Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a stick and a horse free the maiden, then Dummling's goose gathers a crowd

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 773 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 u see the dude on the glass mountain, bro?

1. he was invisible cos of the robbers cloak they nicked, innit, and he rode off — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was hidden by a magic hat, innit — no support
3. he was invisible cos of the robbers cloak, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he had a cloak, proper sick, bro — 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 ✓

lol the robbers got wrecked with a stick, no cap

1. yeah, the hero whacked em good — no support
2. yeah, the hero beat em up proper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. yeah, the hero beat em all up with his stick, proper — score 5
4. nah, the robbers got away and the hero got wrecked by them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 773, line 10: «Why: the hero beats the robbers because they are "idle vagabonds" who got what they deserved.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beat» (+4); the same doer «hero» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the princess go mental at the ring?

1. she saw the ring was fake — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. she knew her man was close — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. she was scared — score 4
4. she thought her dad was near — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 773, line 15: «The princess is so serious that "no one could make her laugh," so the crowd gives her the joke she needs.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

dummling's bro hurt his arm with the axe, dead

1. the old man cut him with a knife — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. his own axe cut him, the old man did it — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. his brother's axe hit his foot — no support
4. his own axe, dead — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 352, line 14: «Old word "hew" means to chop or cut with an axe, and today we would just say "chop".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+4); the same doer «old word» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, dummling got a cinder cake, what's that mate?

1. a cake made in the fire, proper — score 5
2. a cake baked in the ashes of the fire, dead rough and sour, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. a cake baked in the ashes, dead rough — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. bread cooked in the oven, innit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 773, line 19: «Old word: cinder-cake is a cake baked in the ashes of a fire; today we would say a burnt or rough bun.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bake» (+4); the same thing acted on «cake» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

the goose had feathers made of gold, innit?

1. yeah, pure gold, proper wicked — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, pure gold all over, proper wicked and shiny, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. nah, just yellow paint, bruv — no support
4. yeah, pure silver, proper wicked — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 8: «What he believed: "the streets were all paved with gold", so he runs about looking for gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

why were the sisters stuck to the goose?

1. they touched it, couldn't pull off — score 3
2. they were greedy — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. they grabbed it, couldn't let go — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. they fed it, then they fled — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 773, line 13: «The sisters are stuck to the goose because they try to take a feather, one touch after another.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sisters» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

who got stuck behind the goose in the end?

1. the whole crowd of people from the town and the church — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. seven people in total, the parson, the sexton and the old king too — no support
3. five people, the mayor and the baker — no support
4. seven people, the parson and the sexton too — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 773, line 5: «The goose with golden feathers follows Dummling, a whole crowd sticks to her, and the princess laughs, but the king sets a new task.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «whole crowd» (+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 ✗

the princess was dead serious, bruv, no laughs

1. yeah, nobody in the whole kingdom could make her crack up at all — score 4
2. yeah, nobody could make her crack up — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. yeah, nobody made her smile once — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. nah, the crowd behind the goose made her laugh loads, bruv — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 711, line 11: «Why the princess smiles: she says "You must stay here till my father comes," and Niels hopes things "might not be bad for him".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smile» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

the king said get a man to drink a cellar of wine

1. that's proper fair, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. mad, bro — no support
3. nah, fair — no support
4. that's proper mad, bro — ✓ 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 ✗

the thirsty man is a bit of a case, right?

1. yeah, cold beer's no good, he's just hungry all day — score 4
2. yeah, cold water's no good at all, he's the thirstiest man I've ever met, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. yeah, cold water's no good, he's thirstier than anyone else in the whole forest — no support
4. yeah, cold water's no good, he's thirstier than anyone — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 342, line 19: «Alfred's dream: a light told him to "Go forth bravely", and then the man was "seen no more".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «man» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

so basically the goose is the big prize, yeah?

1. yep, she's the golden goose, bang on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. yep, she's the golden goose and everyone wants her, bang on — score 2
3. nah, the king's the big prize, mate — score 2
4. yep, the goose is the prize, she's gold all over, bang on bro — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 371, line 14: «Why: he killed the Goose hoping to get all the golden eggs at once, but "not a single golden egg did he find".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «goose» (+1); the same thing acted on «goose» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which object did the hero use to become invisible during his encounter with the robbers?

1. The cloak — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The magic cloak he got from the robbers — no support
3. A sword — score 0
4. The gown — 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 682, line 15: «Hard word "contrived": managed through cleverness, used when the horse "contrived to whisper" in the boy's ear.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hard word» (+2). Against it: the same action «use» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the hero do with the ring in the castle chamber?

1. He dropped it into the goblet — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He placed it on the table — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. He tossed it at the king — score 4
4. He dropped it gently into the goblet of wine on the table — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 773, line 1: «The hero puts on the robbers' cloak, so no one can see him, and beats the robbers with their magic stick.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hero» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «put» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Who responded to the goose’s crowd by requesting a man who could drink a cellarful of wine?

1. Queen — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The parson — no support
3. The princess — score 1
4. The king — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 589, line 12: «The boy says "I was just thinking," and the old man answers "Well, dat's diffunt," which means that is a different matter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «answer» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What object was discovered in the roots of the old tree?

1. A cow with silver horns — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. A bird with golden eggs — score 0
3. A goose with golden feathers — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. A golden goose with silver wings and feet — 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 111, line 17: «What does the little old man give Dummerly? A goose "with plumage of pure gold," found under the roots of a tree.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «roots» (+2). Against it: the same action «find» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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