Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks become golden fishes, and the fishes become princes
Tests: 8 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1802 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 ✓
Bruv, why was the stepmum so salty about Laptitza?
- 1. Cos she wanted her own daughter to be empress — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Cos she wanted her daughter to be queen — no support
- 3. Cos she was jealous — no support
- 4. Cos she wanted her son to be 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
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Innit, how did the stepmum get the emperor off to war?
- 1. She sent her brother to war — score 1
- 2. She talked her brother into declaring war after a massive row — score 0
- 3. She got her brother to declare war — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. She got the army to riot — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1802, line 8: «What: the stepmother made her brother declare war, so the emperor rode off to battle and won.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brother» (+4); the same action «declare» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what did she swap the twins for?
- 1. Two little kittens — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Two little puppies from the yard, swapped in the dark — score 4
- 3. Two little puppies she'd nicked from the kitchen — no support
- 4. Two little puppies — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1215, line 1: «While Father Grumbler sleeps off his wine, a clever woman swaps his magic cock for an ordinary one.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swap» (+5); the same doer «clever woman» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, how did the emperor feel about having to punish Laptitza?
- 1. It nearly broke his heart and he was sick about it all day — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It nearly broke his heart — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It totally shattered him inside — no support
- 4. It nearly broke his heart, proper, like he'd lost everything in the world — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓
Proper random, what did the aspen beds say?
- 1. "It is very heavy for me" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. You are so cold to me — no support
- 3. This is far too heavy for me, the thing is crushing my back — score -7
- 4. It is very heavy for me, so get off me right now mate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 109, line 14: «At midnight the Giant strikes the empty bed with "a heavy iron bar", thinking he has killed the Tailor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sick, what did the empress do with the ashes?
- 1. Tossed them to the wind — score 6
- 2. Chucked them to the four winds — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Threw them to the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 4. Binned them — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1778, line 1: «The envious neighbour copies the old man and throws burnt ashes on the road, but the wind blows them into the Daimio's eyes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «burnt ashes» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, where did the sparks land?
- 1. In the deep lake — no support
- 2. On the grass — no support
- 3. In a pond — no support
- 4. In the big river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1802, line 16: «The empress "scattered them to the four winds," but she did not see two sparks fly up and fall into the river.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «two sparks» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Bruh, what turned up in the fishermen's nets?
- 1. Two fishes with golden scales — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Two silver fishes with fins — score 0
- 3. One golden fish with gills — score 0
- 4. Some old boots — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1403, line 14: «How Pinocchio is trapped: he is lifted into "a huge net" full of fish fighting to get free.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «fish» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mad, what did the fishes tell the fisherman to collect?
- 1. Drops off the trees — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Dew off the leaves — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Dew from the highest leaves in the whole royal garden — score 1
- 4. Dew off the leaves of the aspen trees at dawn — 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 1716, line 12: «The fish gives him a scale and says: "If you should ever need my help, throw it into the river."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fish» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Bet, how old were the princes after three days?
- 1. Twelve years old, twenty-four strong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Twelve years old, thirty strong — score 8
- 3. Twelve years old, very strong — score 8
- 4. Twenty-four strong — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 1733, line 17: «Old word: "audacious" means bold or daring, so it was a little bold of the poor Prince to ask the Emperor's daughter to marry him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what did the boys look like?
- 1. Golden hair — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Silver hair and crowns on heads — score 2
- 3. Golden hair and silver crowns — score 4
- 4. Golden hair and stars on their foreheads — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 785, line 11: «The boy hides his golden hair under a cap, and the king sees it and says "take your hat off."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «boy» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, what did the emperor do after the battle?
- 1. Slept — score 0
- 2. Stayed there — no support
- 3. Rode home fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Sailed back home — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 675, line 2: «The prince marches gaily into town with his pipes, hawk, hounds and flock, the princess follows, and the emperor comes home to welcome him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «emperor» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what did the fishes say about the palace?
- 1. Yonder lies our doom — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Yonder lies our destruction, the stepmother has laid a trap inside — score 1
- 3. Yonder lies our destruction — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Yonder lies our destruction, for the empress waits there to kill us — 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 1093, line 8: «Where: he lies in the palace of his father, the King, after coming home from the place of the keyhole.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · right ✓
Oi, what was the emperor's new bed made from?
- 1. Aspen trees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Birch wood — no support
- 3. Willow branches — no support
- 4. Pine — 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 ✗
State the reason the stepmother incited her brother to declare war upon the emperor.
- 1. To remove the emperor from his wife's company — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. To take the emperor from his wife — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. To remove the emperor from his wife's company so she could take power — score 2
- 4. To separate the emperor and empress — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 775, line 8: «Where: the prince's journey home takes him through a country "laid waste by war and a dreadful famine".», 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 circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the place in which the stepmother concealed the two infants beneath the palace.
- 1. Beneath the emperor's windows in the corner — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Beneath the kitchen wall at the corner — no support
- 3. Beneath the emperor's windows in the corner of the east courtyard — no support
- 4. Beneath the emperor's windows in the far corner of the great hall — 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 ✗
Describe the manner in which the aspen beds were destroyed by the empress.
- 1. They were burnt and the ashes scattered — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They were cut and thrown away — no support
- 3. They were broken and buried — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. They were burnt — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1484, line 17: «In the cave the tailor's bed is too big, so he crawls into a corner, and the giant breaks the bed in two by mistake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «bed» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
State the age, strength and wisdom attained by the princes after three days and nights.
- 1. Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength, and wise beyond their years — no support
- 3. Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength, and great wisdom from the old witch — no support
- 4. Twelve years in age, twenty in strength — 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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