Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-prince steals the sword, and the mermaid pulls him under the waves
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1229 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, what did the bee want off the boy when he was dead hungry?
- 1. Half of the boy's food and all of his drink for the journey — score 1
- 2. A piece of bread — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Something to eat — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The boy's whole supply of bread and cheese from his pack — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1042, line 9: «fact: Why: Finegas leaves so that Fionn may eat the fish "if you felt you had to", to test whether the boy will keep his word.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1); 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
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
So the princess was proper mental about men, yeah? What was her big hate?
- 1. Dogs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. We — no support
- 3. Ox — no support
- 4. Men — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was the boy when he zipped through the keyhole, like, in what form?
- 1. A moth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A bee — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A ghost wearing a crown of thorns — no support
- 4. A tiny silver fish swimming through the air — 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 · ★ · right ✓
What did the guards reckon was going on with the princess, straight up?
- 1. She'd had a bad dream — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. She'd been bewitched by a bee and was dreaming — score 2
- 3. She'd eaten bad fish — score 2
- 4. She'd been sleepwalking — 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 1229, line 10: «Why do the guards think she is mad? They whisper that she "saw a man in every table and chair."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Her dad was gonna lock her in a tower, yeah? Which tower?
- 1. A tall stone tower at the far edge of the forest — score 3
- 2. A distant lodge — no support
- 3. A lonely tower — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. The east wing — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1229, line 11: «Why does the princess stop screaming? She fears her father will "shut her up in a lonely tower" if the guards tell stories.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «lonely tower» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Gutted the prince had to go to the wars, but who was going with him?
- 1. The king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. The queen — score 0
- 3. A band of twelve armed knights from the north — no support
- 4. The old royal steward and two of his men — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 693, line 5: «The king's men fail until a drugged wine trap works, and the man is locked in a golden cage; then the king goes to war and orders the boy to guard it day and n…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what did the king forget that made the whole lot turn back?
- 1. His horse — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. His sword — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Bow — score 5
- 4. Axe — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 72, line 9: ««The Badger looked at him very suspiciously, but Toad's frank, open countenance made it difficult to suggest any unworthy motive» (countenance = face; motive =…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «lot» (+4); the same action «make» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the prince turn into to leg it past the knights?
- 1. A fierce bear covered in silver fur — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. A lion — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Wolf — score 7
- 4. A horse — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 673, line 8: «Who: the youngest prince, who is "Wiser than his brothers" and does not follow the hare inside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youngest prince» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «hare» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the sneaky knight that tried to nick the sword?
- 1. The Fox — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Black Knight — no support
- 3. The Red Knight — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The Green Squire — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the princess snap in half and keep one bit of?
- 1. A silver brooch — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. A ring — score 6
- 3. A pearl — score 6
- 4. A golden ring — ✓ 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 1187, line 4: «The ants, an eagle and a little fish help him, and the princess keeps her door locked until the bandit is fried in oil.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+4); the same action «keep» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
What got the boy yanked under the waves at the stream?
- 1. An eel — no support
- 2. A river spirit — score -1
- 3. A pike — no support
- 4. The mermaid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1205, line 5: «At last he reaches a flowery plain with the Simurgh's tree and falls asleep by the stream.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
From which creature did the prince obtain the hair that enabled his transformation?
- 1. A wasp that lived in the hollow oak — no support
- 2. A moth — score 0
- 3. A talking swallow from the palace roof garden — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. A bee — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1155, line 5: «The stepmother brings the ointment too late, and the prince sends both wicked women away to a desert island.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «wicked women» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Through which opening did the prince, in the form of an insect, enter the princess's chamber?
- 1. The window — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 2. The keyhole — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The narrow crack under the great oak door — no support
- 4. The little grille high up in the eastern wall — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1083, line 15: «Why: the cat tells his master to wash in the river, then cries "Help, help, my lord Marquis of Carabas is drowning."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «cat» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What condition did the king attach to the recovery of his sword?
- 1. The hand of his daughter and the succession to the throne — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. The hand of a rich merchant and a seat on the council — score 7
- 3. The hand of his daughter in marriage together with the crown and every royal estate in the kingdom — score 7
- 4. The hand of his daughter, the throne, and half his treasury besides — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1186, line 15: «What: the king says he "would give half my kingdom" to the man who brings the princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «kingdom» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the mermaid obtain possession of the prince, according to the narrative?
- 1. She grabbed his cloak and pulled him down into the deep river — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. She seized him by the arm and drew him beneath the waves — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. She rose up out of the foam and wrapped her long silver tail around his waist and dragged him far below the waves into her underwater palace — score 2
- 4. She grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him down into the cold water — 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 1173, line 9: «Why: the prince leaves because his sorrow is so great, and the king finds "a letter lying by his bed" saying his son had gone, "he knew not whither."», 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
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