Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1672 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 ✗

Wait, what was actually in the chest, mate?

1. spiders with sharp teeth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. rats with red eyes — no support
3. snakes with shiny eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. dragons with shiny eyes and long black claws — 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 ✗

Bruv, how many brothers did Ciccu have?

1. four — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. two — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. none — no support
4. one — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Who got the fruit off the fig tree then?

1. Ciccu — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Peppe, the eldest son — score 1
3. the brothers, who shook the tree from below — score 0
4. Alfin, the second son — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1663, line 17: «old word: "Repented" means was sorry for something done, the way we say regret today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit mad that Ciccu paid for three dishes with his purse, yeah?

1. nah, it's fine — no support
2. nah, he paid with coins — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. yeah, it did — no support
4. yeah, it gave him six florins — ✓ the right answer · 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 1672, line 4: «Ciccu talks his brothers out of the coverlet and purse, and then, after a lavish meal, he pays the bill with money from his purse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ciccu» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the coverlet a wicked magic blanket thing?

1. it took him anywhere he wished — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it carried him through the air to any place he wished to go — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. it took him to the king's palace and nowhere else — no support
4. it made him invisible at will — 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 1650, line 8: «Why: the elder brother killed his brother because "a great rage filled his heart" when he heard the young man's words.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which fairy gave the horn, like?

1. the first fairy — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. the third one — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. the second fairy — score 8
4. the second one — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 667, line 9: «Why: the king is angry at first, but he keeps his promise because he gave "my royal word" to spare the thief.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same thing acted on «royal word» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did Ciccu get the golden stairs going?

1. he ordered a stairway of gold — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. he ordered a shower of gold — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. he called the gold — no support
4. he rang a silver bell — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1672, line 14: «What: he asks for the coverlet and purse, saying he has "a fancy for them, for the sake of old times".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ciccu» (+3); the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the king come round to gawk at the house?

1. nah, he sent a message asking to see it another day — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. nah, he sent men — score 1
3. yeah, he sent a messenger — score 1
4. yeah, he came to see it himself — ✓ 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 1643, line 9: «Why: the king refuses his daughter to a man "of whom I know nothing," because he does not know if he is "a knight or a beggar."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sick, what did the princess want?

1. the horn, to blow it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the purse, to copy it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the coverlet, to wear it — no support
4. the purse, to sell it and buy a crown — 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 ✗

Gutted for the brothers, were they?

1. they were uneasy, figuring he had no cash — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. they were cross, reckoning he'd cheated them — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. they were fine — no support
4. they were relieved, thinking he'd stolen it — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1130, line 9: «Why does the rich brother set out? He thinks his brother "has nothing to eat," so he bakes "a good store of fat pancakes."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brother» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Ciccu fancy her so much?

1. she was dead gorgeous, but also very proud and cold — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. she was dead gorgeous and had the sweetest voice he had ever heard — score 3
3. she was dead gorgeous — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. she was really kind — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1672, line 13: «Who: Ciccu, who "had been awake and heard all they said", so he knows the magic in the gifts.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ciccu» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Ciccu tell her the whole fairy story?

1. yeah, every bit of it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, the first part — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. nah, just some of it — no support
4. yeah, every bit of it, though he left out the horn — 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 686, line 1: «First, the old shepherd Father Martin ends his ghost story about the mountain hollow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how long did the brothers stay in the forest before the dad died?

1. a few years — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. days — score 5
3. some months — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. weeks — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 1166, line 9: «Where: the brothers walk into a thick forest and find a castle standing in a wide clearing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+3); the same place «thick forest» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was discovered within the chest when it was opened by the woman?

1. Scorpions with glittering eyes and sharp claws — no support
2. Serpents with glittering eyes and forked tongues — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Vipers with black eyes and hissing tongues — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Snakes and bones — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1503, line 19: «Old word: "gaed" is an old Scots form of "went", and "ilk ane" means "each one", both words still heard in Scottish songs and tales.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hear» (+1). 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which son did the deceased father bequeath the fruit of the fig-tree?

1. To Ciccu — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To Peppe, the eldest son — no support
3. To Alfin, the middle son — no support
4. To Ciccu, the youngest son — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the princess obtain the purse from Ciccu?

1. She persuaded him by flattery and cunning questions while he sat at dinner — no support
2. She persuaded him by flattery and cunning questions — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She persuaded him by flattery and cunning questions, and then by threats to his brothers — no support
4. She bribed him with gold and jewels — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1672, line 16: «Why: Ciccu buys "a grand house, just opposite the palace" so that the king will come to see his wonders.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «ciccu» (-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 sum did Ciccu pay the innkeeper for the meal?

1. Six florins, taken from the purse — no support
2. Twelve florins — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Eight florins — score 1
4. Six florins — ✓ the right answer · 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 1092, line 18: «Old word: a "collation" was a light meal, and a "wench" was a plain word for a young servant girl, now old-fashioned or rude.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «plain word» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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