Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood
Tests: 4 of 15 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 754 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, what was the witch's own kid doing in the bed?
- 1. Hiding under a sheet — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Crying under a blanket, hurt badly — no support
- 3. Lying there with her head chopped off — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Sitting up, wide awake and smiling — 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 · ★ · right ✓
So who was the duck in the lake, bruv?
- 1. The stepdaughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The forest witch — no support
- 3. The queen — no support
- 4. The fox — 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 Roland turn into? Like, a fiddler?
- 1. Into a wandering fiddle-player who entertains the whole village — no support
- 2. Into a painter — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. Into a fiddler, the musician who plays at weddings — no support
- 4. Into a musician — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 754, line 13: «Roland turns into a fiddler, and his "magic dance" forces the witch to dance until she "lay dead on the ground".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+5); the same doer «roland» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Did the duck fall for the breadcrumbs, or nah?
- 1. Yeah, the duck ate them all up and then swam straight to the witch. — score 3
- 2. Yeah, it ate them all — score 3
- 3. Nah, the duck just swam away and wouldn't come near the bank at all — score 5
- 4. Nah, the duck wouldn't come — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 29, line 7: ««it is impossible to say quite all you feel when your head is under water» — so the ducks came up «spluttering and angry» and told him to mind his own business.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come up» (+4); the same doer «ducks» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did the witch end up dead, innit?
- 1. Fell asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Burned in iron shoes — no support
- 3. Choked on her own breath — no support
- 4. Dancing till her legs gave out — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 238, line 4: «She climbs to a glass hill she cannot climb, serves a smith for seven years for iron shoes, and ends up at the washerwife's house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end up» (+2). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-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 ✗
Yo, what made Roland totally forget his girl?
- 1. A dance — no support
- 2. A lady from the court — no support
- 3. Some other lady who charmed him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Another girl at the mill — ← Mova's choice · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 224, line 11: «Why: the princess begs for "a day or two more" of his company, because she fears he will forget her.», 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 «princess» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was the red stone thing supposed to be, like?
- 1. A stone for the grave — no support
- 2. A landmark, waiting for Roland — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A landmark that stood on the hill, waiting for Roland to come back — no support
- 4. A red stone girl who was meant to be a guide for travellers on the road. — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 73, line 18: «To quiet naughty babies they said «the terrible grey Badger would up and get them» — «a base libel on Badger, who, though he cared little about Society, was ra…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «babies» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Why'd the shepherd keep the flower, honestly?
- 1. Cos it smelled sweet — no support
- 2. Cos it was gold — no support
- 3. Cos it was dead pretty and he wanted to keep it on his shelf — score 2
- 4. Cos it was dead pretty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 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 666, line 10: «Why the guards left: they thought the shepherd was dead, because his hat and cloak had been thrown down the well with him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shepherd» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who sorted out the shepherd's cleaning, dude?
- 1. The flower-girl, by magic — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. The flower-girl, using magic she learned from the wise woman — score 3
- 3. The wise woman, by spells — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. The flower-girl, who cleaned the whole house in one night by magic. — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 747, line 7: «What: the miller says "I will give her to the first suitable man who comes and asks for her hand."», 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 «miller» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wha, why did the girl say no to marrying the shepherd?
- 1. Because she was still loyal to Roland and believed he would come back. — no support
- 2. She was loyal to Roland — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She was loyal to Roland and would wait for him forever in the woods — no support
- 4. She loved another man — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 666, line 5: «Later the shepherd becomes king, and he is loved because he never forces his people to wish him well.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Who sang at the wedding, and why's that a big deal?
- 1. The old witch, and Roland praised her — no support
- 2. The faithful girl sang at the wedding, and Roland recognised her voice from long ago — score 9
- 3. The faithful girl, whom the shepherd had forgotten, and Roland recognised her voice at once. — score 2
- 4. The faithful girl, and Roland knew her voice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 13, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 754, line 16: «The faithful girl sings at the wedding, and Roland cries out: "I know the voice, that is the true bride!"», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «voice» (+6); the same action «know» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Right, what did the queen wish her baby would look like?
- 1. White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony, and as gentle as a dove — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Golden as sun, red as lips, black as coal — score 7
- 3. White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. As white as fresh snow on the hills, as red as blood on the snow, and as black as ebony wood. — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 364, line 1: «A shepherd boy looks after his master's sheep near a dark forest, and he finds the work dull.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+5); the same doer «shepherd boy» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ok, who's the servant feeling guilty about in the end?
- 1. The queen, cos she cried — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The huntsman, cos he lied — no support
- 3. Snowdrop, cos he let her go — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Snowdrop, because he let her go into the forest and did not bring her home — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was the queen so jealous, mate?
- 1. Her maid said Snowdrop was prettier — no support
- 2. Her glass said Snowdrop was fairer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Snowdrop was younger — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. She was angry — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 292, line 16: «What: the Wood-pigeons say the Snow Queen blew on the young ones, and "all died except we two".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «snow queen» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the glass always say to the queen at first?
- 1. Thou art fair — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Thou art the fairest of the court — no support
- 3. Thou art the queen of all the land — no support
- 4. Thou art the fairest in all the land — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
What form did the maiden assume when she first eluded the witch on the lake?
- 1. A duck that could swim in the lake — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A swan — no support
- 3. A little duck with white feathers — no support
- 4. A duck — ✓ 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the witch come to her end in the briar hedge?
- 1. Compelled dancing until death — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Compelled to keep dancing in red-hot shoes until she died in the hedge — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. Forced to dance until death in the briar hedge that she could not escape. — score 8
- 4. Forced to dance to death — no support
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 442, line 5: «The doll does all the wheat in the night, and when the witch comes home she can find nothing to scold.», 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 «witch» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which material formed the frame of the queen's window?
- 1. Pine — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Oak — score 8
- 3. Cedar — score 8
- 4. Ebony — ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 334, line 1: «Wendy gives the boys her "last words," and Smee ties her to the mast while Hook plans to make them walk the plank.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+7); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «words» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What name was bestowed upon the queen's daughter?
- 1. Snowdrop — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Rose — no support
- 3. Snow White, the fairest maiden in the land — no support
- 4. Blossom — 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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