The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1480 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 the dog really turn into a dove, or is that just wild?
- 1. No, he just got a bath and a new collar — no support
- 2. Nah, he became a gold coach for the palace — score 2
- 3. Nah, he turned into a hermit's stick — score 2
- 4. Yeah, bruv, the voice made him a white dove for doing a good deed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 1478, line 2: «A voice tells him he has committed three faults: he was sulky, he was angry, and he was cruel to a helpless animal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «voice» (+2); the same receiver «dog» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
So the girl ate the bread the dog gave her, innit?
- 1. Nah, she gave it straight back to the dog — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Yeah, she scoffed it dead quick and felt sound again — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Nah, she never even touched it — score 1
- 4. Nah, she spat it out and cried — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1184, line 5: «At night the Dog of Maol-mor and then the raven of Corrinan-creag give him food and a bed, and he goes on.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+2); the same receiver «man» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Was the golden gaff where Celia went actually safe to eat from?
- 1. Nah, mate, everything out of it was poisoned, so don't touch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, it was proper tasty and totally safe — no support
- 3. Nah, it was fine if you ate it with a spoon — no support
- 4. Yeah, but only on a Sunday — 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 ✓
Who was the sus old man chilling in the cave with Celia?
- 1. The Fairy, dressed as a dove — score 0
- 2. The hermit, a proper old bloke who shared his breakfast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. A king who had lost his coach — score 2
- 4. A giant dove with a crown — 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 1122, line 13: «fact: Where: the rich man and poor man share a field, and the rich man's seed does not grow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rich man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Celia fancy the white dove from the start, or what?
- 1. She gave it a crown and sent it off — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Yeah, she hated it and kicked it out — score 2
- 3. She ignored it, the whole time — score 2
- 4. Nah, she only liked it, and promised to love it always — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1480, line 12: «In the desert the old hermit shares his simple breakfast, and Celia promises the dove "I will love you always."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «celia» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did the Prince get his crown back in the end?
- 1. He bought it off Suliman — score 0
- 2. He won it in a dance-off — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. The Fairy zapped them to the palace, and Suliman handed it over — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. He nicked it from the hermit — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1240, line 17: «how: He succeeds because he watches the others and "noted the places on the wall that seemed most difficult".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Right, so what was Blue Beard like, proper mental or what?
- 1. He was a tiny, lovely bloke with no money — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was a boring vicar who loved the sea — no support
- 3. He was rich, but his beard was so blue that women ran off — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He was a chilled-out farmer with a blue hat — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
Why did the two sisters not fancy marrying him at first?
- 1. His beard and the wives he'd already had put them off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. His coach was a bit scruffy — no support
- 3. His house was too small for a party — no support
- 4. He ate with a fork, which was weird — 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 ✗
Did the youngest sister get into him then?
- 1. Nah, she hated every single minute — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, but only after a big fight — no support
- 3. Nah, she fancied the cook instead — no support
- 4. Yeah, after a week of parties she thought he was dead civil — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did he chuck at her before he went off on his trip?
- 1. A new coach with a gilded roof — no support
- 2. A map of the desert and a sword — no support
- 3. A bag of gold coins and a pet hen — ← Mova's choice · score -5
- 4. A load of keys, and a warning about the little closet — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1397, line 6: «Who: Pinocchio goes off with the Fox and the Cat, two rogues who promise him the "Field of Wonders."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «field» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
How long was he off gallivanting, then?
- 1. Six weeks at least, to sort out some massive business — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Three days, on a bike — no support
- 3. Ages, like a whole year, mad — no support
- 4. Just one night, then straight back home — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which bit of the house was off limits, then?
- 1. The kitchen where the food gets made — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The little closet at the end of the big gallery — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The top attic with the window — no support
- 4. The stables out back with the horses — 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 statements correctly describes the transformation of Prince Darling into a dove?
- 1. He was changed by Celia, who wished him into a bird — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. He was changed by Suliman, who lost patience with his master — score -4
- 3. He was changed after a voice declared that a good action brings its reward — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He was changed after he bit the hermit and was cursed — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1478, line 7: «Who: Prince Darling, a ruler who was spoiled as a child, and Celia, a poor shepherdess who is "as good as she was beautiful."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following accurately identifies the reason Blue Beard's neighbors' daughters declined his proposal?
- 1. They were deterred by his blue beard and by the disappearance of his former wives — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. They were deterred by his age and by his bad temper — score -4
- 3. They were deterred by his poverty and his lack of property — score -4
- 4. They were deterred by his gilded coaches and his noisy household — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1199, line 12: «Why: the king is angry because his daughter has refused all the kings and princes who sought her hand.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following correctly states the instruction Blue Beard gave to his wife concerning the keys?
- 1. She was to open the closet first and report its contents to him — score 1
- 2. She was to open every room except the little closet at the end of the ground-floor gallery — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. She was to open only the strong boxes and to leave all wardrobes shut — score 1
- 4. She was to lock every room and keep the master-key for herself — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 784, line 14: «The key: the queen must keep it, but the wild man knows it "lies under your mother's pillow".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same thing acted on «key» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «queen» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following best describes the setting in which the Prince found Celia after his long flight?
- 1. A seaside village, where she sat in a market selling bread — score -5
- 2. A dark forest, where she sat alone beneath a golden tree — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. A desert, where she sat in a cavern sharing breakfast with an old hermit — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. A walled garden, where she sat beside a fountain with the Fairy — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 721, line 19: «Old word: "sociable" meant "fond of company," so the prince disliked riding alone because he enjoyed other people.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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