Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1711 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 ✓

Mate, did the Prince actually shoot that boar right through the skull or what?

1. Yeah, proper straight through, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, proper straight through the skull, innit, one arrow and it dropped dead — no support
3. Nah, he didn't, the boar ran off into the woods with the arrow still stuck in it — no support
4. Yeah, through the ear, bruv — 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 ✗

Wait, so the hare came out of the boar's side, that's wicked, right?

1. Yeah, it sprang out and bolted down the bank before anyone could catch it, innit — score -1
2. Nah, it jumped up and ran off — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Nah, that's not what happened, it came out of the river and swam off somewhere — score 1
4. Yeah, it sprang out and bolted down the bank — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1709, line 4: «On a hunt a hare runs off, the prince gives chase, his saddle girth snaps, his foot touches the earth, and he vanishes before the courtiers' eyes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run off» (+2); the same doer «hare» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the Prince not just let the dove go, bruv?

1. Cause the black girl told him not to, simple — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Cause the black girl told him not to, simple, he wasn't going to disobey her — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Cause the dove was the Fairy's spy and he knew it all along from the start — score 1
4. Cause the King ordered him, bruv — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1698, line 9: «Why: the giant likes to torment people, and he makes storms so he can take more prisoners.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, the dove turned into an egg, how mad is that?

1. Yeah, dead weird, a proper magic thing — no support
2. Dead mad, yeah, and it was a sneaky trick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Dead mad, yeah, and it was a sneaky trick by the Fairy to fool the Prince — score 3
4. Nah, it wasn't mad at all, it was just a normal egg that rolled off a nest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 760, line 4: «The dove on the hazel-tree sings out both tricks, so the prince turns back twice until Ashputtel puts on the shoe and the dove settles on her shoulder.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dove» (+4); the same thing acted on «tricks» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the vulture was really a girl, right, or am I getting it wrong?

1. Yeah, the vulture was the girl, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Nah, the vulture was just a bird — no support
3. Yeah, the vulture was the girl — score 0
4. Nah, the egg was the girl, the vulture was the monster — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1711, line 2: «A vulture swoops down, and the Prince flings the egg at it, and out steps the most beautiful girl he has ever seen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «vulture» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «beautiful girl» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Prince throw the egg at the vulture or just drop it, fam?

1. He hurled it at the vulture fast — score -1
2. He chucked it at the bird with all his might — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He just dropped it on the ground and kicked it towards the vulture slowly, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He chucked it at the bird with all his might and it flew straight across the sky — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1020, line 13: «The prince spends seven years and gathers warriors who cover "the space of several miles".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spend» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Ugh, how did the wicked old Fairy get to the river, though?

1. She rode her chariot pulled by a fiery dragon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. She rode her chariot pulled by two horses — score 7
3. She walked all the way to the river on foot through the forest and then over the hills — score 2
4. She rode her chariot pulled by a fiery dragon that burned everything in its path — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1711, line 3: «The wicked old Fairy rides her dragon chariot after the lovers, but when she reaches the river the waters sink it and carry her away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wicked old fairy» (+4); the same thing acted on «dragon chariot» (+2); the same action «ride» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Was the Fairy's chariot still in the river at the end, or nah?

1. Nah, the waters sunk it right to the bottom of the river where it stayed for ever — score 2
2. Yeah, it's floating on the top — no support
3. Yeah, it's still floating down the river and the fishes are riding in it now — score 2
4. Nah, the waters sunk it right to the bottom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1711, line 3: «The wicked old Fairy rides her dragon chariot after the lovers, but when she reaches the river the waters sink it and carry her away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sink» (+2); the same doer «waters» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Did the little fishes actually eat the Fairy in the end?

1. Yeah, she made a proper good meal for them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, she made a proper good meal for them and they were well fed for weeks after — score 3
3. Nah, she got away in the thorns — no support
4. Yeah, the fishes ate her bones — 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 1711, line 4: «She is caught in thorn bushes, where the little fishes eat her, so the Prince and his Bride are finally safe.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So that's the Prince and his girl sorted, yeah, and they got married?

1. Yeah, massive wedding feast the next day with music and dancing all night long — no support
2. Nah, they only had a quick ceremony and then went back to the forest together — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, massive wedding feast the next day — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, they got married in secret — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1505, line 4: «At the castle the princes and princesses dance until their shoes are full of holes, and then they all go back across the lake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go back» (+2); the same doer «princes» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Was the old King well happy to see them, or was he dodgy about it?

1. Dead happy, he was full of joy and gladness — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Yeah, he was happy and clapped — score 1
3. Nah, he was well cross, bruv — score 1
4. Dead happy, he was full of joy and gladness and hugged them both tight — 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 1692, line 1: «The King sends twelve youths and twelve maidens to the Serpent's lake every year, and the land grows poorer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayo, did they live happily ever after, or did something go wrong?

1. Yeah, they lived happy, no drama — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, they lived happy for ever after, as far as we know, no drama at all — no support
3. Yeah, they lived happy for ever after, as far as we know — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, the Fairy came back, bruv — 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 ✗

Was it a proper good wedding or just a boring little do?

1. It was a nice little do, fam — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was a gorgeous feast, the best ever — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It was a gorgeous feast, the best ever, with food and music for days on end — no support
4. It was a dull little do, nothing special, just some bread and a bit of water — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the Prince's conduct in response to the black girl's commands when he encountered the dove?

1. He ignored the commands — score 0
2. He followed the orders but spared the bird — no support
3. He disobeyed and spared the bird's life — score 3
4. He obeyed the commands strictly and did not spare the bird's life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1711, line 9: «Why: The Prince must obey the black girl's commands, so he "dared not spare the little creature's life" even when the dove circled his head.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spare» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the means by which the wicked old Fairy attempted to overtake the lovers, and state the outcome of that attempt.

1. She used a chariot drawn by a fiery dragon, and it was sunk by the waters of the river — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. She used a magic carpet, and it was torn apart by the storm — score 1
3. She used a magic carpet drawn by a flock of birds, and it crashed into the rocks near the old King's palace — score 1
4. She used a chariot drawn by a fiery dragon, and it was sunk by the waters — ✓ 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 1709, line 13: «The task: the Prince must "cut down all the trees there before sunset" using the glass axe the Fairy gave him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the reason the old King received the Prince and his Bride with joy and gladness upon their arrival.

1. Because the old King had been told in a dream that the Prince would bring him great treasure — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Because the lovers had been freed and were safe after their ordeal — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Because the lovers had been freed and were safe after their long ordeal in the forest — score 1
4. Because the Fairy had been captured by the guards — 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 1439, line 16: «In her dream a Prince says, "Only be grateful," and warns her "do not trust too much to your eyes."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the sequence of events by which the bird-girl was freed from her enchantment and the Fairy was destroyed.

1. The Prince threw the egg, the vulture was transformed into a girl, and the Fairy's chariot was sunk by the waters — score 1
2. The Prince shot the boar, the hare escaped, the dove became an egg, and the Fairy's dragon was left to drown in the river — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The vulture attacked, the Prince threw an egg, and the Fairy drowned — score 1
4. The Prince threw the egg, the vulture was transformed, and the Fairy's chariot was sunk — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1128, line 9: «Why: The she-dragon wants to "tear the pair of us to pieces," so the girl changes shape again and again to escape her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «escape» (+2); the same doer «girl» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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