Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1563 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 ✗

Dude, the dad totally lost it over a yellow wife, right?

1. Nah, the wife idea made him furious and he threw his pipe at the servants — no support
2. Yeah, he laughed and fell asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, he cracked up so hard he dropped his pipe — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he just kept on smoking — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1454, line 15: «What: the Prince, lost in the forest, "flung himself down under a tree", and fell asleep while his horse browsed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+3); the same property (+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, why did the servants come back all dusty and wiped out?

1. They gave up at the river — score 2
2. They gave up and went home — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. They went the wrong way and never caught him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. They chased the wrong horse all the way to the sea and never came back — score 2

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 1563, line 10: «WHY: The servants come back at night because "they went all ways except the right one."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «servants» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what was up with that huge dog with eyes like balls?

1. It was a billiard-ball-eyed guard dog, and he chilled after the oat cake — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. It was a huge dog with eyes like balls who lived in the castle kitchen and then wandered off to sleep under the oak after the cake — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. A massive hound with glass eyes, calmed once fed — score 0
4. It was a billiard-ball-eyed guard dog trained by the Prior, and he chilled after getting the oat cake from Désiré who had planned it all — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1563, line 20: «OLD WORD: "Billiard balls" were smooth hard balls used in a table game, so the dog's eyes were round, shiny and staring.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «billiard balls» (+3); the same thing acted on «smooth hard balls» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the old man said madness is wisdom, that's so sick, yeah?

1. Yep, dreamy kids turn out smart — no support
2. Yep, being wild and dreamy when young is smart — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, he said madness is wisdom but only if you're old and grey and wise at the same time — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Yep, being wild and dreamy when you're young is actually super smart, and the old guy totally meant it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1114, line 14: «Why the old man lets them go: he gets what he wants, and each time he says "see that you do it!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, but why did the baker not wanna roast him?

1. | *He gave her the brush, so she was chill about it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He just hated the oven — no support
3. He was way too scared of the voice — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He had already eaten — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 218, line 12: «The baker calls him "Rufus, Rufus," which is the name he gave the dog.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «baker» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did the rope really chill out after the sun stuff?

1. Yeah, Désiré stretched it out, so it let him off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Nah, it stayed tight and he choked — no support
3. Nope, it kept on pulling tight — no support
4. Yeah, Désiré stretched it out in the sun for a whole day, so it let him off the hook — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1563, line 4: «At the witch's castle Désiré oils the gate, feeds the dog, brushes the baker's oven, and stretches the rope in the sun, then picks three oranges.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «désiré» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the gate just go all cool and open on its own?

1. He sang an old song loud — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He oiled the hinges with that little bottle — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He pulled the big bars one by one with his strong arms — no support
4. The guards had left it unlocked so the Prior could walk through at dawn — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honestly, what's the deal with the oranges, are they golden?

1. They're yellow, with a bird in each — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They're yellow, and there's a bird inside — no support
3. They're golden, and there's a princess in each one — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They're golden for sure, and each one has a princess inside waiting to be let out — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, so did he get to a river before he cracked them open?

1. Not yet, he was still searching when the sandy plain got him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nope, he gave up on the search — no support
3. Not yet, he was still lost when night fell — no support
4. Not yet, he kept searching for hours but the sandy plain took him before he found any — 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 ✗

So like, why was he so thirsty out on that plain at lunch?

1. He had given all his water to the dog and the horse at the start of the morning — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The sun was boiling and he was dry — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The sun was blazing overhead and he had drunk nothing since the castle gate — no support
4. He was just really hungry — 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 ✗

Did the dad ever get over that yellow wife thing?

1. Nope, he kept on sulking — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Not yet, he was still laughing when Désiré rode off — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Not really, he still sulks — no support
4. Nope, he's still mad — 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 ✓

Yo, is the Prince gonna be cool with what's next, or is it gonna go sideways?

1. Nope, the helpers got lost on the road, so the Prince is probably going to get stuck in the desert — score 5
2. Yeah, he's totally doomed — no support
3. The helpers saved him, so he has a good shot at it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Yes, the dog is on his side — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1550, line 13: «The stepmother's daughter gets the shoe on, but the Prince is "very unwilling" to keep his word because she is so ugly and loathsome.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what's a gourd even, like a fruit or a drink thing?

1. A small wooden cup to drink — no support
2. A sweet cake made with honey — no support
3. A fruit from the south — no support
4. A dried-out shell used as a water bottle — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1556, line 19: «Old word: "crick-cracking" is a sound of bones; "crook" is an old word for a shepherd's staff, a stick with a curved top.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did Désiré perform upon the iron gate prior to its opening?

1. He hammered the iron bars until the rust fell away from the hinges — no support
2. He kicked the iron frame hard — ← Mova's choice · score -8
3. He lubricated the hinges with oil — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He painted the iron bars — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1079, line 3: «Her kind sister flees into the forest, where a King's son marries her when pearls and diamonds fall from her lips.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-3). The right option, 3, 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 principal reason the servants returned to the paternal residence?

1. They had lost the Prince's trail after the river and gave up searching at dusk — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. They had followed the wrong trail — score 1
3. They had pursued the Prince along the incorrect route — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. They had pursued the Prince along a road that led to the sea, far from his route — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1516, line 6: «Who: the Queen is "greatly incensed" when the hen-wife insults her, and she demands the reason or threatens her life.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «queen» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What substance did the Prince extract from his gourd at the moment the narrative concludes?

1. Dried figs from his bag — no support
2. Oil, which he poured out — no support
3. Water, which he raised to his lips — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. A cool drink of water from the spring, which he raised to his lips at last — ← 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 1563, line 5: «The helpers refuse to hurt him and let him go, but on a scorching sandy plain he is badly thirsty and lifts his gourd to his lips.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which fruit did the Prior of Saint Amand dispatch to the Lord of Avesnes, as recorded in the letter?

1. Golden apples from a sunny field — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. Lemons — score -4
3. Oranges, described as golden fruit from a sunlit land — ✓ the right answer · score -5
4. Quinces from a sunny land — 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 1563, line 1: «The Prior sends the Lord of Avesnes a basket of oranges, and Tubby and his son eat them at supper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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