Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him
Tests: 2 of 10 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1466 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, did you see the sheep king's face when Miranda left for the wedding, innit?
- 1. Nah, he looked well chill, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he looked proper gutted, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he looked proper gutted, mate, and then he went off to sort the fountain out — no support
- 4. Yeah, he looked dead chuffed, mate — 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 ✗
Wait, who even got turned into a sheep in this bit?
- 1. The prince, by that witch Ragotte, who was jealous of his happiness and his bride — no support
- 2. The king, by that fairy Patypata — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. The prince, by that witch Ragotte — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Nobody, the prince was just sitting in the forest with his shadows and his dog and his monkey near the fountain — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1466, line 1: «The Sheep King tells Miranda how the cruel fairy Ragotte turned him from a lion into a sheep for five years.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «turn» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
How long did the sheep curse last, like proper?
- 1. Two years — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Five years, bare time — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Three years, bare long — score 2
- 4. Ages — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1457, line 1: «The boy, who has sworn an oath to bring the Terrible Head, is helped by a kind young man and a beautiful lady.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swear» (+1); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Did Miranda just bounce off to the wedding with no warning?
- 1. Nah, she stayed — no support
- 2. Yeah, she legged it from the palace — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Nah, she waited for the guards — no support
- 4. Yeah, she did — 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 1296, line 18: «The princess shows great patience in this part, because she remembers her husband's warning and does not reproach him after each loss.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
What was in that little box she left behind, the coral one?
- 1. Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Loads of gold coins, proper mega — no support
- 3. Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega, plus a note from the Sheep King saying goodbye to her — no support
- 4. Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega, and some little sheep bells from the flock too — 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 ✗
Okay, what pulled her posh chariot about?
- 1. Six dun griffins, from the other side of the world, with golden harnesses and silver bells on every wing — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Six dun griffins, from the other side of the world, which the fairy had sent her as a wedding gift years ago — score -4
- 3. Eight grey horses from the northern hills — score 5
- 4. Six dun griffins, from the other side of the world — ✓ the right answer · 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 1466, line 13: «What pulls her chariot? Six "dun-colored griffins", which were brought from the other side of the world.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «chariot» (+4); the same action «pull» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Were the guards short or proper tall, though?
- 1. Proper tall, eight feet or more — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Proper tall, eight feet or more, which made them look like giants among the common folk of the village — score 1
- 3. Proper tall, eight feet or more, and they carried massive silver spears all the way to the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Proper short, four feet or so — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1454, line 7: «What: the Princess draws her silken curtains round her "that she might not be seen" as four guards carry her chair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «four guards» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the sheep do to keep everyone happy, like?
- 1. Balls, concerts and hunting parties, plus feasts every single night for the whole flock and the Princess — score 2
- 2. Balls, concerts and hunting parties, which the sheep attended in silence while the Princess watched from her chariot — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Dances, games and music contests — score 1
- 4. Balls, concerts and hunting parties — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1465, line 11: «She follows the Sheep into the cave because she is "so afraid of what might be behind her".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cavern» (+3); the same action «follow» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Miranda's dad recognise her at the wedding, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, he knew her at once — no support
- 2. Nah, he thought she was dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, he thought she was dead, so he never looked twice at the veiled bride at the altar — no support
- 4. Yeah, he recognised her straight away, but he pretended he didn't, since he thought she was dead — ← Mova's choice · score -5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 266, line 8: «Where: the King of Canterbury's palace, where the princess is "distinguished by her great ingenuity and wit".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «princess» (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the sheep king say about the second wedding?
- 1. He let her go, though he was sad, and he gave her a golden bell for each of the wedding guests — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He let her leave, but he was angry — no support
- 3. He agreed, yet he was furious — no support
- 4. He let her go, though he was sad — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following best describes the reason the King of the Sheep consented to the Princess's second departure?
- 1. He consented out of pride, although he dreaded that some harm would befall his kingdom — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He consented out of love, although he feared some misfortune would follow — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. He consented out of love, although he feared some misfortune would follow, and he hoped she would soon return to the fountain — score 5
- 4. He consented out of love for the Princess and her father, though he feared some misfortune would follow them both across the seas and the hills of the kingdom — 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 226, line 13: «Why she lied: she pretended to be mad to escape a marriage the Sultan forced on her, one he did not even ask her consent for.», 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 «consent» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the Princess Miranda conduct herself upon arriving at her father's palace for the first wedding?
- 1. She arrived splendidly attired in her mother-of-pearl chariot and was admired by all for her beauty, jewels, and the shadows that followed her into the hall — score 3
- 2. She entered wearing simple robes and was ignored by most of the court — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. She came dressed in a plain gown and was pitied by the guests for her grief — no support
- 4. She arrived splendidly attired and was admired by all for her beauty and jewels — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 711, line 13: «Niels's reward: "Niels was made an earl by that time," before he wears his robes at the wedding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «robes» (+4); the same action «wear» (+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 · wrong ✗
What was the nature of the fairy Ragotte's punishment upon the prince, as declared by her own words?
- 1. He was to be a sheep for seven years, and servant of the cruel witch — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He would be banished from the land — no support
- 3. He was to be a sheep forever — no support
- 4. He was to be a sheep for five years, and lord of the pleasant land — ✓ 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Describe the chief sentiment expressed by the King of the Sheep towards the Princess throughout this passage.
- 1. Profound and devoted affection, expressed with tender gratitude — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Fierce jealousy, expressed with cold anger — score 0
- 3. Quiet suspicion, hidden behind polite words and cold stares — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Mild concern — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1252, line 3: «The princess tricks the gnome by hiding behind her veil and sending him to count turnips in the meadow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «veil» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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