Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride, then three maidens and a raven's message
Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1454 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 ✓
Mate, so the white cat was really a princess all along, innit?
- 1. Yeah, proper, she was a princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Nah, she was just a cat — score 2
- 3. Nah, mate — no support
- 4. Yeah, she was a queen, innit — 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 1453, line 6: «WHO: The White Cat is really a princess whose father "reigned over six kingdoms."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «white cat» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what was the chair she sat in made of?
- 1. Crystal, proper dead shiny and see-through — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Solid crystal, dead shiny like ice, mate — no support
- 3. Crystal, dead shiny — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Silver, dead shiny — 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 ✓
Yo, what did the brothers reckon the Prince had found?
- 1. A proper little white cat, lol — score 3
- 2. A white cat, lol — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. A white cat, honestly, lol, mental — score 3
- 4. A grey mouse, lol — 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 1436, line 14: «gudgeons are small river fish, so the young King feels them swim about his body at night.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+2); the same doer «young king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the King go and pull the curtains open hisself?
- 1. Nah, the servants did — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he did it, innit — no support
- 3. Nah, his mate — no support
- 4. Yeah, he did it himself — ✓ 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 ✗
How many kingdoms was the Princess sitting on already?
- 1. Six, mental — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Six — score -1
- 3. Four, mental — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Five, proper — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 318, line 10: «Tink agrees to travel in the hat "if it was carried in the hand," and John is the one who carries it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Ayy, the old lady kept them three girls spinning, but what stuff?
- 1. Wool, bruv — score -4
- 2. Gold flax, bruv — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 3. Linen, bruv, innit — no support
- 4. Wool, proper, bruv — score -4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1454, line 4: «In Goldenhair, an old woman keeps three beautiful girls spinning gold flax, and warns them never to speak to a man.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «gold flax» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
What was the big warning the old woman kept going on about?
- 1. Don't go past the gate — no support
- 2. Don't talk to a bloke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Don't go out — score 4
- 4. Stay in, mate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1454, line 4: «In Goldenhair, an old woman keeps three beautiful girls spinning gold flax, and warns them never to speak to a man.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+5); the same doer «old woman» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which sister got chatting to the prince, the youngest one?
- 1. Yeah, the eldest one — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. Nah, eldest — no support
- 3. Yeah, the youngest — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, the middle one — score -1
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 1454, line 1: «The White Cat's Prince asks the Princess to marry him, and she agrees, so they ride off together in a chariot even grander than before.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «prince» (-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 ✗
What happened to her thread after the prince left?
- 1. Got rubbish — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Went grey, proper naff now — no support
- 3. Went dull, proper rubbish — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Went dull — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who could understand birds, like, from when she was a kid?
- 1. The sister, since she was born — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. The maiden, since she was a kid — no support
- 3. The maiden, since she was little — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The maiden, since she was little, like, honestly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1197, line 14: «Why: the princess falls in love with him "in a moment" when she sees him in the green velvet tunic.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who passed the message on to the prince?
- 1. The old woman's son — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. The wind wizard's son — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. The wind wizard's youngest son — score 5
- 4. The king's messenger — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same thing acted on «hard words» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Which night was the prince coming to get her?
- 1. The eighth night — score -2
- 2. Tonight — no support
- 3. The seventh night — score -2
- 4. The ninth night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1204, line 1: «The deer-prince jumps the garden wall nine times, and only the ninth jump lands him somewhere new, a garden with no deer in it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
How long did the search go on before they found the hut?
- 1. Seven nights — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Three days — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Three long days in the wood — no support
- 4. Three full days and all nights — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where did the prince nod off after getting lost?
- 1. Beside a well — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Under a tree — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. In a ditch — score 8
- 4. By a stream — 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 775, line 1: «The youngest prince dozes off by the well and only just escapes the iron door, which snaps off a bit of his heel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youngest prince» (+5); the same action «doze off» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the old woman discover, upon her return, that the thread had lost its brightness?
- 1. She perceived the tarnished thread herself, at once, in the hall — no support
- 2. A servant pointed it out to her — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 3. The raven told her so — score -3
- 4. She perceived the tarnished thread herself — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 735, line 19: «Old word "bewail" means to cry loudly and sadly about something, so "bewail her loss" means she weeps over what she has lost.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); the same doer «word» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the material of the chair in which the Princess was conveyed to the meeting place?
- 1. It was cut from one large block of ivory. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It was hewn from one splendid crystal, clear as ice, by the dwarves of the north. — no support
- 3. It was hewn from one splendid crystal. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It was fashioned from one golden ingot. — 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 3 · formal language · right ✓
What was the fate of the crystal chair when the Princess touched it in the presence of the King?
- 1. It shattered into a thousand splinters. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. It dissolved slowly into clear water. — no support
- 3. It shattered into a thousand splinters across the marble floor. — score 6
- 4. It shattered into a thousand tiny splinters that scattered over the King's feet. — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1454, line 8: «Where: the crystal chair is hewn "out of one splendid crystal", and it shatters into splinters at her touch when the King draws the curtains.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shatter» (+3); the same place «splinters» (+2); the same doer «chair» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
How many kingdoms did the Princess declare she possessed before offering the King a gift of one of them?
- 1. She claimed she ruled four lands and seas. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. She announced she had six palaces in all. — score 3
- 3. She declared that she had six kingdoms. — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Six kingdoms, she said. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1303, line 11: «fact: Why she claims him: "he loosed the spells that were laid upon me", so she calls him the victor in the three races.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same action «claim» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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