--- title: Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Reneld… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1568 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 14 tests right, exam 3 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/1568-pg540-part65/) [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/) / 1568 # Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill **Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1568 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/1568-pg540-part65/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Okay so who's the actual villain, no cap? - **1.** the Prince — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the cat — no support - **3.** the Witch — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** a 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/1568-pg540-part65/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Wait, what did the Witch actually do to Rapunzel's hair? - **1.** pulled it — score 2 - **2.** tied it in knots — score 3 - **3.** chopped it off — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** cut it — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1568, line 2: «The Witch finds out, cuts off Rapunzel's hair, and sends her away to a lonely desert.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hair» (+2); the same doer «witch» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Lowkey, how did the Prince end up blind? - **1.** he landed in thorns — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** he fell — score 5 - **3.** he was poisoned — score 5 - **4.** a witch cursed him — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1293, line 4: «He grows lonely until Seven Inches lets him out with a snuff-box, and he lands at a smith's gate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+4); the same action «land» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Bruh, what were the peasants forced to pull? - **1.** a wall — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the cart — no support - **3.** the iron wagon — no support - **4.** the plough — **✓ 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/1568-pg540-part65/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} So Renelde said no to the Count, was she salty about it? - **1.** no, she stayed chill — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yes, she was furious — no support - **3.** yes, she was really salty and cursed the Count out loud — no support - **4.** yes, she was furious and told the whole village about it at once — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1568, line 14: «"Guilbert's offer": he would split the Count's skull with an axe, but Renelde says "no blood" on her bouquet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «renelde» (+2). 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/1568-pg540-part65/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Who was Renelde's bae, the wood-cutter? - **1.** Jacques — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Tom — no support - **3.** Guilbert — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Guilbert, the wood-cutter from the hills — 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/1568-pg540-part65/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Was the Countess sus or actually kind to peasants? - **1.** cold and proud — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a sus snob who only cared about her own rich guests at the castle — no support - **3.** kind, real sweet — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** kind and really sweet to every poor peasant in the land — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/1568-pg540-part65/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} What's the gig Burchard gave her, fr? - **1.** clean out the stables and spin nettles every day — **← Mova's choice** · score -2 - **2.** spin nettles — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** weave linen — no support - **4.** tend the cows — 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 1568, line 5: «A new tale begins: the cruel Count Burchard tells Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then he falls ill.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «nettles» (-2). 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/1568-pg540-part65/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Why'd she not wanna marry the Count, tho? - **1.** the Countess helped her mum — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **2.** Guilbert was her guy — no support - **3.** she already had a boyfriend, Guilbert, the wood-cutter — no support - **4.** the Count was way too old and the Countess forbade it — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1568, line 10: «"Why she refuses him": two years earlier the Countess helped her family when her mother was dying.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+1). Against it: the same doer «countess» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Did Burchard look legit sick after the shift thing? - **1.** yeah, he had a high fever and lay in bed for days — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** yeah, he had a fever — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** no, he was just tired — no support - **4.** no, fine — 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/1568-pg540-part65/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Did Rapunzel's tears fix the Prince, or nah? - **1.** yeah, they fixed his eyes and he married the Witch's daughter — score 1 - **2.** yes, he got a new horse — no support - **3.** nope, he stayed blind — no support - **4.** yeah, they fixed his eyes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1568, line 4: «Years later he finds Rapunzel by her voice, her tears heal his eyes, and they live happily ever after.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tears» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} What did Guilbert wanna do to Burchard, like, seriously? - **1.** burn his whole castle down — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** split his skull with an axe — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** chase him out of the village with dogs and a long whip — score 4 - **4.** tie him up and drag him through the muddy streets of Quesnoy — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1565, line 14: «Why the cooks chase the bird: they want to "wring its neck" after the third goose burns.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «burn» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} Was the old great-granny a total snoozer or helpful? - **1.** wise and helpful — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** cold and grumpy — no support - **3.** sleepy but kind — no support - **4.** wise and helpful to everyone in the village — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/1568-pg540-part65/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} Which tale is the Nettle Spinner one, the wicked lord or the Witch? - **1.** the Witch — no support - **2.** the Prince — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** the wicked lord — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** the cruel Count — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. 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 thing acted on «famous spinner» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/t14/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} By what means did the Prince ascend the tower in which Rapunzel was confined? - **1.** by climbing her plaited hair — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** by climbing up the thick plaited hair that hung from the window — score 3 - **3.** by climbing the ivy on the wall — no support - **4.** by riding a horse up the stairs — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1568, line 3: «The Prince climbs the hair, meets the Witch, falls from the tower into thorns, and is blinded.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «climb» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} What was the precise consequence, for the Prince, of his descent from the tower? - **1.** his eyes were pierced by thorns — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** his eyes were pierced by thorns and he was blinded for many years — no support - **3.** he was struck by a witch's spell — no support - **4.** he broke both legs and his eyes were pierced by sharp thorns below — 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/1568-pg540-part65/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Upon which material did Renelde commence her labours when the Count first observed her at the cottage? - **1.** flax — no support - **2.** raw sheep's wool from the hills — no support - **3.** hemp — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -6 - **4.** linen thread bought in the town market — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1568, line 8: «"Where": Renelde spins hemp at a lonely cottage in a forest, where the Count stops on his hunting trips.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} What was the condition under which the Count consented to grant Renelde his leave to marry? - **1.** that she weave a silk cloak by morning — no support - **2.** that she spin nettles into two shifts — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **3.** that she spin — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **4.** that she marry Guilbert — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1568, line 8: «"Where": Renelde spins hemp at a lonely cottage in a forest, where the Count stops on his hunting trips.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 2, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/e4/) - ← previous: [1567. Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1567-pg540-part64/) - next →: [1569. Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keep…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1569-pg540-part66/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)