Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 662 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 king went to sleep at supper, right, so why?

1. a servant had slipped a sleeping draught into his cup at supper — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the queen had secretly spiked his evening drink — no support
3. the wine was too strong — no support
4. the queen spiked his drink — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 662, line 9: «Why the king sleeps: the queen gives him "a sleeping draught" at supper, twice, so he cannot wake to answer her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «queen» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, what popped up in the bucket first?

1. a frog — score 3
2. a tiny toad — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. a little duck — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. a fish — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 95, line 7: «The third word: «A hundred thanks. Even the First Friend is not quick enough to catch little mice as you have done. You must be very wise.» The milk-pot «crack…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «little mice» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, how did the queen get the spinny stick in the end?

1. she offered the king a golden crown for the stick — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. she traded her necklace — no support
3. she stole the stick — no support
4. she agreed to a night swap — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 418, line 18: «Hard words: "devoured" meant eaten up, and a "bugbear" was a pest or a bogeyman, and people still use both words in stories today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «hard words» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, why did the king's servants warn him?

1. they had overheard the queen plotting to hang him — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the cook was poisoning — no support
3. the queen was drugging him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the queen was secretly drugging him every night — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 594, line 2: «Remus teases him back, saying coast folks eat well without sweating, and he mentions the two dollars he lent a Savannah gentleman who still owes him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «remus» (+2); the same thing acted on «servant» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what happened to the swineherd family?

1. they fled — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. they got hanged — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. they left — no support
4. they were beaten — 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 ✗

Wait, how long did the prince hold off before getting hitched?

1. twelve years since dad left — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. ten years since dad left — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. well over ten years since his dad rode off to fight — no support
4. ten years since dad left for the war in the east — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 549, line 18: «Old word: an "equivocal" answer has two possible meanings, so it leaves you unsure today too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+5); the same doer «word» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, how old was the prince when the marriage itch hit?

1. twenty-five — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. twenty-two — no support
3. nineteen — no support
4. twenty-eight — 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 ✓

Mate, who tagged along with the prince on the trip?

1. just one loyal old servant from the castle — score 3
2. one old steward — score 3
3. one loyal servant and a carriage driver — score 3
4. one loyal servant — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 205, line 4: «She changes back into a woman, puts on the girdle from the day they parted, and tells him she is the princess all along.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Lit, where did the prince find his bride?

1. the distant town of Goldtown in the west — score 4
2. Goldtown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. a town called Goldtown across the river — no support
4. Silvertown — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 662, line 17: «Where: the prince finds his bride in Goldtown, the home of the king with the lovely daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «goldtown» (+2); the same thing acted on «bride» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Cringe, what did the crows say would snap?

1. the iron chain of the bridge — no support
2. the bridge over the Gold Stream — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. the great stone bridge over the Gold Stream beyond the town — score -2
4. the bridge over the Gold Stream and the wheels — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 662, line 18: «The crows say the bridge over the Gold Stream will break "at midday", and whoever tells will be turned to stone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «bridge» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, what time would the bridge give way?

1. when midday struck — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. when midday struck over the golden hills — no support
3. as soon as the midday bell rang out across town — no support
4. at sunset tomorrow — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 263, line 12: «The doctor says her son "would die" if the lady does not consent, so the lady "had to give way" and summons Catskin.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «way» (+6); the same action «give» (+4). 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did the servant beg the prince to do?

1. wait for dawn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. leave the carriage and walk across on foot — no support
3. turn the horses — no support
4. leave the carriage — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did the queen take to obtain the distaff from the girl?

1. She ordered her maids to hide the distaff and offered the girl gold for it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. She drugged the king once — score -3
3. She poisoned the king's wine — no support
4. She administered a soporific draught to the king on two successive nights — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 652, line 15: «A woman on the steps offers to take the baby, and the dragon says, "Let me get some sleep."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «offer» (+4); the same doer «woman» (+2). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which fate befell the swineherd, his wife and his daughter by royal decree?

1. They were sent to the mines — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They were executed by hanging — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They were thrown from the tower — no support
4. They were executed by hanging at dawn in the town square — 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 · right ✓

For what reason did the prince refrain from marrying during his father's absence?

1. He had been expressly forbidden to marry until the king's return — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He had sworn his father that he would remain unwed until the king's return — score 6
3. He was too young to wed — no support
4. His mother had asked him to delay any wedding until the harvest — 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 443, line 16: «Who comes to live with her: her father returns and takes up his abode with her, and she takes the old woman into service.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What precaution did the servant urge upon the prince at the Gold Stream bridge?

1. He begged the prince to stop — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He entreated the prince to abandon the carriage and proceed on foot — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He warned the prince to slow the horses and check the timbers — score 3
4. He advised the prince to cross slowly and keep the horses calm — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 200, line 17: «Why: the words make the prince open his eyes with "languid curiosity", because they remind him of the princess.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «prince» (+3); the same doer «words» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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