Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is carried off, meets the Rainbow, and breaks a bottle

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

Lesson 1706 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 ✓

Oi, who did the King actually hand the crown to in the end, innit?

1. Prince Alphege — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Prince Edmund — no support
3. Lagree — no support
4. Zayda — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 208, line 18: «Old word: a vizir was the chief minister of a king, the one who ran the government and gave orders in the king's name.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «king» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how did the Wicked Queen go, like proper?

1. She was exiled — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. She was jailed — score 4
3. She died — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Ran off — score 3

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 1595, line 16: «The Queen's claim: the mouse cries, "I am a Queen—the Queen of all the Field Mice!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «claim» (+3); the same thing acted on «queen» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, who did Alphege marry, was it sus or what?

1. The daughter of the old Fairy of the Mountain — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Zayda — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Princess Gwendolyn of the far northern hills — no support
4. Mara — 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 ✗

So what name did the King give his girl, like, seriously?

1. Star — score 5
2. Sun — score 5
3. Morning-Dew-Child — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Fairer-than-a-Fairy — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1701, line 5: «The Queen gives the Prince a tiny picture of her daughter, and he promises to search the whole world for her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the old Fairy proper ancient, or just a bit old?

1. She had one eye and one tooth, and was older than the mountain itself — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She had one eye and one tooth — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. She had one eye and one tooth, and lived alone in a cave — score 2
4. She had two eyes and two teeth — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1706, line 11: «The Princess is "only seven years old" when she is taken, and her "pet cat and dog had followed her."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why were the fairies well gutted about the name, yeah?

1. They wanted the name for themselves — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. They thought the name was an insult — score 1
3. It was presumptuous and they got jealous, so they planned revenge at once — score 1
4. It was presumptuous and they got jealous — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1437, line 8: «fact: Why: the Queen wants his name because the rhyme says "For little deems my royal dame that Rumpelstiltzkin is my name!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, who did they send to do the nasty revenge?

1. Lagree, the eldest fairy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Morwen, the youngest fairy — no support
3. Lagree, the eldest fairy, who had lost most of her teeth — no support
4. Lagree, the eldest fairy of the whole mountain tribe, who was wise and very cruel — 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 ✗

Was the girl mad scared when she got taken, though?

1. She was angry and shouted loud — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She nearly died of fear when the ground opened beneath her feet — score 1
3. She nearly died of fear — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. She cried for her mother — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1701, line 3: «She cries and begs to be set free, but he takes her to a grand palace he has made by magic near his capital.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did her pet cat and dog come along too, or nah?

1. Yes, they ran ahead — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yes, they followed her all the way underground into the cave — score -1
3. No, they stayed at home — score 1
4. Yes, they followed her — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1612, line 2: «Their owners refuse to sell or swap them, so the two cats run away one moonlight night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run away» (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

What were her two tasks, like, the bossy stuff?

1. Keep fire burning and guard two bottles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cook and clean — no support
3. Carry water and fetch wood each day — no support
4. Scrub the floors and feed the goats daily — 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 monster that wanted to eat young girls, innit?

1. Bragorn — no support
2. Locrinos — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The cruel monster who lived beside the river — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Morgrim — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1379, line 8: «WHERE: The monster lives on the Ibuki Mountain, in the province of Omi, "so near the capital."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the bird tell her to nick from the fountain?

1. A silver coin — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. A red berry — no support
3. A shining pebble — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. A shining pebble from the bottom of the fountain — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1341, line 18: «Old word "sallied forth": set out boldly on a journey; today we would say "set off".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Who did she find at Locrinos's gaff, not the monster?

1. His wife, who was kept locked in a room upstairs — score -3
2. A servant — score -3
3. His wife, sitting quietly beside the fire with a basket — no support
4. His wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1247, line 14: «The second wife says her husband gave the hens poison, and "when I visit the yard next I find them all dead."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «wives» (-1); the same doer «second wife» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did she mess up the water, proper careless?

1. She knocked the basin over by accident while she was singing a song to herself — score -3
2. She knocked the basin over and then ran away from the monster — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The bottle cracked in her hand — no support
4. She knocked the basin over — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1570, line 8: «What: the man visits three sisters, and each old woman is "drawing water up from a well with her nose, it was so long".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the event in which the Princess removed the water from a bottle?

1. She broke one of the glass bottles and poured its contents into the basin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. She dug a hole in the ground and filled the basin from a spring beneath it — score -3
3. She filled the basin from the fountain and then left the cave quickly with it — score -3
4. She broke one of the glass bottles, poured its contents into the basin, and then carried the basin back to Lagree on the mountain path — 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 809, line 18: «Old word: "confirmed" meant a church ceremony where a young person affirms their faith; the elder daughter is about to take it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the passage, what was the precise nature of the ruby's conclusion?

1. It glowed red and then faded — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It split apart with a loud noise — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It split apart with a loud noise and scattered red light across the whole room — no support
4. It turned into a bright blue flame — 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 ✗

Which of the following statements accurately identifies the reason given for the Prince's transformation into a rainbow?

1. The fairies had cast a spell that kept him from his old form — score -3
2. Lagree had deprived him of his natural shape for some years, as punishment for siding with the King against her, and he hoped to be freed soon — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Lagree had wanted him to serve her in the sky above the cave — no support
4. Lagree had deprived him of his natural shape for some years — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1454, line 16: «Who: the youngest sister says "Never before have I seen anyone like him", and she goes out to speak with the Prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «sister» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which character was entrusted by the fairies with the execution of their revenge against the Princess?

1. The eldest of the tribe, Lagree, who had lost most of her teeth and one eye — no support
2. The queen — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The youngest of the tribe, Morwen — score 0
4. The eldest of the tribe, Lagree — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1548, line 15: «Why: the princess leaves because it was "worse still to be in the same house with the Queen".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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