Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins run off, reach a shut hut, and overhear swallows talking about a queen and a crystal cradle

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1188 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, the boys was always chucking stuff at the twins, innit? So what did the twins do to escape the bullying?

1. climbed up the wall and escaped over the high roof — no support
2. ran away from the orphanage to the far fields — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. bailed to the river bank — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. hid in the hut nearby — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 1188, line 17: «Rescue: a fisherman near the river bank finds them, so the twins are likely the king's children.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «twins» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Proper mad, right? What did the eldest boy say the twins had got, like the frogs?

1. just mud — score -2
2. only the lake — no support
3. only the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. only the pond — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1179, line 11: «The frog saves the queen's life when the queen wrinkles her forehead and asks how the frog nearly died.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «life» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare brave, the twins ran off. What time did they leave the house, bruv?

1. long before the cook got up to light the stove — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. as soon as the whole household had gone to sleep — no support
3. before the birds woke up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. before the sun came up — 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 ✗

Mate, the twins were gutted when they saw that hut. What was the problem with it?

1. the walls were covered in thick ivy and moss — no support
2. the roof had fallen — no support
3. the window was broken — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. the door was shut — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1188, line 4: «Under the roof, swallows chatter, and the twins understand every word because they have learnt the birds' language.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Tell me, wicked, what was the swallows' gossip about?

1. the king's new bride — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a new queen — no support
3. a wedding feast plan — no support
4. a queen and crystal cradle — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Peng, the king wanted to wed who?

1. a tailor's youngest daughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a weaver's eldest daughter — no support
3. a kind maid from the palace kitchens who sewed silk gowns — no support
4. the daughter of a poor tailor who lived in the village — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, did the nobles like the king's wedding plan?

1. yes, they cheered it on — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. nah, they plotted in secret to stop the wedding at all costs — no support
3. yes, at first, but then they all turned against it later — no support
4. nah, they tried to stop it — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 638, line 15: «Uncle James pretends to be generous, saying "far be it from us to display a miserly temper," but his words hide his plan to get rid of the Princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «words» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Sus, what did the chamberlain put the babies in?

1. a silver chest — score 2
2. a crystal cradle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. a wooden crate — score 2
4. a little wicker basket lined with soft cloth — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1188, line 16: «The truth: the children were alive, and the chamberlain put them "in a cradle of crystal" and sent it down the river.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «chamberlain» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «put» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit mad, where did the cradle float?

1. to the sea — no support
2. along the coast — no support
3. down the river — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. away — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 863, line 5: «Then they see that their boat has broken loose and is floating away from the island.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «float» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Ayo, who found the babies in the end?

1. a gardener — score 7
2. a ferryman — score 7
3. a farmer — score 7
4. a fisherman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1161, line 9: «What: The king loves to collect "the rarest things he could find," so he falls into the brothers' trap at once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «rarest things» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what does the Bird of Truth say?

1. the gossip of birds — no support
2. the words of kings — no support
3. the truth of men — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the truth — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 106, line 10: «Why: The queen believes the glass "always spoke the truth", so she cannot doubt what it tells her about Snow-White.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «truth» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, who's guarding the bird and sleeps only a bit?

1. a fierce giant — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. a snake — score 4
3. a wolf — score 4
4. a bold old knight — 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 116, line 7: «What: John secretly guards the King from harm, and the King wrongly punishes him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «guard» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what does the witch want for telling the way?

1. a silver ring — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. a bag of silver coins — score 2
3. a silver key from the chest — score 2
4. water from the fountain — ✓ the right answer · 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 1178, line 9: «Why: the witch wants to keep her prisoners, so she sets "a bargain" and says "Make my hair grow as thick and as black as yours".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which feature of the narrative identifies the substance in which the infants were concealed during their transfer?

1. a cradle of polished oak lined with cloth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a wooden crate — no support
3. a crystal cradle — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a sealed glass jar floating on the calm water — 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 ✗

Which of the following accurately designates the location to which the orphans first resorted for sustenance of the avian population?

1. the rocky shore beneath the high castle walls — no support
2. the wooden bench near the old stone bridge — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. the bank of the river — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. the edge of the wood — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1071, line 18: «Old word: "intelligible" means clear enough to understand, so the king's words are "at last" something Duv Laca can follow.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «words» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which character is described as having been cognisant of the linguistic capacity of the swallows?

1. the king — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the nobles — score 0
3. the fisherman — score 1
4. the twins — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1110, line 11: «fact: Tremsin's leaps make him younger each time: he comes out "an old man," then "a youth," and then so handsome that "no pen can describe it."», 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 «old man» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which entity is stated to be immortal and to be confined within a castle under guard?

1. the witch — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Bird of Truth — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the crystal cradle — no support
4. the giant — 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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