the same doer «queen» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the dwarf was well sus, innit? what did he do when he got mad?

1. Stamped his foot so hard he ripped the floor apart — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Slammed the door and left — score 2
3. Stamped his foot into the floor — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Stamped his foot into the floor and vanished into the forest — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 129, line 7: «What: the Dwarf is named, and he "stamped his right foot so hard in the ground" that he gets stuck.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «right foot» (+3); the same doer «dwarf» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

mate, what was the messenger on about, the one who saw the dancing thing?

1. A dwarf singing — no support
2. A witch brewing a potion — no support
3. A dwarf singing his own name — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. A dwarf dancing in a ring — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 750, line 3: «On the third day a messenger hears a dwarf dancing and singing his own name beside a fire in the forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+4); the same thing acted on «own name» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

lol Gretel was lowkey a mess, right? what did she keep drinking?

1. Sweet red wine from the cellar's oldest barrel — score 4
2. Wine from the cellar and cider from the kitchen — score 4
3. Wine from the cellar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Cider from the kitchen — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 750, line 14: «Gretel's first drink is "in her gladness of heart", and she keeps drinking until the wine is gone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «gretel» (+3); the same action «keep» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, why did Gretel take that first swig?

1. Thirst — no support
2. Gladness of heart — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fear of the master — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Joy — 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 746, line 14: «Red-Cap notices the strange cap and the big eyes, and asks, "what big ears you have!", getting the reply "The better to hear you with, my child."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «red cap» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

fam, how many chickens did she actually scoff?

1. Both of them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Three of them — no support
3. Neither — no support
4. 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the guest actually gonna get his ears chopped off?

1. No, Gretel made it up — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, he was almost done — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yes, she cut one ear — no support
4. Yes, Gretel did cut off one of his ears — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 160, line 14: «How: he forgets himself, "lifted his hind toe to scratch" his nose, and finds that he "actually had hind legs".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «rabbit» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what did the guest run off with, the wine or the chickens?

1. The bottle — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. The chickens — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The cheese — no support
4. The two chickens from the table — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 278, line 21: «Old word: "claret" is a red wine, and "pestilence" means a deadly plague that spreads quickly among many people.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

bro, what did the master shout after him?

1. Just one, just one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. One, one — score 4
3. Hurry, hurry, hurry now — no support
4. Just one — 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 466, line 3: «Crying at the grave, Vanya is helped by his father, who rises and calls up a flying horse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+3); the same action «cry» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

innit, what did the nurse do when the dwarf ran off?

1. Shouted after him — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Laughed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cried — no support
4. Clapped her hands — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 126, line 11: «When Rose-Red asks what he was doing, the dwarf insults her, calling her "Stupid, inquisitive goose!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what name did the queen shout at the dwarf in the end?

1. Rumpelstiltskin the Great of the Forest — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rumpelstiltskin Goldspinner Fitzwilliam — no support
3. Rumpelstiltzen — no support
4. Rumpelstiltskin — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

yo, how many days did the queen get to guess his name?

1. Three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. One — score 3
3. Three whole days before dawn — score 3
4. Three full days and nights — 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 750, line 1: «The queen gets three days to guess the dwarf's name, and her messengers search the whole land for odd names.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey the wing thing was dumb, what did Gretel do with it?

1. Ate — score 4
2. Burned it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Gave it away — score 5
4. Ate it up — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 744, line 15: «Gretel "shut the iron door, and fastened the bolt," and the witch is burnt to death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «iron door» (+3); the same doer «gretel» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which name did the messenger report hearing the dwarf sing beside the fire?

1. Rumpelstiltskin Hobblefoot of the hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rumpelstilton — no support
3. Rumpelstiltskin — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Rumpelstiltskin, the little man of the forest — 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 ✗

What penalty had the dwarf set for the queen's failure to name him within the period of grace?

1. Loss of her kingdom — no support
2. Her crown — score -1
3. Surrender of her child — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her child — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 16: «Why: the peasant women fail because they are clumsy, and the brothers thought "our peasants will get the best of it" in the hoop.», 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 «brothers» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What did the cook's master intend to do with the guest, according to Gretel's warning?

1. Cut off both ears — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cut both — no support
3. Cut off his nose — no support
4. Cut off ears — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action of the cook Gretel is described as taking place in the cellar?

1. Sleeping — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cooking the fowls — no support
3. Drinking — no support
4. Drinking wine — ✓ 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

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