Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1186 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 ✓

bruv, what was in that secret drawer?

1. a debt paper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a paper showing a debt owed to the miser — no support
3. a map — no support
4. a love letter — 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 ✓

lol, who was the miser's debt owed to?

1. jose's dad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. jose's uncle — no support
3. the mayor — no support
4. the king — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

honestly, how did the miser pay up?

1. gave up his land — score 5
2. counted the coins — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. paid cash — score 5
4. paid in silver — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 373, line 10: «WHY the Miser digs: he "dug up the treasure and counted it piece by piece" every day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «count» (+3); the same doer «miser» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why was the lady bawling?

1. lost her cat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. husband was dying — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. money was gone — no support
4. son was sick — 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 · ★ · right ✓

no way, how much gold was left?

1. one ring — score 2
2. three gold pieces — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. four gold rings — no support
4. two coins — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1186, line 12: «What: after all the costs, "only three gold pieces were left" for Jose.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «three gold pieces» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

fam, what job did jose start with?

1. cook's helper — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. cleaning stables — no support
3. sweeping the palace yard — no support
4. carrying the bath water — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1126, line 1: «Ivan's fiddle makes the parson's wife dance so wildly that even the cat starts bounding about, and the tied-up parson is spun round the pillar until he begs Iv…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, what did the brother spy through?

1. shutters — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. keyholes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cracks in the wooden doors — no support
4. little holes in the palace walls — 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 ✗

bet, what would the king pay for the princess?

1. half his kingdom and his daughter's hand — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. three villages — score 4
3. all the gold in the royal treasury plus land — score 4
4. half his kingdom — ✓ the right answer · 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 1150, line 15: «The cats say, "We are very thirsty, please give us some milk!" and the girl gives each one "a little red saucerful."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus, what did the king threaten jose with?

1. being beaten — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. losing his life — score 5
3. exile — score 6
4. being drowned — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 469, line 5: «At midnight she comes running, he calls out "Tprru! stand still, jade!", and he beats the mare she becomes until she dies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4); the same action «beat» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, what did the horse want the ants to get?

1. crumbled bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. fresh loaves — no support
3. bread crumbled into tiny pieces for them — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. crumbs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1182, line 10: «Why again: the dragon wants Muffette because "the more he heard of Muffette the more he felt sure she would make a delicious dish".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «delicious dish» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

real talk, what was caught in the net?

1. an eagle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a large golden eagle with broken wings — score 2
3. a raven — score 2
4. a fox — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 910, line 2: «Her grown-up babies quarrel in the nest, and she is caught by some boys in a horse-hair net.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «hair net» (+5). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate, where did the little fish flop about?

1. on the wet sand by a wide river — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. on the sand — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. in water — no support
4. in the mud — 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 · ★ · right ✓

oi, what was the princess busy with?

1. sweeping the yard — no support
2. washing the linen — no support
3. feeding her hens in the yard by the barn — no support
4. feeding her hens — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1186, line 5: «At last they reach a castle in the thick wood, where the princess is feeding her hens.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «hens» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the protagonist discover concealed within the antiquated chest?

1. A ledger of the village's family accounts — score 1
2. A gold key — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. A document recording an outstanding debt — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A paper listing unpaid coins owed — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 308, line 5: «The story ends with a list of places where Cupid hides, from the lectures to the theatre, and the warning that he has even shot the listener's grandmother.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To whom did the protagonist's late father's creditor reside, according to the account?

1. The elderly miser's brother who lived in a grand house at the far end of the village market — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An elderly miser who lived at the far end of the village beside the river — no support
3. An elderly miser at the far end of the village — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A greedy merchant living by the mill — 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 ✗

What condition did the equine companion impose upon the protagonist's assistance?

1. Never to ask for any payment in return — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Never to neglect an opportunity of aiding others and of repaying every kindness he received — no support
3. Never to neglect an opportunity of aiding others — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. To never abandon the boy on the road — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What penalty did the monarch declare would befall Jose should he fail?

1. He would be drowned — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He would be drowned in the palace moat at dawn — no support
3. He would lose his head — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. He would be hanged — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1186, line 3: «Jose rises to a high post at court, but his spiteful brother tells the king where Princess Bella-Flor is hiding.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: 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

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