Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse
Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 682 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 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, what did the knight want first, fr?
- 1. The king's ear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. The king's nose — score 8
- 3. The royal crown — score 8
- 4. Gold — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 489, line 6: «Who: an old couple, very poor, with one son who wants to marry, and a fair maiden who was the priest's daughter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «one son» (+4); the same action «want» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, why did the king not chicken out on the nose deal?
- 1. He broke his word — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. He kept his word — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. He lied — no support
- 4. He was scared — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 544, line 2: «Heracles kills the monster with his sword, but the cheating king Laomedon breaks his promise again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Lowkey, where did Paperarello stash the ear?
- 1. Inside his surcoat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Up his sleeve — no support
- 3. In the royal stable — no support
- 4. Under his cloak — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the princess into him at first sight, or nah?
- 1. She stayed cold until he won a long contest — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. She fell for him instantly — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. She only warmed to him after many weeks at court — no support
- 4. She disliked him at first — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 673, line 2: «The princess rides out to fight, but meets the lad and is carried back in triumph, and the king offers him the throne.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride out» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, what was the knight's wife like, rizz wise?
- 1. She was a grumpy farmer's daughter from the valley — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. She was his fairy bride — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She was his elf princess — score 4
- 4. She was a fairy who had wed him secretly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 424, line 5: «The Snake's wife chases them, swallows three poods of salt, and is caught by the brothers with iron pincers and hammers, then burned to ashes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+2); the same thing acted on «snakes» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Be real, what was the boy's dad's vibe when he got home?
- 1. He would beat him hard with his belt — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. He would beat him — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. He would ignore him — score 4
- 4. He would send him away — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 671, line 12: «She asks, "Tell me," and when she pesters him, he slaps her so hard "that her nose bled."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «boy» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sus, why did the boy keep chasing that bird?
- 1. It was wounded and kept leading him deeper — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Because it was wounded and fleeing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Because it had stolen his bow and fled into the trees — no support
- 4. It was tame and friendly — 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 ✓
Ngl, what did the wolves do to the magician?
- 1. They chased him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They attacked him — no support
- 3. They followed him — no support
- 4. They ate him — 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 ✗
Fam, what did the housekeeper do to wake the boy?
- 1. She dragged him out of bed and scolded him — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 2. She stamped her feet and shook him hard — no support
- 3. She stamped and shook him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She poured water on him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 607, line 9: «What: Bagheera scolds him, saying "Baloo, thou hast neither memory nor respect," and rolls his eyes at the moaning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «scold» (+2); the same thing acted on «boy» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lowkey, what did the horse say about going home?
- 1. Mother would cry — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Father would ignore him — no support
- 3. Father would beat him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Father would scold him — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what's the zither for, like the cheat code?
- 1. Playing tunes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Calling for help in danger — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Scaring off the wolves — no support
- 4. Charming wild animals — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, what did the king want to pay for the horse?
- 1. Any price he liked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Whatever price he named — no support
- 3. Any price the horse's owner might ask him — score -2
- 4. Any sum he asked — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 682, line 21: «Where the king appears: in the capital city, where the king wants to buy the horse at "any price he liked".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «like» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «price» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what did the knight want in the end?
- 1. To go back home to his wife in the valley — no support
- 2. To return to the king — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. To wed the princess — score 0
- 4. To go home to his wife — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 459, line 9: «Why: the sons want to find their mother, so they ask the king, "Where is our mother?"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sons» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
No cap, what did the horse whisper to the boy?
- 1. A warning that he must heed and remember — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Something he had to hear — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Something he had to see — no support
- 4. A message about the king that he could not refuse — 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 gift did the knight first request from the monarch as recompense for his assistance?
- 1. The royal nose — ← Mova's choice · score -5
- 2. The monarch's crown — no support
- 3. The monarch's ear — ✓ the right answer · score -5
- 4. The king's gold — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -5, tied with another option at -5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 682, line 4: «At dinner the knight shows the ear, nose and finger, reveals he is a king's son, refuses the princess and goes home to his fairy bride.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «knight» (-1); the same thing acted on «ear» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What reason did the knight give for declining the princess's hand in marriage?
- 1. He had a wife he loved better — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He had sworn an oath to a fairy bride he loved better — no support
- 3. He already had a wife whom he loved more — no support
- 4. He wanted to be a monk — 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 ✓
In what manner did the boy at last obtain the magician's horse?
- 1. He requested it as his reward — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. He won it in a race — score -1
- 3. He traded his bow for it — score -1
- 4. He bought it — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 629, line 18: «Old word: a "troop-horse" was a cavalry horse, and "fourteen-hand" measures height, with a hand being about four inches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «cavalry horse» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which instrument was to be sounded first in times of danger according to the magician?
- 1. The fiddle — no support
- 2. The zither — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The flute — no support
- 4. The drum — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 611, line 10: «The priest's words: "What the jungle has taken the jungle has restored," which sounds wise but is really a clever trick.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «words» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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