Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality, part 1: a cat clears the rats from the palace, and a gloomy prince sets out to find a land where no one dies

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 690 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 ✗

Bro, the cat just wiped out the whole hall, no cap?

1. Yeah, the cat chased every rat out of the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Nah, the rats still live — no support
3. Yeah, the rats were toast — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, the rats are fine and the cat is hiding under the throne — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 65, line 1: «The Rat grips Toad by the scruff of the neck and hauls him up into his hall, dripping with mud and weed. At once Toad starts boasting: prison, escape, disguise…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «toad» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, would you pick the princess or the Prime Minister job?

1. The Prime Minister job — no support
2. I'd take the princess, the kingdom, and the castle too — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. The princess and kingdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Definitely the Prime Minister job with the big house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 225, line 6: «Who: the Indian, a magician with a flying horse, takes the princess of Bengal, who is to marry Prince Firouz Schah of Persia.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «princess» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the prince is basically mad about finding a no-death land?

1. Nah, he's just curious — no support
2. Yeah, but he gave up and went home to the castle — no support
3. Nah, he just wants to hunt deer in the forest all day — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, he's obsessed with it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 676, line 5: «The prince chases a deer into the forest, meets Wildrose, and the emperor sends heralds to find her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «deer» (+3). 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, the eagle works six hundred years on one tree, right?

1. Yep, that's the deal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, just one year — no support
3. Nah, that's way too long — no support
4. Nope, six days — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the bald king's girl look sick or what?

1. She seemed quite happy — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She looked pale and tired — score 3
3. She was cute and welcoming — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she looked pale, weak, and really ill indeed — score 3

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 323, line 6: «Who: Wendy, the girl who looks after Peter, John, Michael and the other boys on the island of Neverland.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same doer «girl» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

The little box is basically a magic taxi, yeah?

1. Yep, it zooms you anywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it's a rock — no support
3. Yep, it flies you home — no support
4. Nah, it just holds notes — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 595, line 4: «The crowd asks about the phonograph, and he guesses it is an iron box that keeps people's words and gives them back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «words» (+3); the same doer «iron box» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

The king pays six shillings, is that mad cheap or nah?

1. Honestly fair for a cat — no support
2. Pretty cheap for a cat — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Actually cheap, the king could have paid far more gold for the whole palace — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Nah, that's a fortune, the cat was worth way more — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 665, line 2: «The king is so pleased that he gives the prince his daughter and kingdom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, so the father thought his son was in love, right?

1. Nah, he thought the boy was plotting to steal the throne — score 6
2. Yeah, but he never told anyone what he guessed about it — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Yeah, he guessed that — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nah, he hoped it wasn't — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 690, line 15: «The prince returns merry-hearted but turns "gloomy and thoughtful", and the father guesses he is in love.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, did the rats bite the king's hands or nah?

1. Yeah, they bit his sleeve — score 3
2. Yeah, they tried to bite — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Yeah, they bit so hard the king bled all over the table — score 6
4. Nah, they only sniffed him — score 5

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 690, line 7: «What: the rats "snatched pieces of food from the King's own plate" and tried "to bite his hands".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+4); the same doer «rats» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, does the prince give up on the quest at the start?

1. Nah, he sets off on his trip — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yeah, he quits the quest and returns home to his father's castle — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Nah, he trains with the royal guard for ten long years first — score 4
4. Yeah, he gives up quickly — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 663, line 19: «Lucky Luck's mother says the prince must return home where "your wife will just have had a little boy," so the good news comes after the hard journey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+4); the same property (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, is the eagle really a king when he lands?

1. Yes, he becomes a prince — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, he stays an eagle and flies off to the mountains again — score 6
3. Yep, he changes into a crowned king with a golden robe and sceptre — score 6
4. Yep, he changes into one — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 175, line 5: «Later the dervish becomes Sultan, forgives the envious man, and the genius turns the narrator into a monkey who lands on a ship.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same thing acted on «narrator» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

The bald king's mountain thing is wild, is it like forever?

1. Six hundred more years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, just a few weeks — no support
3. Just one more day — no support
4. Eight hundred more years — ✓ 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 of the following best describes the outcome of the young man's reward from the king?

1. He receives a choice between a golden castle and a seat on the council of ministers — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He is made a general of the army or the royal treasurer — score 1
3. He is handed the royal crown and a sealed letter of pardon from the court — score 1
4. He is offered the post of Prime Minister or the hand of the princess — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 689, line 5: «At the palace he finds the king at dinner, with little black creatures running about the table.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); the same doer «son» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best states the prince's reason for leaving his fatherland?

1. He is resolved to find a kingdom where death is unknown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. He is angry at his father and leaves to see the world without return — no support
3. He wishes to rule a distant land of gold and wine — no support
4. He is determined to win a royal wife from afar — 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 377, line 13: «Her reason: a man who does his own work and does not "depend on any one else" leaves no "delay."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «man» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the purpose of the box given to the prince?

1. It will bring him home whenever his father the king commands him to return — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. It hides him from enemies when he sleeps in the forest — no support
3. It holds the princess's picture and will open only when he dies at sea — no support
4. It will transport him swiftly when he is weary of travelling — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly identifies the condition of the eagle and the bald king?

1. Neither can die until the mountain is levelled and the great tree is finally uprooted by a stranger — score -1
2. Neither may leave the land until the king gives leave — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Both are cursed to live forever unless the prince kills the eagle and the bald king — score 2
4. Neither may die until a labour upon a great object is completed — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 690, line 5: «He meets an eagle who must shake a great tree for six hundred years, and the eagle's daughter gives him a little box with her picture.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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