Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23: the bear's forest, the watch in the tree and the handkerchief test

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 256 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, so the bros totally swapped his apples while he was kipping, right?

1. Yeah, they did a proper switcheroo — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they didn't — no support
3. Nope, they just tidied up a bit — no support
4. Yeah, they totally swapped his apples for rotten ones and laughed about it all day long — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 256, line 7: «fact: What: the brothers swap the apples, so the King's sickness is cured by their apples, not his.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swap» (+2); the same thing acted on «apples» (+2). 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 ✗

Wait, the headsman didn't chop his head off, did he?

1. Nope, he took him to the forest, sorted — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Nope, he dumped him in a field, cheers — no support
3. Nope, he dragged him off to the forest and left him there, sorted, no harm done — score 3
4. Yeah, he chopped it off, mate, sorry — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 256, line 9: «fact: Why: the headsman "had pity on him" and does not take his head off, so he leaves him in the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «headsman» (+3); the same thing acted on «head» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the bear actually Jubal in a massive hairy coat?

1. Yeah, that's him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, a real bear, he's still in the wood — no support
3. Yeah, that's him, he took it off later — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, just a bear — 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 ✓

Why did the prince climb the tree at the start, mate?

1. To hide his apples — score 4
2. Cos he was dead scared of the bear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. To get away from the headsman, mate — score 6
4. Cos he fancied a snack up there — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 122, line 10: «What the prince does: he cries the same words, the hair falls, and he climbs up to meet Rapunzel.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

So the watch was just chilling up the tree the whole time?

1. Nah, the bear had nicked it, bruv — no support
2. Yeah, it was hanging right there on the branch the whole time, he just never looked up, bruv — score 6
3. Yeah, it was in the shed, bruv — no support
4. Yeah, it was hanging right there, bruv — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 256, line 8: «fact: Where: the forest near the town, where the prince climbs a tree and sees "his watch hanging in the tree".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hang» (+3); the same doer «watch» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did Jubal drop him in it when the search party came?

1. Yeah, he did, mate — no support
2. Nah, he hid, mate — no support
3. Yeah, he pointed up the tree, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Nah, he told them he was alone, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 256, line 11: «fact: Why: Jubal does not want to say "No" to the search party, so he says "Yes" and points up the tree.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «point up» (+5); the same thing acted on «tree» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the handkerchief thing, did the prince fail it, bruv?

1. Nah, he passed, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Nah, he stumbled a bit, bruv — score 4
3. Nah, he danced on it, no probs — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he tripped on it, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 4: ««You silly ass, Mole! You've been and spoilt everything!» cries Toad. But Badger says Mole has «more sense in your little finger than some other animals have i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «things» (+3); the same action «happen» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the oldest brother actually break his leg, lol?

1. Yeah, he stepped on it and went down hard and broke his arm and his leg, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, he didn't break anything, he just stepped off it in a huff and went home to the castle, lol — no support
3. Nah, he just twisted his ankle, lol — no support
4. Yeah, he stepped on it and went down — ✓ 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 256, line 5: «explain: The Princess's handkerchief test breaks the oldest son's leg, the prince passes it easily, and she shows that he is the one she has been looking for.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+2); the same thing acted on «leg» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Princess is proper cool, yeah?

1. Yeah, she's got a big ship, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, she's sorted, she's got a big army and sails all the way over to England, innit — no support
3. Nah, she's just a bit boring, mate — no support
4. Yeah, she's sorted, she's got an army — ✓ the right answer · 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 115, line 16: «The princess cries, "I am betrayed," when she finds the ship far from shore.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+3); the same thing acted on «ship» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the King actually get scared, or nah?

1. Yeah, he was scared — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nah, he was dead calm, didn't flinch once — no support
3. Yeah, he was shaking, like proper scared — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he was a bit wobbly, like — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 151, line 16: «fact: Why the Rook is scared: men have "a way of saying one thing and meaning another", which has killed their friends.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+3); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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 ✗

What was in the massive box then, mate?

1. Piles of old armour and gold rings — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Loads of posh uniforms with gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Loads of posh dresses and shoes — no support
4. Just gold coins — 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 · wrong ✗

Which action of the youngest prince's brothers is the principal cause of the King's displeasure with him?

1. The brothers exchanged the prince's apples for their own without his knowledge — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. The brothers hid the youngest son's apples and told the King a false story about him — score 4
3. The brothers replaced the prince's fruit with their own while he slept and went unnoticed — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Stealing his apples — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 256, line 15: «fact: Old word: "persuasion" means coaxing someone to do something; "hard persuasion" means it took a lot of begging.», 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 «fact» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

At which location did the headsman abandon the prince rather than carry out the sentence of execution?

1. In a dark forest on the far side of the river, well away from the town and castle walls — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. On a hill beyond the castle gate — no support
3. In a forest not far from the town — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. In a dense forest not far from the town, where he left him to fend for himself — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Princess establish the identity of the young man she had seen at the castle?

1. By making him walk across a handkerchief without stumbling, after first questioning every guard at the castle gate — score 5
2. By asking him to name his brothers and father in front of her — score 1
3. By requiring him to walk over a handkerchief without stumbling — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. By having all the sons walk across a handkerchief laid on the floor of the great hall, while her maids watched closely from the balcony above — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 229, line 3: «On the road he meets an old dervish, trims his huge moustache, and hears a warning about the mountain.», 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 «bahman» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the final outcome of the Princess's examination of the King's sons?

1. The youngest son was named and the others were jailed — no support
2. The youngest son was identified and brought before her, and the others were made prisoners — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. The youngest son was identified and brought before her, and the others were made prisoners and taken to the tower to wait — score 2
4. The youngest was picked out and the older sons were arrested and held as prisoners — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 230, line 12: «What: The princess fills "a small silver flask that she had brought with her for the purpose."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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