The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, part 1: a prince chases a deer, gets lost in the desert and meets a barefoot stranger who is a lost king

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1200 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 ✗

Oi, wasn't the prince well lost out there, innit?

1. Yeah, he lost his men and his horse — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he got home safe and sound — no support
3. Yeah, he lost his men and his horse out in the desert and nearly died — no support
4. Yeah, the sand took his men too — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 775, line 10: «Who: the huntsman is sent to shoot the prince, but he spares him and "brought home his royal coat".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «bring» (-1); a different doer (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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, did the deer just vanish into thin air?

1. Nah, it ran off — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, it vanished — no support
3. Nah, it went up a tree — no support
4. Nah, it went behind a hill — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Proper dehydrated, was he or what?

1. Yeah, sweating and gasping for water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, very thirsty — no support
3. Nah, he was fine and cool — no support
4. Yeah, burning up in the sun — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the bloke in bare feet, then?

1. Some lad who fell off his horse and lost his shoes in the desert — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A hunter from the next town — no support
3. King Janangir, a proper king — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. King Janangir, a proper king who lost his throne and walked barefoot — 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 ✓

Wait, he's a king doing a naked-foot walk?

1. Nah, he's just a beggar — no support
2. Yeah, he lost all his money — no support
3. Nah, he's a faqir who's been fasting — no support
4. Yeah, he's a king who fell on hard times — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1020, line 7: «What: he chains defeated kings with "golden fetters" to his chariot and makes them kneel at his table.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «chains» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the princess is dead proper fit, yeah?

1. Yeah, nobody in the whole sky is prettier and she knows it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah, she's a stunner, no doubt about it — no support
3. Nah, she's a bit plain, honestly — no support
4. Yeah, nobody in the whole sky is prettier — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 465, line 12: «Who: Katoma tells her "My name is Katoma dyadka, oaken shapka," and she knows he is the man whose feet she cut off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2). Against it: the same action «know» (-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 ✗

What's the catch with her, though?

1. She sets a riddle that nobody can solve, so you lose your head if you fail it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She sets a riddle, and if you solve it you marry her and get her whole kingdom — no support
3. Nah, you just have to pay her a big dowry — no support
4. She sets a riddle, and you marry her if you solve it — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the eldest son go off to find her?

1. Nah, he stayed put and sent a message — score 2
2. Yeah, he rode off to find her soon — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Nah, he only heard about her from travellers — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, he just heard — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 5: «The boy climbs a tree, skins the calf, goes after the dragon, and finds a king's daughter staked down by her hair.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+3); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how many sons did the old king have?

1. Two, I think — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Six, all of them strong at riding and archery — score 2
3. Seven, I think — score 2
4. Seven, all of them clever at princely stuff — ✓ 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 1037, line 7: «Who looks after him: the women druids Bovmall and Lia Luachra, who are his guardians, and "there would be, always, his two guardians."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the tree actually on the top of the hill?

1. Yeah, up top with a big spring underneath and dead camels all round — no support
2. Yeah, on a hill with a shady path — no support
3. Nah, it was down at the bottom, near the spring, not up top — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, up top with a spring underneath — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 825, line 6: «Who: the fir-tree, a "pretty little fir-tree" growing far down in the forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pretty little fir tree» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the prince got a drink, yeah?

1. Yeah, he drank his fill and said thanks — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he drank and then fell asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, he drank his fill, washed his face and said thanks to the faqir — score 1
4. Nah, he just splashed his face — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 655, line 3: «The Prince hides in a hollow tree, drinks from his bottle, and falls asleep without a tear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: the same action «fall» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the faqir gonna tell him everything?

1. Only if the king asks him — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Nah, he never tells anyone at all — no support
3. Only once the prince begs him hard — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Maybe, not sure — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 445, line 14: «The father climbs up and finds his son, and the old people are "delighted" and ask him "about everything that had happened".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «father» (+2). Against it: the same action «ask» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, by what name and place of origin was the barefoot stranger identified when he disclosed his identity?

1. King Bahram of Nineveh — score 2
2. Prince Mihr-afruz of Turkistan — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. King Janangir of Babylon, the seventh son of the old king — score 5
4. King Janangir of Babylon — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1069, line 14: «fact: Who is the stranger? Mananna'n, "the son of Lir", who laughs at the men "hunkering on a branch".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stranger» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, at what hour of the day did the quarry vanish from the prince's sight?

1. at noon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. at midday, when the sun stood in the zenith — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. at midday — no support
4. at dusk, when the shadows were long — 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 ✗

According to the passage, what was the immediate cause of the death of the prince's horse?

1. a fall from a cliff in the hills — no support
2. a poisoned spring that the horse drank from before the prince could stop it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. exhaustion and lack of water in the desert — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. exhaustion and lack of water in the desert after days of hard riding — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1103, line 2: «A horse first carries them off, but he dies with his tail burnt to a coal when the serpent catches up.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «horse» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the condition the princess Mihr-afruz imposed upon her suitors?

1. a long journey to Turkistan with gifts, and a riddle to solve on arrival at the palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a marriage contract of great wealth — no support
3. the solution of a riddle, on pain of rejection — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the solution of a riddle, on pain of rejection and loss of all his property — 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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