Fairy Tales, Toads and Diamonds: two sisters at the fountain, one gets pearls and diamonds, the other gets snakes and toads

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1477 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 ✓

ok so the kind girl's mouth makes diamonds when she talks, right?

1. yeah, roses pearls and diamonds, proper mad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, toads, gross — no support
3. yeah, flowers and rubies, proper lush — no support
4. nah, it's just pearls and rubies, innit — 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, what did the rude sister get instead of jewels?

1. nothing, bruv — no support
2. gold coins, dead posh, mate — ← Mova's choice · score -4
3. snakes and toads, dead gross — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. snakes and toads, dead gross, and she couldn't stop it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1475, line 14: «Old word: a "waiting-maid" is a servant who looks after a lady, dresses her and goes with her on a journey.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-2); the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, who's the fairy in the wood dressed as a princess?

1. a different fairy who was the palace girl — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the same fairy who was the poor woman — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. a different witch — no support
4. the prince's mum — no support

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 1450, line 18: «Old word: "Attired" means dressed. The Queen says she wants Felicia "attired as befits your rank," meaning dressed like a princess.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+1); the same thing acted on «felicia» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the mum chuck the rude one out, innit?

1. she got too hated by everyone and her mum turned her off for good, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she kept lying and her mum lost it — no support
3. she got too hated and her mum turned her off — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she was mean and her mum got fed up — 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 ✗

did the prince actually fancy the kind girl or nah?

1. yeah, he fell in love with her straight up and asked her to marry him right away, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, he kinda liked her but not really — score -1
3. yeah, he fell in love with her straight up — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. nah, he only liked her a bit — score -1

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 1197, line 2: «We learn he is a bookish boy who fell in love with the princess after seeing her in the street.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «fall» (+2); the same place «love» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

what was the mum's problem with the youngest, like?

1. she made her graft in the kitchen, proper unfair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she kept her in the kitchen, proper mean — no support
3. she made her graft in the kitchen and in the yard, proper unfair, and she never gave her any thanks — no support
4. she made her graft in the kitchen all day long and proper unfair, she never let her rest — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

where was the kind girl hiding when the prince found her?

1. in the woods, weeping alone there — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. hiding in a barn — score 5
3. in the wood, crying her heart out — score 5
4. in the forest, sobbing her eyes out — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1365, line 19: «Old word: "Augustness" was a respectful title for a prince or noble, and "Ryn Gu" is the old name for the Sea King's realm.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

how far was the fountain, roughly?

1. over a mile and a half, mad long walk through mud and rain every single day — no support
2. nearly two miles, a long old trek — no support
3. far more than a mile and a half, mad long walk over the hills and through the woods — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. over a mile and a half, mad long walk — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1352, line 18: «old word: a "pilgrimage" is a long journey made to a holy place, to pray there; people still use the word today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «long journey» (-1); the same property (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the good King name his son, like?

1. Prince Darling, the lad was the apple of his eye, and he would not let him out of sight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Prince Darling, a lad he loved dearly — no support
3. Prince Darling, the lad was the apple of his eye — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Prince Darling, the lad was the apple of his eye and the joy of the whole kingdom — 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's the rabbit really, then?

1. the Fairy Truth in disguise — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a fairy, mate — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. just a rabbit — score -1
4. a shapeshifter in fur — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 570, line 12: «Brer Fox vows he will make Brer Rabbit "chaw up his words en spit um out."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «words» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the Fairy say a prince needed to be really happy?

1. to be wise, that's the proper way — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. to be good, that's the real deal — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. to be good — no support
4. be rich, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1457, line 12: «He keeps the eye until they tell him the way, and then he gives it back, so the sisters can look out for "the old times coming back".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «way» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did the good King's son feel when his dad died, honest?

1. gutted, he'd have given all his gold back — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. gutted, he'd have given all his gold back and his crown too, honest, bruv, the lot — no support
3. gutted, he'd have given his horse away — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. gutted, he wished he'd had more time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 476, line 16: «The money: the more the sons give it away, "the more did it increase."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the gift bestowed upon the youngest daughter by the fairy at the fountain?

1. That she shall never grow old and always keep her beauty in the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. That at every word she speaks, a flower or jewel shall issue from her mouth — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. That every creature she meets shall love her dearly and serve her forever — score 1
4. That at every word she speaks, a flower or jewel shall issue from her mouth, and her father shall never again be poor or sad — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1210, line 18: «Old word: "bestowed" means given as a gift, which is what the good spirits did for the boy.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, state the manner in which the proud elder sister was punished for her discourtesy toward the fairy.

1. She was made so that each word she spoke released snakes or toads from her mouth, which disgusted everyone at court and shamed her family forever more — score 2
2. She was made so that each word she spoke released snakes or toads from her mouth, and she could never speak a kind word again in her life — score 2
3. She was made so that each word she spoke released snakes or toads from her mouth — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. She was forced to live alone in the forest as a beggar for the rest of her life — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1457, line 8: «Where: the Gray Sisters live in "a blue cave of the ice" in a land "where the world ends", far to the north.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gray sisters» (+2); the same place «blue cave» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the moral principle which the good King articulates when he declines the fairy's offer of wealth or beauty for his son.

1. Wealth brings the greatest happiness — no support
2. Only a good man can be truly contented, whatever his station or possessions — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Power and wealth are the surest signs of a wise and worthy prince — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. A king should always value his people above his own comfort and his treasures — 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 1432, line 8: «Why is the Sultan slow to keep his word? He sees the mother's poverty, and his Vizier advises him to set a price no man can meet.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the relationship between the stepmother and the youngest daughter as presented in the opening passage of the first tale.

1. The mother showed a gentle, loving regard for the youngest daughter and often praised her efforts — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The mother held a cruel aversion for the youngest daughter and made her labour continually — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. The mother loved her dearly — score 2
4. The mother kept a sharp dislike for the youngest daughter and set her to work without pause — 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 1187, line 10: «fact: The king says: "And if you return without them I will have you drowned," so Jose is in real danger.», 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, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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