d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story
Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1465 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, were the sheep really sipping lemonade and sherbet, or nah?
- 1. Nah, just sweets and some pop, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, lemonade, sherbet and ices, innit, and they were sipping from golden cups — no support
- 3. Yeah, lemonade, sherbet and ices, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, not lemonade, it was orange squash and biscuits from a tin, innit, bruv — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, how did Miranda get to the cave, was it a bus?
- 1. Yeah, a cart with four ponies — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Nah, a golden coach with silver wheels, pulled by eight white horses, innit — no support
- 3. Nah, a van pulled by two dogs — no support
- 4. Nah, a pumpkin carriage pulled by six goats — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1464, line 5: «Alone in the forest, Miranda buries her friends, then hears a sheep and finds a glade with a wonderful golden-horned sheep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «miranda» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, was the stone blocking the cave a massive boulder?
- 1. Nah, a gate, the fairy opened it — no support
- 2. Yeah, a huge rock, the Queen pushed it — no support
- 3. Nah, a wooden door — no support
- 4. Yeah, a big stone, the King touched it with his foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1465, line 3: «He calls for his chariot, a pumpkin pulled by six goats, and they race to a cave whose stone falls at his touch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stone» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the cave sus or proper peak?
- 1. It was sus, she was well scared and her heart was pounding loads — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It was sus, she was well scared — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It was lush, she was chilled — no support
- 4. It was mid, she was bored yeah — 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 ✗
Was the flowery plain actually bare lush, or just mid?
- 1. Bare lush, it smelt nicer than anything — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Lush, but it smelt like nothing much — no support
- 3. Bare mid, honestly, it smelt rank and the grass was all dry and dusty brown — no support
- 4. Bare lush, it smelt nicer than anything and the flowers were all glowing gold — ← Mova's choice · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1461, line 13: «The Princess is moved by Frisk's words, and "without saying a word to anyone went straight to the tower".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «words» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the trees really have partridges hanging off them?
- 1. Yeah, ready roasted ones on every branch, dripping with gravy, proper mad — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, ready cooked ones on each tree — no support
- 3. Yeah, ready roasted ones on every branch — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, just apples and some plums — 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 ✗
Was it raining sausages and pearls, or am I making that up?
- 1. Yeah, only pearls — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, sausages, tarts and pearls came down — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, just hail and some frogs — no support
- 4. Yeah, sweets and cakes came down — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the Sheep King a hype bloke or a grumpy one?
- 1. Hyped, proper lively yeah — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Grumpy, grave as a judge — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Grumpy, grave as a judge, never smiled once and rarely spoke — no support
- 4. Grumpy, moody and not fun — 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 ✗
What did the fairies do when she grabbed at them?
- 1. They glided off and she felt nothing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They flew off and she grabbed air — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. They laughed and she felt nothing — score 0
- 4. They glided off and she felt nothing at all, not even a breath — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1428, line 15: «The Queen is caught when she hears Day crying and Morning begging pardon for her brother.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was she crying in the end, was it cos of the fairies?
- 1. Yeah, cos her dad shouted, yeah — score 2
- 2. Yeah, she couldn't touch them, so she cried and cried, proper sad, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Yeah, she couldn't touch them, so she cried — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Nah, she was just bored, innit — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1436, line 20: «the little man gives the Queen "three days to guess my name" because she cries so bitterly.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «daughter» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the Sheep just a random farmer's sheep?
- 1. Nah, he was a king with the best kingdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he was a prince with a nice house — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Nah, he was a king with the best kingdom and a huge castle full of gold — no support
- 4. Yeah, a plain farmer's sheep, but he had a very fine wool coat, innit — 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 395, line 18: «Old word: "fold" meant a pen for sheep; today "fold" still means an enclosure, but it also means to bend.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Who was Ragotte, the fairy who trapped him?
- 1. A super ugly fairy who loved him and wanted to marry him for his kingdom — score 2
- 2. A cruel fairy who hated him — score 1
- 3. A super ugly fairy who loved him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. A fairy queen from the hills who had trapped many kings and sheep before him — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 160, line 10: «Why: she tells him "You were Real to the Boy... because he loved you", and "now you shall be Real to every one".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fairy» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did he chase a stag and then fall into a pit?
- 1. Yeah, the river froze and he slipped — no support
- 2. Nah, the stag fell into a lake — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Yeah, the pool dried up and he fell down — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he ran off — 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 154, line 14: «Where: a Stag hid in a cave and "fell an easy prey" to a Lion that was inside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stag» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · right ✓
What was Ragotte's offer, was it like treasure?
- 1. Marry her and she'd add twenty kingdoms — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Give her fruit and she'd add a pool — no support
- 3. Be her king and get gold — no support
- 4. Gold, bruv, loads — 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 ✗
With reference to the text, by what means did the Princess and the King of the Sheep travel to the cavern?
- 1. In a cart drawn by two horses — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. In a pumpkin lined with velvet, drawn by six goats — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. By a pumpkin — no support
- 4. On foot across a silver river — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 951, line 15: «Her words: "I have had the Stadtholder Gyldenlowe, the King's half-brother, for my husband."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «words» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
According to the narrative, what was the principal reason for the Princess's willingness to enter the cavern?
- 1. Her fear of what might be behind her and her hope of finding a kind fairy inside — no support
- 2. Her growing fear of the King's anger and her wish to see the fairies dance — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Her love for the Sheep King — no support
- 4. Her fear of what might be behind her — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1465, line 9: «Why: she flees her father's anger, and she says "I am the unhappiest princess in the world."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cavern» (+2). Against it: 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 ✓
Which of the following best characterises the temperament of the King of the Sheep, as described by the narrator?
- 1. He was as grave as a judge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He was as gentle as a lamb but could be stern when he chose to be — no support
- 3. He was as proud as a soldier — no support
- 4. He was as grave as a judge and never once laughed in front of the court — 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 833, line 21: «Old word: "Beneficence" means kindness and doing good to others, and we use the word "charity" or "goodness" today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What, according to the Sheep's own account, caused his transformation into his present form?
- 1. A wizard's potion after the stag chase — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 2. A witch's curse — no support
- 3. A fairy's spell after he fell in a pool — no support
- 4. A fairy's enchantment after he fell into a fiery pit — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 762, line 18: «fact: Today we would say "the spell was broken" for the same idea, and "the stones" make the wolf's "poor bones" feel heavy and bumpy.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «fact» (-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
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