Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear
Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1257 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 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, did the old man actually get to the cliff edge, or nah?
- 1. Nah, he stopped near the cliff path — score 2
- 2. Yeah, he jumped right in the river — score 2
- 3. Nah, he went home — score 2
- 4. Yeah, he got right to the edge and froze — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1255, line 16: «Old word: "by dint of" means "by means of", so "by dint of riding" means by riding hard and long.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «old word» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what did the king reckon his daughter should send back?
- 1. a present so mint nobody sends more, plus a big letter of thanks — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. a present so mint nobody sends more — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a present so mint nobody sends more, wrapped in gold and silk for the prince — score -1
- 4. a jewel so grand the king sends silk — score -1
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 189, line 19: «The king's letter is written in blue characters on "a rare and precious skin of yellowish colour."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «letter» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Innit wild that the prince sent twenty elephants, right?
- 1. Yeah, twenty elephants with silver howdahs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, twenty horses with golden howdahs — no support
- 3. Yeah, twenty camels with silver saddles — no support
- 4. Yeah, twenty elephants with silver howdahs and gold bells on their necks — 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 ✗
Was the merchant well chuffed about all that mad travelling?
- 1. Nah, he was dead stressed and wanted out — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he was chuffed and wanted to stay — no support
- 3. Yeah, he was buzzing and wanted more — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Nah, he was dead stressed and wanted out of the whole mess — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 441, line 10: «The merchant is "a man of means", so he does not need a rich bride, and he chooses a widow with two daughters.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the king reckon the presents meant the man fancied his girl?
- 1. Yeah, he reckoned the man wanted to marry her and take her to his kingdom far away — score 4
- 2. Yeah, he reckoned the man wanted to marry her — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Yeah, he reckoned the man wanted to hire her — score 4
- 4. Yeah, he reckoned the man wanted to marry her, so he sent for the wedding priests — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 677, line 19: «Old word: "gipsies" was once the common name for the Romani people, but today many people see it as unkind and prefer the word Roma.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «many people» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who had to guide the whole massive lot to Wali Dâd's gaff?
- 1. the prince's own servant — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the merchant, straight up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the merchant — no support
- 4. the merchant, straight up, with his whole caravan of men — 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 · ★ · right ✓
What was Wali Dâd munching when the merchant turned up?
- 1. dates and goat's milk, pretty basic — no support
- 2. onions and dry bread, proper basic — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. onions and dry bread, proper basic, with water from the stream — score 0
- 4. figs and fresh cheese, proper tasty — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1257, line 16: «Wali Dâd begs the merchant to "detain them for one day", then goes to the river beneath cliffs "of great height".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wali» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «onions» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
What did Wali Dâd want the merchant to do, like, the next day?
- 1. keep them waiting one day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. keep them waiting one day, then send the gifts back to the king — no support
- 3. keep them waiting one whole day before they go on — no support
- 4. keep them moving one day — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where did the old man go to do himself in, mate?
- 1. a lake by wooded hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a river by steep rocky cliffs — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a pond near the rocky plain — no support
- 4. a deep river by steep rocky cliffs at the edge of the jungle — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
Why did he chicken out at the edge, though?
- 1. he couldn't bring himself to jump — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. he had lost his nerve completely — no support
- 3. he couldn't bring himself to jump because the Peris called him from below — no support
- 4. he couldn't bring himself to jump, so he walked home to fetch the merchant — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
Did the owl do its "Hoo! hoo!" in his face, or what?
- 1. Nah, it flew away — no support
- 2. Yeah, right by his ear — no support
- 3. Yeah, right in his face — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. Yeah, right in his face, then it flew off into the dark jungle — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1133, line 19: «Old word: "countenance" means the look on your face, and "wrath" means great anger; we say "face" and "rage" today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «face» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did Wali Dâd reckon the glowing beings were?
- 1. Peris from Paradise, no doubt, sent by the prince himself — score 0
- 2. Jinns from the hills, no doubt — no support
- 3. Peris from Paradise, no doubt — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Peris from Paradise, no doubt, and they've come to take him home — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 828, line 10: «The children say "the last spark was the schoolmaster", but the beings say "the most beautiful is yet to come."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+1); the same doer «beings» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was weeping and yanking at his beard, then?
- 1. Wali Dâd — no support
- 2. the merchant — no support
- 3. Wali Dâd, bawling his eyes out — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the king, shaking his head sadly — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1247, line 16: «The clever wife sits spinning with "nothing on the wheel" and says there is wool "so fine that nobody can see it."», 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, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which course of action does the king recommend to his daughter in reply to the gifts?
- 1. He advises her to return a present so magnificent that the giver will be ashamed to send anything further — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. He advises her to return a present so generous that the sender will be too embarrassed to reply — score 0
- 3. He tells her to send back a gift so costly that the prince will be ashamed to write again — score 2
- 4. He tells her to send back silver — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1257, line 7: «What: the king tells his daughter to send a present so magnificent that the giver will be "ashamed to send anything at all".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+7); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: the same doer «giver» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the principal reason Wali Dâd gives for refusing the riches he is offered?
- 1. He is an old man who wants his own simple life — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. He is an old man with one foot in the grave and a broken heart from the loss of his sons — no support
- 3. He is an old man with one foot in the grave, and riches would only bring him trouble now — no support
- 4. He is an old man with one foot in the grave — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1257, line 13: «The king decides "this man wants to marry you", so he and the princess plan to pay Wali Dâd a visit in person.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+4). Against it: the same doer «man» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
At what location does Wali Dâd attempt to end his own life?
- 1. At the stream beside tall rocky hills — no support
- 2. At the river beside steep rocky cliffs, at the edge of the jungle near the palace — no support
- 3. At the river beside steep rocky cliffs, where he stands and then turns back — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. At the river beside steep rocky cliffs — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 831, line 3: «The three friends go to the little church and promise to stand by each other in life and in death, with Anastasia's blessing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stand» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same place «life» (-1); a different doer (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 supernatural beings appear to Wali Dâd at the close of this part?
- 1. Two glowing spirits whom he believes to be angels — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Two lovely beings whom he believes to be Peris from Paradise, floating above the river at dusk — score 2
- 3. Two lovely beings whom he believes to be Peris from Paradise — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Two lovely beings whom he believes to be Peris from Paradise, sent to carry him home — 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 1257, line 11: «The prince sends "twenty elephants, with magnificent silver howdahs" and Wali Dâd thinks it is "a grand crowd" of grass-buyers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+1); the same doer «wali» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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