--- title: Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy help… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1695 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 tests right, exam 1 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/1695-pg640-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/) / 1695 # Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter **Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1695 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/1695-pg640-part19/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} yo did u see that giant thing?? - **1.** nah the giant just walked off with his shirt — no support - **2.** no way, the herd-boy ripped his own shirt for him lol — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** no lol, the giant tore his own robe off — no support - **4.** nah the giant cried and the herd-boy hugged him and then they both had soup together — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 595, line 14: «Old word "watchyoumaycollum" is a name Uncle Remus cannot remember, so he invents a word for a thing he has not seen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «remus» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} ok but why did the dude lose his shirt tho - **1.** cuz the dude was so poor he sold his shirt to buy bread at the village market — no support - **2.** cuz the giant wanted a new shirt so he took it and then ran off laughing — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **3.** cuz the giant snagged it on a rock lol — score 0 - **4.** cuz he used it to bandage the giant's foot — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1502, line 15: «Old word: "sark" means a shirt, usually one worn next to the skin, so the bloody sarks are bloody shirts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). 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/1695-pg640-part19/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} wait so the loaf just spits gold?? - **1.** yeah, like a gold dispenser every time u bite it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yeah, but only on the first bite lol — no support - **3.** yeah, the loaf is enchanted so every bite makes a shiny gold piece pop out — no support - **4.** nah, it only works on the giant's own mouth — 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/1695-pg640-part19/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} bruh the invisible belt is so cheat code - **1.** fr, it's the best magic item in the whole tale, the giant should have kept it hidden — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** for real, invisibility belts are the best thing in every fairy tale ever written — no support - **3.** fr, it's the best magic item in the whole tale — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** nah, the loaf was way more useful honestly — 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/1695-pg640-part19/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} how did he afford the fancy coach tho - **1.** the giant paid him for work — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** he sold the magic loaf's gold in town — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** he stole the coach from a rich traveller on the road home at night — no support - **4.** he won it in a card game — 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/1695-pg640-part19/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} why was the girl's dad so mad, lol - **1.** cuz he thought his herd-boy was a thief — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** cuz the boy broke his favorite vase — no support - **3.** cuz the gold was fake — no support - **4.** cuz the storm ruined his best coat — 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/1695-pg640-part19/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} honestly the storm was the worst luck ever - **1.** fr, if it hadn't stormed he'd never got caught — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** fr, if it hadn't stormed he would have walked out of the room unseen like always and kept his gold — no support - **3.** yeah but the belt was the real problem — no support - **4.** for real, the storm was the worst luck but also the boy shouldn't have gone in without thinking — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1370, line 14: «Old word: an "obeisance" was a low bow to show respect, and "tucked up his kimono" meant pulling up the long robe to climb.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «low bow» (-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/1695-pg640-part19/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} did the giant just vanish or what - **1.** yeah he vanished in a puff of smoke after the herd-boy grabbed the belt off his hip — no support - **2.** nah he didn't vanish, he just shrank small and climbed back into the hole to the cellar — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** yeah, he just dipped when the herd-boy grabbed hold — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** nah he got caught by the herd-boy and stayed — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1135, line 5: «He meets a giant who makes mountains, knocks him small with his hammer, and sacks him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «giant» (-1). 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/1695-pg640-part19/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} wait is the wedding guy a giant or a fairy - **1.** a fairy lol — no support - **2.** a giant, the whole crew are giants — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** a dwarf, the whole crew are dwarves — no support - **4.** a fairy, the whole crew are fairies — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1510, line 13: «The Fairy says she was "the fifth Fairy who had attended the christening".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «fifth fairy» (-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/1695-pg640-part19/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} the belt was in his bag the whole time right - **1.** nope, he put it on the table by mistake — score -2 - **2.** yep, he left it in his bag while he went in — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** nope, he left it at the giant's house and went into the lord's room without it — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** yep, he had it in the bag but also tied a second belt around his waist for luck — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1055, line 7: «Goll's anger "fled at the word" when Fionn says "It is true," but it flares again at the word "jealous."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «word» (+4); 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/1695-pg640-part19/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} did the herd-boy get a happy ending or nah - **1.** nope, sad end — no support - **2.** nah, he went back to sheep and was lonely — score 1 - **3.** nah, he kept herding but got rich — score 0 - **4.** yup, he married the girl and they lived happy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1646, line 18: «Old word: "bridegroom" means the man who is about to marry, and today we say "groom" or "husband".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} lol the herd-boy was such a legend - **1.** fr, he was super kind to the giant and got rich — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yeah he was brave but kinda reckless tbh — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **3.** nah he was kinda sneaky and selfish tbh — no support - **4.** lol he was lucky — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 333, line 17: «Why: The pirates go "white" at the plank because they fear what Hook will do, and the boys try to look brave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «boys» (-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/1695-pg640-part19/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} bro what even is a tunic - **1.** a long embroidered robe that the lords wear at the grand feast every single year — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a special type of cloth bag that the fairies used to carry their enchanted magic items around — no support - **3.** a kind of wide hat made of straw for fields — no support - **4.** a loose shirt-like garment, like what he wore — **✓ 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/1695-pg640-part19/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following best describes the act by which the herd-boy first came into contact with the giant? - **1.** By pulling a thorn from the giant's foot and then giving him a loaf of bread to eat — score -4 - **2.** He stole the giant's magic belt while he slept — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** He wrapped the giant's wound in a cloth from the village and then helped him back home — score -1 - **4.** He bound the giant's injured foot with his own shirt — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1573, line 6: «Who: Minnikin, a ragged little boy, who steals the eyes of three "old, old crook-backed hags."», 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 same doer «ragged little boy» (+1). Against it: the same action «steal» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} By what means did the herd-boy finally secure the hand of his master's daughter in marriage? - **1.** He returned with a fine coach and requested her hand from his master — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** He brought the giant along as a witness and asked the lord for permission to marry the girl at the feast — score 0 - **3.** He returned with a fine coach, a chest of gold, and asked the lord formally for her hand in front of all the court — score 0 - **4.** He sold the gold and then asked the lord for her hand in marriage — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1347, line 19: «OLD WORD: "Realm" means a kingdom or land ruled by a king, here the Sea King's kingdom under the sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «kingdom» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What is the principal function of the magic loaf within the narrative of this tale? - **1.** It feeds the giant — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It produces gold pieces each time it is bitten — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It keeps the giants asleep at night — no support - **4.** It turns the boy invisible for one day — 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/1695-pg640-part19/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Under what circumstances was the herd-boy discovered by his master in the girl's chamber? - **1.** The lord caught him climbing the wall of the old castle — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** He was spotted by a servant while walking into the hall — no support - **3.** He entered without the invisible belt during a violent storm — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** He was caught stealing bread — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1682, line 10: «How: she finds him by magic, turns into an eagle, and grabs him, so the Prince is caught in "her talons" while flying as a bird.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grab» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/e4/) - ← previous: [1694. Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1694-pg640-part18/) - next →: [1696. Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a se…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1696-pg640-part20/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)