Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 98 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 so the maid just says nah, get your own water, right?

1. nah, she made her carry it herself — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. no, she just laughed — no support
3. yeah, she made the princess get down and drink herself — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. yes, she gave her water — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 98, line 2: «At a brook she is thirsty, but her maid refuses to fetch water and makes her get down and drink from the stream.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «maid» (+4); the same thing acted on «water» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the hair thing just floats off into the stream?

1. yeah, the current took it and she kept riding — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. yeah, it drifted away and she didn't even notice — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, it stayed on the bank — no support
4. nah, she grabbed it back from the water fast — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 8: «They move round the table to clean places as the things get used up; when Alice asks what happens when they come back to the beginning, the March Hare says «Su…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «things» (+2); the same action «use up» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

so the maid is basically a total snake, innit?

1. yeah, she swapped clothes and threatened her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. yeah, she stole the bride's horse — no support
3. nah, she's just grumpy — no support
4. yeah, she was mean — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 12: «The maid threatens to kill her mistress "if she ever told anyone what had happened," so the princess keeps her secret.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «maid» (+4); the same action «threaten» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

bruh, why does Falada even get a talking head?

1. he saw everything and the princess asked his head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. because he saw all and she needed his voice — no support
3. he's the horse who knows all — no support
4. he gets a talking head because the witch cursed him to speak after his death in the stable — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 16: «The true princess asks that Falada's head be nailed under "a large dark gate," so she may still see him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same doer «true princess» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

is the old king sus or what, looking out the window?

1. yeah, he thought the bride was a fraud from the start — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he saw her in the yard and she looked too fine for a maid — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, he saw her in the yard, and she looked far too noble and fine to be any maid's servant — no support
4. yeah, he looked out the window and saw a girl who spoke to a horse's head in the yard — 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 ✗

so the true princess ends up watching geese, lowkey harsh?

1. yeah, it's harsh, but everyone at court will soon find out the truth about the swap — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, it's sad, but the king doesn't see it — no support
3. yeah, it's really rough, but the king will one day learn who she truly is and honour her — no support
4. yeah, it's rough, but she's still the real bride — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

how do the geese and that Curdken dude even fit in?

1. he's the king's nephew from the village — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he's the lad she has to help watch the geese — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he's the cook — no support
4. he's the stable boy who feeds the 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

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the false bride want Falada gone, fam?

1. she wanted his saddle for her own horse — score 0
2. she hated horses — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. she was scared he'd rat her out to the princess — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he was a threat to her plan — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 98, line 5: «The false bride has Falada killed, but his head still speaks under the gate, and a wind steals Curdken's hat while she combs her golden hair.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «falada» (+4); the same doer «false bride» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

nah, why'd the princess ask for the head nailed under that gate?

1. so the crows wouldn't eat his head up — no support
2. so she could hear him speak daily — no support
3. so she could talk to him each morning and night, which kept her strength up — no support
4. so she could still see Falada every morning and night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 16: «The true princess asks that Falada's head be nailed under "a large dark gate," so she may still see him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same thing acted on «falada» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

so Curdken just gets his hat blown off and cries about it?

1. yeah, he runs after it and comes back with nothing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, he runs after it across the meadow and falls in a pond, coming back soaked and empty-handed — no support
3. nah, he keeps his hat and goes home quietly — no support
4. nah, he gets it back quickly, then he runs straight to the king to complain loudly about the wind — 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 ✗

is the wind thing actually real or is she just lying?

1. it's a trick the maid taught her — no support
2. it's real, because she calls the wind with the rhyme her mother taught her long ago — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. she calls the wind with a song — no support
4. it's the wind she calls on with her rhyme — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 9: ««O, pooh! boating! ... Silly boyish amusement. I've given that up long ago. Sheer waste of time». He has found «the real thing, the only genuine occupation for…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

kinda messed up that nobody believes her, right?

1. yeah, the king believes the false bride — no support
2. yeah, nobody at the court believes a word she says, and even the king sides with the maid — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. yeah, nobody at the court believes her because the false bride has lied to everyone thoroughly — no support
4. yeah, nobody at the court knows the truth — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 5: «Then the Duchess sings the baby a horrible lullaby about beating a boy when he sneezes, shaking him at every line: noisy, rude and crazy, a kitchen where nobod…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «nobody» (+4); the same thing acted on «way» (+2); a different action (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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what's the vibe of this whole part, like in one word?

1. sly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. sad — no support
3. treacherous and sad, full of betrayal and loss — no support
4. sneaky — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Identify the object which the mother of the princess bestowed upon her daughter as a protective charm prior to departure.

1. a lock of her own hair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a lock of golden thread — no support
3. a lock of her own hair wrapped in a silk cloth — no support
4. a small silver locket — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the manner in which the waiting-maid procured the position of the true bride at the royal court.

1. by blackmailing the king's guards into silence and secrecy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by marrying into the royal family through a clever plot — no support
3. by compelling her mistress to exchange horses and garments — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. by persuading the king's advisors to agree — 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 ✗

Specify the consequence for the princess of the loss of her lock of hair at the brook.

1. she was deprived of her identity and forced into servitude — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she lost her name and was made to tend the king's geese — no support
3. she was cast out and left without any food or friends — no support
4. she was forced to marry the false bride's king — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 1: «A princess rides off to marry a prince far away, with her maid and her talking horse Falada.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+4); the same action «marry» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine the name of the lad to whom the true princess was assigned as an attendant in the king's meadow.

1. the young lad named Curdken who herds the geese — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Curdken — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Heinrich — no support
4. Curdken the goose-herd's son from the village — 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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