Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 39: the Prince fetches muslin from a millet seed and is sent for a princess

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1452 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 ✓

Wait, what popped out of that acorn, like seriously?

1. A tiny dancing dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. A tiny dancing dog with a red collar and bells — score -2
3. A little golden mouse — no support
4. A tiny singing bird — 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 1451, line 5: «When she warns him he has only three days left, he remembers, and she gives him an acorn with a tiny barking dog inside; at the palace his brothers' dogs are t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «acorn» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So where was the muslin hiding, innit?

1. In a barley grain — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. In a millet seed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Under the old bread — no support
4. Hidden inside a tiny millet seed in the granary — 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 ✗

Dude, how many horses pulled that golden chariot?

1. Two — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Four — score 5
3. Twelve — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Eleven — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 349, line 17: «The bell rings "Some one has done me wrong!" when the horse pulls at the vine.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pull» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, how long was that muslin, like wicked long?

1. Four hundred ells — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Five hundred ells — no support
3. Ten ells — no support
4. Two ells — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, how many times did it go through the needle?

1. Four times — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Seven times — no support
3. Twice — no support
4. Six times — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper, what's the prize for the winner, mate?

1. Gold and a royal title — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A princess — no support
3. The crown and a princess — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A kingdom and a bride — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So why wouldn't the cat spill how she was so clever?

1. She said guess what you please, for she was a cat — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. She said guess what you please and then vanished — score 4
3. She laughed and would not say — score 4
4. She said guess what you please — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 152, line 9: «BUT: he "didn't want to offend the Lion", so he needed a clever way out.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what was the Prince gonna give up for her?

1. Being king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A crown — no support
3. His kingdom — no support
4. His royal title — 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 ✗

Who got the scratch on his hand, innit?

1. The Prince — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The brother — score -5
3. A king — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. The youngest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1419, line 5: «She wakes alone in a wood and rides from one old woman to the next until the East Wind promises to ask the West Wind.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mad, what did the King send for just to be a pain?

1. A needle with a tiny eye — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. A needle with a tiny eye and a hard test — score 5
3. A needle with a tiny eye, to try them — no support
4. A silver needle sharp — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1414, line 3: «The princess refuses the minister's son and says she loves the gardener's son, so the King sends both young men far away.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayy, what was the White Cat's wicked trick for fun?

1. A race across the water — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A fight with the guards — no support
3. A great battle with a hundred river rats — no support
4. A battle with river rats — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, what did the brothers show the King proudly?

1. Pieces of fine muslin from the royal weavers — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Pieces of muslin — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. A long roll of muslin tied with gold thread — no support
4. Bolts of silk — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1161, line 8: «What: The brothers want to "ruin his credit with the king," but they do not wish to kill him, only to show that he is "only a child."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, what did the path look like for his return?

1. Muddy — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Strewn with flowers — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Covered in snow — score 1
4. Lined with trees — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 687, line 4: «Ilse and Lucia return to a locked house, search everywhere, and find the shelves bare; Lucia is glad, not sad.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «search» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the youngest Prince take from his pocket, having been instructed to open it only before the King?

1. A nut — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. A hazelnut — score 5
3. A walnut — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. A bean — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1434, line 4: «Later, under the gallows tree, he takes seven dead men down to warm them, but they just sit and burn.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Through how many passages of its eye was the muslin drawn, according to the narrative?

1. 1 — score 3
2. 2 — score 3
3. Six — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Four — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1435, line 13: «The bed runs "as if drawn by six horses," then turns over and lies "like a mountain" on top of him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What condition did the King set for the succession of the crown?

1. The sons must return with the fairest bride before the next winter — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The sons must bring back the loveliest princess from the far lands within a year, on pain of exile from the court — score 1
3. The sons must bring back the loveliest princess within a year and a day, and kneel before the throne — score -1
4. The sons must bring back the loveliest princess within a year — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1367, line 4: «The cuttlefish reaches down the TAI's throat, pulls out the hook, and the Sea King gives it back to the Hunter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sea king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the condition of the brothers when the youngest's muslin was revealed?

1. They stood silent and sorrowful, unable to speak a single word at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. They stood silent and sorrowful — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. They looked pleased and proud — score 2
4. They stood silent and sorrowful with bowed heads before the throne — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1451, line 21: «The brothers carry "two such tiny, fragile dogs" in baskets, while the Prince shows them a dog that got "so covered with mud" that it can hardly be seen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+2); the same thing acted on «two such tiny fragile dogs» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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