Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 39: the prince runs off, and the doe becomes a girl each night

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1173 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, did the prince really bolt in the middle of the night?

1. Yeah, he and Becasigue dipped out under the stars while the court slept — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he and Becasigue slipped out at dawn — no support
3. Yeah, he and Becasigue dipped out under the stars — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, him and Becasigue snuck out the back gate and ran off into the dark forest — 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 ✓

Bruv, wait, so the doe is actually Desiree?

1. Yep, she's a fairy in disguise — no support
2. Nah, she's just a deer — no support
3. Yep, she's a princess turned into a deer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, she's a witch in disguise — 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 1173, line 10: «Desiree doubts herself in the stream and asks, "'Is it really, I, Desiree?'" and then cries about her fate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «letter» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why does the fairy Tulip get all soft about it?

1. She's got a big heart and feels bad for the pair who are lost out there alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She wants them to stay in the forest — no support
3. She's soft-hearted and she can't bear to watch them suffer in the forest — no support
4. She's soft-hearted, she can't watch them suffer — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit mad that Eglantine just knew her by her feet?

1. Yeah, she kissed the feet and then the whole family ran to hug her — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, she kissed them and her brain clicked — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Nah, she recognised her face — no support
4. Yeah, she kissed them and her memory came back straight away — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1173, line 3: «The white doe is really Princess Desiree, and when her maid Eglantine kisses her feet, she knows her princess and they hug.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kiss» (+3); the same doer «maid» (+3); the same thing acted on «feet» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the spell only sorts her out at night, yeah?

1. Yep, only at night — no support
2. Yep, she's a girl at dark and a doe at dawn — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Nah, she stays a deer all the time — score 1
4. Yep, she's a deer again by day, sadly — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 731, line 15: «The spell ends because "that very day the hundred years were ended", so the thicket lets him through.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «spell» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did the prince actually hit her with the arrows?

1. Nah, Tulip made sure they did no harm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yeah, one arrow hit her in the side — score 2
3. Nope, he never even fired his bow — score 1
4. Yeah, it hurt her — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1173, line 17: «The prince's arrows do no harm, because Tulip "took care should do her no harm," and the doe escapes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «arrows» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what's the old lady's hut like, is it fancy?

1. Nah, tiny but clean, with two little white beds — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it's a dark cave full of dust — no support
3. Nah, it's tiny but clean, with two little white beds and a fire — no support
4. Nah, it's tiny but clean, and she gave them a fine warm supper too — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1173, line 16: «The old woman gives Becasigue "a basket brimming over with oranges and grapes" and offers her hut to the sick friend.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «old woman» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what fruit did Becasigue get off the old lady?

1. Oranges and grapes, proper fresh — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Pears and plums, quite fresh — no support
3. Plums and figs, quite fresh — no support
4. Apples, just apples — 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 ✓

Bro, why did the prince go all wild with his bow?

1. He saw a deer in the trees and his hands just went without thinking — score 2
2. He spotted a stag and wanted meat — score 2
3. He saw a deer on the path and his hands just went for the bow straight away — score 2
4. He saw a deer and his hands just went — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 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 1155, line 11: «fact: The prince's view: he thinks the pain has made her "cross, as it sometimes does."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «view» (+1); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, why did the doe run out of puff so fast?

1. She'd never worked her legs properly since she was locked up in that tower — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She'd never worked her legs in that tower — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She was sick from the forest food — no support
4. She'd been kept in a tower so long that her legs had never run far before — 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 ✗

Be real, did the prince catch up with her in the morning?

1. Nah, she'd gone the other way on purpose — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she'd gone the other way on purpose so he couldn't follow her — score 2
3. Nah, she'd gone the other way on purpose, and he was too weak to chase — score 6
4. Yeah, he caught her by the stream — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grab» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+3); the same thing acted on «wife» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, did Desiree ever worry about men before?

1. Nah, she never thought about the danger from men until the prince appeared — score 1
2. Nah, she only feared the dark — score 1
3. Yeah, she worried about the wolves — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Nah, she never thought about the danger from men — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1133, line 8: «Where: the princess attacks Ivan in his own house, and his trunk falls "seven miles away from the house".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «princess» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, when the sun goes down, is she a girl again?

1. Yep, she turns back into a girl as soon as the sun goes down and it's dark — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Yep, she turns back as soon as it's dark — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yep, she turns back into a princess as soon as it gets dark each evening — score 4
4. Nope, she stays a doe all the time — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 298, line 1: «The King's Son keeps walking through the wood, ignoring the mocking apes, and climbs a rock as the sun goes down.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go down» (+3); the same doer «sun» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the princess was restored to her human form at nightfall?

1. She resumed her human form upon the onset of darkness, as the fairy Tulip had promised — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. She was freed by a kiss from the prince, as the fairy Tulip had foretold — score 1
3. She recovered her human shape at dawn, when the fairy Tulip had decreed it — score -1
4. She regained her form at dawn — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 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: the same action «make» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the text, what was the immediate motive of the prince in arranging his departure from the court?

1. He resolved to withdraw from society and to live in solitude, being unable to endure the sight of strangers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He fled the court to seek a fortune in distant lands with his friend — no support
3. He fled the palace to find his lost sister somewhere in the forest — score 0
4. He resolved to withdraw from society and live in solitude, since he could not bear the sight of strangers and the crowds of the court at all — 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 1173, line 7: «What: the prince is so sad that "he could not bear the sight of a strange face," so he plans to live alone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bear» (+4); the same thing acted on «sight» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what extent did the fairy Tulip succeed in modifying the enchantment laid upon the princess?

1. She shortened its duration and rendered it less severe, though she could not remove it entirely — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She lifted the spell wholly, though only for a short time each night — no support
3. Her efforts shortened the enchantment's duration only slightly, leaving the princess a doe for most of every day and the whole of each morning — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. She shortened its duration and made it milder, yet she could never remove it entirely from the princess's body and soul at any time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 998, line 6: «"I have now learnt to despise you," says the swineherd, and he leaves the princess who refused him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «princess» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Account for the failure of the prince to overtake the white doe on the morning described in the passage.

1. He was too weak to chase her far through the forest, having been ill with fever, and the doe had deliberately gone in the opposite direction — score -3
2. The doe was faster and the prince gave up the chase at dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. He was too weak to follow her far, and the doe had deliberately taken the opposite direction to avoid being caught by him at all — no support
4. He was too weak to follow her far, and the doe had deliberately taken the opposite direction — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1092, line 3: «The Prince, coming home from the hunt, stops at the farm to rest, then wanders into the yard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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