Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 3 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1768 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 · ★ · right ✓

Okay so wait, who even gave Dotterine that basket, like, who's the fairy?

1. The old lady who lived by the palace gates — score 2
2. The royal midwife — score 7
3. Her godmother — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Some old wizard — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1768, line 1: «Dotterine's godmother gives her a magic basket and a last talk, then a long war leaves the town with no food.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same receiver «dotterine» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «magic basket» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was the fancy grub that popped out of the basket in the garden?

1. Roast meat and wine — no support
2. Every kind of fancy food the palace cooks could ever make — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Honey and sweet bread — no support
4. Fruits and cakes — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1751, line 8: «WHERE: The garden has fruit trees, and the house is "shining with glass and precious stones," which shows it is no ordinary place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «garden» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «fruit trees» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was everyone starving in the palace, innit?

1. The harvest had totally failed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The siege went on too long — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Bad weather — no support
4. The enemy stole the grain — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the godmother get her out, proper sneaky?

1. She hid her in a basket — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. She sneaked out — no support
3. On a horse — score 5
4. She carried her past the soldiers — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 1768, line 11: «Why Dotterine changes her clothes: she puts on a peasant's clothes, and her godmother "changed her face completely" to hide who she is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «godmother» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Was she dressed like a posh lady when she bounced off?

1. No, she wore a peasant's clothes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, she wore a sparkling golden gown with pearls sewn all along the hem — no support
3. No, she was dressed as a common beggar in ragged clothes and bare feet — no support
4. Yes, she had a fine velvet dress — 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 ✗

What job did she get, like, a dead boring one?

1. Tending the family's garden plot — no support
2. Looking after the children and making every meal for the household each evening — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Cleaning and sweeping the house — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Feeding the farm animals daily — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 674, line 6: «Who: the prince has left his castle and taken the name and work of a shepherd, going from town to town looking for a job.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the lady find her, all bright and sparkly?

1. Mending a torn old sack — score -2
2. Scrubbing the stone floor of the palace kitchen on her knees — score -2
3. Sweeping — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Scrubbing a wooden tub — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1691, line 20: «Old word: "agony" means great pain or suffering, and today we would say she felt terrible distress.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); the same action «feel» (+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 ✓

How did she get to the lady's house, dead comfy?

1. Walking behind the carriage — no support
2. Riding on the back step — no support
3. Sitting up front on the driver's box with a blanket wrapped round her — score -3
4. Sat next to the coachman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1653, line 4: «Years later the witch comes for the youngest prince, and in her house she sets him impossible jobs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+5); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

How long did the mourning last, like, forever?

1. A month — no support
2. A whole year — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Days — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Two long years — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1574, line 19: «Minnikin plans his voyage carefully, asking for "provisions for five weeks", which means enough food to last five weeks at sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the young king having a massive party, mate?

1. To pick himself a wife — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. To gather his lords together — score 2
3. To thank every lord and knight who had fought bravely in the long war — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. To honour his late father — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1447, line 11: «Why: the king thanks the Marquis for the game because it comes "of his master's taking", though the cat did the hunting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «thank» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2); the same receiver «marquis» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the basket spit out for her dress-up, proper gorgeous?

1. Shoes and gloves and a golden necklace with a matching pearl tiara — no support
2. A silver ring of flowers — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. A glittering silver gown that sparkled brighter than the moon at night — no support
4. A dress shining like a star — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1768, line 6: «Who: the godmother, a kind magic woman, gives Dotterine a basket that obeys magic words and creates food, clothes and a carriage.», 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 «basket» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Who did everyone think she was, like, the king's sister?

1. His sister — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A niece — no support
3. Cousin — no support
4. The king's wife — 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 ✗

Wait, so whose daughter was she actually, bruv?

1. A lord from the eastern lands — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The king of a neighbouring country — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The child of a poor farmer who had died in the old king's war — score -1
4. The queen of a far country — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 472, line 15: «Ivan's tail-feather is a clue that he has actually seen the bird, not just dreamed of it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «ivan» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the godmother stash her with the king's mum, like, dodging a wizard?

1. To save her from a wizard — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. To protect her from the war — score -2
3. To hide her — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Because the king ordered it — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 1768, line 11: «Why Dotterine changes her clothes: she puts on a peasant's clothes, and her godmother "changed her face completely" to hide who she is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same doer «godmother» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the means by which the godmother removed Dotterine from the besieged town?

1. She conveyed her through the enemy lines unobserved — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. She transformed them both into birds and let the wind carry them over the walls of the besieged town — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. She carried her past the army — score 3
4. She hid her inside a cart of hay past the enemy — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1768, line 7: «What: the godmother tells the girl "I will carry you away from all this, but the others I must leave to take their chance."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the item that the swallow restored to Dotterine after she had left it behind at the palace gate.

1. A ring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The wooden spoon — no support
3. The cloak — no support
4. The magic basket — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the reason the godmother gave for having concealed Dotterine's true parentage from the young king.

1. She had sworn to keep the secret from the king until the wedding day — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. To guard her from a wizard — no support
3. She had been ordered to keep silent by the old king before he died — score 4
4. She had been entrusted to the queen to protect her from a wizard — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1767, line 5: «The godmother flies in at once to comfort Dotterine and promises to keep her safe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «godmother» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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