Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1904 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, so why was the King totally vexed at dinner, mate?

1. his dinner tasted like cardboard and he couldn't even swallow it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. his food was totally burnt — no support
3. his grub tasted like cardboard — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the grub was made of old leather boots and the cook got sacked for it — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1677, line 3: «The cat chooses the church, saying no one will bother to take it there, and they hide it in a corner.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «one» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did Grannonia say was the sickest thing ever?

1. bread is the best thing in life — score 1
2. salt is the best thing in life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. gold is the best thing ever — score 1
4. salt is nice — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1904, line 2: «His daughter reminds him that salt is the best thing in life, so he eats salted bread and praises it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «salt» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, who was the peasant's wife who found the snake?

1. Carmella — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sabatella, the poor widow of the hill — no support
3. Sabatella — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the peasant's wife Sabatella Maria of the village — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Cola-Mattheo was a total numpty, right? What was he called in the story?

1. a dreamer — score 1
2. a simpleton — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. a rude, lazy lad who never listened to his mother — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. a fool — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1630, line 11: «The golden star: a little one tears it off and cries "Look what was left on the ugly old fir-tree!".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little one» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the snake want, like seriously?

1. to marry the King's daughter — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. to marry the King's daughter and live in the palace with her — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. to become the King himself and take the whole kingdom for his own use — score 1
4. to wed the young Princess — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 461, line 10: «fact: The lover revives, but he "lives only three days," and she refuses to survive him and is buried at his side.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «snake» (+2). Against it: the same action «live» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

So the King made the snake do mad stuff, yeah? What did it have to turn the palace walls into?

1. ivory — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. silver — no support
3. tin — no support
4. marble — 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 ✗

Ok, what did Cola-Mattheo chuck on the garden paths to make them gold?

1. dust — ← Mova's choice · score -9
2. broken pots and pans — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a pile of broken pots and pans with some old rags — no support
4. stone jars and kettles — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 747, line 10: «Why: the girl sprinkles "peas and lentils" to find her way back, because the robber has strewn ashes on the path.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same place «path» (-2); it fills the role the question asks for (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the trees go all sparkly with, fam?

1. pearls and sapphires — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. shining rubies, diamonds, pearls, and bright golden fruit on the boughs — no support
3. rubies, emeralds and diamonds hung from every branch — no support
4. rubies and diamonds — ✓ the right answer · 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, how did the snake show up at the palace?

1. in a golden carriage with six white elephants — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. in a red coach with six black horses — score 0
3. in a huge golden carriage with six white elephants and a band of drummers — score 0
4. in a golden carriage with six white elephants and twelve grooms riding ahead — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 213, line 10: «What: The Sultan calls Aladdin a "False wretch!" and shows him from the window "the place where his palace had stood."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «window» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did everyone do when the snake rolled in, like, really?

1. fled — no support
2. ran away in fear — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. ran off screaming — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. hid — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1689, line 12: «Why the people flee: the reward is so large that "in the twinkling of an eye" everyone runs into the fields.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «everyone» (+3). Against it: the same action «run» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Grannonia scared at all, babe?

1. yes, she fled the hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, she stood her ground and even laughed at the snake — no support
3. yes, she was terrified but she tried to stay brave and calm — no support
4. no, she stood her ground — ✓ 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 ✗

Where did the King and Queen hide, like, properly?

1. in the cellar — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. under the great table — score 5
3. in a far-away turret — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. in a far-away turret high above the moat and the gardens — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 1852, line 1: «The two friends hurry away from the king's land, and the soldiers hide behind rocks to make sure the prince is really gone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same doer «soldiers» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ok, the snake wrapped its tail round Grannonia, then what?

1. bit her — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. hit her — no support
3. praised her — no support
4. kissed her — ✓ the right answer · score -2

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 1752, line 5: «Back home the stepmother dies after a black snake stings her tongue, and her husband, glad to be rid of her, eats a slice of bread and goes to sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «black snake» (+2). Against it: the same action «sting» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dad was like, "Heaven help our child", why though?

1. he wished the snake would leave — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. he thought she would be fine — score -3
3. he feared it was all over for her — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. he feared it was all over for her and that she would die tonight — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1468, line 12: «Where: the parents leave the children in "the thickest and most obscure part of the forest."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+1). Against it: the same doer «parents» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the King's response to his daughter's remark concerning salt?

1. He acknowledged that he had misinterpreted her words and had been in error. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. He dismissed her remark and insisted his judgment of the salt was right. — score -2
3. He rejected her view and maintained that his own understanding of the matter had been correct. — score 1
4. He ordered her to be silent. — 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 218, line 17: «Her words are "If you were born dog, remain dog; but if you were born man, resume your proper form."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+2). Against it: the same action «word» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the means by which the peasant fulfilled the King's first condition?

1. He gathered green herbs in the wood and rubbed the palace threshold with them. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He picked wild flowers in the field and scattered them on the palace steps. — score 3
3. He went deep into the wood, gathered many green herbs and sweet grasses, then carried them to the palace and rubbed the threshold with them slowly. — score 3
4. He travelled to the city, bought herbs from the market, and then rubbed the threshold of every palace door in the realm with them. — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 491, line 8: «Where: he is out in a field, ploughing with a horse, in the Russian countryside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «field» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the correct account of the snake's appearance at the palace?

1. It arrived in a golden carriage drawn by six white elephants, and the courtiers fled screaming while the King and Queen hid in the turret and the bells rang. — no support
2. It arrived on foot through the garden gate, bowing politely, and then the courtiers all fled in terror to the cellars below the palace hall and the stables. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. It rode in a red coach drawn by four black horses, and the servants screamed. — score 0
4. It arrived in a golden carriage drawn by six white elephants, and the courtiers fled. — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1738, line 20: «Old word: "respectable" once meant decent and well-off in appearance, not just polite.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements is accurate regarding Grannonia's conduct when the courtiers fled?

1. She kept her composure, refused to flee, and even laughed at the courtiers who ran from the snake in terror. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She stayed calm but she quickly left the room in tears. — no support
3. She was frightened and ran off to hide with the maids. — no support
4. She retained her presence of mind and declined to fly from the snake she was to marry. — ✓ the right answer · 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 1904, line 16: «How Grannonia feels: she keeps her presence of mind and says she will not fly from her chosen husband.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+2); the same doer «grannonia» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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