Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 27: Beauty refuses the Beast's proposal, asks to visit home, and wakes in a strange room

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1440 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 Beast go full monster on Beauty, innit?

1. Yeah, he roared really loud — no support
2. Nah, he roared — no support
3. Yeah, he shouted at her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Nah, he just said good-evening — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 573, line 6: «Who: Brer Fox is the sly one who listens at the cat-hole, and he is "'bused" by everybody that day.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «brer fox» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did the Beast ask her out of nowhere?

1. Wed me? — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Will you marry me? — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Did you love me? — no support
4. Marry me? — 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 ✗

Wagwan, what was Beauty's answer, fam?

1. Nah — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, Beast — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, I'm going home to my dad, fam — no support
4. No — 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 ✗

Lowkey, which birds were saying her name?

1. The parrots and cockatoos in the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The swallows — score 2
3. All the parrots and the cockatoos at once — score 2
4. The parrots — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1282, line 14: «fact: The princess is found "half stifled" but is revived, and then she tells the prince her whole story.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «whole story» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the room with eight windows show?

1. A pantomime show of old fairy stories — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A ballroom — score 2
3. A pantomime — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. A pantomime with dancers and music — 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 935, line 3: «The prince sees the fairy's palace, a window showing Adam and Eve, and a hall of portraits.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «window» (+3). Against it: the same action «show» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Boss, how many boxes did the Beast give her?

1. Two — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Four — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Seven — score 2
4. Six — 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 1318, line 3: «Next, the poor fool Peronnik eats at a farm, where the kind farmer's wife gives him bread and butter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); the same receiver «fool» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, how long was she allowed to bail for?

1. Three months — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two months at most, then return — no support
3. Six weeks — no support
4. Two months — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

Like, what did she have to turn round on her finger?

1. The ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. The gold ring the Beast gave her — no support
3. The magic ring and then speak a wish — no support
4. Gold — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 74, line 11: «The Mariner sits on his raft trailing his toes in the water, because "he had his Mummy's leave to paddle"; the Whale opens his mouth "back and back and back ti…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn round» (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, where was her Prince just lying, all sad?

1. By a dark river — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. On a grassy bank — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. In a cave — score 8
4. On a rock — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1315, line 8: «where: Maie lands on her island, where Prince lies "as famished as ever, gnawing the carcase of a crow".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+5); the same action «lie» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted, what would the Beast be if she was late?

1. Ill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Starving — no support
4. Missing — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper, where did she wake up in the end?

1. At home — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. In a room she never seen — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. In bed — score 1
4. In a strange room she had never entered before — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 754, line 6: «Who: the old witch wakes up, calls for her daughter, and hunts down her stepdaughter and Roland.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wake up» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old witch» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, what did she say she'd die to save?

1. Herself — no support
2. The Beast from pain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Her father — score 0
4. Her family from harm — score 0

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 1440, line 15: «The ring: she must turn it and say, "I wish to go back to my palace and see my Beast again."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, why did the candles light up?

1. It was getting dusk and the room grew dim — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was getting dusk — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She had lit them — no support
4. Dinner time — 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 ✗

Which response does Beauty give to the Beast's proposal of marriage?

1. She replies, "No, thank you." — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She answers, "Yes, Beast." — score 2
3. She answers, "No, Beast." — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. She answers, "No, Beast, I cannot marry you." — 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 1440, line 7: «What: the Beast asks, "Beauty, will you marry me?" and Beauty answers, "Oh! no, Beast."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «beauty» (+3). Against it: the same action «answer» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

For what period of time does the Beast permit Beauty to be absent from his palace?

1. Days — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. A week — no support
3. Six weeks — no support
4. Two months — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1237, line 18: «Old word: "splendours" means great beauty or grandeur, a word for things that shine and dazzle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what means does Beauty return to the palace after visiting her family?

1. By a coach sent by the Beast — no support
2. By turning the ring and speaking a wish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. By walking through the dark wood — no support
4. By turning the ring and walking through the garden gate — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1440, line 15: «The ring: she must turn it and say, "I wish to go back to my palace and see my Beast again."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «ring» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

In what circumstances does Beauty wake at the conclusion of this part?

1. In a room she has never seen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. In her bed — no support
3. In her father's house again — no support
4. In a room she knows well — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1440, line 18: «At the end Beauty wakes in "a room she had never seen before", which is not as splendid as the palace.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same thing acted on «room» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same doer «beauty» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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