Fairy Tales pg641, The Lute Player and The Grateful Prince, part 13: the queen wins back her king, then a lost king makes a bargain with a stranger
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1762 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, the lute player was the queen the whole time?
- 1. Yeah, she went full undercover, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nope, a random dude — no support
- 3. Yeah, she totally disguised herself as a boy — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Nah, it was a guy — 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 1678, line 4: «He agrees, and the witch's daughter becomes his new queen, a stepmother to the six princes and one princess whom he had hidden in a castle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
So what did the heathen king give the lute guy?
- 1. nothing, dude — ← Mova's choice · score -4
- 2. a prisoner, like straight up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a castle, honestly, no lie — no support
- 4. some gold, lol, for real — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1761, line 3: «The dragon gives chase, but his own horse rears and plunges until the dragon is thrown onto a rock and broken to pieces.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, the queen picked her own husband out of the jail?
- 1. Yep, that's what happened, dude — no support
- 2. Yeah, the queen did that, bro — no support
- 3. Yup, she picked the prisoner who was her real husband, and it's a wild twist, dude — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Yup, that's the whole plot, dude — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1762, line 11: «The queen picks her husband and "led him nearer and nearer to his own country."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick» (+2); the same doer «queen» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Why was the king so mad at her when he got home?
- 1. cause she didn't help him stuck in jail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. cause she sang a song and then ran off to the forest without him — score 0
- 3. cause she sat around doing nothing — score -2
- 4. cause she wouldn't even tell him her secret plan while he was locked up for years — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1718, line 16: «why: she tells the King "I have come a-wooing", and the King wonders "Is the woman out of her mind?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did she get back to the palace before him?
- 1. Nah, he got there first — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nope, too late — no support
- 3. Yep, she took a short cut, easy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, she came in through the gate — 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 ✗
Lol, what did she do when he started yelling?
- 1. she yelled back — no support
- 2. she sang that song again, bet — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. she cried a lot — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. she started laughing at the king — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1718, line 15: «what: the old woman's yell is so loud that the King steps out on to the balcony to see what is the matter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old woman» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Once the king heard the song, what did he do?
- 1. ran out and grabbed her hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. stood up fast — score 1
- 3. went to the garden to find her — score 1
- 4. cried out loud — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1762, line 16: «When she sings the captive's song again, the king "ran out to meet the lute player."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «king» (+2); the same action «run out» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Then she dropped her cloak and it was her, right?
- 1. Yeah, everyone gasped, it was the queen, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Yep, everyone froze and stared, and then they bowed down because it was the queen, which was wild, bro, no joke — score 1
- 3. Yep, everyone was like whoa, it's the queen — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Nope, the cloak fell and it was just a servant girl who tricked everyone in the hall, lol — no support
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 1762, line 17: «She throws off her long cloak and everyone sees it is the queen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cloak» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «queen» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
How long did the party go on?
- 1. until the king got tired of it and sent everyone home early, dude — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. a full week, all day — score 4
- 3. a whole week, non-stop — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. a whole month, with food and music every single hour — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1351, line 3: «A woodcutter watching from a rock sees everything and secretly follows the party home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «woodcutter» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Okay, the Goldland guy got lost in a forest, cuz?
- 1. Nope, he was in the city — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, found him — no support
- 3. Yeah, totally lost, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nope, not lost — 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 · ★ · right ✓
What did the weird stranger want in exchange?
- 1. the first living thing that walks out of his house at sunrise, plus all his fields — score 2
- 2. his whole house and everything inside it, every last thing — no support
- 3. the first thing out of his house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. a sack of coins from the house — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1747, line 19: «The story then turns to two brothers who want to marry the King's daughter, and the father gives each son a horse to ride to the wooing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «two brothers» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ugh, why didn't the king just give up his dog?
- 1. cause the dog was the best hunter in the whole kingdom and he was really scared to lose it — score -2
- 2. cause the dog had been with him through every war and he promised to keep it forever, dude — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. cause the dog was his fave, dude — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. cause the dog was his buddy, bro — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1756, line 13: «fact: The overseer's dog is borrowed, and the youth promises "faithfully to return him next day".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
So the king swapped his baby for some farm girl's kid?
- 1. Yeah, and the girl got the golden cradle — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, and the kid got a big crib — no support
- 3. Yup, and the farm kid got a silver bed — no support
- 4. Nah, he kept the kid — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1449, line 10: «Why: the Queen swapped her baby for the fairy's son to keep her daughter safe.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which musical instrument does the lute player carry into the court?
- 1. a lute — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a wooden recorder from home — no support
- 3. a golden trumpet — no support
- 4. a viol — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the name given to the reward the heathen king offers the lute player?
- 1. the golden promise of his deepest heart's desire — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the highest prize of the whole royal court — no support
- 3. heart's desire — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. heart's wish — 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 · right ✓
What is the name of the border the lute player and the prisoner reach?
- 1. the frontier — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the border line — no support
- 3. the far edge of the wide kingdom — no support
- 4. the bridge — 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 does the king of the Goldland promise the stranger in return for guidance?
- 1. the first creature that leaves his home — no support
- 2. his best dog — score -2
- 3. the first thing that comes out of his house — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the first servant who walks out of his house — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 742, line 9: «Why: the king does not dismiss him because he "dreaded lest he should strike him and all his people dead."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «strike» (+3). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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