Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1662 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 ✓
yo bruh, so the princess got a fan that lifted her up, right?
- 1. Nope, she dropped it and fell down to the ground — score 1
- 2. Yeah, she stuck it under her feet and floated off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Yeah, she hid the fan under her feet and then rose high above the fields with it — score 1
- 4. Yeah, she put the fan under her feet, stood on it, and drifted up over the whole kingdom — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1662, line 11: «She hides the fan under her feet, and "she felt herself rising from the ground" while Grimace is too blinded by fury to notice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fan» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, why did Grimace freak out so hard?
- 1. Cause the princess took the old fan — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Because she wanted the fan for herself — no support
- 3. Because the princess wouldn't hand over the fan — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Because the fairy was really angry that the princess had hidden the fan under her feet — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1346, line 7: «What: The tortoise says, "If you will ride on my back I will take you without any trouble on your part."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
ngl, Souci was lowkey dedicated, right?
- 1. Yeah, he looked in every single place — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he searched every possible and impossible place — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he searched every possible and impossible place in the whole kingdom for her — no support
- 4. Yeah, he went looking for her everywhere he could think of, even impossible places — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
fr, did he get hurt trying to fly?
- 1. Yep, he tumbled back down a lot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yep, he tumbled back down many times and bruised himself badly each time — no support
- 3. Yeah, he crashed to the ground — no support
- 4. Yep, he kept tumbling back down to earth again and again, getting hurt — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
so what was the bird thing in the air?
- 1. A bright bird that the princess called out to — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A bright bird that the princess had been calling for since she first saw the fan in the fields — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 3. A tall bird that the fairy chased away — no support
- 4. A bright bird that the princess called out to from the high window of the tower — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 895, line 14: «Where: the dream lake and the Nile are real places, and from the air Helga sees "a narrow, golden, wavy strip" on the shore of the Nile.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
no cap, what did she shout at him?
- 1. Behold the bird without feathers and the bridge without an arch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. Behold the castle without walls and the river without banks — score -2
- 3. Behold the bridge — score -2
- 4. Behold the tower without a door and the fan without its feathers — score -2
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 682, line 6: «Who: the knight is called "your dirty goose-boy" by his own words, but he is really "a king's son" and "the invincible knight".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «own words» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the fan get big enough for people?
- 1. Yes, big enough for the queen and Souci — no support
- 2. Yep, big enough for the king, Aveline, and the whole royal court to stand on — no support
- 3. Yep, big enough for the king and Aveline — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Yep, it grew big enough for the king, Aveline, and all their many servants and guards — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1662, line 16: «The fan grows big enough to hold the king and Aveline, who has come to give them good advice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
who had to keep the sheep at the end?
- 1. The Iron King, after he lost the fight and surrendered his whole army to Souci — score 1
- 2. The Iron King's brother, after the war — score -1
- 3. The Iron King, after he lost the fight — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. The Iron King himself, after he was defeated in the great battle near the river — ← 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 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1273, line 2: «The boy pouts and says he wants the woman's voice, so the toad mother admits she cannot keep him, and she sends a son after him to keep him near.», 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 «mother» (+1); the same thing acted on «son» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, what did the Iron King have to swear?
- 1. To guard the royal gate — score 3
- 2. To treat all of King Souci's sheep with great kindness and care forever — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. To treat the sheep kindly — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. To never harm the sheep and always feed them well every single day — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1337, line 8: «Why: his mother fell ill soon after his birth and "could not take care of him herself".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mother» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro, was Girouette there for the wedding?
- 1. Nope, but she heard all about the business later on — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, she was there — no support
- 3. Yeah, and she was totally shocked at how much business got done while she was gone — no support
- 4. Yeah, and she was shocked at all the stuff done without her — ✓ 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 ✓
lol, what was the princess eating at the start?
- 1. Only a little black bread — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Only a little cold porridge — no support
- 3. Only a small piece of hard black bread and some cheese from the cellar — no support
- 4. Only a little black bread and a sip of cold water from the stream — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
ok last one, what did the fan fall out of her dress for?
- 1. A key to the tower — score 2
- 2. A map of the kingdom — score 2
- 3. A letter from her lover — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. An old love letter written by a prince from far away — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1081, line 8: «WHERE: a little room on the top of a tower in the palace, while the King and Queen are away at one of their houses of pleasure.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did the princess remove herself from the reach of the fairy?
- 1. By tucking the fan under her skirt and lifting off — no support
- 2. By concealing the fan beneath her feet and ascending into the air — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. By hiding the fan under her feet and then flying up into the sky above the fields — score 1
- 4. By sitting on the fan and rising above the fairy — 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 1662, line 11: «She hides the fan under her feet, and "she felt herself rising from the ground" while Grimace is too blinded by fury to notice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fan» (+3). Against it: the same action «hide» (-1); the same place «feet» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which object did the princess discover in the fields, and what did it contain?
- 1. A large golden fan that held a hidden message — ← Mova's choice · score -6
- 2. A bright fan from which a note fell out — no support
- 3. A large fan from which a letter from her secret lover tumbled out onto the grass — no support
- 4. A large fan, from which a letter from her lover fell — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 735, line 5: «She breaks her promise, the frog comes knocking at her door, and she is told she must keep her word, so he hops in and sleeps on her pillow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the outcome of the encounter between Souci and the princess in the air?
- 1. They fought, and the meeting was an unhappy one — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A happy meeting — no support
- 3. They met for the first time, and it was happy — no support
- 4. Their first meeting took place, and it was a happy one — ✓ 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the eventual fate of the Iron King following the battle?
- 1. He fled the kingdom and was never seen again — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. He was executed and his lands were given away — score 3
- 3. He was imprisoned — no support
- 4. He surrendered and was set to keep King Souci's sheep — ✓ the right answer · 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 1648, line 15: «Why the serpent is fed: it "threatened to lay waste the whole land" unless the king sent it a man each morning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «land» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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