Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is scorned and meets a grumpy old hag

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1884 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 ✓

Yo, was Featherhead proper rude to Celandine or what?

1. Yeah, he called her thick, innit — no support
2. Yeah, he called her jealous, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Yeah, he called her jealous, innit, and then just walked off without a word — score 2
4. Yeah, he called her jealous and vain, innit, and then started going on about the town girls for ages — 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 1884, line 3: «He thinks she is jealous and cold-shoulders her, then leaves the palace for good in a few hours.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «celandine» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, did he actually dump her after the portrait thing?

1. Yeah, he dipped out of the palace fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he left the town fast — no support
3. Yeah, he dipped out of the palace fast, then went back to town to party with the other girls — no support
4. Yeah, he dipped out of the palace fast and never came back to see her — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why was Celandine so gutted by the whole thing?

1. Cos he dumped her — no support
2. Cos he said she was vain and cold — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cos he called her boring — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. Cos he said she was rich — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 253, line 4: «A foolish young man wants a pottle o' brains, so the wise woman tells him to bring her the heart of the thing he likes best.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wise woman» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); the same receiver «woman» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Fairy really send him that picture?

1. Nah, the picture was from some town girl who fancied him, not the Fairy at all — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, the picture was from the Fairy — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Yeah, the card was from the Fairy — no support
4. Yeah, the picture was from the Fairy, delivered by a mysterious messenger — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1852, line 7: «What: the prince sees a fairy in his palm, and "he fell so madly in love with her that he dropped down in a swoon."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, the town girls were mint before, right?

1. Nah, they were boring — no support
2. Nah, they got loud after he saw it — no support
3. Nah, they got boring once he saw the picture — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yeah, they stayed fun the whole time — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1567, line 2: «An old woman tells her that she must stay silent and never laugh for seven years to save them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what was the old hag's whole deal?

1. She was grumpy and wore a posh robe — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She was grumpy and nicked the posh robe off Celandine's back in the woods — no support
3. She was grumpy and nicked the posh robe — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She was lonely and sold rags — 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 ✗

Dead, so she just gave up her posh clothes?

1. Yeah, she swapped the posh clothes for a manky dress and was happy with the deal — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, for a manky dress from the hag — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, for a manky cloak from the hag — no support
4. Yeah, for a manky dress from the hag, which she thought was a bargain — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1576, line 1: «Pippin and Minnikin swap clothes, so the elder princess kisses the wrong brother and two weddings follow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swap» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Did Celandine even eat anything at the house?

1. Nah, she said she was too sad to eat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nah, she said she was too sad to eat anything at all that day — score 4
3. Yeah, she ate a little bread and cheese, but she said she was too sad to enjoy it — score 4
4. Nah, she said she was full — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1884, line 17: «Celandine does not want food: "I am too sad to be hungry", she tells the hag.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «celandine» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Was the hag really going to be her servant boss?

1. Yeah, she wanted free help from Celandine, no cap, for the whole winter — score 4
2. Yeah, she wanted free help, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, she wanted free food, no cap — score 4
4. Nah, she wanted to be her friend and share the cottage with her, no cap — 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 1884, line 16: «The hag says "I am not above doing my own work", so she wants a servant for free.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «hag» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Sus, did Celandine tell the King goodbye?

1. Nah, she just left, no goodbye — no support
2. Yeah, she hugged him, mate — no support
3. Nah, she just left, didn't say a word — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nah, she didn't — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1707, line 16: «Old word: "adieus" means farewells, the goodbyes said by people who are parting, and it is a French word used in English stories.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, was the portrait the reason he changed his mind?

1. Yeah, it made him stop liking the town, but he still went out there sometimes to see his mates — score 4
2. Nah, it made him like the palace — score -1
3. Yeah, it made him stop liking the town and go back to the palace — score 4
4. Yeah, it made him stop liking the town — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 644, line 10: «The sportsman asks for a firework "to kill the white grouse with", and George refuses because "the reason for shooting him stopped yesterday".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+3); the same doer «reason» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, did Featherhead ever say sorry to her?

1. Nah, he went cold and walked off — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, he hugged her and cried — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, he didn't — no support
4. Nah, he went quiet and left — 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 1883, line 9: «Why: the Fairy loves children, and "little Prince Featherhead, who never cried and grew prettier day by day, quite won her heart."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «little prince featherhead» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Last one, what's the hag's problem with the robe?

1. She reckons it's cheap, so greedy — no support
2. She reckons it cost a fortune, so greedy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She reckons it cost a fortune, so she's greedy and wants more of it — no support
4. She reckons it cost a fortune, so greedy she wants the whole palace as well — ← Mova's choice · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1882, line 8: «Why does Orion carry the Princess so gently? Grumedan tells him, "Be gentle now!", so Orion holds her robe in his teeth and trots back without hurting her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal reason for Celandine's distress on being rejected by Featherhead?

1. She is wounded by his cold dismissal of her, having given him her love — ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. She is upset that he has taken a portrait of another princess from town — score -4
3. She feels hurt by his cold rejection after she gave him her heart — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. She is angry at the Fairy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1883, line 13: «What: Celandine asks Saradine to take back her gifts, since "how am I to know that it is really I, myself?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «gift» (+1); the same doer «celandine» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner does Featherhead respond when the portrait is presented to him by the Fairy?

1. He stares at it and blushes, then looks up quickly — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He gazes at it, transfixed, and cannot look away — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He studies it closely and smiles softly — no support
4. He gazes at it, transfixed, and cannot look away from it for the rest of the day — 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 1375, line 18: «The man reveals that he is a fairy named Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto, and his brothers are going to seek the Princess Yakami.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which action of Celandine most directly demonstrates her departure from the Leafy Palace?

1. She sends a letter to the King and Queen before going — score -8
2. She leaves without bidding farewell to the King and Queen, and walks off alone into the night — score -5
3. She leaves without bidding farewell to the King and Queen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -5
4. She leaves the valley at dawn — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1286, line 10: «Why she blames Eve: she says "it is all because of the curiosity of old mother Eve", wishing she were "like me".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wish» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal function of the old woman in the final part of this extract?

1. She steals a small coin — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She exploits Celandine's distress and obtains her rich garments — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She takes advantage of Celandine's sorrow to win her fine robe — no support
4. She helps Celandine home — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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