Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Heinel is set adrift, wins magic gifts, and finds his queen about to remarry
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 777 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, did Heinel's own dad really shove him out to sea?
- 1. Yeah, mate — no support
- 2. Yeah, with his own hands, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Nah, a servant pushed him out — no support
- 4. Yeah, he did it himself — 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 777, line 7: «What: Heinel is put into an open boat, and his father is told to "push him off with his own hand".», 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 question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, the snake is a princess? That's proper sick, right?
- 1. Yeah, she's a cursed farm girl, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Yeah, she's an enchanted princess, fam, and she's been waiting ages for him — score 3
- 3. Nah, she's just a sneaky snake, fam — score 3
- 4. Yeah, she's an enchanted princess, fam — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 777, line 3: «The snake is a princess, and she tells him to bear three nights of torment without a word, until she frees him with the Water of Life.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «snake» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
How long did the twelve men keep at him?
- 1. Ages, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Three hours or so, mate — score 4
- 3. Till the sun came up, mate — no support
- 4. One whole night, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 771, line 5: «Then a queen wishes her crying child were a raven, and the child flies off into a dark wood, where a man finds the raven and must keep watch on a tan-heap.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Heinel say a single word the whole time?
- 1. Yeah, a few words at first, then he went dead quiet for ages, mate — score 3
- 2. Nah, not one, he stayed dead quiet the whole time, no matter what — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Nah, not one, he stayed dead quiet — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Nah, he whispered to the snake — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 197, line 5: «The angry king locks the prince in an old tower, where he reads his books, prays and falls asleep.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «angry king» (+3); the same thing acted on «prince» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
So what was the ring for, like, what could it do?
- 1. Turn stuff into gold, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Grant any wish he made, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Grant any wish he made, bruv, even the daft ones he came up with — no support
- 4. It could grant any wish he made, bruv, so he could have anything he wanted in the whole world — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Why did his mum not believe him at first?
- 1. He was dressed in a dodgy shepherd's frock — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He had been gone for many long years — no support
- 3. He was too dirty — no support
- 4. He was dressed in a dodgy shepherd's frock and smelled of the sea — 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 ✗
Wait, the dad didn't believe his own son? That's harsh, fam!
- 1. Yeah, he hated his son, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he thought it was a ghost — no support
- 3. Yeah, he said Heinel was long dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he was sure — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
What did the queen do while Heinel was asleep?
- 1. Nicked the ring and bounced home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Nicked the ring, the cloak and the boots, and bounced home without a word — score 6
- 3. Took his boots and ran away — score 4
- 4. Nicked the ring and bounced home to her father's kingdom across the sea — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 777, line 14: «Why the queen takes the ring: She is angry that he broke his word, and while he sleeps "she drew the ring from his finger".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+4); the same thing acted on «ring» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Did the giants get to keep their stuff?
- 1. Nah, the king took everything back home — no support
- 2. Yeah, they kept the sword and the boots — no support
- 3. Nah, they had nothing left to fight over, so they just wandered off into the hills — score 2
- 4. Nah, they had nothing left to fight over — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 653, line 2: «The town children bring their bread and milk to the dragon's dungeon, and Tina and Johnnie tell him a bigger giant is coming to eat him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bigger giant» (+1); the same thing acted on «dragon» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did Heinel do with the cloak?
- 1. Turned himself into a bird, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Turned himself into a fly, mate, and then flew all the way back to the castle — score 6
- 3. Turned himself into a fly, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Turned himself into a fly, mate, and crawled up the queen's sleeve — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 777, line 12: «Why the father doubts him: The merchant says "that can never be true; he must be a fine king truly who travels about in a shepherd's frock!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «heinel» (+4); the same thing acted on «fine king» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
So why was the queen so wigged out at the feast?
- 1. Her plate stayed empty, mate, and she was scared — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The dwarf got angry at her, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Her plate stayed empty, mate, and she was scared the stranger was her husband — no support
- 4. Her husband came back from the dead — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 691, line 20: «Quote: the prince tells the queen "You would have slept till eternity" if he had not been there to wake her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Heinel just sit there and let her marry someone new?
- 1. Yeah, he stood up and made a big scene, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he married her off, mate — no support
- 3. Nah, he hid under his cloak, followed her everywhere, and then stole her ring, mate — no support
- 4. Nah, he hid under his cloak and followed her, mate — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was it a proper deal with the dwarf or what?
- 1. A fair fight, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, the dwarf won, mate, fair and square — no support
- 3. Nah, he won — no support
- 4. A drawn battle, mate, both sides got a bit — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Pursuant to the text, which individual is responsible for setting Heinel adrift in the open boat?
- 1. His uncle, the village tailor — no support
- 2. His father, a cruel old farmer — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. The merchant — no support
- 4. His own father, the merchant — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 766, line 14: «The calf: "I set it on my head and it kicked my face," so Hans is hurt by his own gift.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
With reference to the passage, what is the principal object that the giants surrender to Heinel for trial?
- 1. A cloak, a shield and a golden horn — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A sword, a cloak and a pair of boots — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A sword, a cloak, a pair of boots and a golden ring worth a fortune — no support
- 4. A sword, a cloak and a pair of boots, along with all their gold and their horses — 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 · right ✓
According to the passage, by what method does the queen's mother-in-law identify her son?
- 1. A raspberry-like mark on his right arm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A small red birthmark on his left wrist — no support
- 3. A tiny blue scar on his right hand — no support
- 4. A raspberry-like mark on his right arm and the silver ring on his finger — 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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the queen's conduct at the close of the extract?
- 1. She weeps alone, overcome with fear and remorse — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. She sits silently, eating nothing at all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. She weeps alone, overcome with fear and remorse, while the guests quietly leave the hall around her — score 5
- 4. She weeps alone, overcome with fear and remorse, and then flees the feast entirely — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 194, line 3: «An old woman leads him to a grand house, where the lady leaves him alone, and then a huge black slave cuts him and takes his gold.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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