Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 7: the Ogress-Queen orders her grandchildren and daughter-in-law to be eaten, the clerk saves them, and she orders a tub of snakes for them all

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1082 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 ✗

Mate, who was first on the Ogress's menu, like the actual first one?

1. the young Queen's youngest little son Day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the young Queen — no support
3. the little girl Aurora, the eldest child — no support
4. little Aurora — ✓ the right answer · 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

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit true the clerk swapped Aurora for a lamb, or nah?

1. Nah, he cooked a young lamb and hid Aurora in his wife's room — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, he cooked a lamb — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Yeah, he cooked a kid — score 6
4. Yeah, he cooked a little lamb instead of the child — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1082, line 4: «She orders her clerk of the kitchen to cook little Aurora, then little Day, but he hides each child with his wife and cooks a lamb and a kid instead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cook» (+4); the same thing acted on «lamb» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Proper lush sauce, yeah? What was it called?

1. Sauce Robert — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Sauce Piquante — score 6
3. Sauce Tartare — no support
4. a sharp sauce made of onions and vinegar — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 25, line 11: «The Mole shouted «Onion-sauce! Onion-sauce!» at the rabbits as a cheeky jeer; onion sauce was served with roast rabbit, so it was a rude joke. The rabbits only…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «onion sauce» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead gutted, right, the young Queen was gonna get eaten. What did she say to him?

1. Fine, go ahead and do it — no support
2. Get on with it then, but spare my little ones first, please — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Go on — no support
4. Do it, just get on with it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1051, line 12: «Why: the king says he does not need the lady's name, because "what I do wish to know is, Will she marry me?"», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, how old was little Day when he got grabbed?

1. a baby — score 0
2. two — no support
3. four years old — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. three years old — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1080, line 20: «The old Fairy, who was not invited, curses the princess to pierce her hand with a spindle and die of the wound.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Wicked, what was in the tub the Ogress ordered?

1. toads, vipers and snakes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. rats and eels and frogs — no support
3. a pit full of toads, vipers, snakes and scorpions — no support
4. snakes — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Sick, where did the clerk hide the kids?

1. in his wife's chamber — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. under the big table — score 5
3. in the cellar — score 5
4. in a far-off house beyond the palace walls — score 5

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 178, line 3: «He washes up on an island, hides in a tree, and watches a ship land ten slaves who dig up a trapdoor.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same doer «man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Did the Ogress twig the kids were still alive?

1. Yeah, she smelled them cooking — no support
2. Nah — no support
3. No — no support
4. Yeah, she heard them crying — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 93, line 18: «Talk in this lesson: «gyatt» = a word kids shout when surprised, without much meaning; «bummer» (older US) = what a shame; «tara-a-bit» (Black Country, England…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+3); the same doer «kids» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, who was in charge while the King was off fighting?

1. the Queen-mother's favourite servant at the palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the young Queen — no support
3. the clerk of the kitchen and his wife — no support
4. the Queen-mother — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Honestly, why was Day crying in the ground-room?

1. his mamma had found him in the cellar and was angry — no support
2. the clerk had told him he would be cooked tonight — score 0
3. he had spilled his milk — no support
4. his mamma was gonna whip him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1082, line 15: «She found out by hearing Day crying in a ground-room, because his mamma "was going to whip him, because he had been naughty".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «whip» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Chill, how were the people going to get to the tub?

1. marched in a line by the guards with ropes around their necks — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. hands tied behind their backs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. in a long line of chains — no support
4. with their hands tied behind their backs and gagged — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1054, line 20: «Old word: "Gael" means the Irish people, and "Lochlann" was the old Irish name for Norway.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1); 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

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, did the young Queen think her kids were dead?

1. Yeah, she thought they'd been eaten — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Nah — no support
3. Yeah, she thought they were dead — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. No, she knew they were alive — score 4

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 944, line 11: «The porter's wife thinks the gift is "a great attention from a family of such position."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the action of the clerk of the kitchen upon receiving the Queen-mother's first instruction?

1. He concealed the child and substituted a lamb. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He refused the order and killed the Queen. — score 5
3. He carried the child to the Ogress at once. — score 5
4. He concealed the child and substituted a lamb, then warned the Queen's family in secret about the Ogress. — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1082, line 9: «Why: the clerk knows "that he must not play tricks with Ogresses", yet he still hides the children and cooks a lamb and a kid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same thing acted on «children» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the most accurate account of the contents of the tub prepared in the great court?

1. It was filled with mud and serpents and vipers. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. It was filled with water. — score 3
3. It held only snakes. — score 3
4. It was filled with toads, vipers, and serpents. — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 232, line 17: «Old word: A "vizier" was a chief minister, and the "grand-vizir" was the most important one at the sultan's court.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the persons destined to be thrown into the tub?

1. The Queen, her children, the clerk, his wife, his maid, and the Queen-mother's guards. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Queen, her children, the clerk, his wife and maid. — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Queen, the clerk, and his wife. — no support
4. The Queen-mother, the King, and the clerk's family. — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the reason the Queen-mother gave for her cruelty towards the young Queen's family?

1. She had an Ogreish appetite for fresh meat. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. She hated the Queen. — score 4
3. She had been told by the clerk that the children were the cause of the war and must die. — score 4
4. She wished to rule the kingdom alone. — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 237, line 11: «What: the boy does not go to bed, and his mother threatens to "give him the stick", but he only laughs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «mother» (+1); the same thing acted on «stick» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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