Yellow Fairy Book, The King of the Peacocks, part 22: the brothers find the King of the Peacocks and go to prison
Tests: 7 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1525 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 ✗
Mate, was Rosette well bored stuck in that tower?
- 1. Yeah, she was bored — no support
- 2. Yeah, she said she was dead tired — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Yeah, she said she was so tired of it — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Yeah, she told me she hated it — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1525, line 11: «what: Rosette stands "entranced" before a peacock in the sunshine and says she will marry no one but "the King of the Peacocks."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «rosette» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Did the brothers bring her sweets or what?
- 1. a pocketful of sugar plums — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. Yeah, a handful of toffee — score -2
- 3. Nah, nothing — score -2
- 4. Nah, they brought bread and cheese — 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 1463, line 16: «What did Whittington do with the treasure? He "laid all the treasure at his master's feet," and his master refused to take any of it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+3); the same action «take» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3); the same doer «master» (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Was Frisk dead weird, like, what colour was he?
- 1. bright green all over — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. spotted green and brown — no support
- 3. bright green all over with a red tail — no support
- 4. bright green all over, even his ears and nose — 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 ✓
Was the Great Prince proper the new King, innit?
- 1. Yes, he got put on a golden throne, the whole city cheered loudly — score 5
- 2. Yeah, he got crowned at the feast — score 4
- 3. Yes, he got put on a golden throne — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Yes, he got put on a golden throne and crowned at dawn — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1282, line 9: «fact: Why: the jogi wants the princess dead, so he tricks the king into putting her in the chest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+2); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, so Rosette said she'd only marry who?
- 1. the King of the Peacocks, the one with golden hair — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 2. the King of the Cockchafers — score -2
- 3. the King of the Peacocks — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. the Prince of the Peacocks — 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 1525, line 11: «what: Rosette stands "entranced" before a peacock in the sunshine and says she will marry no one but "the King of the Peacocks."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2). Against it: the same doer «rosette» (-4). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Did the peacock king reckon the portrait was legit?
- 1. He said he couldn't believe she was so pretty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He liked it a lot — score 3
- 3. He said it was a lie about her face — score 4
- 4. Nah, he didn't — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1467, line 7: «fact: The mother first refuses, saying, "she was indeed poor, but she was their mother," and only agrees after thinking of how much it would grieve her to see…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «mother» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, how far did the brothers have to go?
- 1. thirty thousand leagues — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. thirty thousand leagues through forests, rivers and mountains — score 3
- 3. thirty thousand leagues across the sea and over mountains — score 3
- 4. thirty thousand miles — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1089, line 2: «The brothers walk through the dark wood and reach a house, where a kind woman hides them under the bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the brothers end up locked up, or what?
- 1. Yeah, they got put in gaol — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 2. Yeah, they went to prison — ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 3. Nah, they didn't — no support
- 4. Yeah, prison — 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 1499, line 16: «Schaibar: he is Paribanou's brother, "so far from being like me" in nature, and he is hump-backed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «schaibar» (-1); the same thing acted on «brother» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
The cockchafers were dead loud, weren't they?
- 1. They buzzed so loud the King nearly went deaf — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They buzzed so loud the whole palace shook and the King nearly went deaf in both ears — no support
- 3. They buzzed so loud the King nearly went deaf and the Prince covered his ears — no support
- 4. They buzzed so loud the Queen nearly fainted — 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 ✗
How'd the brothers know they'd found the right place?
- 1. Golden birds on every gate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Peacocks in every tree, loud cries — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. By the loud cries — score 4
- 4. Peacocks were on the roof, cries — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1474, line 4: «Later the children find a dwarf whose long beard is stuck in a split tree.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); the same doer «children» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What were the people wearing in that city, bruv?
- 1. rags — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. silk and linen cloth — no support
- 3. peacocks' feathers — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. silk — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
Did the peacock king's carriage have animals pulling it?
- 1. twelve peacocks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. eight white horses — no support
- 3. four swans — no support
- 4. six 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
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was Rosette's dog just a normal dog?
- 1. Nah, he could sing and fetch the ball — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Nah, he could talk and count to ten — score 3
- 3. Nah, he could dance and turn head over heels — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Yeah, very normal — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1291, line 10: «The dog: "the slim yellow dog of the greenwood" brings the sheep out of the forest in his mouth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+2); the same doer «slim yellow dog» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Rosette get loads of presents, like?
- 1. Yeah, books, flowers and silver spoons — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, shoes, hats and golden rings — no support
- 3. Nah, just a letter — no support
- 4. Yeah, dresses, ribbons and diamonds — ✓ 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 princes succeeded to the throne upon the decease of the King and Queen?
- 1. the Eldest Brother — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. the Great Prince of the Peacocks' northern kingdom — score -1
- 3. the Great Prince — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. the youngest Prince of the royal house — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1430, line 15: «The Prince has it "proclaimed, by sound of trumpet," that he will marry the girl whose foot fits the slipper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «suit» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did the brothers ascertain that they had arrived at the correct kingdom?
- 1. By observing peacocks in every tree and hearing their cries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. By observing peacocks in every tree and hearing their cries from the castle gate and the wall — score 1
- 3. By finding cockchafers in every field and hearing their buzzing sound — no support
- 4. By observing peacocks in every tree, hearing their cries, and seeing the King's golden carriage — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 611, line 5: «For three months he learns the ways of men, and he pulls the potter's donkey out of the clay pit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «ways» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What sum did the brothers stipulate as the dowry of the Princess Rosette?
- 1. a bushel of gold pieces and a herd of cows — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a bushel of gold pieces and all of their father's farmland — no support
- 3. a bushel of gold pieces — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a barrel of silver pieces — 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 · right ✓
How did the Princess respond upon first beholding the peacock in the garden?
- 1. She remained entranced until her brothers approached and then she ran away crying — score 3
- 2. She remained entranced for hours, until her brothers approached the garden and called her name at dusk — score 3
- 3. She screamed and ran to hide behind her brothers — score 3
- 4. She remained entranced until her brothers approached — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1255, line 10: «The princess is staying with the governor's wife because she was sent away "for her health".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same action «stay» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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