The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1689 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, why was the King called Peridor the Sorrowful, innit?

1. He was sad — score -1
2. He was dead gutted about his wife and he never got over it for years and years — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. He was proper gutted about his wife for years — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He was always moody — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1689, line 10: «What happens: each look from the bird makes the King stronger, until he is "once more as well as he used to be".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the bird's feathers sky-blue and gold, or just mad green?

1. Bright purple and white — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Just gold — no support
3. Green — no support
4. Sky-blue and gold — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the King get his strength back, or nah?

1. Yeah, he was well again — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Nah, he stayed ill ages — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nope, he's dead — score -1
4. Nah, not yet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1367, line 5: «The Hunter wants to go home, but the Sea King and his daughters beg him to stay, and three years slip by.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «sea king» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

What did the mirror show Saphir, like, a proper peak girl?

1. A girl as lovely as the morning, with long hair and a golden crown — score 3
2. A girl as lovely as the morning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. A girl all in black and white — score 3
4. A girl as lovely as the morning sun, singing by a dark silver river — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1681, line 19: «the magic words: the magician's "ring has taught me" shows that he treats wisdom as the true treasure, which is why he asks for no reward.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «magic words» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Why was the bird gone so fast, was it dead quick?

1. It was swifter than a swallow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. It flew faster than a hawk — score -1
3. Because the fowlers were slow and the bird knew every hidden path in the forest — score 0
4. It was swifter than a swallow and nobody in the kingdom could follow it — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1189, line 16: «Old word: "aviary" means a large cage or house for birds, and "courtiers" means the nobles who hang about a king's court; today we would say a bird house and p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the whole town do when the reward was mad big?

1. Ran into the fields in no time — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Ran off to the forest quickly — no support
3. Ran into the fields and the hills and the woods in no time at all — no support
4. Searched every field, every river and every wood for the bird in no time — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 839, line 8: «What the moon town looks like: a town in a bowl-shaped hollow, like "the white of an egg" poured into a glass of water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «moon town» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Saphir have a plan or did he just wing it?

1. He just trusted to chance — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He had a careful plan, though he left most of it to his trusty guards — score 0
3. He followed the bird's trail — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. He simply hoped for luck — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1689, line 13: «Why Saphir rides off: he is unhappy and "persuaded himself that he might succeed where the others had failed".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «succeed» (+2). Against it: the same doer «saphir» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Where did Saphir look for the bird, like its favourite spots?

1. The royal stables — score 3
2. The favourite haunts of birds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. The places where the fowlers sleep — no support
4. The tops of the tall cedars — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1689, line 14: «Where Saphir goes: he has no plan, and he searches "the favourite haunts of birds" with his "household".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «saphir» (+2); the same action «search» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the big forest made of, innit?

1. Cedar trees and dark green pines — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Oaks — no support
3. Tall cedars with silver bark — no support
4. Cedars — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the ground under the trees soft and green, or dead muddy?

1. Hard and grey — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Soft and green with rare flowers — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Soft and brown with dark moss — no support
4. Dry and brown with dead leaves — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the baby princess's mum, the one who got made regent?

1. The fairy queen — no support
2. The old nurse — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The widow of Diamantino — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The sister of the dead king — 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 1626, line 17: «Old word: "betrothed" means the one you are promised to marry; today we say "fiancé" or "fiancée."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Was Saphir a proper clever prince, did he know loads?

1. He knew everything a prince should know — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He could read but knew little of war — no support
3. He knew very little — no support
4. He knew all the courtly dances well — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

How old was Saphir when his mum died, like, the first time?

1. Three years old, when his father wept for the first time in the palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Just over three years old, so he barely remembered her face at all — no support
3. Three years old — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Four years old — 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 ✗

Why did the fairies put that mirror in his room, bruv?

1. To keep him from the wild birds — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. To test him — score 3
3. To make him weep for his mother — score 3
4. To stop him loving his dad too much — ✓ the right answer · 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 12: «Why: the fairies give their gifts because they see the sleeping brothers and say, "What fine fellows!"», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fairies» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the bird restored the sovereign's health?

1. By fixing the monarch with a steady gaze, which slowly brought back his strength — no support
2. Through a constant stare upon the sovereign, whereupon his health slowly returned — score -3
3. By steadily gazing upon the King from the windowsill while the fairies sang a healing song over the entire palace — score -1
4. By steadily gazing upon the King, whereupon his strength was progressively restored — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 961, line 3: «In sunny Spain a happy young couple has health, riches and honour, and they argue about whether there is a life after death.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «happy young couple» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the text, what was the principal reason for Prince Saphir's departure in search of the bird?

1. His tender concern for his stricken father, combined with the fairies' secret instructions to find the bird — score 5
2. His affection for his afflicted father, whose recovery he sought — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. His wish to claim the throne after the King's sudden death — score 1
4. His deep devotion to his ailing father, together with a wish to restore the kingdom's prosperity — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 812, line 9: «Why: the boys put the bird in a cage and then forgot to give it anything to drink.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which natural feature is described as surrounding the Prince upon his arrival at the final forest?

1. A woodland composed entirely of cedars, beneath which the grass was soft — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A woodland composed entirely of cedars, beneath which the grass was soft and covered with rare flowers — no support
3. A vast woodland of ancient cedars and pines, through which a warm wind blew and birds sang overhead — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. A wood of pale birches where the soil was rich and the air was sweet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 692, line 4: «Death grabs his other foot, the Queen of the Immortals makes a wager, and she catches the prince when the wind blows him toward the wall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wind» (+3). Against it: the same action «blow» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the fairies intend when they placed the magic mirror in the Prince's room?

1. To keep the Prince from his father's sickroom and their magic — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. To make the Prince grow up faster than his father wanted — score 2
3. To amuse the Prince — score 0
4. To prevent his love for his father from interfering with their plans — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1660, line 9: «who: The fairy Aveline "had made up her mind to marry" Princess Minon-Minette to the young king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fairy» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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