Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1722 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 ✗
Oi mate, did the Simpleton's mum give him a proper packed lunch, innit?
- 1. Yeah, a massive pie, a cake, some cheese and a bottle of brandy as well — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, just a crust and a bottle of water, which was rubbish — no support
- 3. Nah, just a crust and a bottle of water — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, just some cheese and ale — 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 ✓
Wicked, so what's the King giving away, like?
- 1. Half his land, to whoever wins the race — no support
- 2. His daughter, to whoever makes a flying ship — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 3. His daughter and half his kingdom, to whoever makes a proper flying ship for him — score -2
- 4. His daughter, to whoever builds a boat — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 10: «What did he do? He became an eagle and flew to "a new and lovely spot" where the air smelled of jessamine and orange flowers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «king» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bare weird, why'd the manikin's bread turn into rolls?
- 1. Cos the oven was hot, innit — no support
- 2. Cos it was magic, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. Cos it was baked, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Dunno, mate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1336, line 4: «Barbaik finds her cows cleaned, her bread baked and her chores done for her, and she only has to wish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bread» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Did that hopping bloke really tie his leg up?
- 1. Yeah, cos he'd get to the end of the earth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, cos he'd fall over — no support
- 3. Yeah, cos he'd get to the end of the earth quicker than any horse could ever run — no support
- 4. Yeah, cos he'd reach the sea — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Was that marksman well good at shooting?
- 1. Yeah, he could hit a bird miles away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, not really, but he could hit a bird a few miles off if the wind was right — no support
- 3. Yeah, he hit a rabbit — no support
- 4. Yeah, he could hit a bird or beast a hundred miles away, easy, even in the dark — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the glutton scoff the whole basket?
- 1. Yeah, in one mouthful, he reckoned, though he said he'd be hungry again by noon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, in one bite, he said — no support
- 3. Yeah, in one mouthful, he reckoned — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he ate half of it — 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 ✗
That drinker bloke, how much could he sup?
- 1. A whole river in one go — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 2. A whole lake in one gulp, even the fish and the weeds too — no support
- 3. A whole river and the pond beside it in one mighty swallow — score -3
- 4. A whole lake in one gulp — ✓ the right answer · no support
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 443, line 17: «Old word: "supped" means had supper, and "bless'd" is an old spelling of blessed, so "bless'd daughter" is a rude jab from the hag.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «sup» (-1); the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gutted, what does that bundle of wood do if you chuck it down?
- 1. Turns into a big herd — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Turns to ash — score 6
- 3. Makes a fire — score 4
- 4. Turns into a proper army — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1212, line 11: «His wife weeps and wrings her hands, which means she twists them together in grief and worry.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «twist» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sus, what does that special straw do in summer?
- 1. Makes the sun go dark and the whole land cover in thick snow and ice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Makes hail fall and crops die — no support
- 3. Makes snow fall and folk freeze — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Makes snow fall and folk freeze and the rivers turn solid for months — 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 Simpleton a dunce, like his mum said?
- 1. Nah, he's just slow, though he did well — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Mum thought so, but he did the right things — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Mum thought so, but he was actually quite smart — no support
- 4. Yeah, mum was right — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Oi, where's the Prince riding off to at midnight?
- 1. To get the Flower Queen's daughter back from the dragons in the underground palace — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. To get the Flower Queen's daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To find the Flower Queen and ask her to let her daughter live with him all year — score -1
- 4. To get the King's daughter — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 681, line 4: «At the palace he becomes a dirty goose-boy named Paperarello, so nobody guesses who he is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same place «palace» (-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 ✗
Was the ball a proper big do?
- 1. Yeah, he wore his silver cloak — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he went off in his golden cloak and everyone was dancing and singing all night — no support
- 3. Nah, it was a small do, just a few folk, and he went off in his old brown cloak — no support
- 4. Yeah, he went off in his golden cloak — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the Flower Queen's daughter live with her hubby all year?
- 1. Nah, she went home to her mum in winter — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Nah, she went home to her mum in winter and only came back with the summer flowers — score 1
- 3. Nah, she stayed with her mum — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Yeah, she lived with him all year — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1580, line 3: «Under a tree's roots Dullhead finds a golden goose, and at an inn the landlord's three daughters stick fast to it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stick» (+1); the same doer «three daughters» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the means by which the Simpleton obtained his flying vessel?
- 1. By bowing thrice to the first tree and striking it with his axe — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. By making a bargain with the old manikin, who gave him a ship after he fed him his bread and bowed to the tree — score -3
- 3. By bowing twice to the second tree and chopping it with an axe — no support
- 4. By bowing thrice to the first tree, striking it with his axe, and then receiving the ship from the spirit that appeared at his side — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1108, line 18: «Old word: "heyducks" were armed servants or foot soldiers, and today the word is found only in old tales and history books.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+4); the same action «find» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What condition did the Flower Queen attach to her consent to the marriage?
- 1. That her daughter remain with her husband only during the summer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. That her daughter remain with her husband only during the summer months, returning to her mother's palace every winter — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. That the marriage be annulled should the Prince fail to bring a flying ship before the first snowfall of the year — score -2
- 4. That her daughter stay with her husband each summer — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1508, line 16: «fact: The King asks if she is willing, and she says "If you please, sire", while the Queen says "I consent also".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Pursuant to the King's decree, what qualification was required of the aspirant to his daughter's hand?
- 1. Construction of a vessel capable of aerial flight, proven before the court at the royal palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Construction of a vessel capable of aerial flight — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Construction of a carriage capable of rapid travel — no support
- 4. Possession of noble lineage together with the construction of a vessel that might survive a voyage across the sea and back again — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the principal characteristic of the straw carried by the final traveller?
- 1. It brings cold weather and frost when burned — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It causes warm breezes and sunshine when thrown — no support
- 3. It causes cold weather and snowfall when scattered, freezing all folk who stand near it — no support
- 4. It causes cold weather and snowfall when scattered — ✓ 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
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