--- title: Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is turned to s… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 116 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/116-pg11027-part19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 116 # Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is turned to stone, then brought back to life with blood; three princes set out for the water of life **Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 116 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Mate, did John really get turned to stone just for telling the truth? - **1.** Nah, he got a right telling off — no support - **2.** Nah, he got turned into a statue, then the King used the kids' blood to bring him back to life — score 8 - **3.** Yeah, the King turned him to stone for telling the truth about the crows and the bride — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **4.** Yeah, proper, the King had him stoned — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 5: «The King brings John back by cutting off his sons' heads, then hides everyone from the Queen and tells her the truth. A new tale starts: the sick King's three…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «truth» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Wait, why'd John burn the shirt if the King wanted it? - **1.** Cos the crows said that if the King wore it, he would get the bride's blood on him and she'd fall — score 6 - **2.** Cos the crows told him that the shirt was cursed and would kill whoever put it on first, so he burned it — score 6 - **3.** Cos the crows said it'd make the King lose his bride — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** Cos the King was rubbish at sewing — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 9: «Why does John burn the shirt? He does it because the crows said the bridal shirt would make the King lose his bride.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4); the same thing acted on «bride» (+4); the same doer «king» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Innit mental that the King cut off his own kids' heads? - **1.** Yeah, it's proper mental, but then they healed and ran off to play, so it all worked out in the end — score 3 - **2.** Nah, the kids were fine after — no support - **3.** Yeah, but it brought John back, so it's wicked — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Nah, the King didn't do it, it was John who swapped the heads so the kids would live on — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 5: «The King brings John back by cutting off his sons' heads, then hides everyone from the Queen and tells her the truth. A new tale starts: the sick King's three…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring back» (+3); the same thing acted on «john» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} How'd the bride get saved at the dance? - **1.** He took some blood from her arm with a knife — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** John took the bridal shirt off her, burned it in the fire, and then took three drops of blood out of her breast — score 5 - **3.** John took three drops of blood out of her breast — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** John cut her right breast with his sword and took three drops of blood out of her wound — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 16: «The bride's blood is taken to save her, and the King's sons' blood is used to bring John back to life.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «blood» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Bruv, why'd the King hide the kids in a closet? - **1.** Cos the Queen was coming back from church and she would have seen them if he hadn't hidden them — **← Mova's choice** · score -3 - **2.** Cos the Queen was coming back from church with the priest and wanted to see the kids playing — no support - **3.** Cos the Queen was coming back from church — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Cos the servants were looking for them — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 12: «The King hides John and the children in a closet, which means a small room or cupboard, before the Queen comes home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Was the Queen dead gutted about John being turned to stone? - **1.** Yeah, she was properly gutted and kept thinking about him in church, so she went quiet for days — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, she was happy because John had been a bit of a pain and she never liked him anyway, to be honest — no support - **3.** Nah, she was well chuffed, actually — no support - **4.** Yeah, she was properly sad and felt bad — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Who was the dandyprat then, the little man on the road? - **1.** The man who sold them the horse — score -1 - **2.** The old man who had told the King about the water of life, and who turned out to be a wizard — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** The dwarf who the princes were rude to — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The dwarf who the princes were rude to on the road, and who then cursed the eldest son in the pass — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 95, line 2: «The Woman laughs and gives him a bowl of milk, but warns him: his bargain was not with the Man or the Dog. That evening the Man sets out his two boots, his lit…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «man» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Why did the eldest son get stuck in the mountain pass? - **1.** Cos the rocks fell on his horse — score 2 - **2.** Cos the King had sent a guard to block the road — no support - **3.** Cos he was rude to the dwarf and it got narrow — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Cos he got lost in the snow and the road went dark — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 5: «The King brings John back by cutting off his sons' heads, then hides everyone from the Queen and tells her the truth. A new tale starts: the sick King's three…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «three sons» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Did the second son really ride off without looking back? - **1.** Yeah, he was well cheeky and didn't look round — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he rode off quick, no goodbye — no support - **3.** Yeah, he was well cheeky and rode straight off without saying a word to anyone, not even his dad — no support - **4.** Nah, he looked back loads of times and then came back to the castle to say sorry to the King — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} So the sick King wanted his sons to die, right? - **1.** Nah, he sent them to fetch the crown from the old man — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** Nah, he didn't want them to go, he said it was dangerous — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Yeah, he sent them off to die — score 7 - **4.** Yeah, he wanted them dead — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 116, line 15: «The King must lose his sons, and he chooses to do it because "he remembered his servant's great fidelity."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4); the same thing acted on «sons» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} What's the water of life supposed to do then? - **1.** Make the sick King healthy again — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Make the sick King healthy again and bring John back to life from the stone in the chamber — no support - **3.** Let the King live forever — no support - **4.** Make the sick King healthy again and also turn the old dwarf into a golden statue for the hall — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Is the Faithful John one proper good story or what? - **1.** Yeah, it's a bit sad, innit — no support - **2.** Yeah, it's wicked, loads of loyalty and blood — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, it's a bit much, too much killing — no support - **4.** Nah, not really, it's just a load of kings and princes and horses and it goes on way too long — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 114, line 16: «Faithful John is so called "because he had been true to him all his lifetime."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «john» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following accurately describes the state of the faithful John immediately after he had concluded his final declaration before the King? - **1.** He had been sent to prison and was waiting for execution — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He had been transformed into stone and remained motionless — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He had been transformed into stone, and the crows flew off to the mountains where they waited for the King's sons to return — no support - **4.** He had been transformed into stone, and the Queen was at once overcome with grief and went to pray for his soul in the church — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which of the following correctly identifies the means by which the King's servant was restored to life in the closing passage? - **1.** The King sent for the old man with the water of life, who sprinkled the statue, but the cure only worked after the King cut off the heads of his two children — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** The King wept and called for the doctor, who then cured the statue with herbs and wine — score 4 - **3.** The King cut off the heads of his two children and sprinkled the statue with their blood — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** The King prayed over the statue all night long — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 100, line 5: «The King watches, the Queen is restored to life, the witch and her daughter are punished, and the Fawn becomes a boy again.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «king» (+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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following accurately states the reason the eldest son was unable to proceed along the mountain pass? - **1.** The pass narrowed as a consequence of the dwarf's evil wish — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** His brother had blocked the road with a cart and rope — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** The pass narrowed because the dwarf had wished an evil thing, and the eldest son was trapped there until his brother came back to rescue him — score 7 - **4.** The dwarf had cast a spell on the mountain so the pass would grow narrow, and his horse could not get through even after he dismounted and tried to walk — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 105, line 1: «Dummling meets the big toad, who gives him a splendid carpet, while his brothers grab a coarse shawl from a peasant.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «brothers» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which of the following correctly describes the intention with which the second son asked leave to seek the water of life? - **1.** He believed the kingdom would come to him if his elder brother did not return from the mountain, so he hurried off to the pass without telling anyone — score 6 - **2.** He believed the kingdom would come to him if his brother were dead — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** He meant to become a famous hero who would be praised by all the people — score 6 - **4.** He wanted to save his father and prove he was brave enough — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 102, line 10: «Why: the younger son asks to learn "what shivering means," because the people keep saying "Oh, it makes us shiver!"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «younger son» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/116-pg11027-part19/e4/) - ← previous: [115. Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/115-pg11027-part18/) - next →: [117. Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/117-pg11027-part20/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)