Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Elsie: Elsie weeps over a pick-axe and wins Hans

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 757 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, who even was the dude coming to woo Elsie?

1. Peter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ed — no support
3. Hans — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Ned — 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 ✗

wait, what did Hans demand, like, a total deal-breaker?

1. she had to be really smart — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she had to be really tall — no support
3. she had to be, like, super smart and also totally fearless — no support
4. she had to be really smart and never cry in the cellar again — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 727, line 6: «Hans rides his horse, and when he "smacked his lips and cried 'Jip!'" the horse runs off at full gallop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+1). Against it: the same doer «hans» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, why did Elsie tap the lid while she walked?

1. so time wouldn't drag — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. cause the lid was super loose and rattling on the barrel — no support
3. so her hands stay warm — no support
4. so the barrel wouldn't dry — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 130, line 16: «Old word: "alms" means money or food given freely to the poor, so the sisters "begged an alms" at the palace door.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

lol what did she grab before she sat by the barrel?

1. a chair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. a little table and a lamp from upstairs — score 0
3. a wooden bench from the corner by the wall — score 0
4. a cup — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 677, line 3: «The old woman snaps a twig, so Wildrose slides down to show her, and the old woman grabs her and runs off with her over her shoulders.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+2). Against it: the same action «grab» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what was chillin right above her head?

1. a shovel — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a lantern — no support
3. a hammer — no support
4. a pick-axe — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what was Elsie straight-up bawling about?

1. the pick-axe falling and hitting her unborn kid's head hard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the beam falling on her head — no support
3. the pick-axe hitting her kid's head — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the lamp hitting her kid's head — 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 ✗

fr, who was the first one to go down and cry too?

1. the boy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Elsie — no support
3. the maid — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the mother — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, who said "what a clever Elsie we got" first?

1. the boy who was sent down to the cellar — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. the mother — no support
3. the father — score 8
4. the maid — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 757, line 9: «why: Elsie sits and cries because she thinks a child of hers might one day draw beer and be killed by the pick-axe.», 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 «child» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, how many were crying in the cellar when Hans showed up?

1. three — no support
2. two — no support
3. five people plus the maid and the boy — ← Mova's choice · score -4
4. five — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 757, line 11: «what happens: the maid, the boy, the mother and the father each go down and cry too, saying "What a clever Elsie we have!"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «maid» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what was the whole crew upstairs waiting for?

1. the dinner — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the bread — no support
3. the dinner and the bridegroom's arrival — no support
4. the beer — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so Hans just goes "not needed," then what did he do?

1. grabbed her hand and fled — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. grabbed her hand and wed her — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. grabbed her bag and wed her — no support
4. grabbed her hand and led her up to the wedding feast — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, who was the boy the dad sent down after the maid?

1. the stable boy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the cellar boy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the boy — no support
4. a page — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what did the dad tell the mom to do?

1. go to bed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. fetch the beer — no support
3. bring Elsie the beer now — no support
4. go see where Elsie is — ✓ 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 ✗

Which condition did the suitor Hans formally stipulate before consenting to the marriage?

1. That Elsie should be genuinely intelligent and never weep in cellars — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That Elsie should be genuinely intelligent, graceful, and well-read in all the old books of the village — no support
3. That Elsie should be genuinely intelligent — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That Elsie should be quite hardworking — 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 did Elsie occupy herself with while the beer was running from the barrel?

1. Peering at the wall overhead — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Staring at the barrel — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Gazing at the ceiling above — no support
4. Peering at the wall overhead while the beer ran out — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 757, line 2: «At dinner the mother sends Elsie to the cellar for beer, and Elsie sits down before the barrel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «elsie» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon finding the company weeping, what did the bridegroom ultimately decide to do?

1. Take Elsie home and feed her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Lead Elsie upstairs and wed her — no support
3. Take Elsie upstairs and marry her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Take Elsie upstairs, kiss her, and marry her in the hall — 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 ✗

How many persons were weeping in the cellar upon the bridegroom's arrival?

1. Five persons and the maid, who had come down first — score -1
2. Four persons — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Five persons — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Five persons, all weeping loudly on the cellar floor — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 757, line 15: «old word: "to stipulate" means to insist on a condition before agreeing, so Hans makes cleverness the price of his promise.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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