Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1674 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 ✗

Bruv, did the talking horse actually talk or is that just proper daft?

1. It talked, innit, the whole way round, proper clever stuff — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it just neighed like a normal horse — no support
3. It talked, innit, the whole way round — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, bruv, it never talked, it was just a normal horse sayin' nothing at all — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, how did Ciccu even nick the sword from that big Man-eater?

1. He bribed the guard with some gold — score 3
2. Loads of mosquitos buzzed about so the Man-eater never heard a thing — score 3
3. Mosquitos kept him up all night so he never heard Ciccu — score 5
4. Mosquitos kept him up, so he never heard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 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 1674, line 9: «why: the mosquitoes keep the Man-eater busy, so he "did not hear Ciccu steal softly out".», 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 «hear» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the king just locked a coffin in a chest? Dead funny, mate!

1. Yeah, mate, the king had no clue — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, mate, the king was well smart — score 1
3. Yeah, the king thought it was clever — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, it was fine — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1665, line 15: «Why: The king and queen decide to give the lindorm slave-women because they think a lindorm will be "quite well satisfied with anyone."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «king» (+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 ✓

Why'd the two brothers have it in for Ciccu, like proper gutted?

1. He stole the gold they had wanted to keep — score 2
2. He got the gold — score 1
3. He beat them — score 2
4. He won when they wanted him to lose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1673, line 5: «Ciccu gives the old man half his figs, brings the king a basket of ripe ones, and gets a job, so his brothers plot against him.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ciccu» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Ciccu really say his own mate was dead to the Man-eater?

1. Yeah, he said Ciccu was dead, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, he said Ciccu was dead, innit, and then he crept off — score 3
3. Nah, mate, he said Ciccu was actually alive and well upstairs — score 3
4. Nah, he told the Man-eater he was lying — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1674, line 2: «Ciccu gets the king's new order to bring back the Man-eater himself, so he makes a coffin and pretends his own body is inside it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «man eater» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «ciccu» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

What's the deal with the bees and the fish and the eagle, bruv?

1. They were all in trouble and Ciccu helped them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Ciccu saved them from danger on the road — no support
3. They were all in trouble so Ciccu helped every one of them out — no support
4. They were just lazy — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Was the princess well up for a go on the horse, or nah?

1. Yeah, she was dead keen, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she was scared — no support
3. Nah, she was dead scared, bruv — no support
4. Nah, mate — 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 ✗

Why'd she chuck her veil on the floor and her ring in the stream?

1. To make Ciccu come back for them, mate, cos she wanted him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. She was just messy — score 3
3. To make Ciccu come back for them, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. To get Ciccu to return for them, bruv — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1601, line 5: «The Witch wants the Silver Shoes, so she sets a hidden iron bar on the kitchen floor to make Dorothy fall.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the new king asks her to marry him, dead quick, right?

1. Yeah, but she says only if Ciccu gets her veil — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she says yes straight away, no questions, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, she says yes, bruv — no support
4. Nah, she wants Ciccu to fetch her ring first — 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 468, line 1: «The King's men come for the fool, and he tells the stove to carry him to the King by the Pike's magic words.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «stove» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hang on, how long did the king give Ciccu to find her?

1. Eight days, mate, or he's toast — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Eight weeks, mate, or he's out — score 3
3. Two days, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Nine days, mate, or he's dead — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1673, line 15: «The king "loved figs," so he is delighted with Ciccu's basket and gives him five florins and a place at court.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «give» (+2); the same receiver «ciccu» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the horse actually helpful, or was he just a lazy mate?

1. Proper useless, bruv, he did nothing much — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Proper helpful, bruv, he sorted everything — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he was dead lazy at first but then proper helpful, bruv, after that — no support
4. Proper helpful, bruv, he sorted everything out on the whole trip — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 13: ««Trot up and down the towing-path as hard as you can, till you're warm and dry again, while I dive for the luncheon-basket.» (a towing-path is a path along a r…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «boats» (+2); the same doer «horses» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Did the king ever find out the Man-eater was really in the coffin?

1. Yeah, he saw him and locked the lid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, he saw Ciccu and opened it — score 5
3. Nah, he thought it was Ciccu, mate — score 3
4. Yeah, he saw him and locked the lid, then he got nicked — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1286, line 7: «What: the king gives them a palace and one rule: "be careful on no account to lift the lid" of the soup-tureen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «lid» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which item did the princess cast to the ground, and what condition did she set for her marriage to the king of Ciccu's country?

1. The veil she dropped, with a conditional promise of marriage to the king of Ciccu's country — score 4
2. The ring, with marriage promised if Ciccu returns it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. The veil, with marriage conditional upon Ciccu returning it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The veil, with marriage conditional upon Ciccu returning it to the king himself — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 524, line 19: «Old word: "Celibacy" meant living without marriage, which Medusa had promised to do as a priestess of Athene.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «marriage» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «marriage» (+1). 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 ✗

In what manner did the talking horse convey the princess and Ciccu from the castle courtyard?

1. At a gallop, carrying both through the forest — no support
2. At a gallop, carrying both away across the countryside — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By galloping at great speed, carrying both of them far across the wide countryside — no support
4. At a gallop, carrying both away across the countryside to the sea — ← Mova's choice · score -6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 205, line 10: «Why: Camaralzaman does not know the mystery of his position, because the princess "had taken his name" and few people remember her first name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «take» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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 ✗

What was the purpose of the mosquitoes released by the old women in the wood?

1. To keep the Man-eater busy so Ciccu could sleep — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. To keep the Man-eater awake so Ciccu could take the sword — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. To keep the Man-eater awake all night so Ciccu could take the sword unnoticed — score 3
4. To keep the Man-eater awake so that Ciccu could take the sword and escape the castle safely — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1674, line 9: «why: the mosquitoes keep the Man-eater busy, so he "did not hear Ciccu steal softly out".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «keep» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «man eater» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Why did the king decide to marry again, and whom did his counsellors recommend?

1. After the queen's death, when his counsellors urged him to marry the fairest woman in the entire land — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. After the queen's death, recommending the fairest woman in the world — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Because he was lonely after the queen's death, and his counsellors recommended a lady from the next kingdom over the hills — score 2
4. Since the old queen was gone, they picked a rich widow — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1365, line 4: «On the lonely shore a mysterious old man tells him the hook is lost at sea and sends him to the Sea King.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mysterious old man» (+1); the same receiver «sea king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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