Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle

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

Lesson 1263 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 ✓

Mate, did the old lady really want him as her hubby?

1. Yeah, she wanted him to marry her and live there forever — score 4
2. Yeah, she fancied him rotten — no support
3. Yeah, she wanted him to marry her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, she just wanted his horse — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 763, line 9: «Why: the wife wants to thank the elves, because "they have nothing upon their backs to keep off the cold."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3); the same action «want» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper creepy, innit, that nose at the grating?

1. Nah, it was just a bit of a rusty old grating with some leaves on it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, it was the ugliest hooter ever seen by any knight in the whole kingdom — no support
3. Yeah, it was the ugliest hooter ever — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, it was just a big old grating — 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 ✗

So the knight just fell down a trapdoor, yeah?

1. Nah, he walked down the stairs and then fell into a pit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, he dropped right through it — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, he dropped right through it into the dark pit below — score 3
4. Yeah, he slipped off the stairs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 610, line 5: «Bagheera gives Mowgli a few light love-taps as punishment, and the boy falls asleep on his back and is carried home.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); the same action «fall» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was his bro actually chilling in the city, or what?

1. He was living in a palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he was at home — no support
3. He was out there, wandering about — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was stuck in the dungeon — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the guards saluted him like a proper legend?

1. Yeah, they lined up and saluted him — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nah, they lined up to arrest him, then saluted his brother instead — score 4
3. Nah, they just stared at his horse — score 7
4. Yeah, they lined up along the street and saluted him like a king — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1200, line 15: «Where he finds water: on a hill he sees "a giant tree" with grass, flowers and a spring, and he drinks his fill.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «word» (+3); the same action «drink» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Why was the princess crying all over the place?

1. She reckoned something awful had happened — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. She was just sad — score 3
3. She suspected the witch had taken him away — score 3
4. She was upset — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1202, line 4: «The princess sees his reflection in the water, takes him home, and calls him "my madman" to protect him.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did he really say he'd never sleep in a bed?

1. Yeah, while his work in the castle stood — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, while his work in the castle stood tall and the dragon watched — no support
3. Nah, he said he'd only sleep in a bed once the castle had fallen down — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yeah, while his horse was in the stable — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 123, line 14: «The frog asks to be "thy companion and playmate" and to sleep in her "little bed."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «little bed» (+4); the same action «sleep» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper gross, the witch wanted him to boil her, right?

1. Yeah, over a fire of dragon wood — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, in a big tub of magic water — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, in a cold stream at dawn — no support
4. Yeah, in water — 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 ✗

So the everlasting flowers were the cure, yeah?

1. Yeah, with the witch's tears — no support
2. Yeah, with dragon's blood and the magic water from the old well too — no support
3. Yeah, with dragon's blood too — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, they were only ordinary flowers, and the cure was the magic water — ← Mova's choice · 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 998, line 9: «Why the thistle is proud: the Scottish lady says "It is the flower of Scotland" and asks for its flower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

The dragon girls came back alive too, yeah?

1. Yeah, every single one of them — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, the girls all revived well — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Nah, only the youngest one — no support
4. Yeah, all of them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 937, line 9: «Why: the girl hopes to get well, because the plant gives her "pleasant hopes of life."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-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, the witch just died of rage at the end?

1. Yeah, she did — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, she snapped right out of it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she went mad with anger — no support
4. Nah, she was sent to prison — 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 ✗

And the whole castle just collapsed, boom?

1. Yeah, it sank into the earth slowly — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, it stood firm — score 3
3. Yeah, it crashed down with a huge noise — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Nah, it just shook a bit and stayed — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 885, line 3: «He gallops off on a knight's horse past Wordingburg, where the castle sinks into the ground at sunrise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sink» (+3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, what was the principal consequence of the witch's death?

1. The witch's spell broke and the castle fell into a ruined pit — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The castle fell into ruins — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The castle fell into ruins and the dragon was never seen again — no support
4. The knight became the new king — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1010, line 11: «Why: the bath broke the witch's spell, so that the princess would love John "very much".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spell» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, by what means was the knight first admitted to the castle?

1. He climbed over the high wall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The old woman unlocked the gate — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The old woman unlocked the gate and let him into the courtyard — no support
4. He climbed over the wall after the old woman had thrown down a rope — 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 ✗

In formal terms, what did the knight swear regarding his own rest?

1. He would not sleep in a bed while his work remained — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He would not eat or drink — no support
3. He would not rest until the witch was defeated — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. He would not sleep at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1263, line 2: «The ugly old woman pokes out her huge nose, falls for his handsome face, and wants him to marry her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «knight» (+1); 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the function of the magic water in the narrative?

1. It restored the dead to life and freed the captured girls from the witch — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It gave the knight great strength — no support
3. It made the witch young again — no support
4. It restored the dead to life — ✓ the right answer · 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

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