English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the youngest princess and the harp tells the truth

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1949 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, the big sis chucked the little one in the river, innit?

1. Yeah, she dunked her proper in the mill-stream — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she shoved her in the river — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Nah, she only dropped her in the pond — no support
4. Nah, she didn't — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1534, line 2: «He knows she is the real Cinderella, so at a river he throws the witch's daughter across as a bridge.», 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 thing acted on «daughter» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, so the drowning girl offered half her stuff for a hand, yeah?

1. Nah, just a ring — no support
2. Yeah, her gold — no support
3. Nah, she offered a glove — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yeah, half of all her land — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1949, line 3: «The drowning princess begs for a hand, then a glove, but her sister refuses both.», 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 «drowning princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «glove» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bare sad, the miller's daughter spotted her floating, right?

1. Yeah, she yelled for her dad to draw the dam and save her life — score 6
2. Yeah, she yelled for her dad to draw the dam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Yeah, she shouted for the miller to help — score 4
4. Yeah, she ran straight off to fetch her dad and the whole village to draw the dam — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1685, line 5: «After two girls fail to scrape the stove, she frees the Prince, speaks too many words, and wanders alone until she finds a toad's house.», 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 «daughter» (+2); the same thing acted on «many words» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead creepy, the harp made itself out of her bones, didn't it?

1. Yeah, her skull and her teeth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, from a sycamore tree — no support
3. Yeah, her breast-bone and her hair, plus her fingers too — no support
4. Yeah, her breast-bone and her hair — ✓ 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 ✗

Gutted, the harp spilled the truth at the party, yeah?

1. Yeah, it told the king the sister did it — score 3
2. Nah, it just played — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, it sang that her sister drowned her — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, it sang about a sad old cat — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1537, line 2: «He asks for his golden harp, which plays a sad tune, a merry tune, and then a lullaby that sends him to sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+2); the same doer «golden harp» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper mad, did the sister get told off in the end?

1. Nah, she got let off with a warning — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, the harp just snapped and stopped — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, she didn't — no support
4. Yeah, she got sent to the dungeon — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1531, line 20: «Old word: "enchantresses" means women who work magic; the three sisters can turn palaces into eggs and back again.», 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 «three sisters» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, the mouse went round to the cat's, right?

1. Yeah, and the cat was spinning old breeches — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, and the cat was knitting socks — no support
3. Yeah, and the cat was spinning old breeches for the mouse's dinner — score 4
4. Yeah, and the cat was spinning old breeches while the mouse sat in the kitchen all afternoon — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 991, line 4: «She escaped and ran into the turnkey's house, where she heard him talk about a prisoner who had said thoughtless words.», 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 «mouse» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, the cat ate the mouse at the end, innit?

1. Yeah, she sprang up from the hearth and killed it dead with one bite and a purr — score 5
2. Yeah, she sprang up and killed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Yeah, she jumped on it and bit — score 5
4. Yeah, she sprang up and killed it, then ate it all up — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1936, line 7: «Why: Simon wants to drown the cat because "She never catches any mice now-a-days".», 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 «cat» (+2); the same thing acted on «mice» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the third daughter said she loved her dad like fresh meat loves salt?

1. Yeah, and he was well angry — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she loved him like sugar — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, she was not — no support
4. Yeah, and he was well angry and chucked her out the house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1362, line 9: «Why she hides the mirror: she "had never told any one of her mother's last promise".», 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 «daughter» (+2); the same thing acted on «one» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, so she got chucked out and wore a cloak made of rushes?

1. Yeah, a cap o' rushes, with a hood, and she went off into the woods alone — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, a cloak of woven reeds — no support
3. Yeah, a cap o' rushes, with a hood — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, a cap o' rushes, with a hood and a big woolly lining — 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 64, line 17: «Looking back over his shoulder, he runs off the edge of the bank and «found himself head over ears in deep water»: the river.», 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 «rush» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sick, the dad got well cross, didn't he?

1. Yeah, he shut the door in her face and told her to go away — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he shut the door in her face and never spoke to her again after that — no support
3. Nah, he kissed her on the cheek — no support
4. Yeah, he shut the door in her face — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hold up, does the cap o' rushes girl get her own name?

1. Nah, the maids just called her that — score 1
2. Nah, the servants and the whole kitchen staff just called her that for years — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, the servants just called her that — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, the servants just called her that, not her real name at all — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1430, line 20: «Old word: "wench" once meant a young girl or servant; today it sounds rude and insulting.», 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» (+2); the same thing acted on «young girl» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner does the elder sister respond to the drowning princess's appeal for assistance?

1. She ignores the plea, declaring the water is none of her business — score 0
2. She agrees, declaring she will extend her hand and glove to her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. She refuses outright, declaring she will extend neither hand nor glove to her sister, ever again — score 3
4. She refuses, declaring she will extend neither hand nor glove — ✓ the right answer · 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 1949, line 11: «She refuses even a glove: "no hand or glove of mine you'll touch."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sister» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object was fashioned from the princess's remains, and by whom was it constructed?

1. A lute, made by the travelling king — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. A harp, by the harper — no support
3. A harp, fashioned by the travelling harper — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A violin, crafted by the travelling minstrel — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1470, line 7: «The Captain's words "Open, Sesame!" made the rock door open, and "Shut, Sesame!" made it close.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «words» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the consequence of the harp's final utterance within the castle hall?

1. The harp shattered and the music stopped — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The instrument snapped and ceased to sound, and everyone in the hall fell silent — no support
3. The instrument snapped and ceased to sound — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The lute cracked and fell silent — 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 ✗

Which tale follows the conclusion of the Binnorie narrative within this portion of the book?

1. Mouse and Mouser, a rhyming tale of a cat and a mouse who go to market together for a pudding — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Mouse and Mouser, a rhyming tale of a cat and a mouse — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Mouse and Mouser — score 0
4. The Golden Harp, a sad song of a sister and a river — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1902, line 5: «An old woman gives Peter a swan, and anyone who touches it gets stuck to it, so a whole crowd follows him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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