Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little Claus tricks Great Claus into the river, and an old man begins a story from the teapot
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 871 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 ✓
Dude, did Little Claus really get chucked off a bridge in a sack?
- 1. Yeah, tied up tight and everything, mental — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he got dunked in the pond by a dog — no support
- 3. Nah, he got chucked in a barrel, innit — no support
- 4. Nah, he jumped off the bridge himself, lol — 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 ✗
So the sea-maiden had like a wreath on her head, right?
- 1. Nah, she had a crown made of gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, she had a bonnet with blue ribbons — no support
- 3. Yeah, green leaves all over her wet hair — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, she had a hat with a huge feather — 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 ✗
Why did Little Claus go back by the land, bruv?
- 1. Cos the sea-people chased him out — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. Cos he wanted to see his mum first — no support
- 3. Cos the river was too cold for swimming — no support
- 4. Cos it saved him half a mile, obviously — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 871, line 14: «fact: Little Claus drives his own beasts home, so he has cheated Great Claus, who was greedy for cattle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «great claus» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Did Great Claus get the sea-cattle or what?
- 1. Nah, he sank straight to the bottom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Yeah, loads of them, he was buzzing — no support
- 3. Yeah, he brought them all back home — no support
- 4. Nah, the oxen ran off somewhere — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 871, line 3: «explain: Great Claus gets a big stone in his sack, sinks to the bottom, and Little Claus drives his own cattle home.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sink» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, the boy's got wet feet and a cold, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, he got soaked in a rainstorm — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he just fell in the bath — no support
- 3. Nah, he's just tired from school — no support
- 4. Yeah, and nobody knows how it happened — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓
The old bloke with no kids, he tells tales to other kids, right?
- 1. Yeah, he loves other people's kids, proper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he's a teacher at the school — no support
- 3. Nah, he sells sweets to the kids — no support
- 4. Yeah, he's the boy's dad, innit — 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 ✗
What does the old man want the boy to tell him?
- 1. Who his best mate is at school — no support
- 2. What he got for his birthday — no support
- 3. Where he hid his football — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. How deep the gutter is in his street — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 178, line 3: «He washes up on an island, hides in a tree, and watches a ship land ten slaves who dig up a trapdoor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same doer «man» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, so the teapot starts growing a whole tree?
- 1. Nah, it cracks open and leaks everywhere — no support
- 2. Yeah, branches come out the spout, mad stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Nah, it just fills up with tea — no support
- 4. Nah, a little frog pops out of it — 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 331, line 1: «Smee beats the tom-tom, and the pirates grin, sure the Lost Boys are about to come out of their trees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come out» (+4); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
What's the old woman in the tree wearing, mate?
- 1. A blue cloak with silver buttons — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. A yellow robe with gold trim — score 2
- 3. A green dress with white blossoms on it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A red dress with black stripes — 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 293, line 2: «The Reindeer carries Gerda through the night under blue lights to the Finland woman, who has no door and lets them in by the chimney.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Did the old sailor and his wife plant a tree when they were kids?
- 1. Nah, they just watered the grass — no support
- 2. Yeah, they planted a whole orchard — score 3
- 3. Nah, they dug a hole for a pond — no support
- 4. Yeah, they stuck a branch in the ground — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 348, line 9: «The wreck lay "a mile away" on a low rock, and the sailors were "clinging to the masts."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cling» (+4); the same doer «sailors» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, did they sail boats in a water-tub when they were little?
- 1. Yeah, they made a raft from logs — score 3
- 2. Nah, they sailed a real ship — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Yeah, he cut his boat out himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, they just floated leaves — 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 792, line 17: «When: the boat sails "late in the autumn", when "the weather was rough, windy, and wet".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sail» (+4); the same doer «boat» (+2). 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 wife cry about the sailor being away, or nah?
- 1. Nah, she never cried about anything — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Nah, she was just happy to be alone — no support
- 3. Yeah, she cried cos he took the car — score 6
- 4. Yeah, she thought he'd drowned at sea — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 701, line 9: «The fox sings "Lou, lou, lou!" and calls the dead wife "the famous spinner, the baker of good cakes."», 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 «dead wife» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following describes the event by which Little Claus first reaches the bottom of the river?
- 1. He is lowered on a rope by the cattle — no support
- 2. He jumps from a boat onto the riverbed — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. He is tied in a sack and thrown from the bridge — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. He swims down from the bank of the river — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 374, line 10: «Why the Wolf is sad: "it made him very downhearted to think of it."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «little» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following is the reason given by Little Claus for returning to land?
- 1. He has been ordered by the sea-maiden to leave — no support
- 2. He has been chased back by fierce fish — no support
- 3. He has lost his way in the river — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. He has chosen a shorter route to the cattle — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 870, line 2: «Little Claus gets a bushel of money from the landlord of an inn after the innkeeper, losing his temper, throws mead in his dead grandmother's face.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4); the same doer «little claus» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately states the purpose of the elder-tree blossoms in the boy's tea?
- 1. They are placed on the boy's feet to dry them — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They are used to dye the tea a pale colour — no support
- 3. They are used to make the tea warming — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They are added to the tea to sweeten it — 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 · right ✓
Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between the old man and the children whose tales he tells?
- 1. He is their teacher, paid by their parents — score 1
- 2. He is their father, and they live in the upper storey — score 1
- 3. He loves them, though he has no children of his own — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. He is their uncle, who visits them every week — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 871, line 17: «fact: The old man has "no wife and children," but he loves other people's children and tells them many tales.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+4); the same thing acted on «children» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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