d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy overhears, the bird is cut, the King is saved

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1868 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, why'd the Queen hang knives all over that fir tree, like, seriously?

1. To cut the Blue Bird's wings so it could never fly back to the Princess's window again — score 3
2. To warn the guards about a spy inside the palace — no support
3. To make a trap that would cut any bird who dared to visit the Princess's window at night — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. To cut the Blue Bird when it flew to the Princess — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1839, line 1: «The white Queen sees the lad alive and well under her window, and she is furious, but she hides it behind sweet smiles.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same thing acted on «lad» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the spy was faking her snores the whole time, innit?

1. Yeah, she pretended to be asleep and listened — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Yeah, she pretended to be asleep for hours and then reported everything to the Queen — score 0
3. Yeah, she was hiding under the bed all night — score 0
4. Yeah, she pretended to be asleep and listened to every word the Queen said — ← 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 589, line 7: «The old man says "I don't wanter tell you no stories," so he is not sulking for no reason; he thinks the tale is muddled.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3). Against it: the same doer «old man» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why didn't the bird just fly off when he got hurt?

1. He was too weak to fly off that day — score -2
2. He thought the Queen had caught him already — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. He thought the Princess had grassed him up to the Queen, so he stayed in the tree — score -1
4. He thought the Princess had grassed him up — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1565, line 15: «Why the bird is caught: Tubby waves his sceptre, then strokes the bird and touches the pin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «catch» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the mate who fixed the bird up, anyway?

1. the Enchanter, obviously, who came when nobody else would help — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the palace gardener, I think — no support
3. the Queen's old physician — no support
4. the Enchanter, obviously — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

How long was the King stuck as a bird, though?

1. three years, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. five years, mate, as a bird in the fir tree — score 4
3. five whole years, mate, until the Enchanter came back — no support
4. five years, mate — ✓ the right answer · 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 1400, line 20: «OLD WORDS: A "steed" is an old word for a horse, a "coop" is a small pen for birds, and "relish" means eating with enjoyment.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old words» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Mazilla's well sketchy, innit? What did she want?

1. She wanted him to leave the palace — score -1
2. She wanted him to wed her goddaughter so she could rule the whole kingdom through him — score 2
3. She wanted him to wed her goddaughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. She wanted him to wed her goddaughter Turritella and give up his crown — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1868, line 16: «The Fairy Mazilla says the King "need expect no mercy from me unless he will marry my goddaughter".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Queen got squished by a door, yeah? Lol.

1. Yep, one of the palace doors fell on her — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yep, the palace doors burst open and one of them crushed her in the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yep, one of the palace doors fell on her when the guards broke in — score 3
4. Yep, she was hit by a falling tree — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1621, line 11: «The king breaks the rule because he is "quite unreasonable" and says "No nonsense", then bursts the door open.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burst» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Did the Princess just sit around, or what?

1. She sat at her window and called the bird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. She slept a lot — score 2
3. She walked the halls and fed the palace doves — score 2
4. She stayed inside and wrote letters all day — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1846, line 16: «Where does he wait? He sits under a tree until evening, then rides to the palace.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «ride» (+3); the same place «palace» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

And Madam Puss, what'd she do to the King?

1. scratched him — no support
2. clawed his cheek, scarring him for life — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. scratched his eye, nearly blinded him — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. scratched his eye, nearly blinded him, and ran off into the palace — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1482, line 16: «The King says he is "no merchant, but a king of as high birth as yourself."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «merchant» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

How many times did the Enchanter go round the world, like?

1. seven times, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. eight times, bro — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. nine times, bro — score 3
4. eight times round the world, bro, and back again — 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 1765, line 12: «The calf is so swift that "in a single day he can run three times round the world", so it must be tied with silk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «world» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Turritella, like, actually pretty?

1. the Enchanter thought her really lovely, but the King thought her frightful — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Enchanter thought her really frightful and wicked, so he refused her — no support
3. the Enchanter thought her really frightful — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the Enchanter thought her very lovely — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what's the bit about the two Princesses?

1. The Enchanter spoke of two kings — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The Queen said there was one — score 2
3. The King said "There are two!" when asked, and the Enchanter laughed — score 2
4. The King said "There are two!" — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1704, line 9: «Why: the boy climbs because he has heard his parents speak of the Princess, and he "determined that he too would try his luck".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which instrument did the Queen cause to be suspended within the fir tree?

1. a collection of knives, swords, and sharp hooks hung from every branch — score 2
2. a bundle of razors and blades — score 2
3. a collection of knives and swords — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. a collection of knives and swords and razors strung up in every branch of the tree — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1548, line 2: «The King comes home victorious, but the Queen fakes an illness and makes the doctor say only the Bull's flesh can cure her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); the same doer «queen» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Enchanter restore King Charming to health?

1. a bath of sweet river water — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. magic herbs combined with incantations and the blood of a Fairy — score -1
3. magic herbs combined with incantations — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. magic herbs combined with incantations chanted over the sick bird for nine nights — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1011, line 14: «The old word "gossip" meant a close friend who chats; today it means talking about other people's business.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What condition did the Fairy Mazilla impose upon the restoration of King Charming?

1. To wed her — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. That he marry Turritella — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. That he wed the Queen — score -8
4. That he become a Fairy — score -8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1868, line 16: «The Fairy Mazilla says the King "need expect no mercy from me unless he will marry my goddaughter".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+1); the same doer «mazilla» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What kinship did the Enchanter invoke when petitioning the Fairy Mazilla?

1. They were friends — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They were kin by marriage — no support
3. They were cousins of a sort — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They were cousins of a sort, since both had the same ancient magic — 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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