Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for the Princess

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1526 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, how did Rosette not sink? Her bed had phoenix feathers in it

1. phoenix feathers in the mattress — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. a bed of seaweed and reeds — no support
3. a soft bed — no support
4. they floated on the water well — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 725, line 2: «The two eldest sons fall asleep, but the youngest stays awake and shoots at a golden bird that drops a feather.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the nurse promise the boatman?

1. a boat full of diamonds and rubies from the King's treasure — no support
2. a ship full of pearls — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. a cart of silver coins — no support
4. a boat full of diamonds — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1526, line 8: «Why: the nurse wants the reward, so she promises the boatman "your boat full of diamonds".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «promise» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the peacocks do when they saw the fake bride?

1. they bowed and sang her praise — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. they cried "Oh! how ugly she is!" and flew away — score 7
3. they screamed and fled away — score 7
4. they cried "Oh! how ugly she is!" — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 398, line 19: «The Peacock complains to Juno that he is "a laughingstock" when he sings, but Juno says the Fates gave the raven and the crow "auguries," which are omens.», 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 (+3); the same action «sing» (+2); the same doer «peacock» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, who got chucked in the big tower?

1. the boatman's brother — score -2
2. the nurse's daughter — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. the King's old cook — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. the nurse's daughter and her whole family — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 197, line 15: «What: the king orders the prince "arrested and locked up in an old tower," after the prince speaks angrily in full council.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «old tower» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what was down in the dungeon with the brothers?

1. snakes and worms — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. snakes — no support
3. rats — no support
4. toads and bats — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what was Frisk actually up to?

1. he chased the boatman — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he sat quietly by the bed — no support
3. he barked and woke all the fish in the sea — no support
4. he barked and woke the fish — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did the nurse call the boatman when she told him to shush?

1. stupid — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. silly — score -2
3. stupid old fool of a boatman — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. stupid man, be quiet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1383, line 15: «Who: a night visitor claims to be the master's old nurse, and he sends for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «old nurse» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, what did the King think the shouting was?

1. a dwarf the Princess brought — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. a dwarf the Princess brought from the sea — score -2
3. a dwarf the Princess brought back from the sea to the palace gates — score -2
4. a giant the Queen hired — 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 427, line 7: «Who: a princess, who "seized him by the hand" and brought him into the hall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «bring» (-1); the same doer «princess» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Like, what did Rosette hand out to munch on?

1. bread-and-jam slices — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. bread-and-jam slices with butter and honey — no support
3. bread-and-jam slices and sweet cakes for everyone at the table — no support
4. cherry tarts with cream — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what colour were the monkeys pulling the carriage?

1. blue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. red — no support
3. bright turquoise blue — no support
4. dark blue with silver — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was the King doing all day with the portrait?

1. gazing at it — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. gazing at it all day long without rest — score 1
3. gazing at it and speaking to it all day long — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. looking at it — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1424, line 13: «The King speaks to his mirror as "Trusty counsellor" and says he can think of nothing but how to please her.», 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 (+3); the same action «speak» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, why did the nurse's daughter look so bad?

1. she was so ugly that the bath and the perfumes and the dress could not help — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. her face was painted too late — no support
3. she was so ugly that nothing helped her at all — no support
4. she was so ugly nothing helped — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the King threaten to do to the nurse?

1. cut off her head and the head of the boatman — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. cut off her head — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. banish her from town — no support
4. throw her in the sea — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 1524, line 14: «The King suggests cutting off Rosette's head "while she is still little."», 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 (+3); the same action «cut off» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did Rosette's brothers get stuck in?

1. a dungeon with water up to their necks, guarded by the gaoler all night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a dungeon with water up to their necks and toads all around — no support
3. a dungeon with water up to their necks — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a dark cellar with a locked door — 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 ✗

By whose agency was the Princess Rosette committed to the waters?

1. the nurse and the boatman — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the boatman and the cook — no support
3. the gaoler — no support
4. the King's own guards — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1524, line 4: «The fairies warn that Rosette will bring death to her brothers, so the Queen grows sad and the King asks why.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rosette» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal property of the phoenix feathers with which the Princess's bed was stuffed?

1. they could not be sunk by waves — score 4
2. they always floated upon water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. they kept the bed warm — score 4
4. they were white — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1526, line 11: «Rosette's bed is stuffed with phoenix feathers, which "have the property of always floating upon water".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «float» (+3); the same place «water» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which official conveyed the two royal prisoners down into the dungeon?

1. guard — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the steward — score 2
3. the gaoler — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the boatman — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 285, line 3: «At Christmas the young Fir is cut down too and carried into a grand room in the town.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the outcome for the false bride upon her arrival at the palace?

1. she was hanged — no support
2. she was sent to the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. she was beheaded in the square — no support
4. she was confined in the great tower — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 776, line 5: «On a hunt the true bride faints, the king sees his ring, recognises her, and sends the other bride home, and the lion is forgiven.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same thing acted on «other bride» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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