Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away
Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1155 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 ✓
Bruh, why did the doctors bounce so fast?
- 1. She shouted rude words, so they left. — score -2
- 2. She screamed at them, calling them dirty creatures, so they fled the chamber at once. — score 1
- 3. She yelled dirty creatures at them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. She yelled at them and they ran. — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1155, line 2: «When the doctors arrive, she shouts "Dirty creatures!" and they storm out of the room in anger.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «dirty creatures» (+2); the same action «shout» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what did the prince grab first, no cap?
- 1. A deer by the horn. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. A fox. — score 3
- 3. A hare by the paw — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. A bird. — 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 1155, line 4: «He grabs her at the rocks, and she turns into a hare, a fish, a bird, and a slimy snake, which he beheads.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grab» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lowkey, what was the stepmother's big plan?
- 1. Rub the ointment on her daughter's tongue, so she will be mistaken for the real bride. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ointment on her daughter's tongue — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Marry her off to the prince. — no support
- 4. Put the ointment on her daughter's tongue so the false bride can keep talking. — 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 ✗
Dude, when did the sea girl come out of the water?
- 1. At night, when the moon was full and high over the quiet sea and sand. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Late at night, after the court was asleep, when the moon was out over the bay. — no support
- 3. Early one morning at the shore. — no support
- 4. At night when the moon was out — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Fr, where does the prince hide to catch her?
- 1. Up in the tall oak tree. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. In the palace. — no support
- 3. Behind a rock on the shore — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Under a bed. — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, what did the prince chop off with his sword?
- 1. The snake's head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. The snake's head, which he threw far into the sea after the fight. — score 1
- 3. The snake's body whole. — score 1
- 4. The dragon's wing. — 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 777, line 15: «The giants' gifts: a sword that "cut off an enemy's head whenever the wearer gave the words, Heads off!", a cloak, and boots.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «sword» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Ngl, why did the prince keep holding on so tight?
- 1. He wanted her back. — no support
- 2. He was lazy. — no support
- 3. He was scared. — no support
- 4. He would not let go — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 675, line 1: «The prince lets his hawk fly, it catches the bird, and inside it he finds the sparrow, just as the old woman said.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, where do the mum and daughter get sent?
- 1. A distant island, forever. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The far mountains, alone. — no support
- 3. A desert island, forever — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A lonely desert island, forever, with no ship coming back for them at all. — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Real talk, why won't the wife say anything else?
- 1. The doves' spell keeps her quiet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The sea took her voice away. — no support
- 3. Fear grips her. — no support
- 4. A witch cursed her tongue. — 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 ✗
Wait, what did the prince admit about his marriage?
- 1. He admits he might have made a serious mistake in marrying a girl of low birth. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. He might have messed up marrying her — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. He thinks he chose a bride wrongly. — score 3
- 4. He confesses he may have been very foolish to marry her so quickly, without asking anyone. — score 2
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 1155, line 3: «That night he sees her rise from the sea, but she vanishes before he reaches the shore.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reach» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bestie, why did the prince leave on his trip?
- 1. A big ceremony in a far city — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A state ceremony that his father demanded, held in a far city across the sea. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. An urgent errand for the king. — no support
- 4. He must attend a big royal ceremony that lasts many days in a distant city. — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1042, line 9: «fact: Why: Finegas leaves so that Fionn may eat the fish "if you felt you had to", to test whether the boy will keep his word.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Ok so what is on the figure's head?
- 1. A wreath of roses — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A crown of gold. — no support
- 3. Some silver feathers. — no support
- 4. Nothing. — 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 ✗
Honestly, what did the prince tell the girl to do?
- 1. Go back to the sea now. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wait for me, wait for me — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Come back to me here. — no support
- 4. Stay. — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, what happens after the spell breaks?
- 1. She stands, while birds sing. — no support
- 2. She stands before him, her voice restored, and all the birds of the wood sing for joy. — no support
- 3. She stands there on the shore, human again, while birds sing around her for joy. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. She stands there, birds singing for joy — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 728, line 12: «Jorindel is "fixed as a stone" and can neither speak nor move until the fairy sings her spell.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which event most directly led the prince to banish the two women?
- 1. The ointment failed, and the false bride's deception was exposed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The ointment failed, and the prince was shamed before the whole court. — score -3
- 3. The stepmother fled, and the prince grew angry at the wedding feast. — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. The ointment failed, the false bride's deception was exposed, and the court gathered in outrage to demand justice for the prince's wrongs. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1132, line 12: «Golik hides the broken pieces, and later he uses one "fifty pounds in weight" on the mare.», 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 «golik» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What does the prince's grip on the changing creature reveal about his character?
- 1. Steadfast resolve: he keeps hold despite each transformation — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Impatience, since he wants the transformation to end quickly now. — no support
- 3. Curiosity: he wants to see each new shape closely and at once. — no support
- 4. Loyalty mixed with fear: he keeps hold through each change, though he doubts whether the creature is truly his bride at all. — 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 ✗
Which phrase best characterises the physicians' response to the princess's outburst?
- 1. Amusement, and they stayed to watch the outburst. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Offence and alarm, so that they withdrew from the chamber in haste, shaken by the princess's violent and insulting words. — no support
- 3. Offence, so that they withdrew at once from the chamber — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Offence, so that they withdrew at once from the chamber and reported the rudeness to the king. — 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What is the principal function of the old witch's ointment in the narrative?
- 1. It tests whether the rightful bride truly perished in the sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It disguises the stepmother's daughter as the real princess. — no support
- 3. It heals her tongue. — no support
- 4. It frees the sea girl from the doves' spell completely. — 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
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