Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1892 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, did Mannikin really beg the Fairy for help, or is that just a dream thing?
- 1. He did beg her, she came in a dream, bruv — score 4
- 2. Yeah, he begged her — score 4
- 3. He begged her, and she showed up in a dream, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Nah, he never begged, it was just a dream, mate — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1022, line 5: «In a dream, a fairy shows Eliza the nettles that must grow on churchyard graves to save her brothers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); the same doer «fairy» (+1); the same place «dream» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, so was the Ambassador's parade actually good or was it rubbish?
- 1. It looked like proper rubbish to everyone who saw it, innit, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It was actually dead good, the crowd loved it — no support
- 3. Honestly it looked well shabby to the lot of them — no support
- 4. It looked like proper rubbish to everyone, innit — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, why did the King slam the gates on him?
- 1. He reckoned they were all fake lords — no support
- 2. He reckoned the parade was a dis — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He was just grumpy — no support
- 4. He thought the parade was a bit of a joke — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1883, line 19: «Old word: "cajoled" meant coaxed or talked round with flattery, and a "minx" was a saucy, bold girl, not a small animal.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). 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
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the Ambassador just dip and get out of there?
- 1. Nah, he didn't leave at all, he hung about for ages in the town — ← Mova's choice · score -6
- 2. Yeah, he bolted as quick as his horses could carry him, mate — no support
- 3. Yeah, he rode off fast on his horses — no support
- 4. Yeah, he bolted quick as his horses could go — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 897, line 5: «Stork-papa tells her she vanished long ago, and she kneels as the sun turns her form to dust, leaving a faded lotus-flower.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the proper legend on the battlefield then?
- 1. The spaniels, they were class — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Mannikin, he was dead good at it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Mannikin, proper legend — no support
- 4. Brandatimor, he was pretty decent — 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 ✗
Ngl, what did the spaniels do that was so mad?
- 1. They barked at horses and chased the soldiers — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They bit the horses — no support
- 3. They jumped on the horses and went for the riders — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They leapt on the mounts and attacked the riders — 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
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
So did Brandatimor get locked up or what?
- 1. Yeah, Mannikin took him prisoner, and then he got a pardon from the King — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Mannikin took him prisoner, and he was locked up in the tower — score 2
- 3. Mannikin took him prisoner, and he died of pride — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Yeah, he got caught, then he sulked — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1179, line 18: «Hard word: "gaoler" means a jailer, a person who keeps prisoners locked up, and the queen is the Lion Fairy's prisoner.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «prisoners» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was Sabella buzzing about Mannikin, like proper into him?
- 1. Yeah, she fancied him a bit, mate — no support
- 2. Nah, she only praised him, she was never into him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, she only praised him a bit, but she was never really into him, mate — no support
- 4. Yeah, she was proper smitten with him, always wanting to see him, innit — ← Mova's choice · 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 1892, line 11: «Quote: Sabella says she wishes her chosen person to be "as insensible to the folly called 'love'" as she is herself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sabella» (+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 ✗
Did Prince Fadasse finish the Ice Mountain quest, or did he flop?
- 1. He made it, he got back, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He nailed it at first then he flopped hard and died in the snow, innit — no support
- 3. He flopped, he died in the snow, and his mates never got back, mate — no support
- 4. He flopped, he died in the snow, mate — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
Did the King hand Mannikin the army, or did he get the army some other way?
- 1. The King begged him to take command after the general died — score 5
- 2. The King begged him to take command — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. He pleaded with Mannikin to lead the army and the Princess agreed — score 3
- 4. The general handed it over — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1892, line 4: «Mannikin becomes an officer, takes command of the army, and wins a battle when the spaniels attack Brandatimor's horses.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
So why didn't the King want Mannikin to go, honestly?
- 1. He thought Mannikin would die in the snow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. He thought Mannikin would be killed in battle — score 2
- 3. He thought Mannikin would die in the snow on the Ice Mountain — score 2
- 4. He feared Mannikin would die in the snow and leave the Princess alone forever — 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 1865, line 15: «Why: the King thinks the Queen is jealous, "for the sake of that ugly daughter of hers," so he does not believe the courtiers' bad reports.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was there a massive fight at the start, or did it all just kick off later?
- 1. The fighting started quietly at the frontier, with lots of small skirmishes and raids — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The fighting began at the border with raids — no support
- 3. The fighting started at the frontier, with lots of skirmishes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. There was a massive battle at the start, right at the frontier, and then calm — 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 ✓
Which event in the passage most directly leads to the declaration of war against Farda-Kinbras?
- 1. The death of the Farda-Kinbras general — score 1
- 2. The King's refusal to receive the Ambassador — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. The Ambassador's splendid parade through the city streets — no support
- 4. The Ambassador's flight from the capital — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1892, line 7: «What: The Ambassador's procession is made to look ridiculous, and the King refuses to receive him, so the Ambassador declares war.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «refuse» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which character's pride is identified in the passage as the cause of his death?
- 1. The Ambassador of the Farda-Kinbras court — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Brandatimor — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Prince Fadasse of Farda-Kinbras — no support
- 4. Mannikin — 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 ✗
What was the principal consequence of the spaniels' sudden attack upon the enemy squadron?
- 1. The enemy general was quickly killed — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The enemy line broke in the morning — no support
- 3. The enemy squadron was thrown into confusion — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The enemy squadron was thrown into confusion and fled the field in disorder — 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 ✗
Which decision did Mannikin reach at the close of the passage concerning the Ice Mountain?
- 1. He decided to wait for spring — no support
- 2. He chose to try the climb despite the peril — score 0
- 3. He decided to send the spaniels instead — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. He resolved to attempt the undertaking despite the danger — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1762, line 7: «What: she sings "I come from my own country far" and makes the king say, "That's something like playing and singing."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «queen» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1). 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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