English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1975 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 ✗
Yo, did the frog really turn into a prince after she chopped its head off?
- 1. Nah, bruv — no support
- 2. Nah, bruv, he stayed a frog and the girl was well upset — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. Nah, mate — no support
- 4. Yeah, bruv, total glow-up, he was a prince all along — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1451, line 12: «The Prince is upset by the "fat mice", but the White Cat promises that his dishes have "neither rats nor mice" in them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Innit mad that the stepmum got zero glory, just the one bit of "it was me"?
- 1. Nah, she got the glory, proper unfair for the girl — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dead right, she got nothing but the bragging rights — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, she got the lot — no support
- 4. Nah, she got loads of praise and a crown — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, why did the master call his bed a barnacle, like a weird sea thing?
- 1. Cos it was a shell — score 0
- 2. Cos the sea was near his house — score 1
- 3. Cos barnacles are his favourite food — no support
- 4. Cos he made up his own names for stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1844, line 10: «After the second call he is angry, saying "Now you may call me as much as you like, but I will not come to you."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «you» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, what's the deal with "squibs and crackers" for trousers?
- 1. His own made-up name for a fine hat that he wore when he went hunting — no support
- 2. A real old fashioned word — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. His own made-up name, not real — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A sea creature for trousers — 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 843, line 18: «Old word: "Bushels of salt" means a great deal of salt was eaten, since a bushel was an old measure for dry goods.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, did the servant wake the boss up cos the cat was on fire?
- 1. Nah, it was fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, a spark was on its tail, proper risky — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, a spark was on its tail, but the cat was fine and he wasn't bothered at all — no support
- 4. Nah, a spark was on its tail, proper risky, and the cook had dropped the coal and bolted — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Wicked, so the golden heads gave her beauty and a lovely voice, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, and a voice better than a nightingale — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, and she got a voice better than a nightingale and a golden crown on her head — no support
- 3. Yeah, plus a sweet tone, like a songbird — no support
- 4. Yeah, and a voice better than a nightingale, plus a face that made the whole court stare — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Honestly, why did the king fancy her so badly in the park?
- 1. Cos she was gorgeous and had that sweet voice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Cos she was loads of money — no support
- 3. Cos she was pretty and had good manners — no support
- 4. Cos she was rich — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Ha, did the nasty stepsister go off with a load of sweets and sack?
- 1. Yeah, sugar, almonds and a big bottle of sack — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, sugar, almonds and a big bottle of sack, and she got a fancy dress as well — no support
- 3. Yeah, sugar, almonds, sweets and a big bottle of sack, plus a fancy dress and a horse — no support
- 4. Yeah, a load of cake and a bit of wine — 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 ✗
Real talk, did the old man in the cave have a magic wand?
- 1. Yeah, it glowed when he waved it — score 6
- 2. Yeah, it split the hedge when she tapped it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, it turned the hedge to gold dust — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. Yeah, it split the hedge when she tapped it, and the old man was pleased with her — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 947, line 8: «Where: the talk turns to Russia and Moscow, and George's drawing of the Kremlin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same doer «talk» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Is it true the frog was a prince all along, like a fairy story cheat?
- 1. Nah, he was born a frog, no spell — score 4
- 2. Yeah, he was spelled by a wicked magician — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he was spelled by a wicked magician who lived in the mountains and hated princes — no support
- 4. Yeah, a cruel fairy cursed him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1813, line 4: «At the pool the queen's bottle plan fails when the turtle spills the water, and the queen angrily curses the prince to forget his bride.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «curse» (+4); the same doer «queen» (+3); 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 ✓
Did the king really take her to see her dad in a gold chariot?
- 1. Yeah, in a carriage of silver — no support
- 2. Nah, he walked her there on foot — score -6
- 3. Yeah, a chariot covered in gold gems — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. Yeah, a chariot covered in gold gems, and her dad was waiting at the gate — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1975, line 15: «A king hunting in the park falls "desperately in love" with her and marries her, and they ride in a chariot adorned with gems of gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «chariot» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ugh, did the stepmum get the girl a bit of a rubbish dowry?
- 1. Nah, she got a proper dowry, gold and silk — score 4
- 2. Yeah, just brown bread, cheese and a bottle of beer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, just brown bread, cheese, a bottle of beer and a rubbish old wooden box for the trip — no support
- 4. Yeah, just brown bread, cheese and a bottle of beer, and she had to carry it all herself — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1652, line 1: «A girl pulls up a sprig of rosemary in the wood, and a handsome young lord catches her and takes her to his palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «girl» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the sequence in which the frog's head was chopped and the prince revealed?
- 1. A prince was revealed after the frog's head fell — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. The girl chopped the frog's head and a prince appeared — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. The frog's head was chopped by the girl, and then a magician appeared and a prince was revealed in the hall — score 7
- 4. The girl chopped the frog's head, the magician appeared, and then a prince stood up in the hall — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1528, line 1: «The two Princes are brought out of prison, and they think they will be executed at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring out» (+5); the same thing acted on «two princes» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following accurately identifies the gift given to the princess by the second golden head?
- 1. A sweet voice exceeding the nightingale and a face that outshone every other lady at court — score 4
- 2. A beauty exceeding the sunrise — score 2
- 3. A sweet voice exceeding the nightingale — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. A gift of wit surpassing the sages and a sweet voice exceeding the nightingale — 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 1873, line 14: «Where the magic word came from: the pedlar who sold the magic powder gave the word "Mutabor" to the magicians.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «magic word» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately states the reason the princess was sent away from the Court of Colchester?
- 1. The king had been set against her by false reports — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. The court had been set against her by her stepmother — score 5
- 3. She had been accused by her father — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Her own choosing — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1807, line 16: «What does the emperor accuse her of? He says, "you have hidden from me the fact that you knew the golden-haired Iliane!" and threatens to cut off her head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «accuse» (+5); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2). Against it: the same doer «emperor» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the stepsister was furnished for her journey?
- 1. With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats, Malaga sack and a fine chest of silver coins — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats and Malaga sack — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. With silver, silk and spices from town — no support
- 4. With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats, Malaga sack and a fine horse with silver bells — 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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