fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1900 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 the soldier dude actually get a golden coach?

1. Nope, he got a wooden wagon instead — no support
2. Yeah, four horses and two drivers up front — no support
3. Yeah, six white horses and four servants behind it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nah, just a cart — 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 1765, line 9: «Why: the maiden says "You must steal out at daybreak to-morrow and bring out the white horse", so the work gets done.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so the princess kept the purse? lol

1. Yeah, she hid it under the bed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, she nicked it while he was snoring — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Nope, she gave it back the next day — score 3
4. Nah, the King took it back and locked it in the treasury before the wedding — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1685, line 2: «She hides behind the great picture and watches the eagles turn into young men.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did john even lose at cards with that purse

1. The purse was empty the whole time so he had nothing to bet with, bruh — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The King had a magic deck, bruh — no support
3. Cause he lost every game on purpose, bruh — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cause he lost every game on purpose so the King would like him, bruh — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1235, line 1: «The purse runs empty, so the head sends the old woman to the sultan to ask for his daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «purse» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, that red cloak is the best bit tho

1. Fr, it lets him zap anywhere he wants, even home to his own room — no support
2. Fr, it lets him zap anywhere he wants — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fr, it makes him invisible at night — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Fr, it's a red cloak that turns into a bird and flies him to the palace — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1457, line 14: «The Cap of Darkness makes the wearer invisible, and even the fairies cannot see him when he wears it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «make» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl the king was lowkey mean to him right

1. Nah, he gave him a purse and a horse and then wanted him gone — score 0
2. Yeah, he kept making excuses and ghosting him until the wedding day came — score 1
3. Yeah, he threw him out of the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, he kept making excuses and ghosting him — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1483, line 16: «The King cries, "Throw him into prison," because he does not understand why John acted as he did.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what did the princess actually want from him

1. Her purse and cloak back, then she bailed — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nothing much, she just wanted to hang out and play cards with him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Her cloak, then nothing — no support
4. Her purse and cloak back, then she bailed out the window when he dozed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1875, line 6: «Jenik is a man, the cat and dog are his animals, and the magic watch is what the Princess wants to keep from him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

wait, why was the princess a serpent, do you know

1. A goblin cursed her when she was little and she never got it back — score 2
2. Her dad's a sneaky king and she took after him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Her dad's a sneaky king and she took after him, lying and stealing from everyone — score 3
4. A witch turned her into one — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol the soldier kinda got played, right

1. Nah, she was the one who got played, he won the purse back with a trick — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Fr, she tricked him with a nap and a hug, then stole his stuff while he slept — no support
3. Fr, she fooled him with a kiss — score 2
4. Fr, she tricked him with a nap and a hug — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1146, line 16: «The princess says: "An ill trick have you played me!" when she finds she cannot get back to land.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «get back» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the soldier like her or nah

1. Yeah, he loved her from the start — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he wanted the purse and the cloak more than her, honestly — no support
3. Yeah, he was smitten by her glances — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he was smitten by her glances and her hands and wanted to marry 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's an immortelle anyway, sounds fancy

1. A type of silk ribbon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A rare green herb — no support
3. A small golden bird that sings in the palace gardens every spring — no support
4. A flower that lasts forever, like a dried one — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the lacqueys were the footmen right, the guys at the back

1. Yeah, they rode on top of it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, they walked in front — no support
3. Yeah, the drivers — no support
4. Yeah, they stood behind the coach all dressed up — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

he said he was going to marry her, no way

1. Nah, the King arranged the wedding and she agreed to marry him at Easter — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Yeah, but she laughed and kept the purse — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, but she ran away first — no support
4. Yeah, but she laughed at him and kept the purse and the red cloak too — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1747, line 19: «The story then turns to two brothers who want to marry the King's daughter, and the father gives each son a horse to ride to the wooing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «daughter» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so she just dipped on him, right?

1. Nah, she walked out the door — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, she left through the window — no support
3. Yeah, she wished herself home while he was napping — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, she stayed — 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 ✓

Identify the action by which Ludovine obtained the purse and the red mantle from the sleeping soldier.

1. She cut the mantle with a knife and emptied his pockets — no support
2. She unfastened the mantle, drew it from beneath him, and removed the purse from his pocket — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She lifted the purse while he wept and pulled the cloak free — score 2
4. She quietly unfastened the mantle, drew it carefully from beneath his sleeping body, and removed the purse from the pocket of his velvet vest — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1900, line 5: «Ludovine takes his purse and red cloak while he sleeps on the grass, and she runs home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «ludovine» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the reason the guards gave for refusing the soldier entry to the palace.

1. They had strict orders from the King to admit no stranger in rags, and so they refused to let him pass the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. They suspected him of lying, and so would not admit him — score 2
3. They judged him to be a thief, and so barred the gate — score 2
4. They believed him to be mad, and so refused to let him pass — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 879, line 1: «The little mermaid slips away from the singing and dancing in her father's palace and sits alone in her garden, thinking of the prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slip away» (+2); the same doer «little mermaid» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the manner in which the King concluded his agreement with the soldier concerning the Princess.

1. He required the purse as payment, promising the Princess's hand at Easter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He made a bargain in which the purse would be surrendered to the palace treasury, and the Princess would be married at the spring festival — score 3
3. He wanted the purse back and promised a feast at Easter — score 3
4. He required the soldier to hand over the purse as payment for the wedding, promising the Princess's hand in marriage at Easter — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1735, line 19: «Old word: "entreated" means begged or pleaded, so when the Princess "entreated him to stay" she was asking him very earnestly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Explain the significance of the fifty crowns that remained in the soldier's purse throughout this part of the narrative.

1. It meant he was rich and could gamble at the palace — no support
2. The purse was enchanted and never emptied, which allowed John to pay for finery and wagers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. It was a trick — no support
4. The purse was enchanted and always full, so he could buy things — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1899, line 10: «What: She gives him a purse with "two hundred ducats," a ducat being an old gold coin used across Europe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «john» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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