Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog
Tests: 3 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1479 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 ✗
Oi, was Darling proper mental for getting turned into a monster, or what?
- 1. Nah, bad luck — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, a witch cursed him — no support
- 3. Yeah, his own nastiness did it, cos the Fairy warned him loads before — no support
- 4. Yeah, his own nastiness did it — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, who actually got the crown in the end, bruv?
- 1. The four courtiers who tried to take it first, but got their heads chopped — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Some random bloke the crowd picked from the square after the big fight — no support
- 3. The courtiers, the lads — score 0
- 4. Suliman, the old tutor — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1293, line 16: «Why: the king says he will give his youngest daughter to whoever brings three crowns like the others.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); the same thing acted on «three crowns» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the keeper a proper nice bloke to the Prince?
- 1. Yeah, he was kind and fair — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he was quite strict — no support
- 3. Nah, he beat him for nothing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he beat him for nothing, then locked him in a dark cellar for weeks — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
So why did the little monster save the keeper, like?
- 1. Cos he felt sorry for the man — no support
- 2. Cos he wanted to pay back bad with good — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Cos he wanted to pay back the keeper's cruelty by showing him what kindness looks like — no support
- 4. Cos he hoped the keeper would reward him with a bigger cage and better food soon — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1479, line 17: «The Prince wishes to save the keeper, saying "I would return good for evil," which means to pay back bad treatment with kindness.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+6); the same action «pay back» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Hang on, what did the Fairy turn him into at the end?
- 1. A pretty little dog — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. A beautiful white swan — score 1
- 3. A bear — score 1
- 4. A small grey wolf — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1171, line 1: «The fairies bring their gifts to the baby princess, but the angry crab-fairy grows as tall as the ceiling.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+1); the same doer «angry crab fairy» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Did the courtiers get away with their plans, or what?
- 1. Nah, the people chopped their heads off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, the king just exiled them — no support
- 3. Nah, they fled — no support
- 4. Yeah, they escaped to the north — 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 ✗
Did the Queen let the dog eat loads of cake?
- 1. Yeah, a bit of cake and meat — no support
- 2. Yeah, she gave him cake every single day and let him eat as much as he liked — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Nah, just a tiny bit of bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, she let him feast on cakes, meat, and sweets whenever he wanted them — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1436, line 20: «the little man gives the Queen "three days to guess my name" because she cries so bitterly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little man» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Was the Prince gutted when he heard Suliman's speech?
- 1. Yeah, he felt bad at first but then soon forgot all about it and went hunting — score 1
- 2. Yeah, it made him feel really bad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Nah, he laughed and called Suliman a liar and ordered his guards to arrest him — score 2
- 4. Nah, he just laughed at it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 662, line 13: «Old word: a Regent is a person who rules a land in place of a king who is away; the prince was made Regent.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did the hunters catch him in the wood, though?
- 1. Dogs chased him down, mate — no support
- 2. He fell in a bear pit, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Some hunters set a huge net across the path and he got tangled up in it — score 1
- 4. The hunters followed his footprints to a big muddy pond and waited there all night — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 78, line 1: «The Leopard and the hunter wait for dark, and each grabs something he can smell and feel but not see; they sit on their catches all night, and in the morning t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was the crowd all happy in the square?
- 1. Cos the new king gave everyone free food and new clothes from the royal stores — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cos it was Sunday — no support
- 3. Cos the courtiers were gone — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Cos the Prince was back home — 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 event in the passage leads directly to the Prince's transformation into a dog?
- 1. The Fairy's sudden arrival in the Prince's room after the loud thunder crash and the lightning flash — score -1
- 2. The Queen's gift of bread to the hungry dog in her palace room — score 3
- 3. The people's cutting off of the four courtiers' heads in the public square at noon — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. The keeper's rescue from the tiger, for which the Fairy rewards the monster — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1453, line 7: «WHAT: The Prince is told to "cut off" her head, and he hates the idea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+3); the same thing acted on «head» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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 is the principal reason the Fairy gives for the Prince's punishment?
- 1. His cruelty to the servants and courtiers — no support
- 2. His ugly face, his lies to the people, and his constant anger at the Fairy's words — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. His pride and his refusal to follow her counsel — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. His pride, his cruelty to his servants, and his refusal to listen to anyone's advice — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1478, line 11: «The voice says a fairy "is greater than a man," so it could punish him as he punished the dog.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fairy» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
In what manner does the Prince respond to the words of his former tutor Suliman?
- 1. With sincere remorse and a softening of his anger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. With bitter pride and a proud refusal to listen — no support
- 3. He sneers at the old man's words — score 0
- 4. He breaks down in tears and begs Suliman to forgive him for everything he did — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1216, line 15: «Alonzo keeps his word for three nights, "because he could not bear the tears" Julia would shed if he broke it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following is the most accurate description of the Queen's treatment of the transformed Prince?
- 1. She ignored him and let the servants feed him freely — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. She cared for him tenderly but restricted his diet — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She treated him kindly, let him sleep in her bed, and gave him sweets every day — score 2
- 4. She despised him at first but later grew fond of him and fed him plenty of cakes — 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 1479, line 5: «The Fairy turns him into a pretty little dog, and the Queen keeps him, feeding him only a little bread.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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