Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1251 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, did the princess's dog Beni just go totally stiff, or what?

1. Nah, he was up and barking at the gnome — no support
2. Yeah, he was flat out by the hearth, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he was just fine and went out to chase the cat, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, he was sat wagging by the door, mate — 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 81, line 2: «The Little God Nqa and the Middle God Nquing both shout "Go away!", but the Big God Nqong says "Yes, I will!" and calls the always-hungry Yellow-Dog Dingo to c…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chase» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «dog» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the maidens are like, grandmas now?

1. Yeah, they're pale and wan, looking rough — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yeah, bent over with sticks and coughing — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Nah, they're still young and blooming, mate — no support
4. Nah, still young — no support

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 861, line 5: «Rudy walks home alone along the snowy mountain path, cold and sad, while the Ice Maiden seems to rule the high places.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «seem» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, why did the gnome not just give her the basket?

1. He had got it wrong, the roots were gone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He was scared the princess would shout — score 2
3. He was too lazy — no support
4. He lost it — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1250, line 18: «What does the gnome give her to make her happy? A basket of "carrots, turnips, and radishes" and a "little many-coloured wand".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «gnome» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the gnome well embarrassed when she caught him?

1. Yeah, he went all shy and quiet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, not at all — no support
3. Yeah, he was proper red-faced — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope, he laughed — 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 ✓

Did the bee get across the whole land to Ratibor?

1. Nah, a swallow scoffed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Nah, a stork caught it first — no support
3. Nah, it fell — no support
4. Yeah, it did — 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 884, line 3: «The swallow offers to carry her to warm lands, and Tiny rides on his back, tied on with her sash.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did the cricket make it?

1. Nah, a stork gobbled it up near the river and the cricket fell in, mate — score -2
2. Yeah, it reached him fine — no support
3. Nah, a stork gobbled it up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Nah, a swallow nabbed it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1251, line 14: «The cricket is also lost, because a long-legged stork catches it "in her cruel beak" before it can deliver the greeting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the princess is still stuck, yeah?

1. Yeah, she's still trapped in a tower, but the gnome has gone off, mate — score 2
2. Yeah, she's still stuck in the castle, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yeah, she's still trapped under the mountains with the gnome, and nobody knows how to save her — score 2
4. Yeah, she's still trapped under the mountains — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 773, line 13: «The sisters are stuck to the goose because they try to take a feather, one touch after another.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sisters» (+3); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Ratibor just give up on her?

1. Nah, he went wandering the sea shouting her name, and he never came home, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he married someone new, mate — no support
3. Nah, he went wandering the forests shouting her name — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he went home — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Was the gnome actually nice to her, though?

1. Yeah, he was dead keen on her and tried loads — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he was dead keen on her and tried loads, but the turnips failed him in the end, mate — no support
3. Yeah, he was dead keen on her and tried loads, and then he gave up, mate — no support
4. Nah, he was cold and just wanted the land — 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 ✗

Did the field of turnips turn out well?

1. Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop, but the gnome sold them all, mate — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Nah, they never came up, the frost got them all early — no support
3. Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop, and the goblins guarded them all through the spring and summer — no support
4. Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop — ✓ 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 1250, line 5: «She touches a turnip, calls for her friend Brunhilda, and Brunhilda comes at once, so the princess is happy again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the princess chuck flowers in the stream?

1. To cool the stream in the summer heat — score 0
2. To hide them — score 1
3. For the bees — no support
4. To pass the time and watch them float off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1123, line 14: «The coachman threatens "I will slay thee on the spot" if she does not swear twelve times.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Hold on, how did she even make the bee?

1. She waved her magic wand over a tiny turnip — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She tapped a tiny carrot with her ring — no support
3. She waved her magic wand over a tiny turnip and then she hid it in her sleeve — no support
4. She waved her magic wand over a tiny turnip while the gnome was sleeping in the garden — 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 ✗

Was the gnome lying about the winter?

1. Nah, the valley really was cold and bare — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, the valley really was cold and bare, but the gnome had planted all the turnips anyway, mate — score -2
3. Nah, it was mild and the flowers bloomed — no support
4. Nah, the valley really was cold and bare, and the gnome had been telling the truth all along, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1251, line 3: «The gnome says the roots have dried up, and he secretly buys seed and sows a whole field of turnips to make new playmates.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what extent did the gnome's stratagem of sowing the turnip field succeed in securing the affection of the princess?

1. It failed, as her heart was already engaged to Ratibor — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It failed, as her heart was already engaged to the gnome's brother in the mountains — no support
3. It failed completely, because her heart belonged to Ratibor and she had refused every single gift the gnome offered her — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. It succeeded, for she fell in love with the gnome at last — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1251, line 3: «The gnome says the roots have dried up, and he secretly buys seed and sows a whole field of turnips to make new playmates.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the fate of the messengers dispatched by the princess?

1. Both arrived safely at Ratibor's court — no support
2. Both were consumed by birds on the road — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Both were caught by goblins on the road and taken back to the gnome — no support
4. Both were consumed by birds on the road, though the bee had nearly reached the eastern kingdom at last — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 895, line 12: «Old word: "ineffable" means so great that it cannot be described in words.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal cause of the maidens' decline as stated in the narrative.

1. The garden wells ran dry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The river froze over hard — no support
3. The goblins drank the sap from the roots every night — no support
4. The sap in the roots dried up — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the gnome attempt to conceal his failure to produce the promised basket?

1. He blamed the swallow and the winter frost — score -2
2. He avoided the princess and hid his embarrassment — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. He hid behind the turnip field all day — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. He avoided the princess and hid his embarrassment in the mountain caves for weeks — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1251, line 10: «The gnome is "Malicious Sprite" to her, and he hides the basket because he promised more than he could do.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «gnome» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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