Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' quests end in joy

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1920 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 who even carried Placida off to the castle, bruv?

1. the Black Bird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. the Grey Falcon — score 6
3. the Eagle — score 6
4. a crow — score 6

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 1662, line 9: «Why Grimace grows suspicious: the princess "still managed to look as white as snow" instead of being burnt brown by the sun.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «princess» (+4); the same action «manage» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so what did the Giant turn Placida into, like proper random?

1. a sparrow — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a hare — score 3
3. a deer — score 3
4. a gazelle — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1237, line 14: «How: the giants turn to pillars of stone when they look at the princess, because the sun rises at dawn.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same doer «giants» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

innit, what was the green lion supposed to do to Placida?

1. eat her — no support
2. bring her back — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. kill her — no support
4. guard the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1499, line 8: «where: the lions guard the gates of a castle, and the water comes from the Fountain of Lions far away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «guard» (+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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok what was the Giant making everyone do all day, mate?

1. stitching the tapestries — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. spinning and dyeing — no support
3. sewing and working in the great hall all day — no support
4. sewing and working — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

bare dumb, what did Vivien have to find to fix Placida?

1. the Rosy Mole — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the tiny Rosy Mole from the meadows — score 4
3. the Golden Fox — score 3
4. the Silver Hare — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1920, line 4: «The Fairies fake illnesses to test the cousins, so Placida chases two creatures and Vivien hunts moles across the meadows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «vivien» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «moles» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

mate, who turned out to be the King's long lost wife?

1. Santorina — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Clarinde — no support
3. Santorina of the green hills — score 2
4. Mirabel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1234, line 10: «His wife is "wonderingly" surprised and tells him "It is high time for you to get up."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «get up» (+3). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

so like, what did they chuck on the bonfire, fam?

1. the wooden looms — no support
2. the embroidery hoops — no support
3. the embroidery frames — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. the tapestries — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1920, line 3: «Vivien and Placida free all the prisoners, and the cousins burn the embroidery frames in a big bonfire in the courtyard.», 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 «embroidery frames» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); the same place «big bonfire» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

gutted, what did the Fairies make the cousins seem like?

1. ill and very uneasy, as though poisoned — no support
2. sick — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. ill and very uneasy — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. very ill — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1903, line 6: «WHO: a King with two daughters, and the younger one, who was sent away for saying she loved him "as I look upon salt in my food".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1); the same action «look» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

dead, who ran off super fast when the lion was chasing?

1. Gridelin — no support
2. Placida — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. the Black Bird — score -1
4. the Giant's youngest guest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1557, line 14: «Why: the Prince chases the phantom because he is "determined to find her again, though I should have to traverse the whole world".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

proper, where did Vivien go when he left the castle, yeah?

1. back home — no support
2. the other way from Placida — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. the opposite way to Placida — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. the same way as Placida — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1911, line 3: «Prince Fickle wins her heart, then leaves under the lime-tree to ask his parents for permission to marry her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1). Against it: the same place «lime tree» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

mint, what was Placida stuck doing for the wool?

1. dyeing wool — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. combing the wool all day — score 2
3. drawing water for dyeing — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. carding wool — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1920, line 10: «why the change: he turned her into a gazelle because she was too slow drawing water for the dyeing of the wools.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dye» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, what did the Black Bird and the Giant turn back into?

1. their natural forms — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. their human forms — no support
3. their natural forms as birds and beasts — score 2
4. their old shapes — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1702, line 2: «The Wizard King is thwarted, turns into an unknown bird, and screeches that he will never forgive.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wizard king» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

peng, how did the cousins greet each other when they finally met?

1. stood apart for a long while, then embraced warmly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. rushed together with joy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. rushed together with joy and wept aloud — no support
4. shouted and waved hands — 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 ✓

With reference to the passage, identify the creature which conveyed the Princess to the Green Castle.

1. the Grey Falcon — no support
2. an eagle — no support
3. the great Black Bird of the northern hills — no support
4. the Black Bird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1919, line 5: «A stately lady with a flock of birds feeds her, then calls a huge Black Bird to carry her to the Giant of the Green Castle.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «huge black bird» (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, state the purpose for which the Fairies caused the lovers to appear ill.

1. to test whether they truly loved each other — score 2
2. to test whether they truly loved — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. to see if the lovers would give up the castle at once and flee — no support
4. to test whether they were wise — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1878, line 6: «Who: the Comte de Caylus wrote this tale, the Flower Fairy is the wise teller, and Sylvia is the young princess who travels.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «flower fairy» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Indicate the material with which the Giant's guests were occupied in the gallery of the castle.

1. woven silk and gilded cloth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. tapestry and embroidered stories — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. tapestry and embroidered stories of the Fairies — no support
4. fine tapestry, silk and gold-thread embroidered stories — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Specify the manner in which Prince Vivien proceeded when hunting the moles upon the meadows.

1. on horseback — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. quickly — no support
3. slowly, upon tip-toe — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. silently, on his heels — 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

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