Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62: the Soldier sees the Princess, is jailed, and is sentenced to hang

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1738 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 ✗

bro, who even was the dog with the big eyes?

1. the one with saucer eyes from the cellar — no support
2. the one from the hollow tree with eyes like saucers and a bushy tail — no support
3. the one the soldier met at the crossroads with eyes like saucers and a silver collar — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. the one from the hollow tree, eyes like saucers — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1419, line 8: «What: she lights her candle and sees "the handsomest prince that eyes had ever beheld."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so how'd the Soldier get the Princess to come over?

1. she walked there herself — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the Soldier carried her over — score 6
3. the dog snatched her in the night — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. the King sent her a note — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1738, line 8: «Why the Princess is hidden: it is prophesied that she "will marry a common soldier, and the King cannot submit to that."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+5); the same thing acted on «common soldier» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol why'd the Queen do the bag thing?

1. to mark the Princess's room — score 0
2. to follow the Princess's path by the buckwheat grains dropped along the street — score 0
3. to trace the Princess's path with grains — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. to test whether the lady-in-waiting could be trusted with the grains — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1621, line 2: «The wise woman tells the queen to eat the middle bud from a bush, and the queen has a baby girl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «baby girl» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl the chalk crosses were sus, right? who did that?

1. the dog, to mess up the lady — ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. the King, to trick the lady — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. the lady, to mark her way — no support
4. the Soldier, to confuse the guards — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1738, line 3: «The Queen's tricks with chalk crosses and buckwheat grains reveal the house to the King.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «queen» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

is the tinder-box legit or what?

1. yes, but only once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, rub it and the dogs show up but they are not always friendly — no support
3. yeah, rub it and dogs show up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nope, it only works if you strike it three times at midnight — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

how many times do u rub for the gold dog, fam?

1. as many times as it takes to see the dog — no support
2. three times — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. four times — score 4
4. ten times — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1576, line 10: «Where: the stepdaughter is sent to "the brook to fetch some water" and meets three heads there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same thing acted on «three heads» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

why was the shoemaker's kid running so hard?

1. he was skipping along happy and fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. he was running away from a bull — score 0
3. he was racing his friends to the market square before the bell rang — score 0
4. he was skipping along happy and fast with his new shoes on — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1082, line 10: «He spared Aurora because she came "jumping and laughing" to ask him for sugar-candy, and then "he began to weep".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the shoe flew off and landed where?

1. at the soldier's feet — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. against the prison wall — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. into the King's own garden behind the castle wall — score 2
4. against the prison wall beside the guard's window — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 6, line 5: «Left alone, she cries again, until she hears little footsteps and hopes the Mouse is coming back: a funny part with a sad ending, about not always noticing how…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «land» (+1); the same doer «words» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what did the Soldier want before they hanged him?

1. a glass of wine — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. a loaf of bread — score -2
3. one last pipe of tobacco — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. a last song — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1675, line 2: «The princess then wants the ring, so Ciccu calls on the emperor of the fishes, and a small fish he had saved brings it back from the stream.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

which dog was the BIGGEST, like seriously?

1. the one by the door — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the one with eyes like the moon — no support
3. the one with eyes like the Round Tower — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the one with teeth like the castle wall — 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 · ★ · right ✓

what do u call the ladies who serve the Princess?

1. handmaidens of the crown — no support
2. ladies-in-waiting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. lady-servants — score -3
4. courtiers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1707, line 11: «The myrtle makes "a green and shady bower" around the sleeping girl, which is how she escapes Lagree for a while.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «sleeping girl» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, did the dream really happen or nah?

1. no, she only dreamed it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. no, the dog really carried her — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. yes, it was just a dream — score 2
4. yes, it was all a dream — 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 1008, line 16: «John's dream: the princess looks like "the beautiful lady with the golden crown" he dreamed of the night his father died.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dream» (+1); the same doer «dream» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which device did the Soldier employ to summon the canine attendants?

1. the tinder-box, struck in succession — ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. a wooden whistle carved — score -5
3. a silver whistle blown three times at the gate — score -3
4. a tinder-box struck in succession by the Soldier's hand — ← Mova's choice · 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 771, line 4: «With his last pipe lit at the blue light, the manikin beats the judge and the king, and the soldier wins the kingdom and the princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); the same doer «soldier» (-4). The right option, 1, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Queen ascertain the route taken by the Princess?

1. chalk marks on the doors — no support
2. grains of buckwheat strewn from a perforated silken bag — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. a trail of wet sand from a pouch — no support
4. a silver thread tied to the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 951, line 15: «Her words: "I have had the Stadtholder Gyldenlowe, the King's half-brother, for my husband."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «words» (+2). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What penalty was the Soldier condemned to undergo on the following morning?

1. execution by hanging — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a fine — ← Mova's choice · score -8
3. imprisonment for life — no support
4. exile — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 771, line 1: «The soldier gets fine clothes and a grand room, then the little black manikin carries the sleeping princess to him each night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «soldier» (-4); the same property (-4). 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 petition did the Soldier make before the rope was placed upon him?

1. permission to smoke one last pipe of tobacco before the rope — score 0
2. a delay of one hour so he could say farewell to the Princess — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. a chance to see his mother — score -3
4. permission to smoke a pipe of tobacco — ✓ the right answer · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1002, line 3: «He pulls himself up, but he refuses to give the witch the tinder-box until she tells him its secret, so he cuts off her head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same receiver «soldier» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the same action «tell» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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