Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: a spindle prick, a hundred years' sleep, and a prince's kiss
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 731 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, what made Briar Rose konk out for like a hundred years?
- 1. the spindle prick from the old lady's wheel — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a poisoned spindle prick from the tower — no support
- 3. the spindle prick — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the spinning wheel — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, how old was she when it all kicked off?
- 1. twelve — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. fifteen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. about fifteen years old — no support
- 4. fifteen or so, I think — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
Innit wild, what grew all round the castle?
- 1. briars — score 8
- 2. thorny hedge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. ivy vines — score 8
- 4. rose bushes — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 120, line 2: «A hedge of thorns grows around the castle, and many princes die trying to break through it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+8); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
So who finally got through the thorns, bruv?
- 1. the young prince — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. a brave knight — no support
- 3. the young prince from the north — score 1
- 4. the wise miller — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 297, line 5: «A king's son goes on alone, a poor boy in wooden shoes catches up, but they part, and the poor boy tears his hands and face on thorns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «thorns» (+2). Against it: the same doer «poor boy» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper sus, why didn't the thorns gobble him up?
- 1. the hundred years were up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the thorns grew weak — no support
- 3. the hundred years were finally up that day — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. the spell had run out — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 656, line 19: «Old word: "devoured" means ate up quickly and greedily; today we would say gobbled up.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Did the cook actually get to smack the kitchen boy?
- 1. nah, she froze — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yeah, she did — no support
- 3. nah, she laughed — no support
- 4. nah, she ran — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, what did the prince use to wake her up?
- 1. a kiss — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. a loud kiss and a hug — score 4
- 3. a slap — score 4
- 4. a long kiss on the lips — score 4
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 691, line 20: «Quote: the prince tells the queen "You would have slept till eternity" if he had not been there to wake her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); the same action «wake» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the butler still sipping his ale, like, mint?
- 1. nah, he was gone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yep, frozen mid-sip with his cup up — no support
- 3. yep, frozen mid-sip — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nope, he dropped the cup and ran off — 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 ✗
Who was the goose actually cooking for?
- 1. the prince's feast — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. the royal guests — score -3
- 3. the king's dinner — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the whole court's midday feast — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 568, line 17: «Old word: "calamus root" is the root of a marsh plant called sweet flag, and few people cook with it now.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cook» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, how did the pigeons go when they woke?
- 1. ran off to the hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. flew up and away to the far fields — no support
- 3. flew off to the fields — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. flew off fast to the green fields outside — 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 ✗
Was it a happy ending or total drama, fam?
- 1. total drama, sadly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. happy, they got married and had a feast — no support
- 3. happy, they got married — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. happy, they moved away — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, what's the next tale about?
- 1. a dog and a sparrow who flew away — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a dog and a sparrow — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a cat and a mouse — no support
- 4. a brave dog and a little sparrow bird — 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 object did the princess handle before falling into her sleep?
- 1. the needle — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. the thread — score 4
- 3. a rope — score 4
- 4. the spindle — ✓ the right answer · score 4
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 650, line 2: «The dragon drowns under the whirlpools, so Nigel and the Princess make a plan to deal with the griffin.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «nigel» (+3); the same action «deal» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
After how many years did the prince arrive at the palace?
- 1. a hundred years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. a hundred years and more — score 6
- 3. many long years after the spell began — no support
- 4. fifty years — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 681, line 4: «At the palace he becomes a dirty goose-boy named Paperarello, so nobody guesses who he is.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same place «palace» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the prince rouse the princess from her slumber?
- 1. by singing a song — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. with a kiss — no support
- 3. by bestowing a kiss — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. by a kiss — 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 · right ✓
In which manner does the account of the old palace conclude?
- 1. with a wedding feast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. with a grand parade — no support
- 3. with a huge feast and a long dance — no support
- 4. with a happy dance — 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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