Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1329 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 carriage dude really wanna marry her just cause she was pretty?

1. yeah, he said she was the only girl he'd ever liked — no support
2. nah, he tried to get her to marry him but she said no because she's already got Denis and she likes being a peasant — no support
3. yes, he was totally into her looks, all the time — no support
4. yep, he said she was the only one for him, no other girl — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 1280, line 2: «On his last night, an old woman meets him near a monastery and offers to save his life if he marries her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «man» (+2); the same doer «old woman» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, how did she dip from that castle with all the doors shut?

1. she had a magic feather and a box, and she used the feather to make the guards sleep while she walked past them quietly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she sneaked out the back while they were busy — no support
3. she used her copper pin and made everyone count cabbages — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she used her copper pin, and then everyone in the whole hall started counting cabbages out loud, so nobody saw her leave at all — 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 nuns said no, right? like straight up no?

1. nah, they let her in — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, the nun was mean and said no beggars allowed — no support
3. yeah, the gatekeeper lady was rude and said beggars not welcome — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yup, they shut the gate and said go away — 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 ✗

and then the farm boys went full on fight over her?

1. yeah, they were fighting over who would win her, then shoving — score 1
2. yeah, they were arguing who gets to do the most for her, then punches — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. nah, just talking — no support
4. yep, they argued about her and then started hitting — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1322, line 6: «Who: the giant, the king's son of Tethertown, and the giant's youngest daughter, who is the real helper in this part.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «youngest daughter» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, so the necklace basically turned into a pig magnet?

1. yeah, pigs love jewelry — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. nah, the charm was gone once it hit the pig, so the chasers left — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, the pig ate it so they stopped — no support
4. yeah, the pig got the necklace and then the boys ran after it — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 97, line 13: «Balkis's words to Suleiman: «First, O my Lord, because I loved you; and secondly, O my Lord, because I know what women-folk are.» The story's jokes about «what…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the deal with the little box then?

1. it's got this special ointment inside, and when she rubs it on her eyes her tears turn into pearls, which is how she gets rich — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. it's a magic box that the fairy gave her, and it has a secret inside that she only opens when she's sad and wants to make money — no support
3. it holds ointment that turns tears into shiny pearls — no support
4. it's got ointment that makes her tears turn into pearls — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 422, line 13: «THE DEAL: The Demon says, "swear that you will never strike me with your hammer," and the Smith promises this.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «deal» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, Barbaik really slapped her for crying?

1. she gave her a box on the ears cause she was mad about the farm — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, she didn't slap her, she just stood there and cried herself, which is weird but true, since she was the one who lost the pearls — score 1
3. yeah, she gave her a box on the ears because she was angry about the farm work, and then she grabbed the pearls and yelled at her to keep working — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. yeah, she smacked her cause she was mad about chores — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 931, line 14: «what: The aunt calls the theatre "my school," and Agent Fabs says she is "stage-struck."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «aunt» (+2); the same action «call» (+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 ✗

and Denis was all about the pearls, right?

1. nah, he was more into the feather, and he kept asking the fairy to give him one too, though she never answered — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. yeah, he dropped to his knees and scooped up the pearls — score -1
3. yeah, he was on his knees grabbing them and wanting his share — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, he dropped to his knees on the floor, grabbing as many pearls as he could find and insisting that he deserved his share of every single one — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1328, line 13: «Denis is "fond of talking himself, but not of listening to any one else", so he soon has nothing more to say to her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «tephany» (+2). 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

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so why's Barbaik always on her case, like constantly?

1. cause Barbaik lost money on the farm last year and blames Tephany for every single thing that has gone wrong since then — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. cause she's mad the farm's messy since Tephany left — no support
3. cause she's grumpy and the farm's a mess since she left the work — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cause she's grumpy all the time, and the farm's been a total mess since Tephany stopped doing all the cooking and cleaning like she used to — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1328, line 18: «Old word: "sabots" are wooden shoes, still worn by country people in Brittany, and Barbaik takes hers to go to the cabbages.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «barbaik» (+1); the same thing acted on «tephany» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Tephany actually cry or nah?

