Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out

Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 695 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 prince got the ring back with help from ducks, like actual ducks, no cap?

1. Yeah, the ducks swam down and fetched it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, the wild ducks dived into the brook and grabbed the ring in their beaks — score 6
3. Nah, a frog found it in the mud — score 6
4. Yeah, the wild ducks dived and grabbed it — ✓ the right answer · score 6

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 105, line 3: «The toad gives Dummling a ring of exquisite workmanship, while the brothers bring an old iron harness ring.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+4); the same thing acted on «old harness ring» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, why did the king get so mad at the prince's magic?

1. The prince had shown that he could do what the king could never learn to do — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He could not do magic himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He wanted the prince to teach him magic but the prince refused to share his secrets — no support
4. He feared the prince's magic — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the stork brought a baby that speaks every language?

1. Yup, the stork flew in from the marsh and dropped it at the palace gate — no support
2. Yup, lowkey wild stuff — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, the baby just cried a lot, but the king heard it speak in a dream — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yup, that's wild, right — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 652, line 14: «The baby screams "more and more and more" when the dragon sings "Hush-a-by, Dragon".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scream» (+4); the same doer «baby» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who got chased off with whips in the end, the cheats?

1. The two soldiers who lied about the prince to the king — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The two greedy servants — score 0
3. The cheats — no support
4. The two jealous soldiers — ✓ the right answer · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 281, line 6: «Who: the hero is a young man, and at the end he is the copying-clerk who wears the Shoes of Fortune by mistake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, the eldest son just refused food to a hungry dude?

1. Yeah, he told him to work — score 6
2. Yeah, he told the beggar to go find work and not come back to his door — score 6
3. Nah, he gave the beggar a loaf but then took it back when nobody was watching — score 6
4. Yeah, he said earn it yourself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 695, line 12: «The eldest son answers the beggar, "Not I, indeed! ... If you want food you must earn it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «earn» (+4); the same thing acted on «food» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the stork king save the prince for real or nah?

1. Nah, the king had spared the prince — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Yeah, the prince had spared the duck king's life long before, and so was repaid — score 6
3. Yeah, the prince had spared his life — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nah, the duck king only sent ducks because the prince had fed their children in the marsh last winter — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 671, line 10: «The king of the Magyars saves him, with "a white flag waving out of the window" of his golden coach.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «save» (+4); the same thing acted on «boy» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So who is the princess in the second tale, the one who vanished?

1. The steward's young niece — no support
2. The prince's sister who ran off to live with the stork in the marsh — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The queen — no support
4. The king's own daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 654, line 6: «WHO: Sabrinetta is a little white Princess who lives in a tower above a small town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same doer «little white princess» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the king hand the prince his daughter, fr?

1. The baby made the king a believer — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The baby won over the king — score 2
3. The prince threatened the king with a sword until the king gave in to his demands — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The baby proved the prince's magic was real and the king became convinced — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 665, line 2: «The king is so pleased that he gives the prince his daughter and kingdom.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the prince scared of the king or nah?

1. Nah, he stayed calm inside — score 6
2. Yeah, he wept under the tree and was too frightened to speak to the king — score 6
3. Yeah, he cried in the room — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nah, he was brave and told the king that he feared no punishment at all — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 695, line 1: «The king orders the prince to find the princess's ring in the brook, or die a horrible death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2); the same receiver «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the eldest son pack for his trip?

1. A large sack with bread, cheese, a water flask, and a pair of new boots — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. A wallet with food and new boots — ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. A bag with bread and a knife — score 10
4. A heavy trunk with clothes, gold coins, a map, and a sword for the road — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 178, line 13: «The metal man rows "without stopping for nine days," which is how long the boat carries Agib before land appears.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+5); the same thing acted on «agib» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the eldest son find a bed in the wood, or is he still stuck?

1. He found a cave to sleep in — score 6
2. He is still looking for shelter — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. He has been walking for days and is still hunting for a safe place to rest — score 6
4. He found a shelter but the owner chased him away and he is lost again — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 550, line 18: «What: Haemon finds that Antigone "had hanged herself by her veil," and he dies beside her, so the king loses his son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4); the same thing acted on «son» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the prince's ordeal with the ring?

1. The prince was saved by the wild ducks, who recovered the ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. The prince lost the ring — no support
3. The prince was rescued when the king's soldiers searched the brook — score -1
4. The ring was recovered by a stork that flew over the brook — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 675, line 2: «The prince marches gaily into town with his pipes, hawk, hounds and flock, the princess follows, and the emperor comes home to welcome him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the king's treatment of the prince after the baby appeared?

1. He gave the prince a large gift of land and silver — score 0
2. He made the prince his heir at once — score 2
3. He gave the prince his daughter in marriage — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. He ignored the prince — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 692, line 2: «He reaches his father's capital, but where the palace stood there is only a sulphur lake with blue flames.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «sulphur lake» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the reason the eldest son refused food to the beggar?

1. He had been taught that the poor are lazy and must never be given anything from his own bag — score -1
2. He thought beggars should be punished — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He believed he must earn his food himself — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He thought the beggar was a thief in disguise who had planned to rob him on the road to the city — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 626, line 9: «Why Big Toomai scowls: he says his son "will end in a jail", which he does not really believe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «son» (+3); the same action «believe» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the eldest son's journey?

1. He wished to see the world after a quiet life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. He longed to escape his cruel father's rule — no support
3. He hoped to find a fortune in a distant land — no support
4. He was sent by his parents to find work in the city and become a merchant — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 695, line 4: «The king punishes the two jealous soldiers, but the second tale starts with an old man's eldest son going out to see the world.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «world» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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