Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine: a careless wife ruins the dinner, and the gold is stolen.

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 752 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, did Catherine seriously let the dog nick the steak, or what?

1. Nah, the dog never touched it, she gave it to the pedlars for free — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, she left the steak on the pan and the dog nicked the whole lot while she was down the cellar — score 3
3. Yeah, the mutt legged it with it — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Yeah, the dog ran off with it — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 374, line 13: «The price the Dog pays is hidden: the hair on his neck is "worn and the skin was chafed."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2); the same doer «dog» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the ale just ran out the cask the whole time?

1. Nah, she turned it right off — no support
2. Yeah, she forgot to turn the cock — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she never shut the tap so the beer just kept pouring out all night long — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Nah, the cask leaked from the bottom because the wood had rotted through years ago — 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 44, line 13: «The Rat finds the beer is «Old Burton»: «Now we shall be able to mull some ale!» (Mulled ale = beer warmed with spices.) The mice sip «and coughing and choking…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «mulled ale» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, the meal thing was actually well dodgy, innit?

1. Nah, she sprinkled it on the bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she only dropped a bit of it on the stairs and cleaned up after herself — no support
3. Proper, she spilt it all on the beer — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Proper, she sprinkled the fine meal all over the cellar floor and the beer got soaked through — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the peasant actually get the shepherd in the barrel?

1. Yeah, he shut the top on him — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, the shepherd climbed in himself and asked the peasant to close the barrel — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, he locked the lid on — score 2
4. Nah, he hammered the lid shut — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 669, line 18: «Why the shepherd asks for the language of beasts: he wants nothing else, and the king warns that telling anyone means death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «shepherd» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

That shepherd was mint, gullible as anything, yeah?

1. Totally, he was so keen to be mayor that he jumped in the barrel without a second thought — no support
2. Yeah, he was sharp, but he got caught out when the peasant mentioned the sheep and the priest — no support
3. Totally, he fell for the sheep trick — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Totally, he fell for the mayor trick — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 386, line 15: «He "mistakenly caught up the Wolf instead of a sheep" and "killed him instantly".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shepherd» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare sheep came up out the water though, how?

1. He had pulled the bottom out of the barrel — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He floated up — no support
3. He cut a hole in the side — no support
4. The peasant had put a ladder in the water — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 730, line 19: «Old word: "foot-plank" means a narrow plank laid across water to walk on; today we would say footbridge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lay» (+3); the same place «water» (+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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, the whole village just jumped in the water?

1. Yeah, the mayor went first, then they all followed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, just the mayor — no support
3. Yeah, they all jumped, then the mayor said he was sorry — no support
4. Yeah, the priest went first and then the rest followed — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

So Frederick hid his gold, then the pedlars nicked it?

1. Yeah, the pedlars came back in the night, dug up the box in the garden and rode off with every coin — score 2
2. Nah, Frederick dug it up himself before the pedlars came and hid it under the cellar floor instead — score 5
3. Yeah, they dug it up and bounced — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nope, Frederick moved it somewhere safe — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 752, line 5: «Catherine spreads meal over the wet cellar, and the pedlars dig up Frederick's gold and take it away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dig up» (+4); the same doer «pedlars» (+1); the same thing acted on «gold» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Catherine actually clever or just an idiot?

1. Bit of both, she was a proper muppet — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Clever, actually, she sorted out the cask and the dog, but a bit careless with the meal and the steak — score 3
3. Bit of both, she was a bit silly — no support
4. Bit of both, she was clever with the pedlars but a proper muppet when it came to the steak and the cask — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 108, line 14: «Catherine is clever in her own mind: she thinks "the house was well protected" because she bolted the top door.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «catherine» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

The merchant only gave two talers a skin, that's gutted, right?

1. Yeah, the greedy lot got ripped off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they were cheated badly — no support
3. Yeah, that's rough — no support
4. Nah, two talers was fair — 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 ✗

Did the small peasant basically get away with everything?

1. Nah, he got punished for the trick, lost his farm, and had to live in the cellar for years after — score 2
2. Nah, the village kept most of the gold — no support
3. Yeah, he got rich and the mayor was ruined — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, he ended up rich and the village was gone — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 418, line 4: «The peasant drives demons out of merchants' wives and gets rich from grateful townsfolk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «peasant» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what were the yellow buttons really?

1. Gold, Frederick's stash in the garden — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Brass, the pedlars' cheap trinkets for sale — no support
3. Just buttons — no support
4. Silver, the miller's coins in the cellar — 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 ✗

Which action of the shepherd led directly to his death in the barrel, as the text describes it?

1. He agreed to enter the barrel, convinced that the mayor would reward him handsomely, and so he was drowned in the river with the rest of the flock — score -2
2. He accepted the job of carrying the barrel down to the river at dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. He agreed to enter the barrel in the belief that he would be made mayor — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. He stepped into the barrel after the peasant promised him a share of the sheep money — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 586, line 15: «The old man tells how Uncle Jeems's gun made the rabbit jump up on "a toom stone," and how he took it for a ghost and went home.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old man» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

To what cause does the text attribute the ruin of Catherine's dinner and cellar?

1. Her decision to leave the steak frying in the pan and to go down into the cellar to draw the ale for the guests — score -3
2. Her choice to fry the steak for Frederick at noon — no support
3. Her decision to sprinkle the meal on the cellar floor — score -3
4. Her decision to leave the steak frying and to draw the ale — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 752, line 5: «Catherine spreads meal over the wet cellar, and the pedlars dig up Frederick's gold and take it away.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); the same doer «catherine» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the peasants respond when the small peasant's wealth was revealed?

1. They gave their cows to the merchant — score 4
2. They quietly watched the small peasant's house for weeks, then began planning to steal his gold and skins at night from the barn — score 3
3. They slaughtered their cows and stripped the skins to sell them — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. They sold their land and bought more sheep to graze — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 483, line 3: «On the eve of the feast he sighs before the holy picture, saying he cannot even buy oil for the lamp.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «buy» (+2); the same doer «peasant» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which property of the earthenware dishes is recorded in the closing passage of the tale?

1. They were given to Catherine in exchange for the buried gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They were broken during the fight with the pedlars and never recovered, so the village kept only the pieces of the old set — score -1
3. They were painted with yellow flowers by the miller — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. They were handed over to the pedlars by Catherine in return for a promise that they would bring back the gold from the garden — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 483, line 18: «OLD WORD: "skazka" is a Russian fairy tale, so "only a skazka can describe" means only a fairy tale could describe it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). 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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