pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace returns home, and the youngest son meets the hare and the Porcelain Maiden

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1897 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 wind actually say the palace was across the Red Sea, or is that just a story thing?

1. Yeah, it's way over the Red Sea, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, the wind said it's sitting on a cloud over the Mediterranean, but I'm not sure, honestly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, it's over the Dead Sea, mate — score 2
4. Yeah, the wind said it's way over the Red Sea somewhere, mate, so good luck finding it — 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 1897, line 1: «The wind tells the wronged man that his palace lies far away, on the other side of the Red Sea.», 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 «wind» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, how'd the gardener get the snuff-box, did he nick it?

1. Yeah, he waited for the cook to lock it up and then slipped in — score 4
2. Nah, he disguised himself as a delivery boy, wandered into the bedchamber, and the maid just handed it over happily — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, he waited for the maid to stash it and then crept in — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, he bribed the maid with a gold coin and she gave it to him — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1414, line 10: «After "forty days one was found," and he is a poor man who lives in want.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gardener» (+3); the same thing acted on «poor man» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

bruv, what's a laths, is it like a sweet or summat?

1. Thin bits of wood under the roof tiles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Some kind of pastry — no support
3. A sweet — no support
4. Narrow boards that hold up the roof sheets — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

so the eldest brother just gave up, innit?

1. Yeah, he sat in the inn and skived off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nah, he kept on going regardless — score 4
3. Yeah, he jacked it in and went home — score 4
4. Yeah, he sat in the inn and skived off, then went home to bed — 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 1810, line 8: «Where: the brothers ride "for twelve days" to the East to find wives from their uncle's family.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+3); the same doer «brothers» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the little hare really carry the youth seven hundred miles, like on his back?

1. Yeah, the hare let him ride on its back and they covered seven hundred miles by nightfall — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, it hopped him across the valley — score 1
3. Nah, it carried him in a cart — score 2
4. Yeah, seven miles a bound, proper quick — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1520, line 11: «The youth tells his father "You said that I might take to anything I liked," so the father is the one who let him choose his trade.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+3); the same doer «one» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

wait, why'd they keep the brothers at the inn?

1. They had run up a bill and could not settle it — score 0
2. The landlord wanted money they did not have — score 0
3. They owed the landlord money and couldn't pay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. The landlord was keeping their horses — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1365, line 15: «Why: the younger brother obeys, for "being the younger he owed his elder brother obedience."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «owe» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the maid just gave the box to the gardener, like, no bother?

1. Nah, he had to coax her, she didn't just hand it over — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, she handed it over after a brief chat — score 2
3. Nah, he stole it while she was asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Nah, she refused — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1896, line 11: «Why does the Queen steal the box? She was "jealous both of the young man and of her own daughter."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the Porcelain Maiden go for a swim with her mates?

1. Nah, she was out with her friends in the lake, having a bath, when the stranger came by and noticed her clothes — score 2
2. Yeah, she bathed in the lake with her friends — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Nah, they only paddled in the shallows near camp — no support
4. Yeah, she and her friends went bathing in the lake every afternoon, laughing and splashing about — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 860, line 13: «The Ice Maiden is proud and cruel; she calls the people in the valley "worms" and laughs when avalanches roll.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+3); the same doer «maiden» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

why'd the maiden get proper upset at the end?

1. Coz the youth had hidden them so well she couldn't find them, and she was properly fed up about it all — score 0
2. Coz she couldn't find her clothes anywhere and her mates had buggered off home, so she was well gutted — score 0
3. Coz she couldn't find her clothes, she was well gutted — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Coz her mates left her, so she went home in a huff — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1091, line 12: «Why the King goes wrong: "instead of coming to a decision he brooded over his sorrow until in the end his reason left him."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the blackbird woke up when it touched the posh cage, yeah?

1. Yeah, it started whistling and everyone came running — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, it flapped about and squawked a bit — no support
3. Yeah, it started singing and the servants woke up — no support
4. Nah, the lord woke and shooed it off the perch — ← 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 1440, line 19: «Old word: "aviary" means a large cage or house where many birds live; today it still means a bird house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the hare said Venus was the maiden's looks? what's that about?

1. She's a lass of the sea, like Venus rising — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It means she's as lovely as Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty and love, so the youth thinks she's a deity — no support
3. She's lovely as Venus, the goddess of beauty — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She's as lovely as Venus, the goddess of beauty, who was born from the sea foam and loved by all — 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 ✗

how far is the blackbird from the sick lord's place, like roughly?

1. About seven hundred miles — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Almost a thousand miles, past the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. About seven hundred miles, over mountains and rivers, through the forests of the east — no support
4. Roughly three hundred miles — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1056, line 8: «Where: the camp is at Ben Edair, and the fourteen battalions are resting in their places above the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same place «places» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the wind informed the traveller of the location of his stolen palace?

1. The wind told him it sat on a far island in the south sea — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The wind stated that the palace lay on the other side of the Red Sea — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The wind, blowing loudly through the trees, plainly informed the traveller that the palace stood on the far side of the Red Sea, beyond the desert — score 0
4. The wind answered him in a whisper after he had asked it many times, explaining that the palace lay across the Red Sea on the other side of the mountains — 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 1897, line 1: «The wind tells the wronged man that his palace lies far away, on the other side of the Red Sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+1). Against it: the same doer «wind» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object which the youthful gardener secured from the maid's hiding place and subsequently employed in order to effect his wish.

1. The ring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The old locket — no support
3. A key — no support
4. The snuff-box — ✓ 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 ✗

State the reason the eldest brother gave for abandoning his quest for the Golden Blackbird at the inn.

1. He said the whole quest was a waste of time since his father was elderly, and he would inherit all the goods anyway, once the old man was gone and buried — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He reasoned that his father was elderly and that he would inherit his goods — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He reasoned that the father was old and soon would die, leaving him everything, so there was no need to keep searching for the bird — score 3
4. He figured the search would cost more than his father's whole estate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1748, line 15: «The brother who knew the dictionary by heart forgets it all and stands "like an idiot" in the hall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forget» (+3); the same doer «brother» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the sequence of events by which the youngest son obtained the Golden Blackbird with the assistance of the hare.

1. He hopped on a hare, flew across the sea, and grabbed the bird from its perch — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He mounted the hare, which carried him over seven hundred miles, and then he searched the castle grounds until he discovered the Golden Blackbird hidden in a cabin — score 4
3. He mounted the hare, was carried seven hundred miles, and found the bird in a small cabin — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He climbed onto the hare's back, was carried seven hundred miles across hills and rivers, and then found the blackbird asleep in a small cabin beside a lake — 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 829, line 5: «Back in the city, the merchant's son fires rockets over the crowd, but a spark burns his flying trunk to ashes, so he can never fly to his bride again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+3); the same doer «son» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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