Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird
Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1565 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 ✓
Wait, who was the real canary here, Zizi or Titty?
- 1. Zizi — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the canary — no support
- 3. the bride Titty, who was the bird — no support
- 4. Titty — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, what turned Zizi into a bird in the first place?
- 1. a pin in her head — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. a bird in her cage — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. a spell — score 2
- 4. a pin — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, why kept the goose getting burnt, like three times?
- 1. the fire was too hot — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the golden bird's spell — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the cook was careless — no support
- 4. the spell — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, how many times did that canary mess with the cook?
- 1. four — no support
- 2. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. two — no support
- 4. more times than anybody could count — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1565, line 4: «The golden bird spoils three geese in the kitchen until the cooks chase it and Tubby pulls out the pin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Proper, what did the Lord of Avesnes do when he saw her?
- 1. nearly fell backwards — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. stumbled back against the wall — no support
- 3. laughed loudly — no support
- 4. covered his eyes and turned away in horror — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Dude, who got sent back to the brick-fields in the end?
- 1. Titty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Zizi — score 2
- 3. the gypsy girl from the brick-fields — score 2
- 4. the Prince's own false bride — 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 1565, line 5: «Zizi becomes a girl again and marries Désiré, while Titty is pardoned and sent back to the brick-fields.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Innit, who sat on the oven and gave the judgement?
- 1. Tubby — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the old Lord of Avesnes from the court — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Desire — no support
- 4. the chief cook in his white apron — score -5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1551, line 19: «Old word: a "wicket" is a small door set in a larger gate, and the porter speaks through it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yeah but who said "Good-morning, lovely golden bird" first?
- 1. Zizi — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 2. the bird — score -3
- 3. the cook — ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 4. the scullion — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 207, line 11: «WHAT: The friends leave him; when he calls, the first one says "Tell him, every time he calls, that I am not at home."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). Against it: the same property (-3); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was Désiré all hot and bothered riding in?
- 1. the ugly bride looked worse in rich clothes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the rich coat was too heavy — no support
- 3. the ugly bride looked even uglier once she was dressed in silks — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 4. his horse had galloped so far that he was sweating from the road — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1563, line 9: «WHY: His father laughs because Désiré wants "a yellow wife" who is "shut up inside an orange."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «yellow wife» (+1). Against it: the same doer «désiré» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, what did Désiré reckon was his fault?
- 1. his horse's speed — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. leaving her — no support
- 3. the spell, for leaving her alone — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. being too proud — 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 ✗
Could Zizi save Titty from getting burned?
- 1. she got her pardon — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. she was not able — no support
- 3. yes she was saved — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 4. no, Zizi could only watch from the sill — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1565, line 1: «Zizi tells the gypsy how she was once a canary and how she loved Prince Désiré.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «zizi» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was it that finally pulled the pin out?
- 1. the cook — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Desire — no support
- 3. Tubby — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the scullion — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the scullion do when the bird asked him to sleep?
- 1. yawned loudly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. rolled over and began to snore loudly — no support
- 3. dozed off — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nodded once — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the boys in the countryside wear to the wedding?
- 1. paper hats — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. gilt paper epaulets — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. bows — no support
- 4. hats — 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 1148, line 19: «Old word "fowlyard": the yard where poultry lives. Old word "tumbledown": falling apart, in ruins.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall apart» (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Upon which occasion did the Prince's father condemn the gypsy to death?
- 1. upon discovering the imposture — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. once the whole court learned the bride was really a gypsy girl — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. after the false bride had been unmasked in the hall — no support
- 4. after the wedding feast — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 761, line 16: «Old word: "suitor" means a man who wants to marry a particular woman, and today we just say "boyfriend" or "admirer."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence 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, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
By what means was the bride's original form restored?
- 1. by withdrawal of the pin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. by the careful removal of the pin from her head — no support
- 3. by the removal of the spell — no support
- 4. through the breaking of a charm — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
To whom did the golden bird address its salutation on each occasion?
- 1. the bird — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the chief cook — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the kitchen maid — no support
- 4. the scullion boy — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the fate of the impostor at the close of the tale?
- 1. forgiven and freed — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. sent back home — no support
- 3. pardoned — no support
- 4. pardoned and expelled — ✓ 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
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