Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1679 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 so how long she gotta stay quiet for, no cap?
- 1. yeah, six years of total silence, fr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. six years, fr — no support
- 3. yeah, three years of total quiet, bruh — no support
- 4. like six years — 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 ✓
ngl why'd the hunters even climb up that tree?
- 1. cos she wouldn't budge, so they hopped up — no support
- 2. because she was stubborn, so they went up — no support
- 3. cos she wouldn't come down, so they went up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. cos she was up there — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1070, line 1: «Mananna'n wraps the dog in his cloak and tells the king he may come down from the tree, and the proud king climbs down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come down» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
lowkey where did she chill in the forest, bruh?
- 1. in a barn, just singing and eating the bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. up a tree, just sewing and looking at her work — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a cave, innit — no support
- 4. in a hut, bruh — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
was the King salty when the wicked mum took the babies?
- 1. yeah, he got super angry at her, bruh — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, he was chill about it, mate — no support
- 3. yeah, he was dead mad and sent men to chase the wicked mum out of the castle — no support
- 4. nah, he didn't believe her at first — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait so why's she getting burnt, fam?
- 1. cos the law said she had to be burnt — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. cos the mum said she ate them, mate — no support
- 3. cos the king just said so, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. cos the king's council decided she was guilty after hearing the wicked mother's story — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3); 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
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
did she finish the shirts in time, bro?
- 1. yeah, all done apart from one cuff — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, all done except the left sleeve — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, finished bar the right sleeve — no support
- 4. nope, one short — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's the deal with the youngest brother's arm, innit?
- 1. he's got a golden hand instead — no support
- 2. he's got a swan's wing instead — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. he's got a full swan's wing where his left arm should be, which is proper weird, innit — no support
- 4. he's got a swan's wing instead of his left arm, and feathers all over his shoulder — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1679, line 17: «The youngest brother: "Only the youngest had a swan's wing instead of his left arm."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «wing» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
so after she talks, does the King believe her, mate?
- 1. nah, he thinks she's still lying, mate — score 2
- 2. yeah, once she finally speaks he listens to her and realises the wicked mum lied — score 1
- 3. yeah, he believes her in the end, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. yeah, she tells him she's innocent — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1674, line 3: «The king is so surprised by the coffin that he locks it in an iron chest, and then he decides to marry the fairest woman in the world.», 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 thing acted on «fairest woman» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
is the Dragon kinda dangerous, like proper dangerous?
- 1. yeah, it burns whole villages — score 1
- 2. yeah, it eats men and beasts — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. yeah, it's massive and eats every man and beast it finds in the forest — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. yeah, it breathes fire and smoke — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1453, line 15: «WHAT: A dragon "ate up all the people he met," so the King gives the princess up to the fairies.», 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 thing acted on «people» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
how are the dragon's eyes, like, wild?
- 1. they make you go all dizzy — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. they're just brown — score 2
- 3. they glow a bit — score 5
- 4. they bewitch you into its jaws — ✓ the right answer · no support
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 1127, line 15: «fact: Where: the dragon's house has "a large meadow as far as the eye could reach," and Ivan must weed it in one night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eye» (+3); the same action «reach» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the young man find the magic ring yet?
- 1. yeah, he's got it now — score 1
- 2. not yet, he's still looking — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. nah, still searching out there — no support
- 4. nope, he's still hunting for it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1656, line 10: «Why must he remember the words? Only the troll's exact words could turn him back into a man, so he "thought and thought" all day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's in the magician's brew, the potion stuff, bruh?
- 1. nine herbs picked by moonlight from the graveyard, then mixed with bird feathers and water — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nine herbs picked by moonlight — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nine berries picked at sunrise — no support
- 4. nine herbs picked by moonlight and boiled with honey and a bit of owl blood — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which condition did the brothers impose upon the maiden regarding speech and laughter?
- 1. She was forbidden to speak. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. She was forbidden to sing or weep for six years. — score 0
- 3. She was told to hush up for a long time. — score -1
- 4. She was forbidden to speak or laugh for six years. — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 427, line 4: «She says his brothers forbade them to say he was alive, and threatened to slay them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). Against it: the same action «forbid» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the hunters attempt to persuade the silent maiden to descend from the tree?
- 1. They gave their assurance that they would do her no harm. — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. They swore that no harm would come to her from them. — score -2
- 3. They shouted at her from below, promising that no one would hurt her if she came down at once. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. They gave their solemn word that they would do her no harm and would take her to safety. — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 1: «Fionn stays silent in his tree all night, trying not to sneeze, until he finally falls out of it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «fionn» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did the wicked mother bring about the Queen's sentence?
- 1. She accused the Queen of killing the babies falsely. — score 5
- 2. She stole the children and then falsely claimed the Queen had killed them at the castle gate. — score 8
- 3. She hid the children in a box and then lied to the court that the Queen had killed them all. — score 8
- 4. She falsely claimed the Queen had killed the children. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 1567, line 10: «The King condemned his wife to death, and the fire was lit "in the courtyard of the palace" while he watched and cried.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wife» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «king» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the nature of the Dragon's protection against weapons?
- 1. Nothing could harm it because its scales were harder than any stone, iron, or steel known to men. — no support
- 2. Its scales were so hard that no sword, spear, or arrow could ever pierce them at all. — no support
- 3. Its skin could not be pierced by blades. — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Its scales were harder than stone or metal. — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1009, line 2: «When he says the single word "shoe," she turns as pale as a ghost, because he has guessed right.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «single word» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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