Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight over Parsley, a witch turns her into a toad, and the youngest prince wins the first two tasks with the toad's help

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1912 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 ✗

Mate, did the witch turn Parsley into a toad or a frog?

1. Frog — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Newt, lol — no support
3. Toad, obvs — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Frog, innit — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the three princes start a fight with swords?

1. Proper jealous over Parsley, plus one of them had lost a bet, innit — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. They were jealous, dead jealous — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. They were mad about the throne, honestly, the whole kingdom was at stake — score -2
4. They wanted the same girl, dude — score -3

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 1909, line 6: «Who: Prince Milan is a young prince who must complete the Magician's tasks or lose his head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «young prince» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the youngest prince gutted when his brothers got the good roads?

1. Nah, he was chill about it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he didn't care at all — score 2
3. Nah, he was chill, but his brothers were the ones who were properly sus about it — score 2
4. Yeah, he was proper gutted and went off to sulk by the river for ages — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1519, line 1: «The youngest brother waves goodbye to his father where three roads meet and goes off alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go off» (+2); the same doer «youngest brother» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the toad's linen go through the ring, or was it dodgy?

1. It went through, but only after his brothers had tried and failed a dozen times over — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it got stuck halfway, then the toad had a go and it went through — no support
3. It got stuck, mate, real talk — no support
4. It went through, no bother — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the King say he wanted, like a boss?

1. His sons to fight for it — score 0
2. One son to rule and be heir — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. A crown — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. A son to take the throne — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1801, line 10: «The serpent-king wears "a golden crown, from which the light sprang," and sits among thousands of snakes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «serpent king» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «golden crown» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which brother was the sus one who took the easy roads?

1. The older princes — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The eldest — no support
3. The two elder ones — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Both — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 354, line 2: «He takes the longer road through a valley, because he knows the paths well and is very thirsty.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «king» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the nut dog hop out, or did the King just get lucky?

1. Nah, the nut was empty, then a tiny dog came later, sick and well surprised — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A small dog hopped out, lol — score 2
3. A tiny dog jumped out, sick — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. A tiny dog sprang out from the nut, and the King was well impressed — 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 1828, line 1: «Majnun sees the little dog turn into an old woman and screams that she is a demon come to eat him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «dog» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the toad a bit of a legend for helping the prince?

1. Nah, kinda sus — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, proper legend — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, but not really — no support
4. Not really — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the youngest prince think the toad could find him a wife?

1. Nah, he reckoned it was beyond her — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, he reckoned she could find him the fairest bride in the whole land — score 3
3. Nah, he thought she was wrong — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Nah, he reckoned it was beyond her, and then she sorted it out anyway by the river — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1875, line 18: «"Fickle" means changing your mind or your affections often, which is why Surcantine's Prince is the wrong kind of partner.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Did the king's sons all fancy Parsley the same?

1. Yeah, they all fell for her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Not really — no support
3. Nah, just one — no support
4. Nah, only the eldest did — 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 1797, line 4: «The girl becomes a field worker, then a maid, and the eldest son falls for her when he spies her at the stream.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+2); the same doer «eldest son» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the youngest prince sighing under the bridge, mate?

1. He was sad about the dog — score 0
2. He was gutted about the nut — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Cos he was tired — no support
4. He was low about the last task — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1869, line 18: «Why: the King "turned very pale and sighed deeply" because he had given a pair of the bracelets to Fiordelisa.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+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

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Who was the one who said the girl should be an ugly toad?

1. The old witch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. The King — no support
3. A wise queen — score 4
4. The eldest son — no support

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 1894, line 19: «Old word: an "ante-room" was a small room before a grand one, and to "forestall" meant to stop something before it happened.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the tale, which of the following describes the first task set by the King to his three sons?

1. To bring a piece of silk one hundred yards long, able to pass through a silver ring — no support
2. Fetch linen for the King — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. To deliver a bolt of cloth fifty yards long, passing through a small gold band in the hall — no support
4. To bring a piece of linen one hundred yards long, able to pass through a gold ring — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1721, line 4: «She sets him a task: lead her mare to the meadow for three days and bring her home safely each evening.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the text, what was the outcome of the second task performed by the youngest son?

1. The hazelnut contained a small dog, and the King was not satisfied with what his son had brought him at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The nut gave up a small dog which the King did not accept as fulfilling the demanded task — score 3
3. After cracking it carefully as the toad had said, the hazelnut yielded a tiny dog, and the King, to everyone's surprise, decided to keep all the little dogs as well — score 3
4. The hazelnut yielded a tiny dog that the King accepted as the fulfilment of the task — ✓ 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 1795, line 3: «The sultan takes his six sons to see the wheat, and the cat springs from a thicket and kills three of them.», 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 «sultan» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best states the reason the old witch cursed Parsley?

1. The witch was angered by the quarrels and feuds that Parsley's beauty had caused among the princes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Parsley had insulted the witch at a feast, and the witch, who had long hated the royal family, decided to strike the girl with a curse that would last forever — score 3
3. The witch was jealous of Parsley's beauty and wanted her to suffer for the strife it brought among the princes — score 3
4. The witch was furious at the feuds that Parsley's looks had stirred up among the royal family and their household — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 414, line 16: «Old word: "trough" is a long open tub for holding water or food; the witch is laid in one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «witch» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the condition under which the King had determined that his crown would pass to one of his sons.

1. The son who best performs the three tasks shall be the heir to the throne — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. The son who brings the fairest wife shall be the king's heir and ruler — score 3
3. The son who completes the single task first will inherit the crown — score 3
4. Any son who asks the King for the crown while the other two are away on journeys shall be made heir, provided the court agrees to the choice — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1912, line 10: «Why: the King is old and wants one son to rule, so he says "the one that performs them best shall be my heir".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «perform» (+2); the same doer «one» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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