Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother
Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1091 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's the mad wish the husband makes, innit?
- 1. a pudding — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a sausage — no support
- 3. a black pudding on Fanny's nose — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a big pie on Fanny's head — 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 ✗
Mate, why'd the dude not wish himself a kingdom in the end?
- 1. he feared a royal wife would be bossy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he thought being king would be far too much work for one man — no support
- 3. he thought the Queen would be a nightmare — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. he wanted a simple life instead — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
So did Fanny want to be a Queen, or nah?
- 1. yes, she wanted a crown — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. she chose to be a Queen and ruled for years — score 5
- 3. she chose to stay a peasant wife — score 5
- 4. she chose to be fair, not a Queen — ✓ the right answer · 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 733, line 5: «His wife Ilsabill keeps sending him back to the fish for something better, from a cottage to a stone castle, and at the end she wants to be king.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper gutted, was the King when the Queen died, yeah?
- 1. he wept for a while then forgot about her — score 5
- 2. he cried and sobbed day and night — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. he went quiet and kept to his room — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. he laughed and went hunting — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 682, line 2: «The grateful king offers any gift, so the knight asks for the king's ear, and the king keeps his word and cuts it off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «king» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what did the Council reckon about beauty?
- 1. beauty mattered most — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. beauty didn't matter if she was virtuous — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. beauty mattered if she was plain — no support
- 4. beauty was everything — 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 ✗
Bruv, why'd the King's head go all wonky?
- 1. he ate too much — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he got a cold — no support
- 3. a Druid cursed his mind — no support
- 4. his grief sent his reason away — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the sus Druid-priest, fam?
- 1. a sly man who served the Queen's family and cared nothing for God — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. a sly man, more ambitious than religious — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a wise old man of the forest — score 4
- 4. a sly and bitter man who hated all the Princesses in the land — score -1
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 1088, line 15: «Old word: "incommoded" means troubled or bothered, so the seven children "incommoded them greatly" because they could not earn bread.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Did the Princess just chill and let it happen?
- 1. no, she shouted at him rudely — score 5
- 2. no, she argued with the Council — score 3
- 3. no, she begged him on her knees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. no, she begged him on her knees and then fled to the forest — score 6
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 1091, line 4: «The Princess begs her father on her knees to stop, but he does not understand why she refuses him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+1); the same place «knees» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Where'd the Princess dash off to at night?
- 1. to the forest with her maid — score -1
- 2. to her godmother, the Lilac-fairy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. to a hut in the woods, alone — score 0
- 4. to her godmother's palace across the sea at dawn — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1091, line 5: «At last she slips away at night in a little carriage pulled by a great sheep, to seek help from her godmother, the Lilac-fairy.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «godmother» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
What ride did she take, fr?
- 1. a carriage pulled by a sheep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. a little trap drawn by a pony — score -2
- 3. a wagon pulled by two ponies — score -2
- 4. a gilded carriage pulled by a team of swans through the night air — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 809, line 18: «Old word: "confirmed" meant a church ceremony where a young person affirms their faith; the elder daughter is about to take it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the donkey really poop out gold, or what?
- 1. its straw was full of silver pennies — no support
- 2. its litter was full of golden coins that the King spent at once — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 3. its litter was filled with gold, which the woodcutter's wife counted every night — score -2
- 4. its litter was full of golden coins — ✓ the right answer · no support
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 886, line 20: «Old word: "alighted" means got down from a carriage, and "lucrative" means paying well.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1); 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
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who even was Fanny to the woodcutter?
- 1. the local baker's wife — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a neighbour's young widow — no support
- 3. his pretty daughter — no support
- 4. his comely young wife — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Man, what did the Queen make the King swear?
- 1. never to remarry until he found a woman more beautiful than the first Queen, and never to tell the Council — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. to never wed a second time unless he found a fairer bride — score -1
- 3. never to remarry until he found a woman more beautiful than herself and wiser than any queen of the land — score 7
- 4. never to remarry till he found a more beautiful woman — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1019, line 1: «A young man who wants to be a poet by Easter visits a wise woman, who makes him listen to a potato, the sloe bushes and the bees.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «man» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the woodcutter get rich, though?
- 1. yes, he bought gold with his wish — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. no, he got nothing — no support
- 3. yes, he bought a new farm — no support
- 4. no, he used his wish for a humble purpose — ✓ the right answer · 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 186, line 12: «The king's wish: "Sindbad... wish you to end your days amongst us", so he is made to marry a rich lady.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wish» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following describes the condition under which the Queen extracted the King's oath?
- 1. that he should not remarry unless he found a woman lovelier than the Council desired — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. that he not marry a lesser lady ever — score 0
- 3. that he should not remarry unless he found a Princess more beautiful than herself — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. that he never marry — 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 995, line 3: «Night asks for her songs before she will tell the way, and a frozen thorn-bush asks for warmth.», 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 «mother» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the Princess endeavour to dissuade her father from his unnatural proposal?
- 1. by kneeling before him in the great hall and begging with bitter tears and sobs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. by refusing to eat for many days — no support
- 3. by prostrating herself before him and pleading — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. by arguing with him through the Council — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what conveyance did the Princess journey to consult her godmother, the Lilac-fairy?
- 1. a gilded chariot drawn by a team of white horses — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a small carriage drawn by a sheep — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a small trap drawn by a pony — no support
- 4. a little coach pulled by a goat — 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 · wrong ✗
What was the principal motive of the Druid-priest in advising the King?
- 1. ambition and the favour of a great monarch — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a desire for power and the King's regard — score -1
- 3. a wish to rule the kingdom through the King's weakness — no support
- 4. a hope that the King would marry his own niece and give him great lands — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 398, line 13: «The Horse, the Ox and the Dog, saved from the cold by a kind man, give him his life in three parts: the Horse takes youth, the Ox middle age and the Dog old ag…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4). Against it: the same action «give» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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