d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1189 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 ✗

Mate, did you actually read the bit where the owl only knows one word?

1. Nah, I skimmed it, mate, but it's "cross" or something like that, innit, weird bit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, it's "cross", innit, proper random — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, it's "hello", innit, proper weird — no support
4. Nah, it's "cross", mate, dead odd — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the witch's jar water made the boy look wicked?

1. Yeah, he turned proper ugly, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Nah, he got ten times fitter though, the witch was mad, mate, innit — no support
3. Yeah, he got ten times uglier and wicked, innit, proper nasty stuff — no support
4. Nah, he got ten times fitter, mate — ✓ the right answer · 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 734, line 2: «The fisherman goes to the sea, the water turns black, and the fish grants her wish again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «water» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Did the boy's sisters stay at the good woman's gaff?

1. Yeah, he left them there, gladly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, he took them with him — score 2
3. Yeah, they did — no support
4. Nah, they came along — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1189, line 2: «A kind woman gives them a bed, and the boy leaves his sisters with her so he can go on his quest alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

How long did the boy wander before the dove came over?

1. Three days, and then the fourth morning was the same — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Three nights, and the next dawn was much the same — no support
3. Four days, and then the fifth morning was the same — score 2
4. Two days, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1088, line 4: «The birds eat every crumb, so the boys wander farther, and night falls with a terrible high wind and the howling of wolves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wander» (+3); the same doer «boys» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the dove say the boy must follow?

1. The wind that blows over the sea, innit — score 0
2. The old road to the sea, the path past the trees, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The wind, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The river, mate — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1040, line 1: «Fionn's guardians send him away because the sons of Morna are watching to kill him, so he goes wandering into the woods.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sons» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which bird did the boy grab from the corner?

1. The small white one, the crows were trying to kill it and the cat was waiting too — score -2
2. The small grey one, the owls were chasing it — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The tiny white one, the cats were after it — no support
4. The small white one, the crows were trying to kill it — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1156, line 18: «Old word: a "quarry" is the animal that is being hunted, so the falcon's quarry is the bird it chases.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «bird» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

The giant was asleep for how long?

1. A quarter of an hour, so he had to be quick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Half an hour, so he had to be quick — no support
3. A quarter of an hour, so he had to be really quick and not make a sound — no support
4. A whole night long, so the boy could slip out of the castle gates unseen by anyone at all — 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 ✗

What did the courtiers do to the bird, dead sneaky?

1. Nabbed her — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Got cages ready — no support
3. Made cages and nets to grab her — score 5
4. Got cages and poison ready to nab her — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 222, line 9: «How do the courtiers react? "A shout of laughter burst from the courtiers" when they hear the Indian's words.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «indian words» (+2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the witch fly off on a broomstick?

1. Cos the captives went back to being people — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Cos the captives all went back to being people, so she fled the tower in a hurry on her broomstick — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Because the boy broke her spell at last — score 5
4. Cos the captives went back to being people and she lost her power — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 445, line 1: «The smith makes the witch two new iron teeth, and she goes back to gnawing the oak.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go back» (+3); the same doer «witch» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the swallow say when she was off to bed?

1. Yeah, she was off to the sea, sunset and that — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she was off to the nest, dusk and that — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, she was off to the sea, morning and that — no support
4. Nah, she didn't say — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1189, line 1: «The swallow flies off to her nest, and the children, no longer hungry, follow her direction to a big city.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «swallow» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the owl's sort of job in that desert?

1. Hermit's life, all alone in the desert, no mates, no nothing, proper lonely — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Lonely, no mates, just the sand — no support
3. Hermit's life, all on her own — no support
4. Hermit's life, all alone, no mates — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

The boy's quest, what's he after again?

1. Finding the Bird of Truth from the desert, then bringing her back to the king, innit — score -1
2. The Bird of Truth, innit, the one that the king wants to see — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The owl's wise word, mate — no support
4. The Bird of Truth, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 647, line 4: «At home the Queen finds a baby girl, and the King tears his black hair because he wanted a boy to be his heir.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the action by which the boy obtains the white bird, as stated in the text?

1. He catches the small brown bird flying above the courtyard wall — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He selects the small white bird hidden in a corner of the aviary — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He takes the small white bird from a corner of the aviary, having first fed all the other birds and waited for dusk — score 2
4. He selects the small white bird hidden in a corner of the aviary after the crows have driven off the others — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1183, line 14: «What: The old man told Ardan to "follow always behind them" and to "suffer nothing that you see" to lead him away.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

According to the passage, what is the principal motive of the courtiers in preparing weapons, cages, and birds of prey?

1. To prevent the king from seeing the bird or hearing her words, and to keep the boy from taking her away — score 6
2. To make sure the bird is caught alive and sent to the king's own treasury for a reward and a feast — no support
3. To stop the king from ever hearing the bird's truth-telling song — score 0
4. To prevent the king from seeing the bird or hearing her words — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1189, line 5: «The courtiers, afraid of the Bird of Truth, prepare sharp and poisoned weapons, eagles, falcons, and cages, but the king still hears of her and wants to see he…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «bird» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events at the witch's tower, as recorded in the passage?

1. The boy receives the jar from the owl, the witch throws its water on the boy, and then the captives return to human form and the witch flies off on a broomstick — score 0
2. The boy goes to the witch's door, is frightened by her face, receives the jar, the witch throws its water, the captives return to human form, and the bird is captured by the courtiers — no support
3. The boy receives the jar, the witch throws its water, and the captives return to human form — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. The witch receives the jar, the boy throws its water, and the captives return to the castle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 68, line 1: «Badger's great secret: there is an underground passage from the river-bank right up into the middle of Toad Hall. Toad says that's nonsense, he knows every inc…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «father» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What, according to the text, is the chief difficulty that remains after the boy has obtained the bird?

1. Carrying the bird to the king without her being seized by the wicked courtiers who are waiting in the hall with cages and poison — score 0
2. Persuading the bird to fly back to the king's hall without a fight — no support
3. Carrying the bird to the king without her being seized by the wicked courtiers — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Getting the bird past the castle guards without the courtiers noticing her song — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 701, line 5: «The fox takes pears to the king for the boy, calls him Count Piro, and asks for the princess's hand in marriage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «king» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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