English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1966 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 ✗

bro was it the little boy or the bear who chased Johnny-cake first, like who even was it?

1. the bear who came after him — no support
2. the old woman who ran first — no support
3. the old woman — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. the little boy — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1174, line 2: «He chases her, but this time he wants only to catch her gently, not to kill her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «prince» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol the fox is so sly, like how did he trick Johnny-cake into coming close?

1. by pretending to be asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. by pretending he could not hear the running boy — score 1
3. by pretending he could not hear — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. by pretending he had not seen Johnny-cake at all — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1244, line 2: «The sly fox pretends he must wash in the brook, then shrieks so loudly that every animal runs away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sly fox» (+2). Against it: the same action «pretend» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

so wait the dove was a prince at night, right, or was he a prince all day?

1. only at night when the moon is up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. only at night — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. only in daylight — no support
4. at night, and turned back by day — 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 · ★ · right ✓

ngl the Earl was mad, how did he say he would sort the dove out?

1. lock it up in a tower forever — no support
2. wring its neck and bury it — no support
3. throw it out — no support
4. twist its neck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1966, line 17: «What: he swears "To-morrow, so sure as I live and eat, I'll twist that birdie's neck."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «twist» (-1); the same thing acted on «neck» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

fam did the girl get scared when the young man appeared, or was she chill?

1. she was startled — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she was shocked — no support
3. she was scared — no support
4. she screamed — 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 ✗

yo what was the queen's job, like was she a farmer or a witch-queen?

1. a queen with magic — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a queen who could work magic and spells — score -2
3. a queen of spells — no support
4. a queen who knew all the old magic arts — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1930, line 13: «The farmer does not recognize his son, and says "he had no son" because the boy was "born with bristles like a hedgehog."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «recognize» (+3); the same thing acted on «son» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv where did the queen run to find help for her son, the cave or the garden?

1. the spaewife's hill — no support
2. the castle of Ostree — no support
3. the cave of Ostree — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. the garden — ← Mova's choice · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1934, line 9: «Why: he goes because the golden apples were stolen from the King's garden, and his brothers failed to find the thief.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate how many sons did Florentine and the girl have, like seven or nine?

1. nine — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. about seven or eight of them — score 1
3. seven sons and three daughters — score -2
4. seven — ✓ 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 1156, line 4: «A farmer thumps each weaver with a stick while counting to seven, and they think he is a magician.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol so the wolf gave up too, was he proper knackered or did he just laugh?

1. he lay down to rest — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. he was so tired he lay down and fell asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. he sat down to cry — score 5
4. he lay down in the road to rest and sleep — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1190, line 2: «The mink warns him to eat only the white sea-urchin eggs, and the trusting wolf falls asleep on a piece of wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+3); the same property (+3); the same doer «trusting wolf» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

wait so the dove flew to the castle how, over land or over the sea?

1. flying over the far-off deep blue sea — score 1
2. over the deep sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. across the wide land — score 2
4. over the high hills — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1691, line 16: «At the palace the bird flew "straight" at the dying King and "cured him of his sickness."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

innit the Earl wanted his daughter to marry some lord, who was it again?

1. a prince from the north — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. a noble of high degree — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. a noble of very high degree and wealth — score 8
4. a duke of the south — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 761, line 5: «The ants fill ten sacks with millet, and the ravens bring him a Golden Apple, so the princess finally agrees to marry him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+5); the same doer «princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «servant» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo did the dancers and pipers actually get turned into herons yet or nah?

1. not yet, because the queen had first to travel to the spaewife of Ostree — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. not yet, the queen had to ask the spaewife — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. not yet, for the queen still had to go to the cave and ask first — no support
4. yes, they turned into herons at once — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 922, line 14: «She wipes the soldier first with "a green leaf" and then with her fine pocket-handkerchief, which smelt of beautiful perfume.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

ok so Johnny-cake got eaten in one bite, was that a proper ending or nah?

1. the fox snapped him up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. he was eaten — no support
3. he was let go free — no support
4. he escaped — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1966, line 9: «Why: the fox wants a meal, and he "snapped up the Johnny-cake in his sharp teeth".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «snap up» (+3); the same doer «fox» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which character, having outrun an old man, an old woman and a little boy, was finally seized by the fox?

1. the old man — score -2
2. Fox — score -2
3. Bear — score -2
4. Johnny-cake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1307, line 5: «At dawn the poor brother climbs the city wall meaning to die, but he lands on a sick old man, and two young men seize him and take him to the court-house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «seize» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

In which location did Florentine's mother reside, as stated in the passage?

1. across the deep sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. in a land far across the stormy deep sea — score -2
3. across the wide and deep sea beyond the land — score -2
4. across the high hills — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1755, line 19: «"Mother o' pearl" is an old name for mother-of-pearl, the shiny inner layer of some sea shells.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «old name» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What reason did the queen give for being unable to grant her son's request?

1. her magic could not reach so far — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. the spaewife had told her not to use magic there — score 0
3. her spells were too weak — no support
4. her magic could not reach across the great sea that far — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1948, line 3: «Jack tells her the farmer is cobbling shoes in Paradise with nothing but cabbage to eat, so she hands him the whole sum.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What object did the Earl intend to use in carrying out his threat against the dove?

1. to kill it — no support
2. to twist its neck until it stopped moving — score 4
3. to twist its neck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. to cut off its wings and twist its neck — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1966, line 17: «What: he swears "To-morrow, so sure as I live and eat, I'll twist that birdie's neck."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «twist» (+3); the same thing acted on «neck» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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