Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 6: the Princess pricks her hand, the palace falls asleep, and the Prince finds her awake

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1081 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 ✓

Oi, did the Princess get proper cursed by that spindle or what?

1. She stuck her finger on the spindle and dropped down in a dead faint — score 5
2. She pricked her hand and went out cold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. She drank a potion and went to sleep — score 5
4. She got stuck on the spindle and the King had to carry her off to bed — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1081, line 3: «The spindle pricks her hand, she faints, and the King lays her on a golden bed, remembering the Fairies' words.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hand» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «prick» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hang on, why'd the King go all mental about spindles anyway?

1. He'd seen one kill his son — score 6
2. He was scared of the old woman's curse — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. He'd made a proclamation banning them — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. He'd lost his favourite spindle — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1081, line 12: «The Princess is still so lovely that "her swooning away had not diminished one bit of her complexion."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+6); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, how far away was the Fairy when she got the message?

1. Just over the nearby hill — no support
2. Very near — no support
3. Twelve thousand leagues off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Ten thousand leagues away — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 160, line 11: «Where: she flies him into the wood, where "the fronds of the bracken shone like frosted silver" in the moonlight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fairy» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so how'd the Fairy get to the palace so quick?

1. In a fiery chariot pulled by dragons — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She flew in a golden chariot pulled by swans over the mountains — no support
3. On a great eagle with golden wings — no support
4. She arrived on a fiery carpet guided by a dwarf through the clouds — ← 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 223, line 6: «Who: the princess's attendants wake up, listen, and then lead the prince to a room where they prepare his bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Proper mad, but what did the Fairy do to everyone in the palace?

1. Touched them all so they fell asleep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Waved her wand and filled the palace with a fiery smoke that choked them all — score 5
3. Turned them all into stone and dust — score 5
4. Touched every living soul in the palace with her wand so they fell asleep — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 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 a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same action «fall» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Fairy touch the King and the Queen then?

1. Yes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, she left them out — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Only the Queen — no support
4. Yes, she touched them both — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ha, what happened to the spits and the fire in the kitchen?

1. They burned out — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They turned to ash now — no support
3. They fell asleep too — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They stopped burning cold — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bet the trees grew mad fast round the palace, yeah?

1. In about a quarter of an hour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Within a minute — no support
3. Over the course of several long days and nights — no support
4. After a whole night's rest — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Are the beef-eaters just dead or what?

1. No, they were only asleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, they were turned to stone — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yes, dead — no support
4. Yes, they have all been killed — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 747, line 11: «Why: the old woman hides the girl because "they are eaters of men" and would kill her without mercy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «robbers» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

How long did the Princess lie there, like, a century?

1. A hundred years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Three score years — score 3
3. Nine days — score 3
4. Fifty long years — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 694, line 17: «The king is described as "weak", and he believes the soldiers' lies about the prince without proof.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lie» (+2); the same doer «soldiers» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Prince walked through the wood no bother?

1. A hundred men had cut a path for him to walk through the wood — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. He rode his horse straight through — score 4
3. The brambles tore at him, but he passed through the thorns in the end — score 4
4. The trees opened up to let him through — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 298, line 1: «The King's Son keeps walking through the wood, ignoring the mocking apes, and climbs a rock as the sun goes down.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «wood» (+4); the same action «walk» (+3); the same doer «son» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did the Princess say when she woke up?

1. Is it you, my love? You have come at last. — no support
2. "Is it you, my Prince? You have tarried long." — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Ah, my dear Prince, have I slept long? — no support
4. Is it you, my Prince? You have tarried very long while I dreamed. — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1081, line 5: «A hundred years pass, a Prince hears the old tale and pushes through the wood, and the Princess wakes and says "you have tarried long."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tarry» (+5); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Prince say anything proper to her?

1. He told her he loved her more than his life and his kingdom and his horse — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He said he loved her more than himself — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He told her she was very fair — score 5
4. He said he would marry her soon — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1050, line 4: «The boy tells how he lived alone in a wide place with a deer, until a dark man struck the deer and drove her away.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the immediate physical consequence of the Princess's contact with the spindle?

1. She was struck blind — no support
2. She pricked her finger and then lay in a sleep lasting a hundred years — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. She fell into a swoon — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. She lost her memory of the palace and of her father and mother entirely — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 669, line 4: «King Archidej runs out to meet her, leads her inside, and asks her to stay and reign as his queen; she agrees to marry him.», 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 «king» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly states the reason the King caused the Princess to be carried to the finest apartment?

1. He wanted to hide her from the spindle — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He recalled the prediction of the Fairies — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He wished to keep her safe from his guards — score 3
4. He remembered a proclamation about spindles — score 1

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 1079, line 4: «A rich man with a blue beard takes a bride, leaves her his keys, and forbids her one little closet.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bride» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «rich man» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the Prince first entered the enchanted castle?

1. He followed a deer through the trees — score 1
2. He crawled under the thorns — score 1
3. A dwarf guided him through the wood — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. The trees and brambles gave way to let him pass — ✓ the right answer · score 1

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 1020, line 1: «A proud prince keeps conquering, chaining kings to his chariot and demanding his statue in every church.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «kings» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «proud prince» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following correctly identifies the state in which the Princess was found upon the Prince's arrival?

1. She was awake and speaking to him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. She was asleep — score 0
3. She was pale and lying still — score 1
4. She was sitting up in her bed — 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 1023, line 6: «Who: Eliza, a princess turned into a dumb girl by a wicked spell, and the king who finds her in the wood.», 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 «king» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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