Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1529 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 ✗

Bro, the Princess is still going, innit? Nine seas, nine continents, and now she's on the sandy desert, mate.

1. She's on the desert, then the mountains, then the Moon's crib — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Sand now, mountains later — no support
3. She's on the desert, then the mountains, then the Sun's crib — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, she's on the sand — 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 681, line 3: «Lost in a desert, he uses the curl to conjure a castle, servants and dinner.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «desert» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted for her, right? Every two steps forward and she's sent back one, proper knackering!

1. Yeah, she gets fully slowed down on that sand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she has to cross the sand and it slows her down really badly every time she goes — no support
3. Yeah, that desert sand slows her down so much she can barely move forward at all now — no support
4. Yeah, the sand slows her right down a lot — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, did you clock the chicken? She's been told not to lose a single bone, so she's basically carrying a dinner bag.

1. Yeah, she packed the chicken in a bag — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, the Moon's mum told her to keep them — no support
3. Yeah, she has a chicken — no support
4. Yeah, the Moon's mum warned her about the bones — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1302, line 19: «An eagle carries him in the cow-skin bag to an island, where "There was nothing to eat."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same place «skin bag» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, her poor feet are a mess, all torn and bleeding and that. Wild, but she still keeps on going.

1. Yeah, she is tough — no support
2. Yeah, she keeps on going anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Yeah, she's tough and doesn't give up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she's sore but still walking — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 933, line 4: «She is the mother of the four Winds, and she keeps her unruly sons shut in sacks on the wall.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, the flints on those peaks would be sooo rough to walk on, wouldn't they?

1. Yeah, flints cover all the top peaks — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, the peaks are covered in sharp flints — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, the flints are so sharp they'd cut your feet right through your shoes — no support
4. Yeah, the peaks have sharp stones on them — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1529, line 2: «Next she jumps over rocky mountains and climbs peaks covered with sharp flints, and her feet and knees bleed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cover» (+2); the same thing acted on «peaks» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Reckon the crawling bit was the worst? Hands and knees and her staff, bruv, that's proper hard graft.

1. Yeah, she crawls round the big drop with her staff — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she crawls round the big drop on her hands and knees and her staff helps her — no support
3. Yeah, she crawls round the cliff using her staff — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, she has to crawl on hands and knees round the huge drop, which is the hardest bit of the whole trip — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1325, line 17: «Old word "thou": it means "you" when speaking to one person, and nobody uses it like that today except in poems.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So she's basically got three pairs of iron shoes to wear out, right? That's a proper long walk, that.

1. Yeah, she wears out three pairs of shoes — no support
2. Yeah, her husband said three pairs must go — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, the Moon's mum said she must wear out three pairs of iron shoes before she gets there — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yeah, she has to wear out three pairs of iron shoes and then she finally reaches the Sun's palace — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1529, line 8: «Why: her husband said "we shall not meet again until you have worn out three pairs of iron shoes."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wear out» (+2); the same thing acted on «three pairs» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whose idea was it to go East? Bet it was the Moon's mum telling her where the Sun lives, yeah?

1. Yeah, she'd been told by the Moon's mum to go East, far beyond the desert and mountains — no support
2. Yeah, the Sun's mum told her to head North — score 5
3. Yeah, the Moon's mum told her to head East — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, the Moon's mum told her to head East towards the Sun's place and she went right away — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1183, line 18: «Old word: "Nought" means nothing, so "saying nought to their herd" means she said nothing to the cows or to anyone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same receiver «cows» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the Sun's the one she's chasing now? Like the Sun's gonna know where her husband is, mad!

1. Yeah, the Moon's mum said the Sun might know — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, the Moon's mum said the Sun could possibly know where her husband is hiding — score 3
3. Yeah, the Moon's mum said he might know — score 3
4. Yeah, the Sun might know where he is now — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1529, line 5: «Her long hunt for her husband, the Pig King, has brought her to the Sun, who may know where he is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+2); the same doer «sun» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did she throw away the old shoes or what? Coz she's got new ones now, yeah?

1. Yeah, she threw one worn pair away and kept the new iron shoes on for the rest of the trip — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Yeah, she dropped one old pair — no support
3. Yeah, she threw one worn pair away — ✓ the right answer · score -5
4. Yeah, she chucked one worn pair — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 293, line 12: «The Finland woman is "diminutive and dirty," and she "never threw anything away," so she keeps the fish in her cupboard.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); the same doer «woman» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Ain't that a bit cruel, her baby's on her arm the whole way across the mountains?

1. Yeah, she carries her baby the whole way across all the mountains and rocks without setting him down — score 5
2. Yeah, she holds her baby in her arms the whole way across the high mountains and peaks — score 4
3. Yeah, she carries her baby the whole way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, she carries him the whole way — no support

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 1529, line 6: «Who: the Princess, who carries her baby in her arms and her steel staff in her hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same thing acted on «baby» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Proper wild that she's got a steel staff, yeah? Like a sword but for walking.

1. Yeah, it's used for crawling bits — no support
2. Yeah, she uses it to walk and crawl — score -2
3. Yeah, the steel staff helps her crawl and walk and even fight off wolves on the way — score 1
4. Yeah, the staff helps her crawl and walk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 934, line 14: «Old word: a "Hindoo widow" in the story means a woman who once threw herself onto her husband's funeral fire; this custom is now banned in India.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); the same thing acted on «woman» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Quick one, what's the swamp bit like? Muddy as anything, yeah, or what?

1. Yeah, muddy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, bogs — no support
3. Yeah, she has to cross swamps — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, they're really muddy ones — 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 obstacles did the Princess overcome on her journey towards the dwelling of the Sun?

1. sandy deserts, rocky mountains, swamps, a precipice and a burning river of fire — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. sandy deserts, rocky mountains, swamps and a precipice — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. hot sand, sharp peaks, marshes and a cliff edge — score -4
4. sandy deserts, rocky mountains, forests and a canyon — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1358, line 9: «Why: the fire-rat's skin is special because "no fire could harm it," so the Princess burns it to test it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which instruction did the mother of the Moon give to the Princess regarding the chicken bones?

1. that she should not lose any of the bones — ✓ the right answer · score -5
2. that she should carry the chicken safely — no support
3. not to eat them — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. that she must share the bones with him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 663, line 12: «Lucky Luck's mother asks the prince to dig and eat with her son, and to speak only when Luck speaks, so the prince keeps quiet like a true seeker.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «mother» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did the Princess progress across the precipice that she could not leap?

1. by sliding down on her back, using her staff — no support
2. by crawling on hands and knees, aided by her staff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. by crawling on her hands and knees all the way round the edge, helped along by her steel staff — score 4
4. by creeping forward on hands and feet with her staff — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1529, line 3: «At a sheer drop she cannot cross, she crawls round on her hands and knees, pushing herself along with her staff.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crawl» (+2); the same place «hands» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the final destination of the Princess's journey as described in this part of the narrative?

1. the bright palace in the east where the Sun lived with his many servants — score -1
2. the golden hall of the morning star — no support
3. the palace in which the Sun lived after crossing the seas and deserts — score 5
4. the palace in which the Sun lived — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 654, line 6: «WHO: Sabrinetta is a little white Princess who lives in a tower above a small town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+2); the same thing acted on «little white princess» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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