Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl
Tests: 7 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1459 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 ✗
Why'd Charming get chucked in the tower, no cap?
- 1. He bragged he'd win the Princess back — no support
- 2. He was flexing hard that he'd have got the Princess back from the whole palace guard lol — no support
- 3. He flexed that he'd have got the Princess back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He flexed that he'd have got the Princess back, and the King heard every word of it — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 856, line 17: «Old word: a "turret" is a small tower on a larger building, and people still use the word for castles today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Who was the carp, like, what was she called?
- 1. Dame Carp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Dame Perch — no support
- 3. Lady Trout — no support
- 4. Dunno — 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 ✓
What did the raven promise, lowkey?
- 1. He'd pay Charming back someday with a gold ring and a bunch of flowers from the palace — score 5
- 2. He'd pay Charming back someday, no cap, when he needed it most — score 5
- 3. He'd pay Charming back someday — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. He'd return the favour later — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1184, line 19: «How does the raven repay the kindness? Covan trusted him and gave him food, and the raven offers to be a friend if Covan "need a friend".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «raven» (+3); the same action «repay» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Who actually smoked the eagle, fr?
- 1. The archer — score -4
- 2. A boy — score -4
- 3. The eagle's rival — no support
- 4. Charming — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1459, line 3: «On the road Charming saves a gasping golden carp, shoots an eagle to rescue a raven, and cuts an owl out of a bird-catchers' net.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «charming» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Where was the owl trapped, innit?
- 1. In a net the bird-catchers set — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. In a snare — no support
- 3. In a trap the farmers laid — no support
- 4. Under a net some hunters made — 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 · ★ · right ✓
What did the owl do after she got free?
- 1. Came back to say thanks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Came back later to say thanks and bring a golden feather from the north — score 3
- 3. Flew off to her nest and came back the next morning to say thanks to him — score 3
- 4. Flew back to say hello — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1340, line 11: «The stag and the owl both say they never heard of Mabon, but each one points the heroes on to an older animal.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the palace mint, like what was it full of?
- 1. Diamonds like pebbles everywhere, on every floor and wall of the whole place — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Silver like pebbles everywhere — no support
- 3. Rubies and diamonds and gold coins piled up like pebbles in every room, innit — no support
- 4. Diamonds like pebbles everywhere — ✓ 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 ✓
What was Charming carrying, the little dog?
- 1. A tiny pretty dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. A little fluffy cat — score 2
- 3. A tiny pretty dog with a golden collar and a bell on it — score 4
- 4. A tiny brown rabbit — score 0
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 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «two such tiny fragile dogs» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where were the maids when they spotted him?
- 1. Down in the great kitchen below, baking bread and singing songs for the King — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Up in the high garret, sitting at their wheels spinning flax all day long — no support
- 3. Out in the fields picking flowers — no support
- 4. Up in the garret spinning flax — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1443, line 16: «Why: the Master-maid tells the Prince to throw "one or two drops out of the flask", and the sea fills up again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «master maid» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
What did the Princess call herself, the vibe?
- 1. Pretty Goldilocks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Fair Silver Lily — score 5
- 3. Lovely Golden Rose — score 5
- 4. Pretty Goldilocks, the girl with golden hair from the tower — 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 1422, line 11: «The Princess sits down to eat oranges, and when she looks again "the basket had disappeared", so she cries.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+3); the same action «cry» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the King want Charming to do?
- 1. Talk the Princess into marrying him and bring her back to the palace by Friday — score 0
- 2. Get the Princess to say yes — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Talk the Princess into marrying him — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. Convince the Princess to wed him — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1459, line 8: «Why: his enemies tell the King, who orders him shut up in the great tower "to die of hunger".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «order» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did Charming need for the trip, bro?
- 1. Nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. A sword — score 4
- 3. A strong grey mare — score 4
- 4. Just a good horse — ✓ the right answer · score 3
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 1459, line 11: «Charming says he only wants "a good horse to ride", and sets out alone on a Monday morning with his letters.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «charming» (+3); the same action «want» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
What day did he head off, like?
- 1. Sunday — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Monday morning — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The third Monday morning after the feast of Saint Michael — no support
- 4. Tuesday night — 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 ✗
Why were the maids knocking heads, lol?
- 1. They were fighting over who would get to see the handsome stranger first in the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. They hurried and tripped on skirts — no support
- 3. They rushed and got in each other's way — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They rushed about the garret and got in each other's way while trying to see him — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1202, line 5: «Dil-aram, the maid who first saw him, offers help if he will marry her, and he learns of a negro in Waq.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the King first respond upon hearing Charming's voice from the tower?
- 1. He opened a window and waved down — score -2
- 2. He opened the door and summoned Charming forth — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 3. He unlocked the door and called him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. He fled the room — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 341, line 14: «The old man calls the king "my son" and tells him: "Alfred, my son, be brave."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+3); the same action «call» (+2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
For what purpose did the King dispatch Charming to the Princess Goldilocks?
- 1. To beg her to become the King's bride soon — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. To fetch her home — no support
- 3. To guard her — no support
- 4. To persuade her to consent to marry the King — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1341, line 4: «The man is the Dragon King of Lake Biwa, who begs him to kill the centipede that keeps carrying off his children.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+2). Against it: the same receiver «man» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the creatures did Charming preserve by severing the cords of a net?
- 1. The eagle — no support
- 2. The owl, which had been trapped in a net by bird-catchers — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. The raven — score -5
- 4. The owl — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1459, line 15: «The owl, trapped by bird-catchers, is freed when Charming cuts the cords, and she says, "I am grateful".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «owl» (+2); the same action «trap» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which action of Charming's directly preceded his imprisonment in the great tower?
- 1. His refusal to bow before the King and his boastful remark about the Princess returning with him — ← Mova's choice · score -7
- 2. His bold claim about winning the Princess back — no support
- 3. His boastful remark about the Princess returning with him, made loudly in the square before the whole court — score -7
- 4. His boastful remark about the Princess returning with him — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -7, tied with another option at -7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 869, line 6: «Who: the farmer, a good man who "could not bear the sight of a sexton" and got into "a terrible rage" when one appeared.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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