Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 763 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 the elves actually bounce around with no clothes on lol?

1. nah, they had tiny trousers and hats on — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah they were totally naked — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, they had hats — no support
4. nah, they were in shirts — 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 ✗

bruv why'd the stepmum chuck the apple in the chest, innit?

1. she was jealous cos the girl got the apples first — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. dunno, pure chance — no support
3. cos she fancied a snack — no support
4. she was jealous and angry — ✓ 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 ✗

was the shoemaker sus about the shoes or what?

1. he was dead chuffed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he was chill — no support
3. he was kinda bored — no support
4. he was well confused — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the boy's deal, is he mint or proper dead?

1. the stepmum kills him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. he gets better — score 3
3. he goes to school — score 2
4. he runs off to the woods — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 587, line 17: «Dog: out jumps "a big bull-dog", which chases the imps until the Ole Boy opens the gate and runs it out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run out» (+4); the same doer «ole boy» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the wife make the elves pants and stuff, peak?

1. yeah, shirts, trousers, coats and little hats too — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, socks and jumpers — no support
3. nah, only shoes and a bit of cloth for them — no support
4. yes, shirts and trousers — ✓ 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 ✗

bro who even planted that juniper tree in the court?

1. it had been growing there — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. it was planted by the boy's grandfather long ago — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. the stepmum planted it — score 9
4. the first wife planted it years before this day — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «Just inside the garden, three gardeners shaped like playing cards are painting white roses red. They squabble and blame each other, and one of them, Two, expla…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «plant» (+6); the same thing acted on «white rose tree» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the wife gutted when the berries made her ill?

1. nah, she was actually well chuffed about the berries — score -1
2. yeah, she was gutted and cried for ages after — no support
3. yeah, she got sad and ill — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. yeah, she felt dead happy — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 236, line 2: «Then she finds a bag of groats hanging on the bed, and when a robber overhears Jan calling it "for Hereafterthis," she hands it over to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same doer «wife» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, why'd the wife wish for a kid red like blood?

1. cos she liked the tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she fancied a red baby — no support
3. she was bored — no support
4. she wanted one so badly — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

so the elves just dipped after they finished?

1. yeah, they ran off fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, they bolted out the door — no support
3. yeah, they skipped off happily into the dark woods — no support
4. nah, they stayed around and had a 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, what's the chest lid like?

1. quite heavy and made of oak — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. super heavy with an iron lock — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. pretty light — no support
4. rusty and kinda broken — 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 ✗

fam, what did the stepmum wrap the boy's head with?

1. a blue hanky — no support
2. a grey tea towel — no support
3. a white handkerchief — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a dark scarf with a bit of rope on it — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 695, line 15: «Old word: "swaddling clothes" are long strips of cloth wrapped tightly around a baby; today babies wear soft sleepsuits and blankets.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the dad ended up married again, right?

1. yeah, he married a woman who was very cruel — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. nah, he married again but she died quickly — no support
3. nah, he stayed single — no support
4. yeah, he married again — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 759, line 1: «Ashputtel's mother dies, and her father soon marries a cold woman who brings two daughters of her own.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which garment, in addition to a shirt, did the shoemaker's wife make for the elves?

1. Socks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A coat and waistcoat — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Trousers and a cap — no support
4. Jacket and breeches — 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 ✗

At what hour of the night did the elves arrive to begin their labour?

1. At half past nine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. At dawn — no support
3. At midnight — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. At noon — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Beneath which tree did the rich man's wife stand while peeling the apples?

1. A tall apple-tree near the farmhouse gate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A juniper-tree — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. A birch-tree — score 3
4. A willow-tree — 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 302, line 8: «Where: a great hall where "there stood beautiful palm-trees, oaks, and plantains," and flowers grow in pots and mould.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stand» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the stepmother conceal the boy's injury from observers?

1. By covering his face — no support
2. By binding his head — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By putting him in a chair and telling a lie — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. By dressing the wound — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 568, line 8: «Where: he sets the Tar-Baby "in de big road", right where Brer Rabbit will walk by.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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