Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's head and the spell breaks

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1453 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 ✗

bruv the Prince was proper sobbing when that cat asked him to chop her head off, so what did he offer instead

1. a gift of gold, plus some food — no support
2. anything else she wanted, like a proper task or a long journey with her dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. anything else she wanted, like a proper task, even a dangerous quest to the mountains — no support
4. anything else she wanted, like a proper task — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1246, line 2: «The lion eats both deer the cat wanted, so the cat sulks at home and refuses to hunt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so that cat's head comes off and wham, who turns up in the room

1. a lovely princess with a whole posse of knights and ladies, all in silk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a lovely princess with a whole posse of knights and her mum and some dwarfs — no support
3. a lovely queen with her knights — no support
4. a lovely princess with a whole posse of knights — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

wait so her mum nicked fruit from some fairy garden, what was the wall like

1. too high for their ladders, even stuck together — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. too high for their ladders, even stuck together, and guarded by the fairy's dragon — no support
3. too high for their ladders, even when they were stuck together with tar — no support
4. too tall to climb with ladders — 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 ✗

sick, the old fairy said give us your little girl, so what did the Queen say

1. she'd give up her kingdoms, but in the end she agreed to hand over her daughter — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. she'd give her gold, but then said no — score 2
3. she'd give up her kingdoms and all her gold, but in the end she agreed to the bargain — score 4
4. she'd give up her kingdoms, but in the end she agreed — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1424, line 13: «The King speaks to his mirror as "Trusty counsellor" and says he can think of nothing but how to please her.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «king» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

fam, how long was the princess stuck in that tower with only a parrot and a dog for mates

1. for years on end, till she was grown up and ready to marry — score -1
2. years and years, till she was grown up and could leave the tower — score -1
3. years, till she was grown up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. about eighteen years in all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1359, line 6: «Who: the old bamboo-cutter and his wife, who had raised the Princess, and the moon-chief, who came for her. The old man says, "I have brought up this Princess…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

the princess said the dragon ate people, but what did the King actually do about it

1. he handed her to the fairies — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. he gave her up to the fairies — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. he sent a knight to fight the dragon — score 3
4. he gave her up to the fairies and shut the Queen in a tower — score 3

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 1229, line 14: «Why does the princess break the golden ring? She gives half to the prince and keeps the other half in her pocket.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same receiver «prince» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

so the prince got eaten by the dragon, proper gutting, but who was the one who made it happen

1. the crossest and ugliest old fairy from the garden behind the wall — score 3
2. the crossest and ugliest old fairy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. the crossest and ugliest old fairy, who had wanted the princess all along — score 2
4. the grumpy dwarf king himself — no support

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 1450, line 14: «What: The Queen touches Bruno and makes him "gentle and polite and grateful," which is a big change for a cross man.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

how did the princess make the cord for her escape, was it from something she bought

1. from flax the fairies gave her to spin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. from linen the king had sent — score 2
3. from the flax she was given — score 0
4. from wool she bought — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1087, line 19: «Riquet's Fairy gave the Princess the power to make the one she loves "extremely handsome," as he is now.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fairy» (+2); the same receiver «princess» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

bro, why did the fairies turn her into a cat in the first place, be honest

1. she refused to wed the king of the dwarfs, and she mocked the fairy at the feast — score 4
2. she refused to wed the king of the dwarfs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. she refused to wed the king of the dwarfs after her father had already signed the deal — score 4
4. she turned down the dwarf's proposal — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1453, line 18: «WHY: The fairies turn her into a white cat because she "utterly refused" to marry the king of the dwarfs.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+3); the same thing acted on «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

so what's the trick to fixing the spell, like what does the cat need to get her human shape back

1. a brave prince to save her — no support
2. a prince who loves her like her lost lover — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. a prince who loves her like her lost lover and wins her over in a fight — score 2
4. a prince who truly loves her — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1278, line 9: «Why: the boy loves the tricks and danger, and "life would have seemed very dull without them".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

wait, the White Cat sounds exactly like his lost girl, so was that just a coincidence or what

1. it was the point, she was wonderfully like him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. it was a spell by the fairies — no support
3. it was the point, she was wonderfully like him, and the fairies had planned it all along — score 5
4. it was the point, because she was wonderfully like him and he could not stop staring at her — score 5

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 1444, line 4: «She finds a dirty hut owned by a cross old troll-woman, gilds it with gold, and the old woman dies in a fright.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «sister» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

the Queen said she'd give her kingdoms for the fruit, so what was the old fairy's answer

1. yes, she took the gold — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. no, she wanted nothing but the princess and would not take any kingdom at all — score 2
3. yes, she accepted the kingdoms — score 2
4. no, she wanted nothing but the princess — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1186, line 15: «What: the king says he "would give half my kingdom" to the man who brings the princess.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); the same doer «man» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

be real, did the Queen ever get to see her daughter again before she got married

1. no, not until she was married and had a child of her own to show her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. yes, when she was a child — score 3
3. no, not until she was married — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. yes, after the wedding day — no support

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 1447, line 13: «Why: the king's daughter "took a secret inclination" to the young man once he wears the king's fine clothes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+2); the same receiver «young man» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which sentence most accurately describes the Prince's response when the Princess requests the decapitation of her feline form?

1. He resists, then obeys with sorrow — no support
2. He initially refuses and begs her, then complies with reluctance after much weeping — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. He initially refuses, then complies with reluctance — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He weeps, then does as asked — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1157, line 4: «While the husband goes hunting, the ogre returns with jewels and begs the princess for the stone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «beg» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal consequence of the Queen's bargain with the old fairy?

1. The Queen's daughter is removed to the fairies' tower — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The Queen gives up her realm — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The Queen loses her kingdoms — score 2
4. The kingdom falls to the dragon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1453, line 15: «WHAT: A dragon "ate up all the people he met," so the King gives the princess up to the fairies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means does the Princess ultimately recover her natural form?

1. The Prince cuts her head off — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The Prince strikes off the cat's head with his sword after she begs him to do it — score 1
3. The Prince strikes off the cat's head with his sword — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. A true love's kiss breaks it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1452, line 9: «Why: the King, "who was only too glad to make a difficulty", wants a piece of muslin so fine it passes through a needle's eye.», 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, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What is the stated reason the fairies transformed the Princess into a white cat?

1. Her cruel words to the fairy — score 1
2. Her refusal to wed the king of the dwarfs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She insulted the fairies — score -1
4. Her refusal to marry the dwarf — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1453, line 14: «WHAT: The King has the Queen and the princess "shut up in a great tower" after he learns the truth.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «queen» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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