--- title: Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's son cures t… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1414 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1414-pg503-part1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1414 # Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's son cures the old King and asks for a ring **Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1414 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} So the gardener's son was skint, yeah? - **1.** Nah, he had loads — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, just copper money and a lame horse, mate — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, just copper money and a proper horse, mate — no support - **4.** Yeah, mate — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Did the minister's son help the old lady or nah? - **1.** Yeah, he helped her a bit but then told her to get lost, like — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Nah, he just told her to wait — score 6 - **3.** Yeah, he just gave her a coin — score 6 - **4.** Nah, he just told her to get lost — **✓ 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 1414, line 15: «At the fountain, the minister's son tells the beggar-woman "Let me alone, old witch," and rides on.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «son» (+2); the same receiver «beggar woman» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Wait, the gardener's son's horse was knackered, right? - **1.** Nah, it was young and fast and well fed, innit, nothing wrong with it — score 4 - **2.** Yeah, it was old and lame, innit — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Yeah, it was old and lame, and it could barely walk, innit — score 4 - **4.** Nah, it was young and fast, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1132, line 13: «The horse is really a mare, and Golik says she is the serpent's youngest daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «horse» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Was the princess, like, grown up or still a little kid? - **1.** She was fifteen, so old enough to be wed — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** She was sixteen, so old enough to be wed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** She was sixteen and still played with dolls all day, so not really old enough to be wed — no support - **4.** She was sixteen, so old enough to be wed, and everyone said she was clever — score 4 **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 731, line 1: «The princess turns fifteen, is alone in the palace, and finds an old lady spinning in a tower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «fifteen» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Ngl, did the King go right off at his daughter? - **1.** Yeah, he was mad at first, then he cried and hugged her, proper emotional — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, he wasn't mad at all, he just cried and didn't say anything for ages — no support - **3.** Nah, he was calm at first, then he cried — no support - **4.** Yeah, he was mad at first, then he cried — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} The old beggar lady was starving, yeah? - **1.** Yeah, she said nobody had given her nowt for three days — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Yeah, she said nobody had given her nowt for two days — score 4 - **3.** Nah, she said nobody had given her nowt for a week — score 4 - **4.** Nah, she was well fed, she said somebody had given her a whole pie and a cloak — score 4 **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 1320, line 13: «The lady is the plague; she says "I am the plague", and her long yellow finger kills the giant when he is weak.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «lady» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Did the gardener's son go to the posh inn? - **1.** Nah, he didn't — no support - **2.** Nah, he went to the one by the river — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Yeah, he went to the one for beggars — score 6 - **4.** Nah, he went to the one for beggars — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **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 1193, line 9: «fact: Stalo's sons ran off because they were "so frightened at the sight," and they went to their mother on the pastures.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sons» (+2); the same receiver (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} The heralds were shouting about a reward, right? - **1.** Yeah, for whoever can find the princess — no support - **2.** Yeah, for whoever can cure the old King — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Yeah, for a dog — no support - **4.** Nah, for a feast — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 486, line 12: «What is the reward for curing the princess? "Half of his kingdom, and half of his goods and possessions."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cure» (+2); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} What were the three dogs, like, the colours of? - **1.** White, black, and red, fam — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Black, fam — no support - **3.** Red, fam — no support - **4.** Brown, black, and red, fam — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Was the young man's fake claim about being a doctor sus? - **1.** Nah, he said he was from Athens, which was legit — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Yeah, he said he was from Janina, which was dodgy — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Nah, it was legit — no support - **4.** Nah, he wasn't a doctor at all, he just said he was from Janina to get a cheap room — 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 959, line 11: «the boys' claim: one boy says the couple "did not properly belong to our family," since "he was a pedlar and she kept the geese."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «one boy» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Did the old King come back looking like a grandad? - **1.** Nah, he was young again, like twenty — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Yeah, he looked like a grandad still, but with a bit more energy about him — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Yeah, grey and old — no support - **4.** Nah, he was young again, like twenty, with a full head of hair and no wrinkles — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1286, line 11: «The king's clever trick: he looks at the room and sees "no furniture at all", so he pretends to be in a hurry.», 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 «king» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} What did the young man ask for in the end, bro? - **1.** Gold, no cap — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** The bronze cup that grants wishes, no cap — no support - **3.** The bronze ring that grants wishes, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The bronze ring that grants wishes, no cap, and the princess's hand too — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 910, line 21: «The sad end: "she lay dead near the neighbouring family, the beautiful fresh roses."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «word» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} To what social origin does the wise old man attribute the failure of the royal gardeners? - **1.** Their fathers were cobblers and carpenters, and their masters were foreign merchants from the south — score 2 - **2.** Their fathers were cobblers and carpenters — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** Their fathers were cobblers and carpenters, not gardeners, so they knew nothing of soil — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Their grandfathers were shepherds and smiths — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 290, line 3: «The Raven says a clever Princess wants a husband, and many young men failed at the palace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the two suitors is provided with a splendid horse and a purse of gold? - **1.** The son of the prime minister — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** The gardener's son, who was given the old lame horse and copper money instead — score -3 - **3.** The son of the chancellor — score 3 - **4.** The son of the prime minister, a proud young man of noble birth — 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 1068, line 21: «Old word: "rendering" means the fat or juice boiled out of meat, and "vats" are great tubs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «render» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What reward does the gardener's son finally request from the restored King? - **1.** The bronze crown granting all wishes — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** The bronze ring granting all wishes — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** The bronze ring granting all wishes and a palace of his own — score 0 - **4.** A purse of gold — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 993, line 19: «Old word: "revenge" means paying back a wrong done to you, which the storks want to do to the boys.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} In what manner does the gardener's son treat the old woman at the fountain? - **1.** He ignores her — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** He offers his purse and lets her ride — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** He offers his bread and lets her sit — score 0 - **4.** He offers his purse and lets her ride behind him all the way to town — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1414, line 4: «The minister's son ignores an old beggar-woman, but the gardener's son gives her his purse and lets her ride behind him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ignore» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old beggar woman» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1414-pg503-part1/e4/) - ← previous: [1413. Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio: the Mari…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1413-pg500-part26/) - next →: [1415. Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the go…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1415-pg503-part2/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)