1. nah, she tried really hard not to cry at all, but a few tears slipped out, and then she stopped them before anyone could see the pearls — score 1
2. she cried a bit, then stopped and wiped her face — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. she cried, but then she forced her tears back and wiped her eyes — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. she started crying, but then she made herself stop, pushed the tears back, and wiped her eyes so the pearls wouldn't come out — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1107, line 7: «What: the rich man shouts "Thou son of a dog" at the poor man's house because the rouble was never repaid.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «rich man» (+2); the same action «shout» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

so in the end, does she want to be rich or what?

1. nah, she wants to stay a poor peasant girl and keep working hard for the people she loves, even if it means she never gets rich — score 6
2. nah, she wants to stay a poor peasant girl, working for the people she loves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. yeah, sort of, she wants lots of money so she can give it all to the farm and to Denis, and that's what she's going to do next — score -2
4. nah, she wants to stay poor and help her family — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 733, line 5: «His wife Ilsabill keeps sending him back to the fish for something better, from a cottage to a stone castle, and at the end she wants to be king.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

okay wait, what did the fairy do at the end?

1. she stood in a dark corner, smiling mockingly, and took back her gifts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. she laughed in the corner and took her things back — no support
3. she flew out of the window in a cloud of light, laughing loudly as she went, and left the girl alone in the kitchen with the pearls — no support
4. she stood in a dark corner for a long time, smiling mockingly at Tephany, and then she slowly took back all the gifts she had given her — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1255, line 21: «At the end the old governor walks about "with his hair standing on end", muttering about obeying orders.», reached through the remembered 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Explain the reason for which the protagonist declines the offer of marriage made by the young man in the carriage.

1. She declares that she wishes to marry Denis and remain a peasant girl. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She says she loves Denis and will not leave her home. — no support
3. She declares that she is already promised to Denis, that she would rather remain a humble peasant girl, and that no carriage or castle could ever change her mind. — no support
4. She explains that the young man's wealth would bring her misery, since she would be far from her family, her friends, and the work she loves on the farm. — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the means by which the protagonist effects her escape from the castle hall without detection.

1. She taps her copper pin and makes the guests count cabbages. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. She touches her copper pin and causes all present to count cabbages. — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. She touches her copper pin, causing everyone in the hall to begin counting cabbages aloud, and while they are busy, she slips out through the side door unseen. — score 5
4. She uses the feather and the box to put the guards to sleep, then walks calmly out of the hall while the servants are still busy in the kitchen counting. — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1329, line 10: «How she escapes: she touches the copper pin, and everyone in the hall is sent "to count the cabbages" while she slips out.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «count» (+3); the same thing acted on «cabbages» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object whose loss causes the pursuing sons to abandon their chase of the protagonist.

1. The feather, which she tosses to a pig in the yard. — no support
2. The necklace, which she quickly flings around the neck of a grunting pig in the yard, causing its magic to vanish completely. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The necklace, which she flings about the neck of a pig. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The copper pin, which the chasers see her toss into the mud, and which they then chase instead of the girl herself. — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 92, line 10: «The Magician warns the Fisherman to pull «twice a day and twice a night for ever ... But be careful not to do it too hard, or I shall make a magic on you as I…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1). Against it: a different doer (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 · right ✓

Describe the conclusion reached by the protagonist regarding the gift of riches, and the object she returns to the fairy.

1. She decides that wealth is not worth the price, so she gives back the feather, the pin, and the box, keeping only the pearls to share with her family. — no support
2. She rejects riches and returns the feather, the pin and the box. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She refuses wealth and gives back the feather and box. — no support
4. She firmly rejects all the riches and promises of a grand life, and she returns the feather, the copper pin, and the small box to the fairy at once. — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 865, line 3: «Sarah listens in her corner, her heart burning, and tears roll down her cheeks as her dead mother's words come back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «words» (+2); the same action «come back» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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