Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Juniper Tree: the bird's song brings justice

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 765 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 ✗

Bro, what did the bird chuck on the stepmum's noggin?

1. a heavy bell — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. a stone — score -1
3. a rock — score -1
4. a millstone — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 468, line 3: «The angry King has the couple sealed in a tarred tub and tossed into the sea, where it bobs for ages.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «angry king» (+1). Against it: the same action «toss» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, who was sat in the corner bawling her eyes out?

1. the kid — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. the stepmum — score 8
3. the dad — score 8
4. little Marleen — ✓ 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 306, line 3: «She is too scared to go home, because her father would beat her, so she sits cold in a corner between two houses.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit» (+6); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

So like, what bling did the bird give the dad?

1. a gold chain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. a ring — no support
3. a gold coin — score -1
4. a hat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 765, line 2: «The stepmother is terrified, and the father puts on the gold chain the bird gave him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bird» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «gold chain» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

The stepmum said she felt like there was what in her veins, fam?

1. cold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a sting — no support
3. a fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a chill — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what kind of shoes did the bird give Marleen?

1. red ones — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. gold ones — score 1
3. red ones with a big bow on them — score 1
4. blue ones — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 765, line 2: «The stepmother is terrified, and the father puts on the gold chain the bird gave him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what tree was the bird singing from, innit?

1. a juniper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a juniper bush by the old well — no support
3. a big juniper tree near the house — no support
4. an apple — 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 ✗

Nah for real, what did Marleen do in them shoes?

1. ran and skipped away — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. danced and jumped about all day long in the square — no support
3. danced and jumped about — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. danced and jumped about until she was tired — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 765, line 13: «After the shoes, Marleen feels happy: "that has all passed away," she says.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «marleen» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the stepmum go down dead-like after the song?

1. yes, she fell over and never got up again — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, she just stood there and screamed loudly — no support
3. yes, she stood up — no support
4. yes, she fell over — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the poor soldier planted what, mate?

1. potatoes — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. figs — score 7
3. beans — score 7
4. turnips — ✓ the right answer · 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 163, line 7: «What: before he leaves, he pays his debts, gives "large alms to the poor," and sets his slaves at liberty.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «set» (+5); the same doer «merchant» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Proper random, but what job did the poor brother go for, a gardener?

1. a gardener — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a head gardener at the king's castle — no support
3. a gardener in the royal palace gardens — no support
4. a soldier — 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 ✗

How did the rich brother get his gift to the king, bruv?

1. silver and cows — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. gold and horses — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a great pile of gold and many fine horses — no support
4. gold and fine horses from the king's land — 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 · ★ · right ✓

What did the king give the poor man, like, for real?

1. gold, lands and flocks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. gold, lands and flocks and a seat at court — score 3
3. silver and lands — score 3
4. gold, lands, flocks and a fine castle to live in — no support

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 680, line 4: «Tiidu comes back in disguise, grinds the nuts into powder, cures the royal family, and the king pays him well.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the stepmum's hair do when she ran out?

1. stood up straight like the flames of a burning house — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. flew up like smoke — no support
3. stood up like fire — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. stood up like fire in the wind and sparks — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 735, line 3: «The hornet stings the fox three times, his tail drops, the animals run away, and the birds win, so the bear comes to the nest to beg pardon.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «sting» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the bird use to bring about the death of the stepmother?

1. a heavy bell — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a rock — score 1
3. a millstone — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. a stone — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 139, line 18: «Old word: "talons" means claws, the sharp curved toes that birds of prey use to grab their food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the nature of the gift presented by the bird to the father?

1. a beautiful gold chain of the finest craft — score 0
2. a silver coin — no support
3. a gold chain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. a heavy golden chain of great value — 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 765, line 2: «The stepmother is terrified, and the father puts on the gold chain the bird gave him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «gold chain» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what location did the bird perform its song prior to the events at the threshold?

1. high up in the old juniper-tree near the house — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. in the willow-tree — no support
3. in the juniper-tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. in the dark juniper-tree beside the church — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 740, line 18: «Old word: "a bird of prey" is a hunting bird such as an eagle or hawk, which snatched the child up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which relative was observed to weep continuously during the family meal?

1. the stepmother — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the cook — no support
3. the father — no support
4. little Marleen — ✓ 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

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