pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1767 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 ✗

wait, the old lady just handed the queen an egg, proper random innit?

1. yeah, in a tiny birch-bark basket with a lid on it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. yeah, in a little wicker pot — score 3
3. nah, wrapped in a cloth in a sack with some coins — no support
4. yeah, in a tiny birch-bark basket — ✓ the right answer · 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 1701, line 20: «The Queen gave the Prince "a miniature of her daughter," a tiny painted portrait she often wore on her person.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «queen» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

so the egg turned into a doll, like a Barbie or what?

1. yeah, a tiny wooden one that talks and dances, proper cool — score -4
2. yeah, a little clay one, dead cute — score 2
3. nah, a massive doll made of china with real hair, bare fancy — score 1
4. yeah, a tiny wooden one, bare cute — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1767, line 14: «WHAT: the doll grows, and then the queen has a baby girl, who is laid beside it in a golden cradle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same place «doll» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

how long did the queen have to keep it warm, like a week?

1. nah, three whole months, bruv — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. nah, like three whole months and a bit more, bruv, no joke — no support
3. nah, till the egg hatched in the spring, proper long, bruv — score 4
4. nah, like two months, bruv — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1628, line 7: «What: Kay tries to spell the word "Love" in ice, and the Snow-queen promised him "the whole world and a new pair of skates" if he managed it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «snow queen» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the stepmother actually beat Dotterine? that's well harsh

1. yeah, she battered her proper bad — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, she didn't touch her but made her sleep in the ashes every single night — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. yeah, she battered her proper bad and left her in the cold all night — score 5
4. nah, she locked her in bad — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1752, line 22: «Old word: a "firebrand" was a person who starts quarrels, here meaning the stepmother who made the home unpleasant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «stepmother» (+1); a different thing acted on (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 5 · ★ · right ✓

did the godmother turn up in a coach, like a proper posh one?

1. yeah, six cream horses, sick ride — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, four grey horses, nice — no support
3. nah, a wagon with two mules — no support
4. nah, on foot — 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 · ★ · right ✓

why couldn't anyone understand the name Dotterine apart from the queen?

1. cos the baby came from an egg yolk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. cos the name came from a goose and the old lady's magic spell — score 4
3. cos nobody spoke the old language — no support
4. cos the baby was born in a faraway land where nobody spoke their words — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 50, line 18: «The English word «panic» comes from Pan's name: the old Greeks said sudden wild fear in lonely places came from him. The book says carefully that this is NOT p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «english word» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the queen actually died, like properly, no cure?

1. nah, the doctors saved her but then a storm came and she died anyway, sad — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yeah, there's no cure for death at all, the doctors tried everything, so sad — no support
3. yeah, she got sick, real sad — score 3
4. yeah, there's no cure for death, sad — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1767, line 17: «WHY: the queen dies, and the stepmother, who "hated her step-children", beats Dotterine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

what's the story with the goose wing, is it, like, a magic whistle?

1. nah, it's a signal to bring the godmother — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. yeah, it's a magic whistle that makes the wind blow and the river rise — no support
3. nah, it's a signal that tells the godmother to come to the window and help — score 0
4. nah, it's just a bird's wing, nothing — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 363, line 9: «Why: the Town Mouse eats only "to be polite," and the Country Mouse is dazzled by stories of city life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «stories» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

did the nurse give the basket to Dotterine on her tenth birthday, innit?

1. nah, she gave it to the stepmother who burned it in the stove at midnight — score 3
2. yeah, she handed it over and said the words — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. yeah, she passed it on at noon — score 3
4. yeah, she handed it over at the cottage door and whispered the old words — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1740, line 1: «The nurse tells the King everything, and he waits with his drawn sword for the woman in white.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «nurse» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did the godmother kiss the baby, like just once for luck?

1. yeah, on the cheek, once — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. nah, three times on the forehead, then she spoke a long blessing to the baby — score 7
3. nah, three times, proper blessing — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. yeah, she kissed the baby on the hand and then danced around the cradle in the moonlight — score 5

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 94, line 12: «That busy morning the Woman carried the crying Baby outside and gave him a handful of pebbles to play with, but he went on crying.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+5); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the stepmother kicked the kids out like dogs when they got in her way?

1. yeah, she sent them away — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. nah, she'd make them sleep outside in the cold and give them only bread — score 5
3. yeah, she'd kick them out of her sight — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. nah, she just ignored them all day — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 977, line 10: «Why he was sent away: he bit the youngest son "in the leg, because he kicked away the bone I was gnawing."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send away» (+3); the same property (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

wait, did the king know what his new wife was like, or nah?

1. nah, he didn't love her like the first queen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. yeah, he knew she was cruel — score 0
3. nah, he thought she was kind and gentle — score 0
4. yeah, he knew she was cruel but he wanted a son so he married her anyway — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1762, line 19: «The king gives his baby for the daughter of a peasant, and the stranger later takes the girl away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

was Dotterine's godmother actually a fairy or what, bruv?

1. nah, she was a normal woman — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, just a lady — no support
3. yeah, she was a fairy from the woods — no support
4. yeah, she flew off like she was a fairy — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, for what precise duration was the egg required to be kept in a warm place?

1. nine months — no support
2. three months — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. one full year — no support
4. until the child was old enough to walk — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1692, line 15: «Old word: "cloister" means a place where nuns live apart from the world; today we would say convent or monastery.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which individual was instructed to preserve silence regarding the events that had befallen her?

1. the nurse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a maid — no support
3. the queen — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the king — 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 · wrong ✗

What was the consequence of the queen's decision to release the goose's wing from the window?

1. the stepmother fled — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the godmother arrived in a coach pulled by six horses — no support
3. the godmother arrived — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the nurse was dismissed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1666, line 4: «The queen flees with her sons to Peter's hut, where she finds his blood-stained shirts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «flee» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which material was employed to line the basket in which the doll was placed?

1. soft wool — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. fine cotton — no support
3. linen — no support
4. silk — ← Mova's choice · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1584, line 19: «Old word "enchanted" means put under a magic spell, so Brynhild cannot wake until a brave knight comes.», 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, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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