Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a fur coat wins the king's heart with three dresses

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 787 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 ✗

Oi, why did Cat-skin hide her fancy dress in a nutshell?

1. Cos she wanted it for the ball, yeah — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Cos she needed it for the feast, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Cos she was scared the cook would nick it before the feast, innit — no support
4. Cos she needed to hide it from the huntsmen and the cook, innit — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 769, line 17: «What: the princess wants Lily's golden dress, and Lily says it is "for flesh and blood".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+1); the same thing acted on «golden dress» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how did the huntsmen even find her?

1. She was napping in a hollow, proper mad — no support
2. Up a tree, like — no support
3. She was kipping in a tree, proper random — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. In a tree, random — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 780, line 5: «He eats two kinds of salad, returns in disguise, and feeds the bad salad to the three women, who become asses that he hands to a miller.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did the cook reckon she'd done to the soup?

1. Chucked a bit of dirt in, mate — no support
2. Dropped a hair in it, ya muppet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. Dropped some salt in it, ya muppet — score -2
4. She dropped a hair in it, ya muppet, and the king went mad — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 785, line 12: «The cook sends the boy away and the gardener takes him, so he is passed from one job to another.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cook» (+4). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same action «send away» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, was the king well into her at the first feast?

1. Yeah, he kept dancing and was dead happy — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, he danced with her and was dead chuffed — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yeah, he danced with her the whole night long and was dead chuffed, bruv — score 5
4. Yeah, he danced with her all night and was dead chuffed with her — 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 742, line 4: «Then he traps a wild boar in a chapel by shutting the door, but the king still refuses to keep his promise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead serious, what gave her away at the last one?

1. Her hair, bruv, and the grey dress — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The white finger, bruv, and the ring on it that the king gave her — no support
3. The white finger, bruv, and the ring on it — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The fur cloak, bruv, and the boots — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 118, line 9: «Why: The father first refuses, but Thumbling whispers "Father, do give me away; I will soon come back again."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give away» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what was she pretending to be all along?

1. A dirty cook's girl, a proper Cinderella — ← Mova's choice · score -7
2. A furry beggar, like a proper Cinderella — no support
3. A scruffy kitchen skivvy, like a proper Cinderella out of a story book — no support
4. A scruffy kitchen skivvy, like a proper Cinderella — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 780, line 4: «Giants pass by, so he pretends to sleep, and a cloud carries him down into a garden of greens.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did the king do when he got hold of her fur?

1. Ripped it off in one go, and she was lush underneath, proper stunning — no support
2. Ripped it off, and she was lush underneath — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He ripped it right off her back, and she was lush underneath, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Nicked it off, and she was scruffy underneath — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 445, line 11: «The third flock takes hold of him, and the birds "dropped him in the upper room" of the cottage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «third flock» (+4); the same thing acted on «hold» (+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 8 · ★ · right ✓

Sis, what colour was the dress for the last party?

1. Sparkly like the stars, mad shiny — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Sparkly like the stars at night, mad shiny, proper lush — no support
3. Sparkly like the stars in the sky, mad shiny, bruv — no support
4. Sparkly like the moon, mad bright — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Wallop, how long did she say she had before the cook got cross?

1. Half an hour, but she kept away way too long, proper late, wallop — score -3
2. Half an hour, and she kept away too long — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. Half an hour, and she kept away way too long, wallop — score -3
4. An hour, and she stayed out too long — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 785, line 12: «The cook sends the boy away and the gardener takes him, so he is passed from one job to another.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Init true she was a princess all along?

1. Yeah, the loveliest queen in the land — no support
2. Yeah, a princess — no support
3. Yeah, the most beautiful princess on earth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yeah, the bravest princess in the land — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 180, line 1: «The narrator enters a court with a hundred doors and is welcomed by forty beautiful princesses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «forty beautiful princesses» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, what did she do with the ashes at the start?

1. She had to shovel them in the yard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She had to sift them in the kitchen — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Put them out — no support
4. She had to sweep them by the door — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ay, what did the king hear the huntsmen say about the beast?

1. It had a thousand kinds of fur, mad — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It had a thousand kinds of fur all sewn together, mad, proper mad — no support
3. It had a thousand kinds of fur from every animal in the forest, mad — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. It had a thousand kinds of skin, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 682, line 2: «The grateful king offers any gift, so the knight asks for the king's ear, and the king keeps his word and cuts it off.», 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 «word» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for her, what did she have to do with the chickens?

1. Chop them, like the meat — no support
2. Feed them — no support
3. Cook them — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Pluck them, like the poultry — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 567, line 14: «Why: Brer Rabbit does not eat the chicken with Brer Fox, because the chicken is "dish yer" and no one has cooked it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «chicken» (+4); 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the place in which the girl was discovered by the royal huntsmen?

1. A hollow tree in a large wood — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. A hollow tree in a large wood near the palace gates — score -1
3. A hollow tree deep in a large wood where the huntsmen were hunting — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. A ditch by a small road — score -1

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 117, line 18: «The Huntsman "could not find it in my heart" to shoot, so the two swap coats and the Prince hides in the wood.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «huntsman» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the item that the girl placed in the king's soup on the first occasion.

1. A tiny silver ring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A small golden ring from her finger — no support
3. A little golden locket — no support
4. A small golden ring — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the reason the king gave for seizing the girl's hand at the close of the narrative.

1. He observed the white finger on her hand and the ring from the ball — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He noticed her bright dress and shoes — no support
3. He observed the white finger and the ring — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He observed the white finger and the ring he had given her — 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 ✗

Indicate the garment that the king removed from the girl before she revealed herself.

1. The grey gown — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her shoes — no support
3. The hood — no support
4. The fur cloak — ✓ 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

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