Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful Brothers: the brothers save the princess and share the reward
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 768 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 · ★ · right ✓
Oi mate, how many eggs did the star-gazer reckon was in that nest, innit?
- 1. Two — score 1
- 2. One — score 1
- 3. Three — score 1
- 4. Five — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 768, line 7: «What: the star-gazer looks through his glass and says "Five" eggs are in the nest.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same doer «five eggs» (+1); the same place «nest» (+1). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper wicked, but which bro nicked the eggs from under the bird, yeah?
- 1. Proper wicked, the youngest brother did it — no support
- 2. The middle brother — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. The eldest brother — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. The one who was lazy and sat around all day — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 326, line 12: «What: The Never bird makes an effort to save Peter by pushing her nest against the rock, and she gives up her eggs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «eggs» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, what did the huntsman do to the eggs, like?
- 1. He lobbed them off the roof, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Chucked them in a river and watched them float — no support
- 3. Split them up — no support
- 4. Shot them in two — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, what did the tailor sew the eggs with, be honest?
- 1. A needle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. A thimble — score 7
- 3. A massive curved needle from his gran's kit — no support
- 4. Some thread and a big sewing needle, mate — 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 397, line 6: «The Wizard sat in the marketplace telling fortunes when a man ran up in great haste.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run up» (+5); the same doer «man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was the dragon doing when the thief nicked the princess?
- 1. Snoring — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Sleep — score -2
- 3. Eating — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Hunting — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 660, line 17: «Edmund was glad that "dragon and drakling would now have plenty to eat".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2). Against it: the same doer «dragon» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Gutted, what did the huntsman refuse to do at first?
- 1. Take a shot at the sleeping dragon in the cave — score 4
- 2. Shoot the dragon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Attack the beast — no support
- 4. Fire an arrow at the great beast in the water — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 768, line 4: «A dragon takes the king's daughter, and the brothers sail out, where the thief steals her and the huntsman shoots the dragon.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «dragon» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Dead, what did the tailor do with the wrecked boat?
- 1. Patched the hull up — no support
- 2. Replaced the whole deck with new timber and paint — no support
- 3. Stitched planks together — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Nailed boards together — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 768, line 16: «The tailor sews the planks together, and the brothers "got home safe" with the princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tailor» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mega, what did the king give each brother for their skills?
- 1. A silver cup — no support
- 2. A horse — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Half the land plus his own daughter's hand — no support
- 4. Half a kingdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 767, line 2: «The youth walks down into the tower, and the dogs wag their tails, eat the food he gives them, and do not hurt him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3). Against it: the same doer «dogs» (-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 ✗
Be real, who did the king say the princess liked better?
- 1. Another man — score 0
- 2. Somebody else — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A stranger — score -2
- 4. Some other bloke she'd met at the fair — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 359, line 6: «Who: the captain of the ship "U-ni-corn" trades with a king who had never seen white men before.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «white men» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Nah, what did Lily want her dad to bring her?
- 1. A red rose from the garden, mate — no support
- 2. A rose — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The biggest rose you can find, yeah — no support
- 4. A lily — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 328, line 11: «Why: Peter says Tiger Lily wants to be something to him, "but she says it is not my mother."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Peng or what, where was the rock the princess sat on?
- 1. In a cave — no support
- 2. On a rock — no support
- 3. On a rocky island far out to sea — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. In the sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 689, line 16: «The son throws the other half from "a rock that jutted right out into the sea," so the money sinks out of sight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bare, what did the lion want back for the rose?
- 1. Whatever first meets him at the gate of home — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The first thing he sees — no support
- 3. Whatever meets him first — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Whatever creature first crosses his path on the road back — 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 did the king decide regarding the hand of the princess?
- 1. The youngest must marry her now — score 3
- 2. Neither brother should marry her — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Only the thief should marry her — score 0
- 4. Neither could wed her — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 722, line 2: «The king sees the handsome youths, decides his daughter will marry the prince, and poisons the friend.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «prince» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What condition did the lion set before he would give up the rose?
- 1. Whatever first meets him at home when he returns from the long journey — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Whatever greets him at his door — no support
- 3. Whichever servant or beast first comes running out to greet him at home — no support
- 4. Whatever first meets him at home — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 376, line 3: «A Shepherd who lost a sheep promises a fat calf to Jupiter, then meets a Lion and offers a full-grown bull instead, while a greedy Dog drops his bone to chase…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «meet» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «lion» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Who was the first person to meet the merchant on his return home?
- 1. The old servant who had watched the house for many years — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Lily, his youngest daughter, who was waiting at the gate — no support
- 3. Ruth, his eldest daughter — no support
- 4. Lily, his youngest daughter — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did the thief secure his claim to the princess?
- 1. He stole her away — score -1
- 2. By sneaking her out at night — no support
- 3. He stole her from beneath the dragon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. He snatched her while it slept — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 768, line 14: «The thief steals the princess "so quietly and gently that the beast did not know it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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