Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1761 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 bruv, what's the prince holding when he wakes up on that log?

1. the reins — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a saddle — no support
3. the halter — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a rope — 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 ✗

Mate, what did the mare turn herself into for the foxes?

1. a grey owl — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. a hen — score 0
3. a fox — score 0
4. a big fox — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1761, line 1: «The prince uses the halter and the fox hair and wolf's lock to find the witch's mare, who keeps being sent off to the fishes, the foxes and the wolves.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mare» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper random, but what did the old witch whack the mare with?

1. a long wooden broom handle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a broom — no support
3. a stick — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a heavy iron pot lid — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, how many horses did the old woman let the prince pick from?

1. seven — no support
2. twenty-four — no support
3. nine — no support
4. twelve — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1761, line 12: «The prince asks for "that half-starved creature in the corner" instead of the twelve beautiful horses, and the old woman lets him have his way.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the number the lesson gave for it (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead quick one, which nag did the prince pick?

1. the proud white horse standing at the front of the whole stable yard — no support
2. the sleek black one that looked strongest of all in the stable — score -4
3. the half-starved one in the corner — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the shaggy mare by the wall — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 489, line 4: «Twelve identical maidens are shown, and a fair maiden secretly tells him to pick the one with a fly above her right eye.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «fair maiden» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for the dragon, but what made him fall off?

1. a magic arrow hitting his horse, which then rears and plunges wildly — no support
2. his horse bucking — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. the sword of the prince — score 3
4. his horse rearing and plunging — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 645, line 2: «The Pole is wrapped around a huge sleeping dragon made of ice, who is both terrible and beautiful.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare cool, where did the horse fly them to?

1. the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the dragon's palace — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the mountain fortress — score 4
4. back to the far side of the golden sea — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 279, line 14: «Light is faster than a race-horse, and "electricity is quicker still," which explains why the soul flies so fast.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+2); the same doer «soul» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Ay, what did the queen do with her long brown hair?

1. cut it all off and sold it to a merchant — score 8
2. tied it up tight — score 5
3. cut it all off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. hid it under a hat and cut it all off — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1761, line 5: «The queen cuts off her long brown hair, dresses as a boy, takes her lute, and sets out into the world to find the prison.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «long brown hair» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Wicked, what instrument did the queen take on her travels?

1. a lute — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a fiddle — score 2
3. a golden harp from her father's hall — score 2
4. a flute — 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 1745, line 17: «Why: the King lets the Queen choose the punishment, so that he can "escape from punishing his own daughter."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «choose» (+3). Against it: the same doer «queen» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, what did the king's letter tell the queen to do?

1. sell horses — no support
2. sell gold — no support
3. sell the castles — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. sell her jewels — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 633, line 11: «What: The old King had his crown "tinned over," which means it was coated with a thin layer of tin, and he sold its jewels to buy books.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper, what happens to the king at the mountain pass?

1. he is captured there — no support
2. he is wounded badly — no support
3. he falls into a trap and is taken to the dungeon — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. he gets taken prisoner — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1379, line 12: «Then "a sudden darkness came over the mountain and rain began to fall," so the way down is hard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+2); the same doer «mountain» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mental, how did the prisoners have to work?

1. chained to carts — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. made to carry stones up the mountain in iron chains — score 6
3. yoked like oxen — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. beaten in fields — no support

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 599, line 15: «A "chain-gang" was a group of prisoners made to work while chained together, a punishment that has largely ended today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prisoners» (+5); the same action «chain» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Dead, what did the empress do when the prince came?

1. secretly stole out to meet him at the garden gate — score 6
2. stole out to meet him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. crept out of the palace at night to meet him secretly — score 6
4. waved to the prince — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «see» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the queen take with her when she departed upon her journey?

1. a drum — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. a flute — score 2
3. a lute — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. a pen — 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 1761, line 5: «The queen cuts off her long brown hair, dresses as a boy, takes her lute, and sets out into the world to find the prison.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3). Against it: the same doer «queen» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What did the dragon's horse advise the dragon regarding the fugitives?

1. that they had flown too far across the sea to be caught at all — score 2
2. that they could never be caught — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. that they would be caught soon — score 2
4. that the fugitives could never be caught by anyone in the kingdom — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1674, line 5: «The princess rides the horse, Ciccu grabs her, and she drops her veil and a ring before the new king asks her to marry him, but she says only if Ciccu fetches…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grab» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «ciccu» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what form did the mare conceal herself among the foxes?

1. as a fox — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. as a hen — no support
3. as a grey owl — no support
4. as a big fox — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1761, line 9: «Why: the old woman keeps saying "You should have gone among the fishes" and then the foxes and the wolves, sending the mare on new trips each time.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «foxes» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What action did the prince undertake upon awakening on the third occasion?

1. he rubbed his eyes — score -4
2. he rose — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. he sat up — no support
4. he sprang to his feet — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1567, line 18: «The Prince heard Rapunzel singing "so sweetly that he stood still spell-bound", and he decided to climb the hair himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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