Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1779 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 ✗

yo, so what did the old nurse tell Petru to do, innit?

1. search the whole kingdom for his dad's old horse at once — no support
2. go out and find his father's old war horse in the forest — score -6
3. find his dad's old horse — ✓ the right answer · score -6
4. fetch his brother home — ← 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 -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1166, line 15: «Why do the brothers beat Jack? He tells them he "ate them myself", the bread and cheese they had left in the castle.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-5). The right option, 3, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bro, how many heads did the first dragon Petru met have?

1. seven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. two — no support
3. nine — no support
4. seventeen — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

mate, what did Petru shout at the dragon before he drew his sword?

1. Clear the road for me! — no support
2. Get out of the way! — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -5
3. Stand aside! — no support
4. Get out of the way now, or I will cut you down! — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1748, line 4: «The brothers fail in the hall: one forgets all his words, the other only says "um".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what did the horse tell Petru to dig in, like, up to the rowel?

1. reins — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. spur — score 5
3. the saddle — score 5
4. his spurs — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1166, line 15: «Why do the brothers beat Jack? He tells them he "ate them myself", the bread and cheese they had left in the castle.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «brothers» (+3). Against it: a different doer (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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, the dragon with twelve heads, did Petru chicken out or go for it?

1. he chickened out and ran away — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. went for it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. backed away — no support
4. he hesitated for a long while before deciding — 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 1771, line 5: «The hungry children rush out with knives and forks, the dragon drops the sacks and runs away, and he never shows his face again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run away» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, what kind of wood was it, the one with the flowers that wanted picking?

1. a wood — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a silver forest — no support
3. a bronze grove — no support
4. a copper wood — ✓ 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

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why were the flowers so dangerous to pick, like proper cursed?

1. they were under a curse — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. the flowers were guarded by a witch who would strike — score 2
3. the flowers belonged to the Welwa who would strike back — no support
4. they were full of magic — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1736, line 18: «Old word: "rankling" means festering or bothering you, and the loss of the Princess was "rankling in his mind."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

nah, Petru was gutted when the fire blinded him, yeah?

1. he was blinded — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. he was gutted — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. he was furious — no support
4. he was sad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1779, line 2: «Petru meets a seven-headed dragon on the bridge, shouts "Get out of the way!", but fire blinds him and his horse, so he rides home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «blind» (+2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, who's the goblin in the woods that the horse warned about?

1. imp — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. orc — no support
3. the Welwa — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the goblin — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

mint, what did Birscha reckon Petru had done wrong?

1. had not gone the right way — score 2
2. was too slow — no support
3. chose the wrong road — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. did not set about it properly — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1778, line 4: «Petru keeps asking why, takes box after box on the ear, and learns that the water of the Fairy of the Dawn can cure his father's eyes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «petru» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «take» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus, how many years had passed since the emperor was a young lad?

1. ten years — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. forty years — score 3
3. fifty years — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. a year — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 824, line 6: «Who: the emperor, who thinks "so much of new clothes" that he spends all his money on them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «spend» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

honestly, what did the emperor call Birscha when Petru asked him?

1. a wicked old sorceress who cursed our house — no support
2. an old fool — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. an old witch — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. a meddling old woman who knew far too much — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 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 1538, line 9: «Why: the King plans to marry the baby to his "only son", whom the Queen calls "that horrid little dwarf".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+5); the same thing acted on «son» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

deadass, what made Petru's arm feel stronger after he got on the horse?

1. the sword — score -2
2. it was magic — no support
3. the horse was magic — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. his strong new boots — score -2

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 1753, line 16: «The contest: "Let us see who can tell the biggest lie, and the one who lies the best shall have the whole cake".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «one» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what did the copper flowers keep saying to make Petru pick them?

1. beautiful things, come and take me — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. wonderful things, come pick me — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. pick us, we are lovely — no support
4. come pick me — 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, identify the object which the old nurse instructed Petru to strike against the pillars.

1. the piece of old leather — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the scrap of the oldest black reins from the pile — no support
3. the scrap of old reins — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a bit of old harness — 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 · right ✓

With reference to the passage, identify the number of heads possessed by the dragon which Costan and Florea encountered.

1. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. seventeen — no support
3. two — no support
4. twelve — 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 ✗

With reference to the passage, identify the creature whose anger the picking of the copper flowers was said to provoke.

1. the wicked witch king — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the Welwa of the woods — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the dragon of the hills — no support
4. the furious Welwa who lived in the deepest woods — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1023, line 19: «Old word: "ghouls" were wicked creatures from old stories that fed on dead bodies in graveyards.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, state the mixed feelings Petru expressed when asking how he ought to have set about the matter.

1. angry and ashamed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. half angry, half sad — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. half angry with himself, half sad about the loss — no support
4. bitterly angry, yet also deeply and quietly sad — 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

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