Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1919 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 you hear the Princess skipped bedtime and ran off in the King's boat, like full-on mad?

1. Ha, yeah, she floated off down the river and the whole farm went mental over it, total chaos, proper legend move, innit — score 2
2. Ha, yeah, she floated right off down the river, total chaos, proper legend move — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, she drifted off down the river in the King's boat, total chaos, mate — score 2
4. Yeah, she floated off down the river, proper chaos, legend stuff — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1919, line 4: «She runs off in the King's boat, floats down the river, and pulls a silken rope that rings silver bells.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «float» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, the Queen was screaming "my boat, my boat" like a mega-drama queen, wasn't she?

1. Dead right, she was going off, proper wild — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, she was going mental, proper loud — no support
3. Nah, she was calm — no support
4. Dead right, she was absolutely going off, proper wild, screaming at everyone on the riverbank for ages — 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 1867, line 15: «The Blue Bird warns, "Your false enemy is plotting against you," and the Queen runs off in fright.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run off» (+2); the same doer «queen» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

So the sheep trashed every field, yeah? Those woolly menaces wrecked the whole place?

1. Yeah, total carnage, the farmers were raging — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they only nibbled a bit, mate — no support
3. Yeah, they chewed the crops, farmers mad — no support
4. Nah, just a few. — 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 ✗

Wait, the Princess pulled that silver string and it went ding-dong bells everywhere, right?

1. Yeah, mad sound, proper chiming, the birds came swarming — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, mad sound, proper chiming bells all over the place, then the whole flock of birds came swarming down from the trees — score 3
3. Nah, it was a weird silence, then a lady with a pole came out and shouted at everyone in the garden for ages — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, loud ringing, and then the birds all swooped in — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1727, line 8: «Where: the children run through a wood and come out "on to the open fields" before reaching home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «come out» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, that lady with the birds was a right madam, wasn't she, all stuck-up and proud?

1. Yeah, she was stuck-up, told them all to work — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, bit rude. — no support
3. Nah, she was nice. — no support
4. Totally, she was well posh, said everyone was busy — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Princess actually fancy staying in that birdy place, or was she going to bolt?

1. No, she wanted off, it was too weird here — no support
2. Nah, she bolted. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. She fancied staying, it was dead lovely — score 3
4. She fancied staying, it was dead nice there — ✓ the right answer · 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 1919, line 4: «She runs off in the King's boat, floats down the river, and pulls a silken rope that rings silver bells.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run off» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the lady pulled the rope again, and that was mega-loud clanging, yeah?

1. Yep, loud clanging, and then a little sparrow flew in — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it was soft, then a jay landed on the rope — no support
3. Yep, proper racket, then a huge Black Bird turned up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, loud clanging, and then a Black Bird came — 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 ✗

Wicked, the Black Bird just swooped in and was like "What you want, sis?", right?

1. Nah, he hovered way up high in the clouds, all calm and sleepy, and asked the Princess politely what she wanted to eat — score 3
2. Nah, he kept his distance, all quiet and calm — score 1
3. Yeah, he landed at her feet, all creepy and loud — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Yeah, he swooped in, landed at her feet, all creepy and loud, and then demanded the Princess tell him everything — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 914, line 13: «Her one request: "let no one know that you have a little bird who tells you everything."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «everything» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

And where was the Princess getting shipped off to, the Green Castle place?

1. Home to the farm, to milk all the cows — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. To the Giant's, to make tapestry day and night — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. To the castle. — score 5
4. Back home. — 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 945, line 15: «Where was the English garden? Grass there was "regularly cut, and rolled, and swept, and tended."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); the same doer «english garden» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, that hemp and distaff stuff, the Queen made her spin it, didn't she? Proper old-school chores?

1. Nah, she spun wool, it was fine — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, spinning. — no support
3. Yeah, a distaff and flax, proper dull chore — no support
4. Yeah, a spindle and hemp, total grim job — ✓ the right answer · 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 106, line 8: «What: The queen dresses as an old pedlar and calls out "Fine wares to sell!", selling laces, bobbins and combs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «queen» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

The Princess didn't even get dressed for bed properly, she just flopped down, yeah? Lazy?

1. Yeah, she lay down in her clothes, total slacker — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Nah, she undressed properly, folded her gown neatly on a chair, brushed her hair and said her prayers before bed — score 3
3. Nah, she washed and changed into nightclothes — score 3
4. Yeah, she lay down in her clothes on the bank, total slacker, and didn't even care about the sheep at all — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 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 property (+3); the same doer «princess» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Imagine that Fairy calling her "a little Princess" with a face like that, eh? She was not chuffed.

1. Yeah, she gave her a right significant look and vanished — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, she frowned and then sort of faded out — no support
3. Nah, she patted her on the head, offered her a sweet, and then waved goodbye as she walked off across the field — score 3
4. Yeah, she gave her a right significant look, frowned, and then just vanished into thin air with a puff of smoke — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1888, line 9: «The Fairy gave him dreams of adventure, and she fed him with good things "while he was asleep", so he never felt hungry.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «prince» (+3); the same action «feed» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which action of the Princess directly caused the sheep to damage the fields?

1. She fell asleep on the bank, leaving the flock unattended — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. She went to the market and forgot the sheep — no support
3. She fell asleep on the shady bank with the hemp under her head, leaving the whole flock wandering unattended into the fields — score 0
4. She threw her distaff into the river and let the flock wander into the crop fields while she stayed on the bank — 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 1295, line 8: «Where: the action moves from the farmers' hut to a neighbour's plum tree, a roadside tavern, and a river with a rock that "juts into" it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «hut» (+2). Against it: the same doer «action» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which account correctly states the reason the Princess fled the farm by boat?

1. She wanted to be a sailor on the river — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. To see the sea. — score -1
3. She feared punishment from the Queen for her failures — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. She feared the Fairy would scold her for sleeping — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1919, line 4: «She runs off in the King's boat, floats down the river, and pulls a silken rope that rings silver bells.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same place «river» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which description accurately identifies the object the Princess pulled that produced melodious sound?

1. The silken thread that made a soft hum — no support
2. The golden rope that rang a little bell — no support
3. The silk cord which chimed out loud bells — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. The silken cord which rang a peal of silver bells — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1796, line 14: «After three days of keeping his oath, a hot morning makes him forget it and he goes to the public baths.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement correctly describes the purpose of the stately lady's final command to the Black Bird?

1. To warn the Giant about the Princess's escape — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. To have her carried to a castle to sew for him — no support
3. To deliver the Princess to the Giant to work on tapestry — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. To take her to the Giant to weave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1711, line 9: «Why: The Prince must obey the black girl's commands, so he "dared not spare the little creature's life" even when the dove circled his head.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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