Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays the lion and Giant, then rides a snail to the Green Castle

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1918 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 ✗

Wicked, the lion whistled like a kettle, right? How many times did it whistle?

1. again and again until the sun set — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. more than a dozen times in a row — score 1
3. four times — score 1
4. three times — ✓ the right answer · 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 1918, line 2: «He fights the lion, wins with one terrific blow, and the lion whistles three times before it dies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «whistle» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why was the Prince well cheesed off with the snail?

1. it was too slow — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it was too hot — no support
3. it kept stopping to eat every leaf on the path — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. it was rude — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 961, line 7: «The snail hides in his house and "blocked up the entrance," while the rose tree says "I have to go on bearing roses."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «snail» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the gazelle fancy walking, or was she proper lazy? What did she want?

1. to sleep all day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to be carried — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. to be sent home to her very own grotto — no support
4. to ride on a cart — 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 ✗

Bruv, what was the Giant's pet called?

1. Bruno — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tiny — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Max — no support
4. Ted — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Innit the Prince gave the Giant's nose a proper bashing, so what hit him?

1. a bit of serpent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. a bit of branch — score 5
3. a heavy lump of the wicked serpent's tail — score 5
4. a sharp piece of the broken golden sword — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1141, line 9: «How: the brothers must ride a basket "drawn by a rope up the face of this rock" to reach the daughters.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «daughters» (+3); the same action «reach» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where was the gazelle's castle, like in the story?

1. the Grey Mountain — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the big Green Castle on top of the hill — score 6
3. the Green Castle — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. the castle — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 232, line 14: «What: The Sultan is amazed by the Golden Water and asks, "where is the spring?"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); the same doer «spring» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, Placida had to make a bed and tuck someone in, who was it?

1. the grumpy Giant and his pet lion — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the gazelle — no support
3. the Fairy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the Prince — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for Placida, what did she have to climb to get the hay?

1. a very tall wooden ladder leaning on the barn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a great rope ladder hanging from the high loft — no support
3. a long ladder — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a tall stool — 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 ✗

Seriously, who was the Fairy riding the unicorn?

1. Marigold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mirlifiche — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the wicked Giant of the Green Lands — no support
4. Bellotte — 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 ✗

Proper tricky, what did the Prince find when the cloud cleared?

1. the lion was asleep — score 1
2. they had all vanished — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the lion and the Giant had both turned into stones — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. a great golden castle standing in the middle of the field — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1846, line 13: «How does the boy change? He twists his own left ear and becomes a prince "with a moon on his forehead and a star on his chin".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «become» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «prince» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, who even was Lolotte?

1. a Fairy in a grotto — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a Fairy — no support
3. a cook in a kitchen — no support
4. a witch — 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 ✗

Bro, what colour was the lion?

1. golden — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. red — no support
3. green — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. silver — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Right, what did the people of the Green Lands offer Vivien?

1. the whole kingdom and its ancient throne — no support
2. the castle — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. the kingdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a golden crown and the keys to the castle gate — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1432, line 18: «Aladdin was loved by the people, so they follow him armed, scaling the walls to rescue him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «walls» (-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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

With which implement did Prince Vivien strike the serpent?

1. his sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a shield — no support
3. a hammer — no support
4. a stick — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the nature of the creature which conveyed the Prince to the Green Castle?

1. a cart — no support
2. a fox — ← Mova's choice · score -4
3. a snail — ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. a pony — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1651, line 3: «He hides inside the lion, which the old woman carries to the king, who takes it through seven locked doors to the hall where the princess and her friends are p…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «lion» (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the inhabitants of the Green Lands offer to Prince Vivien?

1. the crown — score -3
2. a royal castle — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. the kingdom — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. a feast — score -3

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 1742, line 12: «Where: the warm lands have "oranges and lemons" and a "glittering white-marble castle".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «oranges» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

On what animal was Placida carried to the farm of the King and Queen?

1. a pony — no support
2. a unicorn — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a cart — no support
4. the enormous snail that carried the Prince — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1340, line 11: «The stag and the owl both say they never heard of Mabon, but each one points the heroes on to an older animal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «one» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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