Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1429 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 ✗

Yo, did the Ogress like, jump in the tub on purpose?

1. Yeah, she dived headfirst into the tub, no cap, it was all on purpose lol — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah, she dived headfirst, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, she tripped and fell into the tub while running from the guards, it was wild — no support
4. Nah, she fell in by accident — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1429, line 2: «Enraged that her plan has failed, the Ogress throws herself headfirst into the tub and is eaten by the creatures meant for the children.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «tub» (+4); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why was the King so mad when he rolled up?

1. Nobody would spill the tea about what happened to the royal kids — no support
2. Because the whole court had gone quiet and nobody would say a word to him about it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nobody would spill the tea — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Everyone ignored his orders — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1289, line 17: «Old word: "alighted" means got down or landed, so today we would say the king "landed on the back of the black horse".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+2); the same action «say» (+1); 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

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what's the deal with Cinderella's stepmum?

1. She's a real mega-bully — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She's kinda nice — no support
3. She's so chill — no support
4. She's a total mega-snob — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, so why's Cinderella stuck on the cinders?

1. She likes it there — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her sisters forced her there, bro — no support
3. Her stepmum made her do it — no support
4. Her stepsisters made her sit there — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the garret, like, a nice room or a dump?

1. A pretty room, soft bed — no support
2. A proper dump, with straw beds and a broken window letting in the wind — no support
3. A proper dump, straw beds — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It's a tiny attic under the roof with straw beds and no fire at all, honestly — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 834, line 18: «Old word: a garret is a small room under the roof, where poor students often lived; today we say an attic.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «small room» (+2); the same place «roof» (+1); 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

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what's a manteau, is it a snack?

1. A little cake — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A kind of snack — no support
3. It's a fancy old coat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It's a fancy old hat — 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 ✓

So what's a tire-woman, like a hairdresser?

1. Yep, a lady's maid whose job is to dress and style the hair of her mistress every morning — no support
2. Yeah, a lady who cooks food — no support
3. Yep, a maid who does hair for the ladies at court, like a personal stylist — score 3
4. Yep, a maid who does hair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 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 1429, line 18: «Old word: a "tire-woman" was a lady's maid who dressed hair; today we'd say a hairdresser.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hair» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayy, why was the youngest sister not as mean?

1. She was nicer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She was more polite, really — no support
3. She was not as bossy to her — no support
4. She was less rude, less uncivil — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the sisters even talk about all day?

1. Nothing but what to eat — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Nothing but what to wear — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nothing but what gowns, jewels and ribbons they would wear to the royal ball next week — no support
4. Nothing but what to wear to the ball and who would dance with whom — 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 1105, line 7: «What: his sister sends him for meal, saying "my soul shall live" if she can eat a cake made from it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+1); the same doer «sister» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honestly, was the pumpkin thing a glitch or what?

1. Just a trick — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. A glitch, yeah — no support
3. Magic, the fairy turned it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A real pumpkin, cut open — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1280, line 10: «The old woman says "I know all that has happened to you", which shows she knows secret things about him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «secret things» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what did the mice turn into, horses or dogs?

1. Horses, mouse-coloured dapple-grey, six of them, harnessed to the coach — score 1
2. Horses, mouse-coloured dapple-grey — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Ponies, dark mouse-coloured bay — score 6
4. Horses, six of them, mouse-coloured dapple-grey, with silver bridles and reins — 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 1331, line 13: «At the Leap of the Deer, the horse grows wings, and the tiny husband sits in a nest on the rock.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the coachman was a rat? That's so random!

1. Nope, one of three cats — no support
2. Yeah, one of six lizards — no support
3. Yeah, one of three huge rats that the fairy changed with her wand — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, one of three huge rats — ✓ the right answer · 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 1085, line 7: «What: her godmother, a Fairy, turns a rat into a coachman, and says to Cinderilla, "Thou art in the right."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «rat» (+2); the same doer «godmother» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the lizards become footmen or just stand there?

1. They ran and jumped on the coach — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. They just stood there — score 1
3. They just stood by the door — score 1
4. They skipped and clung on the back — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 954, line 14: «A lizard runs through the holes of his empty skull, and then the skull "became dust among dust."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+1); the same doer «lizard» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

So, like, why did the fairy say be home by midnight?

1. Or the coach would stop dead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Or the magic would all wear off and she'd be left in her rags again — no support
3. Or the magic would all wear off — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Or the lights would go out — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal consequence of the Ogress's attempt upon the royal children, as recorded in the passage?

1. She escaped into the forest unharmed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She fled the palace — no support
3. She was executed by the guards at dawn — no support
4. She perished in the tub she had prepared — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe with precision the social standing of Cinderella within her father's household, as the narrative presents it.

1. She was a guest — no support
2. She was treated as a daughter — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. She was reduced to menial service — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She was a servant — 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 1154, line 18: «Old word: "in her own coin" means paying someone back in the same way they treated you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «treat» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the manner in which the stepmother's daughters regarded the invitation to the royal ball.

1. With great delight and eager preparation — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. With great delight, and such eager preparation that they talked of nothing else for weeks — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. With great delight and eager preparation, spending every day on gowns and hair — no support
4. With great delight and no preparation — 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 1417, line 7: «What: He falls in love with a picture of the Dear Little Princess, who is "the daughter of a great king."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «picture» (+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 ✗

Identify the agent by whose intervention Cinderella was enabled to attend the ball.

1. Her father, using his own money — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Her godmother, a fairy who came from the forest and turned a pumpkin into a coach — no support
3. Her godmother, a fairy with a wand — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her godmother, a fairy with a wand who appeared at the kitchen hearth — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 53, line 9: «The aunt could be «properly approached — squared, I believe is the word you animals use»: «squared» is old slang for paid secretly to help (bribed).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same action «use» (+1); 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

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