Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1542 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, what did the Duchess tell her women to do to Graciosa?

1. hit her hard — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. whack her — no support
3. bash her with the rods, no mercy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. beat her with the sticks, no pity — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 18: «The cook throws fire-irons, saucepans, plates and dishes at the Duchess and the baby; the Duchess takes no notice of them, even when they hit her, and Alice cr…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hit» (+2); the same thing acted on «duchess» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what turned into feathers instead of the rods?

1. the rods, proper mint, and the whole bundle of them at once — score 3
2. the cane, really wicked — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. the rods, proper mint — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. the wand, dead cool — 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 1542, line 7: «Four waiting women seize Graciosa, and the rods they lift turn into "bundles of peacock's feathers".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Graciosa fake being poorly, like?

1. so the Duchess thought she was battered — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. so the Duchess thought she was battered and would call off the whole beating right away — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. cos she fancied a lie-in and wanted the Duchess to fuss over her all day long — score 3
4. so the Duchess figured she was knackered — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1541, line 11: «The King says he caught a dove, but Graciosa answers, "I should have called her a screech owl."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «graciosa» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Who popped up in her room once the nurse had gone?

1. Percinet, the fit prince, all dressed up in silver and smelling of roses — score -2
2. Percinet, the fit prince — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. some bloke — score 1
4. Percinet, the posh prince — 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 1542, line 9: «Percinet appears in Graciosa's room and advises her to keep pretending to be ill for a few days.», 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 (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the big tournament for, bruv?

1. to show the Queen is the fittest and the King's knights are the bravest of all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to pick the best knight in town — no support
3. to show the Queen is the fittest, and everyone at court knows she always wins — no support
4. to show the Queen is the fittest — ✓ the right answer · 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the mystery knight with the bow full of diamonds?

1. Percinet, obviously — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Percinet, obviously, the fairy prince who visits the girl every night — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Alcander, obviously — no support
4. Percinet, the fairy prince from the crystal palace, who had been watching her all along — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1271, line 15: «Why: the village is "dumb" in awe because "no one had seen the arrow fly from his long bent bow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «one» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the mystery knight show at the end?

1. the Queen's portrait, looking lovely — score 0
2. the Queen, dude — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Graciosa's portrait, dead gorgeous — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. a map, mate — no support

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 1537, line 6: «Who: Jack, the Giant, the Giantess, and the Fairy, who helps Jack at the end of the tale.», 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 (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

What did the Queen call Graciosa, the cheeky thing?

1. a popinjay, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. a little cow, mate — score 1
3. a brat — score 1
4. a fool — 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 1542, line 12: «The Queen calls Graciosa a "popinjay", an old word for a vain, foolish person.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the King say when the Queen wanted Graciosa?

1. She's the Queen's now, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. She belongs to her, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. She's yours — score -2
4. She is yours to keep, mate — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1539, line 9: «why: the King is furious because the Queen says a fairy "had come and carried her off by force".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+8); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on (-1); the same doer «king» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

How far did they drive the Princess?

1. miles away — score -1
2. a hundred leagues, proper miles — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. three hundred leagues, proper miles — score -1
4. two days' ride, proper far — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1512, line 3: «The Princesses sit by the pond, and the youngest sends Halvor to sleep while she combs his hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princesses» (+3); the same action «sit» (+2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What time of night was she dumped in the forest?

1. the dead of the night, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. the middle of the pitch black — ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. the small hours of the dark — score 9
4. midnight — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1088, line 1: «The faggot-maker and his wife decide to lose the children in the forest a second time, but Little Thumb overhears them again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «forest» (+6); the same property (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was lighting up the forest, like?

1. lamps — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the trees, all glowy like a torch — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the moon — no support
4. the stars, all shiny like a lamp — 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 · ★ · right ✓

How did Percinet get her to the palace?

1. in a golden sledge pulled by two white stags with silver bells on their harness — score 3
2. in a sledge pulled by two stags that ran faster than the wind over the snow — score 3
3. on a horse with a silver bridle — score 3
4. in a sledge pulled by two stags — ← 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 1542, line 17: «Percinet takes Graciosa in a "little sledge, drawn by two stags" to a palace of "clear crystal".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «draw» (+2); the same thing acted on «little sledge» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

How long did she stay at the fairy palace, then?

1. two nights — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. eight nights, quite long — score 6
3. eight days, which flew by — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nine days, and then she left — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 702, line 2: «At the palace the princess stays silent, and the fox says the Count is too busy with his property to chat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «palace» (+5); the same action «stay» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which material is the fairy palace described as being constructed from?

1. rare coloured crystal mined deep in the far northern hills — no support
2. clear crystal — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. clear crystal, cut with silver and gold around the windows — score 0
4. red granite — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1008, line 7: «where: the city has "hundreds of towers" that "shone in the sunshine like silver", and the palace is "roofed with pure red gold".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «palace» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the Queen's principal motive for abandoning the Princess in the forest?

1. to be rid of her — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. to avenge the humiliation of her knights — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. to rid the court of an unwanted girl — no support
4. to punish the Princess — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1358, line 13: «Why: he blames the Princess and thinks "she had wished to kill him so that she might be rid of him."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). 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 ✗

By what means did the Duchess's beating fail to injure the Princess?

1. the rods were transformed into peacock's feathers by Percinet's magic before they could touch her skin — no support
2. the rods were transformed into peacock's feathers — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the rods were transformed into peacock's feathers, and the Duchess's women fainted from fright at the sight — score -3
4. the women refused to strike her at all — ← 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 -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1542, line 14: «The Queen has the Princess driven "a hundred leagues from the palace"; a league is about three miles, so the forest is very far away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «princess» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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 was the purpose of Graciosa's request made to Percinet on the final day?

1. to learn the reason given to the King for her disappearance — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. to see the Queen again — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. to learn why the Queen dismissed her knights in shame — score -6
4. to find out what the King had been told about her — 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 135, line 14: «The servants are set to work "in the middle of the night", so their plan makes things far worse.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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