Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 683 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, the horse talks, innit? How does the king feel about it?

1. He's well cheesed off and sends it packing — score 4
2. He's well chuffed, reckons it's magic, and takes it straight down to the stables — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He's well chuffed and takes it straight to the stables — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He's dead confused but still takes it right down to the stables quick smart — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 222, line 1: «The Indian says the magic horse was a gift in exchange for his only daughter, and he will part with it only for a princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «magic horse» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, the groom's a proper snake. What lie does he tell about the youth?

1. That he can find the lost war horse hidden in the mountains beyond the sea — score 1
2. That he can ride the wild stallion — no support
3. That he can find the lost war horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. That he can find the lost war horse and bring it back to the palace in three days — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 683, line 2: «The jealous groom lies that the youth can find the lost war horse, and the youth brings it back with the horse's help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same thing acted on «lost war horse» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how long did the king give the youth?

1. Four days, fair enough — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Three days, dead simple — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Two days, easy — score 7
4. Five days, no bother — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 667, line 9: «Why: the king is angry at first, but he keeps his promise because he gave "my royal word" to spare the thief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what do you chuck at the raven?

1. Bits of oxen meat cut from the cart — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Bits of oxen meat — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Bits of oxen meat and the golden bridle too — no support
4. Bits of cheese — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Proper gutted, the youth gets sent for the queen. Who was the horse really?

1. The king's missing wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. The king's lost brother — score 2
3. The king's missing wife who was turned into a horse by the magician last spring — score 4
4. The king's missing wife, turned into a horse by magic — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 672, line 5: «The youth and two identical twins fool the Sultan, and the Sultan finally sends the youth alone to Turkey at sunrise.», 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 «sultan» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yeah, what does the zither do to the hangman?

1. Makes him dance like a mad thing until he drops to the ground — score 4
2. Makes him sing a little tune — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Makes him dance like a mad thing — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Makes him fall off the gallows — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 683, line 4: «The groom then lies that the youth wants the throne, so the king orders a hanging, but the youth's zither, fiddle and flute make everyone dance.», 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); the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «zither» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare dancing all day! What finally stops the fiddle crowd?

1. Darkness falls, and there is no light left to hang him by — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The crowd grows tired at last — no support
3. Darkness falls, no light to hang him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The king stops the music now — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mental, the king gets tied to a tree. What kind of tree?

1. A tree — no support
2. A tall pine tree — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. A big fir tree — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. An oak — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 185, line 1: «Sindbad and his friend climb a tall tree to hide from a huge snake, but the snake swallows his friend in the night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same thing acted on «tall tree» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Who swoops in with the magic to save him?

1. The old magician — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The raven — no support
3. The groom — no support
4. The wise old hermit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 682, line 18: «Why the housekeeper is kind: "The girl had heard how he had saved her master's life", so she tells him what to ask for.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «magician» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, who ends up as the new king?

1. The youth — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The old magician — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. The stable helper — score 4
4. The youth, who had come back from the river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 475, line 1: «First the tale of the pea or bean that grows up to heaven is finished, with a grandfather who charms twelve goats to sleep and gets caught.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «finish» (+5). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who drowns himself out of pure jealousy?

1. The old magician — score -2
2. The hangman's helper — no support
3. The groom — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The stable helper — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 683, line 5: «A magician flings the gallows and the cruel king into the clouds, the people choose the youth as king, and the groom drowns himself in envy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drown» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «groom» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Savage, what does the king say about the flute?

1. You made me sing, stop the tune — no support
2. You made me dance, no more tunes, play the flute no more in my kingdom forever — score 6
3. You made me dance, no more tunes, I beg you to stop this now — score 6
4. You made me dance, no more tunes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 683, line 4: «The groom then lies that the youth wants the throne, so the king orders a hanging, but the youth's zither, fiddle and flute make everyone dance.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «everyone dance» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Which tune makes the whole crowd dance all day?

1. Drum — score 6
2. The bagpipe — score 6
3. The fiddle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The trumpet — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 683, line 4: «The groom then lies that the youth wants the throne, so the king orders a hanging, but the youth's zither, fiddle and flute make everyone dance.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); the same thing acted on «everyone dance» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «zither» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honest question, where do they plan to hang the youth?

1. Beside the great oak tree — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. At the foot of the tall gallows near the river bank, in front of the whole crowd — no support
3. At the foot of the gallows — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. At the foot of the gallows built in the courtyard — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 677, line 10: «Wildrose is angry that the old woman will not listen, and she says "Make a fire near a tree and hang the kettle from one of the branches".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «tree» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Upon which occasion was the queen restored to her husband, the king?

1. When the magician sang the old song — no support
2. When he came home — score 1
3. Upon the youth's return to the river with the horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Upon the youth's visit to the palace at dusk — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 683, line 3: «Next the groom lies that the youth can bring back the queen, and the youth's horse turns out to be the queen, freed in the river.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring back» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «youth» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which instrument, when first played, caused the hangman and his assistant to commence dancing?

1. The bagpipe — no support
2. The zither — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. The small zither that the youth carried in his hand — score 0
4. The trumpet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 683, line 4: «The groom then lies that the youth wants the throne, so the king orders a hanging, but the youth's zither, fiddle and flute make everyone dance.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «zither» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what penalty was the youth condemned by the king in the matter of the alleged usurpation?

1. A fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Exile — no support
3. Banishment to the far hills — no support
4. Hanging without any trial — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the eventual fate of the stable helper who had contrived the youth's downfall?

1. He was thrown into the river, consumed by envy, after the king learned of his lies — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He drowned himself, consumed by envy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He starved in the dungeon — no support
4. He drowned himself, consumed by envy and bitter rage at the youth — 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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