Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 776 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 ✓

yo, so the prince just peaced out on his bae, what did he leave her?

1. a ring and a promise to remember him by until he came back — score -4
2. a letter to read later — score -1
3. a ring to remember him by — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. a ring to remember him by when he was far away — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 774, line 6: «Who: the youngest prince, who is kind and asks the dwarf for help, and the dwarf in the scarlet cloak, who is "a little ugly dwarf" with "a sugarloaf cap".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «youngest prince» (+1). Against it: the same doer «youngest prince» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, how did the first bride feel when the new wedding got announced?

1. she fretted and nearly died — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she cheered up — no support
3. she sulked in her room — no support
4. she got mad and left — 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 ✗

bruh, what did the bride ask her dad for, like the most extra thing ever?

1. eleven girls who look just like her and never complain about anything — score 6
2. eleven girls who look just like her — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. eleven girls who look just like her, down to the face — score 6
4. twelve lovely silk dresses — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 463, line 2: «She tries to get rid of him with huge tasks, first asking him to chop an iron pillar for the cook's fuel.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+5); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey genius move, so what did the bride make her girls wear?

1. twelve silk gowns for the feast — no support
2. huntsmen outfits, twelve of them, all stitched in green velvet — no support
3. huntsmen outfits, twelve of them — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. long white robes for the court — ← 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 505, line 19: «Old words: "sered" means dried up and withered, and "wont" means used to or accustomed, so the trees were "sered and bare" before they "donned their brightest…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so what was the lion's whole tea?

1. the huntsmen were twelve brothers — ← Mova's choice · score -6
2. the huntsmen were spies — no support
3. the huntsmen were actually lost ghosts — no support
4. the twelve huntsmen were actually girls — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 762, line 11: «fact: The dwarf saves the ants, ducks and bees because he says "Let the poor things enjoy themselves," and each one later helps him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

the peas thing, how did the girls get past it?

1. they stomped firm so no peas moved, and the guard was fooled — score 2
2. they stomped firm so no peas moved under their feet at all — no support
3. they stomped firm so no peas moved — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. they stepped gently to dodge peas — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 776, line 4: «The lion says they are girls, so peas and spinning-wheels are laid out to test them, and the girls pass by stepping firmly and not looking.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «step» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

and the spinning wheels, did anybody look?

1. nope, they never looked once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. yes, they looked — no support
3. yes, they peeked at the wheels — no support
4. nah, they peeked — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 776, line 13: «The spinning-wheels test: the maidens "never once looked at the spinning-wheels", so the king again refuses to believe the lion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

who snitched the test plan to the huntsmen?

1. a page who admired them — no support
2. a servant who liked them and warned them about the peas — score 8
3. a servant who liked them and had heard the king's whole plan — score 8
4. a servant who liked them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 776, line 10: «Who helps the bride: a servant "who favoured the huntsmen" warns them about each test the lion suggests.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «huntsmen» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

when the king pulled off that glove, what was on the hand?

1. the ring from his first love — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. a ring from his first love, the same one he had given her — score 5
3. the ring from his first love, the one she had worn — score 5
4. a gold band from long ago — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 356, line 3: «A king who loves stories offers his daughter to anyone who can tell an endless tale, or lose his head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+4); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the king tell the other bride to do?

1. go home to her own kingdom and never return to this court — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. leave and go home now — no support
3. go home to her own kingdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. go back to her father'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 11 · ★ · right ✓

why was the lion back in the king's good books?

1. he told the truth after all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. he warned the king first — score 3
3. he told the truth at last — score 4
4. he was bad — no support

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 776, line 11: «The lion's claim: he says "You are mistaken, they are twelve girls", and proposes strewing peas in the ante-chamber.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «lion» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

the merchant lost his ships and was broke, so how did he get rich again?

1. he sold a horse — score 3
2. he found gold in a lumber-room — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. he sold his old house — score 3
4. he found silver in a cellar — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 776, line 17: «Heinel's father: after losing "two richly laden ships", the merchant finds "a large pile of gold" in the lumber-room, and forgets his son.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same place «lumber room» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did little Heinel do when the dwarf came around?

1. drew a circle on the ground and stood inside it all night long — no support
2. he drew a square and sat down — score 1
3. drew a circle and stood inside it until the dwarf went away — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. drew a circle and stood inside — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 129, line 1: «The Queen guesses the Dwarf's name, and he hops away howling, leaving his own leg behind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dwarf» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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 · right ✓

In what manner did the king first recognise his former betrothed?

1. by observing the ring he had bestowed upon her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. by carefully observing the ring he had once bestowed upon her and her maids — score 2
3. by observing the ring he had bestowed upon her at their parting — score 1
4. by examining the letter she had written — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 695, line 1: «The king orders the prince to find the princess's ring in the brook, or die a horrible death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «ring» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the response of the lion to the king's final scepticism?

1. He maintained that the huntsmen had restrained themselves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He claimed the peas had slipped away — no support
3. He insisted the huntsmen were men — no support
4. He maintained that the huntsmen had restrained themselves from wrongdoing and were honest — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What was the condition of the merchant's son at the close of this passage?

1. He was held by the black dwarf — no support
2. He stood within a circle drawn on the ground — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He sat beside a tall oak tree — no support
4. He stood within a circle drawn on the ground while the dwarf circled outside it — score 5

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 469, line 2: «Each night she rises from her coffin and conjures horrors, but he traces a circle, keeps reading and never looks behind him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trace» (+4); the same thing acted on «circle» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which event precipitated the disclosure of the bride's true identity?

1. The lion's confession before the court — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The arrival of the king's messenger — no support
3. The fainting of the bride upon hearing of the new union — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The hunt that the king ordered at dawn — 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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