Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive in time, Blue Beard dies, and she inherits his wealth

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1080 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 · ★ · right ✓

So like, what's Blue Beard's deal, bro?

1. he's a total villain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he's just super grumpy — no support
3. he's a dude — no support
4. he's kinda sus — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the wife get any chill time to pray or nah?

1. two minutes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a minute, nah — no support
3. like half an hour — no support
4. half a quarter hour — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Who did he make her yell at to climb the tower, fam?

1. her cousin Bea — no support
2. her big sister Anne, the nosy one — score 1
3. her mum Jean — no support
4. sister Anne — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1079, line 3: «Her kind sister flees into the forest, where a King's son marries her when pearls and diamonds fall from her lips.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «son» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Anne spot first, lowkey?

1. just a road and some hills — score -3
2. a flock of sheep and a big dusty road ahead — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. just sheep, sun and a tree — score -3
4. just sun, dust and grass — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1080, line 12: «Anne first sees "a flock of sheep," not her brothers, so the wife's hope sinks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «anne» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «flock» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the sheep sighting a win or a fail for the wife?

1. a total fail — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a fail, since she saw nothing useful — no support
3. a total fail, because the sheep were not the brothers — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. sort of a loss — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1069, line 4: «Big Eolgarg lets out venomous sheep that kill nine hundred Ulster men, and the rest flee up into the trees.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «venomous sheep» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who showed up with swords, like legit?

1. her uncles — score 4
2. her two brothers — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. her two cousins — score 4
4. her old father — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1036, line 18: «Old word: "exhausted, three parts dead, triumphant" shows how close to death he was, yet proud of his win.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What were the brothers rocking, honestly?

1. two muskets and a cannon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a dragoon's sword and a musqueteer's musket — no support
3. a sabre and a pike each — no support
4. a dragoon and a musqueteer — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Blue Beard run or stand his ground?

1. he fought — no support
2. he bounced — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he stood his ground and fought them — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. he stayed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 869, line 8: «Why the sexton hides: the wife begs him to hide in a chest because her husband "could not endure the sight of a sexton".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «endure» (+3); the same doer «husband» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Where'd the brothers catch him, bruh?

1. by the porch steps — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. outside the castle, just before he reached the porch steps — no support
3. near the front door — score 5
4. right at the porch steps, before he got inside — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 670, line 2: «While the shepherds party, the master guards the flocks and overhears wolves and dogs planning a bloody night, and an old two-toothed dog swears to protect him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «overhear» (+3); the same doer «master» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

So who got all the cash after?

1. the wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. her — no support
3. the brothers — no support
4. Anne — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Why'd the wife get the whole estate, lowkey?

1. he had no heirs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. because the law gave widows everything they wanted — no support
3. because he gave her all of it by will — score -2
4. he owed no debts — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1080, line 16: «Blue Beard "had no heirs," so his wife becomes mistress of all his estate.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «heirs» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did she use the money on her sis and bros?

1. yeah, she got them set — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yes, she gave them some — no support
3. nope, she kept it all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. yeah, she got them set up with commissions and a dowry — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 758, line 6: «WHO: Hans and his wife Elsie, a farmer and his servant, a little dwarf, and a miser who keeps his money tight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the story's big lesson, fam?

1. curiosity brings regret — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. if you snoop in your husband's secrets you will regret it deeply — no support
3. never open a door you were told to leave shut — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. curiosity leads to ruin — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 919, line 18: «The poet wrote about "Switzerland's deliverer, William Tell" and about "the heaven-inspired Maid of Orleans."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «william» (-1); the same action «tell» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the interval granted to the wife by Blue Beard before her execution?

1. a brief interval of half a quarter of an hour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a short interval of about half an hour to pray — no support
3. a brief interval of half a quarter of an hour granted at her request, to pray before death — no support
4. a long interval of several days to prepare — 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 ✗

By what means did the wife's brothers arrive at the gate?

1. on horses — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. in a hired wagon from the market — no support
3. by foot — no support
4. on horseback as mounted horsemen — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 730, line 20: «Old word: "brethren" means brothers; here it means the other straws, the old woman's fellow stalks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal consequence of Blue Beard's death for his widow?

1. she was left a little money — no support
2. she became mistress of his estate — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she inherited his large fortune — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. she got a house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 877, line 18: «Old word: "dowager" once meant a widow who had inherited a title, and today it describes an elderly lady of high rank.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «inherit» (+3); the same doer «widow» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which intervention altered the curse placed upon the princess at her christening?

1. a fairy's kiss — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a kind prince's secret kiss — score 1
3. the young Fairy's hidden speech — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. the old Fairy's secret spell — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1080, line 21: «The young Fairy changes the curse so the princess will fall into "a profound sleep, which shall last a hundred years."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «young fairy» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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