The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1866 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 ✗
Bro, wait, who was actually chatting up the King at that window?
- 1. Fiordelisa's maid, in disguise — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Fiordelisa — score 1
- 3. The Fairy, dressed as a maid — score 3
- 4. Turritella, faking it as Fiordelisa — ✓ the right answer · score -1
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 1837, line 14: «She laughs that "seven Queens were quite enough even for a King to manage."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+4). Against it: the same doer «seven queens» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Hold up, what was the King's ride, like, a sick chariot?
- 1. Carried by silver swans — no support
- 2. Pulled by geese — no support
- 3. Dragged by big brown bears — no support
- 4. Pulled by flying frogs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1866, line 2: «The King gives her his ring and promises to marry her, and she takes him off in a chariot drawn by flying frogs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
So did the Fairy freeze his feet or nah?
- 1. Yeah, she nailed them to the floor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Nope, she just turned them gold — score 0
- 3. Yeah, she bolted them to the ground — score 0
- 4. Nah, she froze them — score 0
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 1600, line 17: «The dead bees lie "like little heaps of fine coal", and the Witch "stamped her foot and tore her hair and gnashed her teeth".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «foot» (+1). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Lowkey, how long did Turritella throw a tantrum?
- 1. Twenty days and twenty nights — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Until the Queen finally came to calm her down with a gift — no support
- 3. For the whole long summer, screaming and throwing things at the walls every single night — score 1
- 4. Twelve nights and a whole month — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1837, line 17: «Old word: "noisome" meant foul-smelling and disgusting, so the Queens are thrown into a place that stinks.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «throw» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the King finally say yes to the wedding?
- 1. Nope, only Fiordelisa — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, but only after the Fairy turned him back into a human and gave him his crown — score 2
- 3. Yeah, to Turritella — no support
- 4. Nope, he said he would only marry Fiordelisa and no one else in the world — ← Mova's choice · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1866, line 11: «fact: What the King says: "I will marry no one but Fiordelisa", so he refuses Turritella and sticks to his love.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «one» (+4); the same action «marry» (+3); the same doer «fact» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
What did Turritella call the King, like, to his face?
- 1. A miserable and faithless King who breaks every promise he ever makes to anyone — no support
- 2. A shameful, miserable King who breaks his word and abandons the girl he loved in the tower — score -2
- 3. A cruel King who broke his vows — no support
- 4. A miserable King who breaks his word — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1866, line 2: «The King gives her his ring and promises to marry her, and she takes him off in a chariot drawn by flying frogs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «ring» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
So the King turned into a total bird, right? What colour?
- 1. Green — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Red — no support
- 3. Blue — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. White — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which tree did he sit in to moan about his bad luck?
- 1. An oak — no support
- 2. A cypress tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The dark fir tree near the lake where the frogs sing at night — no support
- 4. A tall elm tree — ← Mova's choice · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 878, line 17: «"Citron" is a lemon-like fruit tree, and "palms" are tall trees with large leaves that grow near the door.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «tall trees» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was Turritella flexing, like, her swag?
- 1. Gold, pearls, silks and fine linen — score -3
- 2. All the wedding gifts from the King's ships, including lace, jewels, and a golden mirror — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. Lace, jewels, brocades and ribbons — ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 4. Her new gowns, silver cups, rings, and the King's royal carriage keys and seals — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1865, line 17: «What: the page first says the gift is from the Princess, and the King answers coldly that it is Turritella who wants him as her knight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gift» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «turritella» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who did the Queen say were the happiest pair in the world?
- 1. Turritella and King Charming, dancing in the palace hall every single night — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Turritella, King Charming, and the Fairy Mazilla, all three together — no support
- 3. The Fairy and King Charming — no support
- 4. Turritella and King Charming — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
What woke the Blue Bird from his nap?
- 1. A soft voice lamenting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. A loud crow calling — no support
- 3. Someone singing sadly — no support
- 4. A bell — score 5
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 393, line 2: «He spares it, then picks a young Cock to kill, and the Cock pleads that it wakes him and tells him the time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wake» (+4); the same thing acted on «bird» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where was Fiordelisa locked up, like, for real?
- 1. Cellar — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Attic — score 2
- 3. In the tower — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. In the garden — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 128, line 4: «The greedy King locks her in a straw room, and a little Man spins the straw for her in return for her necklace and ring.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lock» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, the Queen laughed when she left Fiordelisa, right? How?
- 1. Cruelly, with a loud and cold laugh that echoed down the hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cheerfully — no support
- 3. Mockingly — no support
- 4. Maliciously — ✓ 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 · right ✓
Upon which finger did Turritella wear the King's ring when she displayed her wedding gifts?
- 1. The finger — no support
- 2. Hand — no support
- 3. The thumb — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. Pinky — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 468, line 17: «Old word "caftan" means a long coat, worn in Russia and nearby lands; the King's gift was a red one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «red one» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the duration, in years, of the transformation that the Fairy Mazilla imposed upon the King?
- 1. One — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Two — no support
- 3. Seven years and seven months of penance in the woods — no support
- 4. Seven — ✓ 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 ✗
By which conveyance did the King and Turritella travel to the castle of the Fairy Mazilla?
- 1. A royal chariot pulled by many flying frogs and lit with the lamps of the Fairy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A silver sledge drawn by swans — no support
- 3. A large golden chariot drawn by a team of flying frogs with silver harnesses — no support
- 4. A chariot drawn by flying frogs — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the Queen's reaction upon hearing her daughter's report of the failed wedding?
- 1. Terrible anger, directed at Fiordelisa, who she blamed for the whole shameful failure — no support
- 2. Terrible anger, directed at Fiordelisa — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Terrible rage and fury, directed at Fiordelisa and the whole palace staff who had failed her — score 0
- 4. Sadness and tears, aimed at the King — ← 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 1534, line 1: «The Prince takes the witch's daughter home as his bride, but the kitchen girl whispers that he must not rob her of her gold.», 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, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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