d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a windowless palace, a sick prince

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1171 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 ✓

so the crab-fairy was well gutted about being forgotten, innit?

1. Yeah, she went mental, proper livid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she went absolutely mental and proper livid at the whole christening lot — no support
3. Yeah, she was dead gutted, mate — no support
4. Nah, she was not bothered at all and just sat there quietly by the fire — 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 · ★ · right ✓

her shell just dropped off when they buttered her up, yeah?

1. Nah, she kept her shell when they flattered her — no support
2. Nah, it never came off because the fairies were too busy giving her the gifts and shells — score 1
3. Yeah, it fell away when they flattered her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, it fell away from her body when they buttered her up with all the compliments — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1171, line 7: «What: the crab-fairy cries "So I am forgotten!" and her crab's shell falls away once the fairies flatter her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall away» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

the princess can't see daylight till fifteen, bare long, right?

1. Yeah, till fifteen, that's the rule — no support
2. Yeah, mate, that's the curse, dead long — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, she can see it sooner, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yeah, mate, that's the curse from the crab-fairy and it lasts ages, dead long — 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 1088, line 12: «At night the children "fancied they heard on every side of them the houling of wolves", and they "scarce dared to speak".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fancy» (+3); the same doer «children» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

the palace had no windows, that's mint, yeah?

1. Yeah, it was built under the ground — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Yeah, it sat below the earth — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nah, it had loads of windows but they were all painted over black — no support
4. Yeah, it was dug underground — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 878, line 9: «She sat in the shadow of the marble balcony, watching the prince who "thought himself quite alone in the bright moonlight."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «palace» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

the prince was lowkey obsessed with a picture, sick?

1. Yeah, he stared at it for whole days — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Nah, he hung it above his bed and refused to eat or sleep at all in the palace — score 2
3. Yeah, he carried it round everywhere and wept over it every single evening — score 2
4. Yeah, he talked to it at night — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 740, line 20: «Old word: "naught" means nothing, so the prince "did naught but lament" means he did nothing but cry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the portrait the one that talked, bruv?

1. Nah, it told her a long story about the prince and his distant kingdom — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yeah, it chatted a compliment to her — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Yeah, it stepped out of the frame and kissed her hand very gently indeed — no support
4. Yeah, it whispered sweet words — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 928, line 17: «The portrait says, "Now I call that very instructive," and is quite satisfied.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «portrait» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

the king was nearly losing it, innit?

1. Yeah, he was sick with worry, mate — score 5
2. Yeah, he was worried sick about his son — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yeah, he was mad — no support
4. Nah, he was calm about his boy — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 917, line 13: «What happened at home: Anthony's father lost all his property and became very poor.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «father» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

what did the prince say if he couldn't marry her?

1. He'd die of misery, dead serious — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He'd die of misery and grief, seriously, he'd fade away in the tower — score 3
3. He'd starve, honestly mate — no support
4. He'd waste away, no joke — score 1

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 1008, line 8: «why: the landlord says the princess is "a wicked witch" because many princes died after failing her riddles.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+2); the same doer «many princes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the ambassador got to see her, right?

1. Yeah, she waved from the window — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, the king kept her out of sight — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, she didn't — no support
4. Nah, the nurses hid her face — 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 ✗

how long till the wedding, like three weeks?

1. Nah, three years, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, about six months, mate — no support
3. Nah, three months, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, three weeks — 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 ✗

so the king sent a fresh one out, yeah?

1. Yeah, he sent a brand new envoy out to beg the father to lift the curse — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Nah, he sent no one at all and just sat in the palace weeping for days — score 7
3. Yeah, he sent another messenger — score 4
4. Yeah, a new envoy to beg the father — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 534, line 4: «Cadmus sends his men to fetch water from a sacred spring, but a fierce dragon guarding it kills every one of them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same action «send» (+3); the same doer «cadmus» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following did the crab-fairy decree concerning the princess?

1. That she must not be crowned before her twentieth birthday — no support
2. That she must be kept from all men and women of the court until her eighteenth birthday arrives — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. That she must not see daylight before her fifteenth birthday — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. That she must not hear music before her fifteenth birthday — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 728, line 13: «The fairy keeps "seven hundred" cages of birds hanging in one chamber of her castle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «fairy» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner was the palace in which the princess was reared constructed?

1. It was a grand palace of white marble with a thousand windows facing the sea and gardens in every direction — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. It was lit by windows and entered by a gate set into the old stone wall — score 1
3. It contained no windows and was entered by a door beneath the earth — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. It was constructed of gold and silver with towers, gates, and windows built atop the hills to catch the sun — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 168, line 10: «The palace is "a splendid palace of beautiful black polished marble, covered with steel as smooth as a mirror."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «palace» (+2); the same thing acted on «splendid palace» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the fairies appease the wrath of the crab-fairy?

1. They praised her until she calmed — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. They bribed her with jewels to keep quiet — score 2
3. They flattered her until her temper abated — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. They flattered her at length with gifts and songs until at last her fury had gone — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1171, line 9: «Why: the crab-fairy is angry because others are "petted and thanked" while she is "overlooked," and she is "very vain."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what condition did the king consent to receive the ambassador's proposal?

1. No one was to hear the princess before her twentieth birthday — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. No one was to see the princess before her fifteenth birthday — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. The envoy was to meet her after her sixteenth birthday — no support
4. The princess must be sent away — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 214, line 14: «The blind man begs, "Strike me, I beg of you, one blow," because he has sworn an oath to accept chastisement with every alm.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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