Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is tried on every finger

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1093 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 ✗

bruh the prince got sick just cuz he peeped a girl thru a keyhole, lowkey wild?

1. nope, he just ate too much cake — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, the doctors said it was lovesickness, which is serious stuff — score 4
3. yeah, he was love sick for real — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. nah, it was actually a bad cold from the drafty castle halls all week — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 426, line 1: «The Prince walks into a strange house, eats, and falls asleep, and a lovely lady arrives and claims him as her husband dear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, what did the prince ask his mom for, like a whole castle??

1. a cake from donkey-skin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. a magic cake from some goose girl who lives on a farm — score 4
3. a cake from the cook — score 4
4. a bread from the kitchen — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 249, line 12: «OLD WORD: "wares" means goods for sale, so "Have you no wares to sell?" asks if he has anything to sell.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, donkey-skin is the goose girl right, the one in the gross skin?

1. nope, she's a princess — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. nope — no support
3. yeah, she's a princess — score 2
4. yup, the goose girl — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 889, line 7: «The wife hides the child from the Viking because he would "expose the poor child in the public highway" if he knew.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «child» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the ring fell in the cake on purpose or nah?

1. it was an accident — no support
2. the story says the goose girl dropped it there on purpose to win him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. nobody knows for sure — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the prince did it himself — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 779, line 7: «What: she ate a small piece from each little plate and drank a small drop from each glass, dropping her ring into the last one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+4); the same doer «sister» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

ngl the prince almost choked on the ring, right?

1. nope, not really — no support
2. yep, he almost swallowed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. nah, he just spit it out — no support
4. yep, he did — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1093, line 3: «Donkey-skin bakes the cake, her ring falls into the batter, and the Prince nearly swallows it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swallow» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what kind of gem was on the ring, like a diamond?

1. a ruby — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a pearl — no support
3. an emerald — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a diamond — 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 ✗

the king sent out drums and trumpets and stuff, lit or nah?

1. yeah, it was a big deal — no support
2. nope, it was super boring — no support
3. nah, it was just a quiet morning announcement in the palace yard — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. yeah, it was a whole thing — ✓ 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 223, line 4: «She dresses in her grandest jewels, then sends word that she wants to see the prince.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

so the princesses went first, real talk?

1. nope — no support
2. yep — no support
3. yep, they went first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. nope, the goose girl did — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1093, line 18: «The Princesses go first, then the duchesses, marquises and baronesses, but none can put on the ring.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princesses» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the sheep girls fit the ring, bro?

1. nope, their fingers were too fat — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yep, they fit just right — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. nope, the ring was too small — no support
4. nope, their hands were too wide — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 706, line 15: «Peter dreams he moves the ring "from his right hand" to "the wedding finger of the left."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «peter» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

who finally got to try it, the goose girl?

1. yep — no support
2. nope, she was first — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. nope — no support
4. yep, she was last — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 688, line 7: «What: Peter says, "I have been marching through the country, and have tried every kind of work," and his barrel is his whole fortune.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «peter» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the princess was scared some other girl had a small finger, that's the vibe?

1. yeah, she was scared someone else would have a finger as small as hers and win the prince — score 1
2. yeah, she was scared someone else would — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. yeah, she was worried about that — no support
4. nah, she was actually scared that the cake would make her sick and nobody would notice — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 329, line 9: «Why: Peter tells this story to frighten the children about mothers, and "they" are scared because he sounds sure.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «children» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

she got extra fancy with her hair and silver outfit, why?

1. she had a hunch it was her turn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she was bored — no support
3. she wanted to dance — no support
4. she wanted to impress the prince — 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 · wrong ✗

Which object did the Prince request in order to restore his health?

1. a cake prepared by Donkey-skin — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. a sweet pastry prepared secretly by the goose-girl in the palace kitchen — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. a dessert made by the royal chef — score 1
4. a special cake baked by a servant from the farm and wrapped in silk — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 276, line 15: «The Prince decides that a real Princess has a delicate sense of feeling, so he makes her his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal impediment to the Prince's recovery, according to the physicians?

1. the sickness of greed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a fever of the blood — no support
3. a fever — no support
4. the malady of love — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the King attempt to identify the owner of the emerald ring?

1. by sending a message to every noble house — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. by sending heralds to every village and making each woman try the ring on her hand — no support
3. by proclaiming a trial upon every finger — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. by ordering all his servants to search the castle rooms for the lady who lost it — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 723, line 20: «A "page" in the text is a young servant who runs messages for a king, so the king sends his message by a page.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which garment did the Princess don upon receiving the summons?

1. a golden gown with lace — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a plain grey dress — score 1
3. a green silk gown and matching veil — score 1
4. a silver corsage and petticoat — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 223, line 11: «She wears diamonds, a necklace, bracelets, and a girdle "all of precious stones".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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