Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1478 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 ✓

Yo, did Darling seriously kick his little dog?

1. Nope, he kicked Bibi so hard she flew across the room, and then the ring pricked him three times — score 4
2. Yeah, kicked Bibi hard, then his ring totally pricked him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yeah, he kicked his dog and the ring stung him, kinda — score 4
4. Yeah, he kicked poor Bibi really hard, and then his ring pricked his finger like crazy, so he got mad — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1478, line 16: «The ring pricks him "as if it had been a pin" when he kicks Bibi, but later it makes his finger "actually bleed."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «prick» (+2); the same doer «ring» (+2); the same thing acted on «dog» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why was the Prince so grumpy after hunting?

1. Bad dinner, I think — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cause he got zero sport, like nothing — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cause his nurse was being annoying — no support
4. Cause he was tired from the ride — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the ring is basically a snitch, right?

1. Nope, it's just jewelry — no support
2. Yep, it pricks you every time you do something bad — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, it tells on you when you're naughty — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Kinda, it warns you when you do wrong — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 68, line 19: «Talk in this lesson: «spill the tea» = tell the gossip; «ken» (Scotland) = know; «snitch» = tell on someone; «big yikes» = that's bad; «mardy» (Midlands) = sul…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «snitch» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what was the nurse even doing spoiling him?

1. She gave him every toy and sweet he wanted whenever he cried and stomped on the floor in anger — no support
2. She never once told him no, and when he cried she gave him gold and let him stomp around the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. She just let him have whatever he wanted — no support
4. She gave him anything if he cried and stomped — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 828, line 15: «The nurse tells him the princess lives in a castle, because "it has been prophesied" that she will be unhappy about a lover.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «nurse» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Celia just say no to a prince? Like, for real?

1. For real, she said she was just a shepherd and wouldn't marry him — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she told him she was only a shepherd and said no — no support
3. For real, she told him she was just a shepherd girl — no support
4. For real, she refused — ← Mova's choice · 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 1478, line 4: «He wanted Celia, a shepherdess, to marry him, but she refused and called him bad, so he ordered her locked in a room.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «celia» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Why did Darling want to lock Celia up?

1. Cause she mocked his fine clothes — no support
2. Cause she laughed at his big ring — no support
3. Cause she was rude — no support
4. Cause she dissed him and wouldn't marry him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1478, line 4: «He wanted Celia, a shepherdess, to marry him, but she refused and called him bad, so he ordered her locked in a room.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «darling» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the foster-brother a good dude or a sketchy one?

1. Super sketchy, he kept whispering evil plans to the prince and laughing at the ring's warnings — no support
2. Sketchy, he gave super bad advice — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sketchy, he was raised with the prince and then gave him super bad advice about everything he did — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Sketchy, he always gave bad tips — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 228, line 3: «The baby princess is raised with her brothers by the kind intendant, who names the boys Bahman and Perviz.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What were the courtiers doing at supper?

1. Playing games and gossiping about the shepherdess — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Drinking and joking about the nurse's cooking — no support
3. Eating roast pork — no support
4. Getting Darling wasted on wine and hyping his rage — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So he rushes to her room mad, what happens?

1. She's gone, but he finds the key in his pocket and realizes his own foster-brother had stolen Celia away through the garden — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She's gone, the window's open, and nobody saw her leave — no support
3. She's gone, but the key was in his own pocket the whole time — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She's gone, the ring pricks him hard, and then he realizes the key was in his pocket the whole time and runs off looking — 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 ✗

Hold up, what's a courtier even?

1. A nobleman who attended the king — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A lord who hung around the king's court — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A lord who spent all his days hunting in the forest and eating at the king's table with his friends — score 2
4. A high official in the king's house — 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 1226, line 16: «Trick: he says "our father has sent me to look for you," and the bear climbs a tree to get away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «father» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the Prince basically a bad guy now?

1. Kinda, he's still a prince, but he's getting worse each day — score 2
2. Totally, he's turned cruel, he kicked the dog, scared the shepherdess, and doesn't even care about the ring's pricks anymore — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Pretty much, he's getting way meaner and forgetting the ring — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Pretty much, he keeps ignoring the ring's warnings more and more — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1478, line 16: «The ring pricks him "as if it had been a pin" when he kicks Bibi, but later it makes his finger "actually bleed."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «kick» (+2); the same doer «dog» (+2); the same thing acted on «bibi» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the ring prick so much when he got really naughty?

1. It made his finger actually bleed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. It made his hand go numb — score 2
3. It made his finger actually bleed and swell so badly that he couldn't hold his sword for a whole week — score 6
4. It stung him sharply each time — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1478, line 16: «The ring pricks him "as if it had been a pin" when he kicks Bibi, but later it makes his finger "actually bleed."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ring» (+2); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Prince's conduct at the moment of his rage against Celia?

1. He kept his promise to be good, but still resolved to force her to agree to marry him at once. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He decided to be kind to her after all. — no support
3. He dropped his vow to behave well and chose to terrify her into accepting his proposal of marriage. — no support
4. He abandoned his resolution to be good and resolved to frighten her into consenting to marry him. — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 722, line 9: «fact: WHY: The king wants his daughter to marry the prince, so he plans to get rid of the friend.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+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, according to the text, was the principal cause of the Prince's disregard for the warnings of his ring?

1. His long habit of wrongdoing, which had grown so strong over years that he no longer felt the ring's warnings at all, even when they pricked him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His long habit of wrongdoing, which had become difficult to resist. — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. His long habit of wrongdoing, along with the wine and flattery of the courtiers, which together had made him deaf to every warning he received. — no support
4. His hunger for power, which had grown too strong to control. — 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the position of the Prince at the close of this part of the narrative?

1. He kneels in the corridor, having heard the ring prick and seen the key in his hand. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He stands in his room, having found Celia gone though the key remained in his possession, while the courtiers below celebrate and the foster-brother plans to flee the palace before dawn. — no support
3. He stands at the window, having found the guards asleep and Celia's cloak stolen from the chair. — no support
4. He stands in his room, having found Celia gone though the key remained in his possession. — ✓ 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 ✗

With what purpose does the voice, in replying to the Prince's thoughts, distinguish the ruler's great empire from the exercise of evil desire?

1. To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires. — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires, and that the Prince must return to his nurse and ask her forgiveness before he can rule. — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. To teach that a king's true strength lies in justice, not in indulging every wicked wish he has. — no support
4. To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires, since the ring has warned that every wicked act will bring pain and punishment to the ruler. — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1456, line 10: «Why the horse is missing: the prince thought he had been a crab "only a few hours," but in fact "more than ten days" had passed.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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