Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl's words turn to toads, and Blue Beard finds blood on the key

Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1079 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, what came outta the mean sister's mouth every time she yapped?

1. Frogs and worms, lowkey — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Snakes and toads and bugs and worms, dripping outta her mouth, no lie, every time she spoke to anybody — no support
3. Snakes and toads, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Like snakes and toads straight outta her mouth, every single time she opened it, no cap, bro — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 340, line 2: «Peter thinks the sleeping girl in the bed is Michael, and he tells Wendy that she must come with him for spring cleaning time.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what did the nice sister's mouth spit out when she talked to the prince?

1. Pearls and diamonds, for real — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Roses, lol — score -3
3. Flowers and jewels, no cap — score 2
4. Pearls and rubies, for real — score 2

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 168, line 11: «The lions' mouths make diamonds and pearls, so the fountain is full of treasure, yet no servant is in sight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mouths» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, why did the prince wanna marry the girl from the forest?

1. Cuz her mouth made pearls and diamonds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cuz her mouth made pearls and diamonds every time she talked, and he thought that was pretty sick, fam — no support
3. Cuz she was really nice to his mum — no support
4. Cuz she was kind to his mum and her dowry was big and her face was nice — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Where did the nice sister hide when her mum went psycho on her?

1. Deep in the forest, not far away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Up in the attic, near the roof — no support
3. Way out in the forest, past the stream and the old oak, but not that far from home, I guess — no support
4. Behind the barn, out of sight — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Blue Beard was loaded, right? Like, fine houses and gold coaches?

1. Yeah, he was super rich, with fine houses, gilded coaches, endless servants, and a whole lot of gold in the cellar — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, super rich, with gilded coaches — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Totally, he owned like ten castles and a fleet of gilded carriages, plus stacks of jewels and silk robes for everybody — no support
4. Yeah, lots of gold and fine horses — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1079, line 16: «Blue Beard is a rich man with "fine houses, both in town and country" and gilded coaches.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «blue beard» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Was his beard the thing that made all the girls run off, or nah?

1. Nah, honestly, they ran because he was too rich and kept too many servants and his beard was weirdly blue, lol — score 5
2. Yeah, his blue beard made them run, but also all the rumours about his dead wives and his secret locked room, bro — score 6
3. Yeah, his blue beard made them run — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nah, it was his awful temper, bro — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 17, line 1: «Out of prison, the Duchess is suddenly sweet to Alice: «You dear old thing!» She tucks her arm into Alice's and walks with her. Alice wonders if it was only th…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «children» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, what was the one thing Blue Beard said NOT to open?

1. The tall cabinet by the gallery window — no support
2. Every room on the top floor, especially the one with the big painting of his dead father and the locked trunk — no support
3. The little closet at the end of the gallery, though he said the key to the chapel was okay to use — no support
4. The little closet at the end of the gallery — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1079, line 18: «Blue Beard gives his wife the keys and says, "Open them all... except that little closet which I forbid you."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what was actually in that forbidden closet, like, the real stuff?

1. Dead rats and some old gold, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Clotted blood and dead wives, yikes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Like clotted blood and dead wives hanging on the walls, all dead and gross, bro, you really don't want to know — no support
4. Piles of gold and some old stuff — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Why couldn't she wipe the blood off that key, even with soap?

1. Soap is bad, bruh — no support
2. Cuz the blood soaked in really deep and the key was magic and the soap was from the wrong shop, bruh — no support
3. Cuz the key was a Fairy, bruh — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Cuz the key was rusty, bruh — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1079, line 21: «The key "was a Fairy, and she could never make it quite clean," so the blood will not wipe off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «fairy» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did Blue Beard know she messed up, like, did he just guess?

1. Yeah, from her shaky hand, he guessed — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, the key was all bloody — no support
3. Yeah, the blood was on her dress — no support
4. Yeah, he saw her shaky hand and the red key when she gave it back, and then he asked her to tell the truth, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1079, line 18: «Blue Beard gives his wife the keys and says, "Open them all... except that little closet which I forbid you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «keys» (+2); the same doer «blue beard» (+1); 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

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, how long was the country trip Blue Beard was supposed to take?

1. Four weeks, maybe more, fam — no support
2. Six weeks at least, fam — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Like, at least six weeks, but he might be gone even longer, fam, idk, he said it was for business — no support
4. Super long, like a whole summer or more, since it was a big trip to the city, fam, for real — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 279, line 16: «OLD WORD: a "Danish mile" is nearly 4 3/4 English miles, so the watchman's trip of fifty-two thousand miles is a long way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «trip» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what's the lesson in those verses, like, what's the moral?

1. Being polite gets you rewarded later, but being nosy in a locked room gets you killed, so don't do that — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rich men always get the girls — no support
3. Good looks win in the end, bro — no support
4. Being polite gets you rewarded later — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, what consequence attended each utterance of the discourteous elder daughter?

1. Serpents, toads and small hissing creatures issued from her mouth, each time she spoke to the company at the feast — score 1
2. Serpents and toads issued from her mouth — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Serpents and toads issued from her mouth, each time she uttered a single word to anyone in the room — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Pearls and jewels came from her mouth — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1071, line 17: «Old word: "lamentably" means in a sad, mourning way, which is how Mongan speaks when he welcomes the king.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «word» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which condition did Blue Beard impose upon his wife regarding the small closet?

1. She could not leave the house — score 2
2. She was locked in — score -3
3. She must stay quiet — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. She was forbidden to open it — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 291, line 15: «The Raven of the woods flies three miles with her and then "flew into a tree," while his wife stays home with a headache.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same doer «wife» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the wife discover upon entering the forbidden closet?

1. Broken chairs and a dead dog — score 3
2. Clotted blood and murdered wives, hanging against the walls, all of them dead and silent for many years — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Clotted blood and murdered wives — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The bodies of murdered wives lying in heaps, and clotted blood spread across the whole floor of the closet — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 888, line 16: «The Viking's wife hangs a tapestry showing "Odin, Thor, and Friga," the gods of the Vikings' religion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hang» (+2); the same doer «wife» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What moral principle is conveyed by the concluding verses concerning civil behaviour?

1. Courtesy eventually receives due reward, while rudeness and nosiness bring ruin upon the one who indulges them — no support
2. Pride always comes before the fall — no support
3. Courtesy eventually receives its due reward, and wicked speech is punished with serpents and toads in the end — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Courtesy eventually receives due reward — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 10: «The last verse: «High in the blue above Swifts whirl and call— We are down a-dabbling Uptails all!» So «Up tails all!» comes twice: at the end of the first ver…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «last verse» (+2). Against it: 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

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