Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back the three lost things and survive the oil, and a new tale begins with a crystal cradle

Tests: 8 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1187 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 ✓

test: Bro, why did Bella-Flor keep dropping stuff like some sus little kid?

1. to make Jose go fetch it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. because she wanted the horse to take her home — no support
3. to show the king how clumsy her servant Jose really was — no support
4. to see if he would leave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1187, line 16: «fact: Jose is made king and must marry Bella-Flor, which he promises to do the next day.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «jose» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

test: No cap, what did the horse tell Jose to call for the bran?

1. the sparrows that nested in the palace wall — score -3
2. the ants — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. the mice — score -1
4. the tiny black ants from the hill — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1155, line 12: «fact: Why the doctors leave: her shouting "so offended the physicians that they left the room at once."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

test: Yo, who got the handkerchief outta that tree?

1. a hen — no support
2. the crow — no support
3. an owl — no support
4. the eagle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1164, line 4: «The jackal helps the lion and hyena hunt a flock, and when the hyena divides the sheep badly, the lion kills him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «jackal» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Ngl, who fished the ring outta the river?

1. the old pike — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. the little fish — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. a tiny fish that had been hiding under a rock — score -8
4. the smallest minnow in the entire river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 820, line 19: «OLD WORD: "ordeal" means a painful or frightening test, and it is still used today for a hard time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «painful test» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

test: Lowkey wild, what did the king threaten Jose with?

1. being drowned — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. being burned — no support
3. being hanged — no support
4. being thrown to the hungry lions — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1186, line 4: «The angry king sends Jose off to find her or be drowned, and a talking white horse makes him help animals on the way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «angry king» (+4); the same action «drown» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

test: Bruh, how did Jose survive the boiling oil?

1. the old king's own magicians had blessed the oil before the trial began — no support
2. the horse's sweat had soaked into the flesh of his whole body — no support
3. the horse's sweat on his skin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. a powerful spell from the king — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 127, line 17: «fact: The food: "a small piece of dry bread," which she had to live on all day.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Fr, what did the old king do when Jose came out a youth?

1. jumped in the caldron — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. dived into the river — no support
3. ordered his guards to pour more oil into it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. fled the palace — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1078, line 12: «The gift is "at every word you speak, there shall come out of your mouth either a flower, or a jewel."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). 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

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

test: Dude, what did Jose have to do to become king?

1. marry Bella-Flor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. rule the land — score -2
3. wed the princess — score 9
4. fight the king — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1087, line 5: «She says she will not marry him, but when she wishes him handsome, he becomes a fine prince, and they wed the next morning.», 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 action «marry» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

test: Ngl, what was that horse actually?

1. the soul of a man Jose helped — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a spirit from the dark river — no support
3. a cursed prince — no support
4. the ghost of an old servant — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 683, line 2: «The jealous groom lies that the youth can find the lost war horse, and the youth brings it back with the horse's help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «horse» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Bro, who is the main guy in the new story?

1. a king — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a wise widow — no support
3. a boy — no support
4. a poor fisher — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

test: Yo, what did the fisher pull outta the water?

1. a silver bowl of gold — no support
2. a golden net — no support
3. a basket of river reeds — no support
4. a cradle of crystal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1187, line 20: «fact: The new tale, The Bird of Truth, begins by a stream where a poor fisher finds a crystal cradle holding a boy and a girl.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «poor fisher» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «crystal cradle» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Lowkey, how many kids did the wife already have?

1. seven — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. thirteen — no support
3. fourteen — no support
4. eight — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Fr, what did the wife think about two more babies?

1. it would be a blessing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she wished her husband had found more work at sea — no support
3. too many mouths to feed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she feared the babies would never survive the winter — 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 · right ✓

exam: Which object did the princess cast into the river?

1. a ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. her golden wedding ring — no support
3. a jewel — no support
4. a brooch — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

exam: By what means was Jose protected from the boiling oil?

1. by the sweat that the horse had rubbed into his flesh — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by an ointment from the palace — no support
3. by a cold river of water — no support
4. by the sweat of the horse — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

exam: Which creature restored the handkerchief to Jose?

1. a little bird that had followed the princess home — no support
2. an eagle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. a falcon — score -3
4. a great eagle that had nested on the cliff — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1187, line 9: «fact: The princess drops her bran, her handkerchief and her ring, and asks Jose to fetch them, but he answers: "We shall find plenty of bran where we are going…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bran» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

exam: Who discovers the crystal cradle in the new tale?

1. a wise widow — score 6
2. a poor fisher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. a king — score 6
4. a boy — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1187, line 20: «fact: The new tale, The Bird of Truth, begins by a stream where a poor fisher finds a crystal cradle holding a boy and a girl.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «crystal cradle» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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