Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1086 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 ✓
yo, the eldest princess was proper pretty but dead thick, innit
- 1. she was gorgeous yet couldn't spot wit if it smacked her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. she was fit but clueless, dead honest — no support
- 3. she was fit, mate — no support
- 4. she was pretty and no brains at all — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 266, line 8: «Where: the King of Canterbury's palace, where the princess is "distinguished by her great ingenuity and wit".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «great ingenuity» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the youngest, the ugly one, got all the crowd, bare gutted for the eldest, right
- 1. yeah, she got the bell — no support
- 2. yeah, she got the bell, the crowd went straight to her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, the crowd went for the eldest, mate — no support
- 4. nah, the crowd went straight to the queen — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 905, line 4: «Late at night he sits alone by her grave, looking like a grotesque stone monument.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «crowd» (+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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, the Fairy gave the eldest the power to make handsome whoever she fancied, yeah
- 1. yeah, that's the gift, she gets to pick who looks sick, and it's dead generous — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, that's the gift, she gets to pick who looks sick — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nah, she gets to pick who looks dull — no support
- 4. yeah, she picks who gets fit, innit — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
why did the eldest go off into the wood then, mate
- 1. cos she was gutted and wanted a cry on her own, away from the lot of them — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos she was bored and fancied a stroll — no support
- 3. cos she was gutted and wanted a cry on her own — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. cos she was gutted and wanted a cry on her own, since no one in the palace listens — 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 · ★ · right ✓
and Riquet, was he actually fit, or what
- 1. nah, he was minging-looking but dressed up mint — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, he was proper ugly but dressed well — no support
- 3. yeah, he was fit but dressed rough — no support
- 4. nah, he was minging — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
so he fancied her from her picture, that's proper creepy, innit
- 1. yeah, but it was a bit sweet, like, fair enough — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, it was a bit dodgy, like, fair enough — no support
- 3. yeah, but it was a bit romantic, like, fair enough — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, it was romantic — 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 ✗
did she say yes straight off or what
- 1. nah, she was quiet, then said yes later — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. nah, she was well quiet, then said yes after a year of thinking it over — score 5
- 3. nah, she was well quiet, then said yes after a year — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. yeah, she was quick, then said yes right away — no support
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 984, line 12: «The Finland woman says the Snow Queen "cannot receive any power" from her greater than Gerda's own purity and innocence of heart.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «finland woman» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
he gave her a whole year to think, that's dead generous, right
- 1. yeah, but she reckoned the year would never end, so she said yes sharpish — no support
- 2. yeah, but she reckoned the year would never end, and she was dead keen to get wit — no support
- 3. yeah, but she thought it was too long — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. yeah, but she reckoned the year would never end — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 980, line 12: «Why does she do this? She is afraid that if Gerda sees roses she "would think of those at home, and then remember little Kay, and run away".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «woman» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
the Queen was dead worried about the eldest one, weren't she
- 1. yeah, she kept having a go at her, bless — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, she kept her quiet, bless — no support
- 3. yeah, she kept nagging her, bless — no support
- 4. yeah, she kept having a go at her, bless, and sometimes cried over her too — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the eldest kept spilling her water on her clothes, proper messy
- 1. yeah, she couldn't keep a glass steady to save her life, and the maids were fed up — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, she couldn't hold a cup steady, mate — no support
- 3. yeah, she couldn't keep a glass steady to save her life — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, she could keep a glass steady, mate — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's the moral of the Riquet bit, then
- 1. wit isn't all, and beauty's the thing — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever, so mind your manners — no support
- 3. wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever, and beauty fades anyway — 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 · right ✓
Which gift did the Fairy bestow upon the eldest princess, and what was its condition?
- 1. She bestowed the power to render handsome the person who best pleased her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. She bestowed the power to render handsome the person who best pleased her, on one condition only — score 5
- 3. She gave the power to make handsome whoever pleased her most — score 2
- 4. She bestowed the power to render handsome the person who best pleased her, though she was forbidden to use it in the palace — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 199, line 3: «He takes her ring and leaves one of his own on her finger, then falls asleep again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
In what manner did the eldest princess conduct herself when the company gathered about her sister?
- 1. She was melancholy and went alone into the wood to lament her misfortune — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. She was sad and wandered alone into the forest to mourn — score 1
- 3. She was pleased and went off alone to the garden to rest — score 1
- 4. She was cheerful — score 0
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 955, line 16: «Hard word: a "posting-house" was an inn where coach horses were changed, so travellers met there.», 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 «travellers» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What reply did the Princess make when Riquet declared that she was beautiful?
- 1. She answered "You flatter me," and then fell silent — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. She answered "You are pleased to say so," and then ceased speaking, astonished at his boldness in the wood — score 1
- 3. She answered "You are pleased to say so," and then ceased speaking — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. She answered "You are pleased to say so," and then ceased speaking and turned her face away — 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 773, line 16: «The king makes excuses and asks for a man who "could drink a cellarful of wine."», 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
On what terms did Riquet undertake to bestow wit upon the Princess, and how long did he grant her to deliberate?
- 1. On condition of marriage, allowing her a year to decide — score -2
- 2. Upon the terms of marriage, granting her a whole year to consider — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Upon the terms of marriage — no support
- 4. On the terms of a gift, granting her a month to decide — 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 60, line 21: «The «tactful Mole» brought a pencil and paper: «It's quite a long time since you did any poetry»; later the Rat was «scribbling and sucking the top of his penc…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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