Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man and His Grandson: a wooden calf, a raven and a hidden Devil

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

Lesson 751 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, why'd they shove the granddad in the corner, innit?

1. cos he was loud — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 'cos he was a right nuisance — no support
3. cos he kept spilling his grub — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cos he's old — 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 ✗

Mate, what did the little lad build out of wood bits?

1. a little feeding bin — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a proper long trough for the whole family to eat from — no support
3. a proper wooden bowl — no support
4. a proper little trough — ✓ 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 ✗

Bruv, whose calf got nicked in the end?

1. the miller's — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. the peasant's — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. the parson's — no support
4. the carpenter's own calf from the workshop — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 296, line 13: «Who sits with the old man at the end? His old wife, under the blooming tree on their fiftieth anniversary.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «end» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare sus, what did the mayor make the cow-herd cough up?

1. his cow for the herd — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. a fine brown cow for the lost calf — no support
3. a goat for the calf — no support
4. a cow for the calf — ✓ 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 751, line 13: «Why did the cow-herd have to pay? Someone stole the calf, and the mayor ordered him to give the peasant a cow for it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «cow» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, what colour did the carpenter paint the calf?

1. red — score 0
2. brown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. tan — no support
4. black — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 751, line 11: «Who made the wooden calf? Their gossip the carpenter, who painted it brown so it looked like a real cow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «paint» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

So is the raven a real soothsayer, yeah?

1. nah, the peasant was just tricking the miller and the parson all along — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, the raven knew the future for real — score 2
3. nah, the peasant was just pinching his head — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. nah, the peasant only fooled the miller — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 751, line 5: «At the mill he tricks the miller with a raven that "foretells" hidden food, and the miller pays three hundred talers to learn the fifth secret, which turns out…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «trick» (+3); the same thing acted on «miller» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead funny, what did the peasant reckon the raven could foretell?

1. four things, then the fifth's a secret that costs three hundred talers — score 0
2. four things, then the fifth's a secret — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. a fake prophecy about the weather — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. the raven knew the fifth thing too — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 751, line 5: «At the mill he tricks the miller with a raven that "foretells" hidden food, and the miller pays three hundred talers to learn the fifth secret, which turns out…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «raven» (+3); the same action «foretell» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, where did the miller's missus hide the roast meat?

1. in the tiled stove — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. behind the kitchen door — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. in the old bread box — score 6
4. under the tiled floor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 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 139, line 9: «The shepherds had hidden the bread and meat "against their return," which means they had put it away to eat when they came back later.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+5); the same thing acted on «bread» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, where did the parson end up hiding?

1. in the closet on the porch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. in the closet at the back of the porch behind the barrels — score 2
3. in the closet on the porch under the coats — score 2
4. in the barn near the gate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 751, line 5: «At the mill he tricks the miller with a raven that "foretells" hidden food, and the miller pays three hundred talers to learn the fifth secret, which turns out…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «parson» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Proper lol, how much did they agree the fifth thing was worth?

1. three hundred talers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. four hundred talers — no support
3. all the silver talers in the miller's chest — no support
4. three hundred talers and a cow — 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 ✗

Ngl, how did the peasant bounce at the end?

1. with the three hundred talers — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. with the money in his fist — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. with his purse full of coins — no support
4. with the coins in a sack and the raven under his arm — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 19: «The Knave: «I didn't write it, and they can't prove I did: there's no name signed at the end.» King: «If you didn't sign it, that only makes the matter worse.…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same place «end» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the miller reckon the Devil was up to?

1. pretending to be the raven in the cage by the stove — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. hiding in the closet — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. hiding in the closet on the porch the whole time — no support
4. sitting in the attic — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, why was the peasant out in the storm?

1. to sell the cow skin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. to trade the cow hide — no support
3. to get money for the cow skin and the raven — no support
4. to sell hides — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 751, line 4: «The peasant kills the cow and sets off to sell its skin, but on the way he wraps a hurt raven in it and shelters from a storm at a mill.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «skin» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the peasant obtain three hundred talers from the miller?

1. By means of a feigned prophecy of the raven — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Through a made-up warning from the bird — no support
3. By the means of a fake raven prophecy he made about the fifth thing in the town square — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. By means of a feigned prophecy of the raven and the miller's fear of the Devil — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 479, line 5: «The peasants burn the Warlock on aspen wood, and the soldier brings the young couple back to life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «peasants» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the outcome of the cow-herd's failure to return the calf?

1. He was ordered to surrender a cow and was also banned from the village — no support
2. He was ordered to surrender a cow — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was forced to hand over a horse — no support
4. He had to give his best ox away — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 260, line 11: «The calf's gift: after its death the boy must blow up its bladder, which "will kill everything you hit with it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «gift» (+4); the same doer «calf» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which person was concealed in the closet at the time of the miller's return?

1. The parson — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The cook — score 2
3. The raven — score 2
4. The Devil — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 248, line 1: «The farmer finds his cows thin as ghosts and the fireplace full of ash, so he hides in a closet to watch.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+1); the same place «closet» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the purpose for which the grandson constructed the trough?

1. To feed his parents in their old age — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To feed his parents when they are old and weak and cannot eat well — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. To give his father a place to sit — no support
4. To teach his small children how to feed their parents in their old age someday — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 751, line 2: «His little grandson builds a trough, and when he says it is for his parents to eat from, they cry and bring the old man back to the table.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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