Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real Princess

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1527 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 ✗

yo, did the king seriously say he'd cut off their heads?

1. yeah bro, the whole court was waiting for the blade to fall on them both — score 2
2. nah bro, he just yelled it for drama — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. yeah bro, the headsman was already on his way over — no support
4. yeah bro, the sword was getting sharpened — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1201, line 16: «fact: The headsman is called "polluted, blue-eyed," and he cuts off the prince's head and hangs it on the battlements.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same doer «fact» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

wait, who got tossed in the sea, fr?

1. the Princess Rosette — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the Prime Minister's little green dog — score 2
3. the Princess Rosette and her faithful dog — score 4
4. the old man's wife — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 19, line 4: «The Gryphon explains, very seriously, why whitings have their tails in their mouths: they were thrown out to sea with the lobsters, fell a long way, and their…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, how long did the king go with basically zero food?

1. four whole days — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. three long days — score 3
3. three whole days — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. for nearly a full week of fasting — score 3

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 1509, line 3: «The fleet follows a glowing light to Squirrel Island, where the Princess and Fanfaronade are stuck with no food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey sus, who did the Prime Minister secretly follow home?

1. the Princess's dog — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the little green dog — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the Princess and her dog Frisk — no support
4. the little green thief dog's owner — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 93, line 2: «After a fine supper the Woman looks at a mutton blade-bone and makes the First Singing Magic. The wild animals see the fire and wonder. Wild Dog smells roast m…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «follow» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what did Frisk haul off in his basket?

1. sweets and tarts — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. bread and figs — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. a loaf, a jar of jam and eggs — no support
4. all the King's cakes and fancy pastries — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1343, line 21: «Old word: "veranda" is a covered porch along the outside of a house, and the old man steps onto it after his long walk home.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

ok but how did the old man get the bed back to shore?

1. he tied it to the back of his boat — no support
2. rowed it in with his oars — no support
3. dragged it with a boat-hook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. he waited for the tide to carry it in — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1527, line 12: «He wades in "up to his chin" and drags the Princess's bed ashore with a long boat-hook, nearly drowning twice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drag» (+1); the same thing acted on «bed» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

yo what did Rosette wear after getting rescued?

1. his wife's dress and shoes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the old man's wife's best silk dress — no support
3. a fine gown and matching slippers from the chest — no support
4. a dress — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

lit or nah, how did the King react when he saw her?

1. he jumped up and hugged her very tightly — score 3
2. he bowed very low to her — score 3
3. he turned head over heels — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. he ran to hug her tight — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1527, line 20: «The King "turned head over heels three times without stopping" for joy, even though he was weak from hunger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «heels» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2); the same action «turn» (+1); the same thing acted on «head» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the king's dinner keep vanishing, lol?

1. the cook was hiding it — no support
2. Frisk kept stealing it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the Princess had sent a spell to hide it — no support
4. the Prime Minister ate it secretly every night — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1302, line 9: «Why: the robbers kill him because "Some one has been eating our dinner," and they are angry the food is gone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «dinner» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-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 ✗

ngl what did Rosette want Frisk to do at night?

1. keep barking and never sleep — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. guard the boat — no support
3. keep barking loudly all through the night — no support
4. keep barking — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

wait, why was Rosette crying out at sea?

1. a storm had swept her off the deck — no support
2. the King had pushed her overboard for spite — no support
3. she had been thrown in by the King's guards during the storm — score -1
4. she thought the King had her thrown in — ← 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, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1207, line 18: «The cure: a cow "comes up from the great sea to graze", and a little of her dung would cure the peris.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cure» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, what colour was the thief dog?

1. green — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. small and white — no support
3. dark — no support
4. little green — ✓ 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 ✗

bro, what did the King call the last day of the respite?

1. the big day — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. the last day — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. day one — score 1
4. the end — score -2

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 1507, line 17: «What: the Princess cries, "I have never seen the sun, or the stars", and she threatens to starve herself to death.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok real talk, did the King believe the old man when he said her name?

1. no, he ordered the guards to seize them both at once — score 3
2. yeah, he went to hug her — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. yeah, he sent for the cook — score 3
4. yes, he ran to kiss her — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1520, line 7: «What: he makes a bellowing sound like a great ox, so the man runs into the wood, and the youth takes the third ox away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+2); the same doer «man» (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the old man recover the Princess's bed from the sea?

1. with a long boat-hook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. by a boat-hook — no support
3. with a fishing net — no support
4. using a long oar — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What penalty did the King of the Peacocks threaten to impose upon the two prisoners?

1. being thrown into the sea to drown at once — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. decapitation by sword — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. beheading by the royal executioner's axe — score -2
4. burning at the stake — score -3

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 665, line 15: «The king is "not as pleasant as his daughter," so he throws the shepherd to the white bear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). Against it: the same action «throw» (-1); the same doer «king» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which emotion did the King display upon recognising the Princess and hearing her name?

1. a deep and tearful love for her — score -3
2. sincere affection — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a great and utter shock and disbelief — score -3
4. cruel contempt — ← 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 -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 693, line 19: «The king shows the captive to visiting strangers "with ferocious joy," which shows how cruel he is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «king» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What period of grace did the Prime Minister's counsel secure for the two prisoners?

1. until the King changed his mind entirely — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. ten years — score 1
3. a full fortnight of grace and mercy — no support
4. seven days — ✓ the right answer · 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 1372, line 17: «Old word: "remedied" means put right or fixed, so the monkey says that the problem "is soon remedied."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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