Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1875 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, did the cat actually nick the watch or what?
- 1. Yeah, he scratched a hole in the box and bolted — ✓ the right answer · score -5
- 2. No, the dog took it from the box and hid it in the cellar — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 3. Yeah, he picked the lock quick — no support
- 4. Yeah, he scratched a hole in the box and then ran off with it — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1875, line 10: «The watch "fell into the sea" at the shore, and the fish is the one who later finds it again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «watch» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, why'd the cat not speak to the dog?
- 1. He was scared of dropping the watch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Cos the dog had told him off for scratching the box earlier — score 1
- 3. He was sulking at the dog — score 2
- 4. He was scared he'd drop the watch in the sea and it'd be gone — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1875, line 9: «The cat keeps the watch "between his teeth," so he cannot speak when the dog asks him about it on the way back.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
So who got the watch back in the end?
- 1. The Princess got it back after the dog swam out to the sea — score -1
- 2. The dog, he dived in — score -1
- 3. The fish, he found it on the seabed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. The cat, after all that — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1875, line 10: «The watch "fell into the sea" at the shore, and the fish is the one who later finds it again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); the same thing acted on «watch» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the fish really have nine kids?
- 1. Yeah, he said he had nine little ones waiting at home — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, he just said that to fool the cat into staying for supper — no support
- 3. Yeah, he said so, nine little ones — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he had seven kids — 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 ✓
Wait, why did Jenik wish the palace sunk?
- 1. He hated the fairy palace — no support
- 2. He wanted his wife and the Princess gone so he could live alone — score 1
- 3. He wanted his wife and the Princess gone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. He wanted his money back — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 1040, line 9: «WHY: His guardians sent him off because "the sons of Morna are watching again to kill you".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sons» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, why did the fairy Queen die?
- 1. She got hurt in animal form, one day a week — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She got hurt in animal form, and her magic failed her on that day — no support
- 3. She drank something bad — no support
- 4. She turned into a hawk and got shot by a hunter one day a week — 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 ✗
Who was fighting to be Queen, then?
- 1. Surcantine and Balanice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Surcantine and Paridamie — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Surcantine and Paridamie, the two fairy rivals from the court — no support
- 4. Mirliflor and all twelve of the fairy princesses at court — 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 ✗
What did the fairies say the winner had to show?
- 1. The greatest wonder going — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A baby girl with a pink rose and a silver ribbon — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. The fairest gift — no support
- 4. The greatest wonder going that could be shown in the kingdom — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1865, line 7: «Who: the King hates disputes, so he says, "it's no affair of mine, settle it your own way," and lets his wife do as she likes.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «wife» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ok, so what was Paridamie's big plan?
- 1. A Princess that every single prince in the land would fall for — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A Princess everyone would fall for — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A magic watch no one could find — no support
- 4. A kingdom everyone would want — 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 ✗
Why did the Queen wake up screaming?
- 1. She dreamt a huge bird flew in and nicked her youngest daughter away — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. She dreamt that the cat had stolen the watch from the box — score 0
- 3. She dreamt a bird nicked her daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She heard a cat at the door — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «new queen» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was that pink thing on the babies' necks?
- 1. A small pink rose painted carefully on each baby's throat — no support
- 2. A small blue star — no support
- 3. A pink ribbon with a little silver bell tied on tightly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. A little pink rose — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 578, line 1: «Brer Terrapin wins Miss Meadows's money race by tying the bag round his neck and running home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tie» (+3); the same thing acted on «bag» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who got the watch that the cat had, then?
- 1. The cat, after he lost it — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. Nobody, the fish swallowed it and the dog ate the box — score -2
- 3. The Princess, if she could ever get it back from the sea — score -1
- 4. The Princess, if she got it back — ✓ the right answer · score 0
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 1875, line 8: «The Princess takes the watch "down to the cellar and locked it in a box," which is why the cat has to dig through it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «cat» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why did Mirliflor get so embarrassed, like?
- 1. He got caught by the Queen — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. All twelve girls liked him back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He had been caught wearing the Queen's own pink ribbon by mistake — no support
- 4. All twelve of the girls at court liked him back and kept following him — 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 ✗
Which creature retrieved the magic watch from the sea, and by what means was it recovered?
- 1. The cat, by scratching a hole in it — score -4
- 2. The dog, having swum across the sea and then dived down into the deep water to find it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. The dog, having been paid with a bone — score 0
- 4. The fish, having agreed to find it in exchange for sparing its children — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1875, line 10: «The watch "fell into the sea" at the shore, and the fish is the one who later finds it again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What condition did the cat impose upon the fish before the matter was settled?
- 1. That the dog should carry the fish across the sea and back again before supper — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. That the dog should swim out — no support
- 3. That the fish should fetch supper — score -2
- 4. That the fish should locate the watch — ✓ the right answer · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 992, line 6: «Who: the narrator is a little mouse who "slipped into his apartment" to visit a prisoner.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which fairy was to be preferred between the two candidates for sovereignty?
- 1. Surcantine, the eldest — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Neither, since both were proud — no support
- 3. The younger of the two — no support
- 4. Neither, as their claims were equal — ✓ 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 principal objective of Paridamie in the wonder she intended to display?
- 1. To show a dress of gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To exhibit a palace under the sea that would swallow the rival fairies whole — no support
- 3. To exhibit a Princess who would captivate all beholders and win the crown — no support
- 4. To exhibit a Princess who would captivate all beholders — ✓ 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
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