Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 783 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 the dude in the castle really sit with a dead guy?

1. yeah, he sat with it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, the corpse got up and tried to grab him later — no support
3. nah, the dead cousin just lay still in the coffin lid — no support
4. yeah, and the corpse sat up and tried to choke him — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol so the youth wanted to feel scared, right?

1. yep, he kept hoping the castle would be fun — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yep, he kept saying he couldn't shudder, which annoyed everyone in the castle — score 5
3. yep, he kept saying he couldn't shudder — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. nah, he only wanted to play a game — score 5

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 783, line 9: «Why: the youth wants to learn fear, but he keeps failing, so he says "I cannot manage to shudder," even after a bearded giant threatens him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+3); the same action «keep» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

bruh how many farthings did he lose at nine-pins?

1. a couple, which is like nothing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a few, so what — no support
3. a dozen, which is quite a lot — no support
4. just two, not much — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the old giant's beard actually stuck in the anvil?

1. nah, the giant pulled free fast — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yup, the youth split it and trapped him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yup, the youth split it with a wedge and trapped him there — no support
4. yup, the youth split it with a wedge and trapped him there until 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

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

did the maid throw cold water on him to scare him?

1. yeah, with a bucket full of gudgeons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, she dumped a whole bucket full of gudgeons on his bed right away — no support
3. nope, she tossed a bucket of mud — no support
4. yeah, with a bucket full of gudgeons and cold water from the well — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

that princess was rude to everyone, wasn't she?

1. totally, she called one guy a dumpling — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. yeah, she mocked the poor fiddler — score 2
3. totally, rude — no support
4. totally, she called a man a fool — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 637, line 12: «The Princess calls Tom "dear good, clever Tom" and gives him her pet elephant, Fido.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+1); the same receiver «tom» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did her dad make her marry the fiddler?

1. he had sworn she'd wed the first man — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. he swore to hand her to the first comer, and she had to obey — no support
3. he promised her to the stranger — no support
4. he swore to hand her to the first comer — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 783, line 13: «Why: the father vows that "willing or unwilling, she should marry the first man, be he prince or beggar, that came to the door," so she must wed the fiddler.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «first man» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the princess keep saying on the walk?

1. ugh, I wish I'd married Grisly-beard and not this fiddler at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. ugh, I wish I'd married Grisly-beard — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. ugh, I wish I'd married the king — score 2
4. ugh, I wish I'd wed the good king — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 783, line 13: «Why: the father vows that "willing or unwilling, she should marry the first man, be he prince or beggar, that came to the door," so she must wed the fiddler.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wed» (+2); a different thing acted on (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 9 · ★ · right ✓

so the fiddler had a whole wood and city?

1. yeah, the wood belonged to the king — score 5
2. nope, they belonged to King Grisly-beard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. nope, they were owned by a duke — no support
4. nope, just a cottage — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 783, line 14: «Where: the fiddler and princess walk past a "great wood," "fine meadows," and a "great city," all belonging to King Grisly-beard, before reaching "a small cott…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «belong» (+3); the same thing acted on «beard» (+2); the same receiver «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the fiddler say about servants?

1. we fetch our own water, no help — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. we do our own chores, no servants, and we like it that way — no support
3. we do our own chores and cooking, no servants in the house at all — no support
4. we do our own chores, no servants — ✓ 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 ✗

what did the princess call the cottage?

1. a plain house and a poor shack — no support
2. a little place and a cold den — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. a paltry place and a dirty hole — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a dirty hole — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 654, line 1: «The little white Princess wakes early, greets the sun and the woods from her tower, then scrubs the whole house herself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «whole house» (-1); a different action (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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the youth actually get to shudder at the end?

1. yeah, after the bucket fell down — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, once the fish got on him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yep, when the cold water came — no support
4. yeah, once the fish got on him, which took the whole bucket — 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 · ★ · right ✓

was the youth brave when the giant threatened him?

1. yep, he laughed — no support
2. yep, he laughed and said not so fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. nope, he ran — score 5
4. nope, he cried and begged the giant — score 1

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 780, line 16: «The giants say "let him live," and a cloud "caught him in a whirlwind" and carries him away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «giants» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the youth's reaction when the dead cousin attempted to strangle him?

1. He pushed the cousin away and laughed. — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He returned the cousin to his coffin and shut the lid. — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He tossed the cousin on the floor and left the room. — score 1
4. He wept loudly. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 363, line 3: «The Country Mouse dreams she is a Town Mouse, so the next day she goes to the city with her friend.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the item that the old giant placed into the cellar for the youth's benefit.

1. Three chests filled with gold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Three chests filled with gold and jewels for the poor — no support
3. Three chests — no support
4. Some old gold — 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 ✓

Which of the following reasons accounts for the princess's marriage to the travelling fiddler?

1. Her dad had vowed she'd wed the first arrival. — score 3
2. Her father had sworn to give her to the first comer. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Her father had sworn to give her to the first comer, whoever he might be, as the old custom demanded in the land. — score 6
4. Her father had sworn to give her to the first comer, and she had mocked every suitor who came before him. — score 6

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 665, line 11: «The prince gives the copper apple and staff to the princess because he "had no jewels with him."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «prince» (+1); the same receiver «princess» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the principal consequence of the waiting-maid's plan upon the young king.

1. He begged the maid to stop her strange tricks now. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He finally cried out that he now knew what shuddering was. — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He ran out of the room shouting for help at once. — score 5
4. He cried that he finally felt fear now. — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 114, line 5: «Then an old king dies after begging faithful John to guard his son and keep him away from the portrait in the last room.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+4); the same doer «old king» (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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