Lang's Fairy Book, The Lazy Girl and the Fish, part 41: the prince wins back Desiree, and the idle girl turns into a fish under the sea
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1175 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, what did the girl do with the net?
- 1. She left it — score 2
- 2. She mended the holes — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. She washed the nets — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. She knotted the ropes — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1078, line 10: «What: she rinses the pitcher and gives the poor woman water "from the clearest place of the fountain."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «rinse» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Lowkey, what did the talking fish warn her about?
- 1. Being caught by the cook — no support
- 2. Sharks — no support
- 3. Storms — no support
- 4. Being turned into a fish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1175, line 4: «The girl catches a talking fish, ignores its warning, eats it, and is turned into a fish herself, so she flees to the sea.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
No cap, why didn't she listen to her mum?
- 1. She was hungry — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She wanted the fish for dinner — no support
- 3. She was lazy — no support
- 4. She thought the fish was harmless — ✓ 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 ✗
Wait, where did she dive after the window?
- 1. Home — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Into the river — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Under the bridge — score 2
- 4. Out — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1143, line 16: «Where: The cap goes to the knight's castle, and the youngest daughter sits by her window, where a hanging tree stands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youngest daughter» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, which place was the queen's palace in?
- 1. Under the hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. In caves — no support
- 3. At sea — no support
- 4. Under the sea — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what made the palace walls look so pretty?
- 1. Shells — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. White marble — no support
- 3. Pearl stone — no support
- 4. Pink coral — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
Fr, what did the old tunny tell her to do?
- 1. Cheer up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Go home — no support
- 3. Swim away — no support
- 4. Sing loudly — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
That's so cringe, how did the queen end up a fish?
- 1. She threw herself in the sea — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. She jumped from the high cliff — no support
- 3. She drowned — no support
- 4. She was cursed by a wizard — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1020, line 5: «The queen sends Eliza to a peasant's cottage, tells the king lies, and prepares three toads to curse her in the bath.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «curse» (+2); the same thing acted on «queen» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mad, who took the crown off her head?
- 1. Ogre — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. A giant — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Bird — score 7
- 4. A dragon — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 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: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gucci, what happened to the queen's ladies?
- 1. They were transformed into silver fishes and swam away into the deep sea — score -1
- 2. They became sea creatures — no support
- 3. They were turned into fishes by a kind wizard who pitied the queen — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. They were turned into fishes — ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1175, line 21: «A wizard who "pitied my fate" turned the queen's ladies into fishes, and let the queen keep "the face and body of a woman".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wizard» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Lowkey tho, what did the prince do at dawn?
- 1. Walked by the sea — no support
- 2. Sang with Desiree — no support
- 3. Talked with Desiree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Ate bread — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1175, line 1: «At dawn the prince and Desiree are still talking, and when the sun is high she finds she has her human shape again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «talk» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yeet, what happened to Cerisette in the end?
- 1. She was sent to a distant town — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She was sent to a small island — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She was sent with her mother to a small island far away in the sea — no support
- 4. She was sent to a small island where she lived with her mother for years — 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 ✗
Slay, what kind of power did the fish have?
- 1. Hex — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Fire — no support
- 3. Magic — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Voice — 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 ✗
In which domain is the palace of the queen of the fishes situated?
- 1. Beneath the surface of a lake that lies in the hills — score 4
- 2. Beneath the surface of the wide and deep northern sea — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Upon the coast of the island — score 5
- 4. Beneath the surface of the sea — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 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 979, line 4: «The driver is the Snow Queen, who wraps Kay in her fur, kisses him, and makes him forget Gerda and his home as they fly over the land.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «kay» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did the giant acquire the crown of the queen?
- 1. He seized it from her head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. He seized it from her head while she was weeping and alone — score -1
- 3. He pulled it off her hair — no support
- 4. He tricked her out of it — no support
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 1023, line 12: «The archbishop is the villain: he whispers that the girl "was only a witch" and presses the crown on her head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «crown» (+1). Against it: the same place «head» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the outcome for Cerisette and her mother at the close of the narrative?
- 1. They were banished to a small island — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They were exiled — no support
- 3. They were sent to a nearby kingdom — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. They were banished forever to a small island in the middle of the sea — 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 1172, line 13: «Cerisette's mother was sent by the queen to look after the three young people, and she helps her daughter's plot.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+3); the same thing acted on «mother» (+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 ✗
Which quality of the girl is most directly censured at the opening of the second tale?
- 1. Her idleness and her constant disobedience towards her mother — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Her idleness and disobedience — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Her rudeness and selfishness — no support
- 4. Her idleness, disobedience and her refusal to help at the family's house — 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
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