The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King marries a sorrowful lady, and her ugly daughter starts trouble

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1864 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 ✗

Bruv, the King was dead gutted when his Queen died, yeah?

1. Yeah, he was absolutely gutted and crying all the time, innit — no support
2. Yeah, he was dead chuffed, mate — no support
3. Yeah, he was proper gutted, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he was dead happy, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1367, line 1: «The Sea King welcomes the Happy Hunter with a huge feast, and his daughters play the koto and dance.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «sea king» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

So he was banging his noggin on the wall, like, for real?

1. Nah, he was sat on the floor, mate — no support
2. Yeah, he was whacking his head on the walls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Yeah, he was smashing his noggin on the bricks — no support
4. Yeah, he was bashing his bonce on a wall — 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 1864, line 7: «He "shut himself up in a little room" and knocked his head against the walls for grief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «head» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did they hang the feather-beds, though?

1. To stop the noise in the palace — no support
2. So he could sleep on them tonight — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. So he wouldn't bonk himself too hard — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. To keep the draughts out — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1827, line 5: «The little dog follows Majnun everywhere and sleeps in his bed, waiting to become a woman again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did anyone manage to cheer him up at all?

1. Yeah, a few of them managed it, kind of — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, nobody did — no support
3. Yeah, loads did — no support
4. Nah, not one of them could get through — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Who was the mysterious lady in the black cloak?

1. The sorrowful lady, the one crying buckets — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The lady in the black veil, the widow — no support
3. The stepmother, the one who came to court — no support
4. A witch from the hills — 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 ✗

And she was crying her eyes out, bare loudly, yeah?

1. Nah, she was just sniffling a bit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she was quiet — no support
3. Yeah, she was smiling — no support
4. Yeah, she was wailing like anything — ✓ 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 ✗

So they just nattered about their dead husband and wife all day?

1. Yeah, they had a massive natter about all the amazing things their dead husband and wife had done — score -2
2. Yeah, they swapped stories about their dead partners — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Yeah, they chatted about the old days and gossip — score 0
4. Yeah, they went on about the good bits of their dead partners all day long — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1169, line 5: «Her husband keeps coming to check on her, and on the third try she leaves the shed still working her magic.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3). Against it: the same doer «husband» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Then they got hitched, and the whole kingdom was shook, right?

1. Nah, nobody cared — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, bit surprised — no support
3. Yeah, everyone was gobsmacked — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, people were kind of bored — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Fiordelisa, the King's girl, how old is she, like?

1. Just fifteen, and proper sound — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Like, twelve or so — score 6
3. Just fifteen, and proper sound, a bit of a legend in the palace — score 6
4. Just sixteen, and dead nice — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1864, line 15: «The King's daughter is Fiordelisa, "just fifteen years old", and she is "always gay and merry".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «fiordelisa» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Her new stepsister Turritella sounds well dodgy, though

1. Nah, she's actually not that bad, just a bit grumpy when she's hungry and tired — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Yeah, she's proper ugly and gets right grumpy — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Yeah, she's proper ugly, moans all day and gets right grumpy with everyone — score 0
4. Nah, she's dead lovely and really quite pretty — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1559, line 11: «Why the stepsister is punished: she was "so bad and had such an evil, covetous heart".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «stepsister» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

And the new Queen wants to ruin Fiordelisa, yeah?

1. Nah, she's trying to make the King love her — score 2
2. Yeah, she's trying to turn the King against her — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yeah, she's plotting to get her married — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Nah, she's just cross — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1864, line 5: «The new Queen has an ugly daughter, Turritella, and she plots to turn the King against his own daughter, Fiordelisa.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «plot» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «queen» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the King expressed his grief upon the death of his consort?

1. He refused all food and repeatedly struck his head against the walls of a small private chamber within the palace — score -1
2. He repeatedly struck his head against the walls of a small chamber — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He repeatedly struck his head against the walls of a small chamber while the courtiers hung feather-beds upon them — score -1
4. He repeatedly struck his forehead on the stone walls of the palace — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 797, line 17: «Old word: "mourning" means wearing black clothes to show grief for a death.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the principal reason the sorrowful lady attended the royal presence?

1. She came to find a new husband among the grieving court of the kingdom — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She came to join her tears with those of the King — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She came to ask the King for her son's pardon — score 3
4. She came to bring him a wedding proposal — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1818, line 5: «In another jungle he pulls a thorn from a tiger's foot, and the tiger hides him from his wife, who then comes to see him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately characterises the disposition of Turritella, as described in the passage?

1. She was quick to anger but very fond of her father — no support
2. She was neither beautiful nor gracious in her manner — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She was neither beautiful nor gracious in her manner and often spoke harshly to the servants — no support
4. She was a cheerful girl who loved music and dancing — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1769, line 19: «Old words: "impudent" meant cheeky or rude, not "shameless" in the modern sense; it describes the children, who are "more impudent" than each other.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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 ✗

Which of the following correctly states the intention of the new Queen with regard to her stepdaughter Fiordelisa?

1. She sought to alienate the King's affection from his own daughter and banish her from the palace altogether — no support
2. She planned to alienate the King's affection from his own daughter so the crown might pass to her own child — score -1
3. She intended to send the King's daughter away to the country — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. She sought to alienate the King's affection from his own daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 698, line 14: «How: the queen learns of the prince's plan "by means of her black arts", and then she sends her own daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same thing acted on «own daughter» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). 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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