--- title: Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1691 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 1 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/1691-pg640-part15/) [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/) / 1691 # Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King **Tests:** 1 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1691 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/1691-pg640-part15/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Yo, so the Frog was actually Serpentine, innit? - **1.** Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog, and she was stuck that way for years before the Prince came by — score 1 - **3.** Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog, and she had to talk to every bloke at the fountain — score 1 - **4.** Nah, mate, the Prince turned her into a frog — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1691, line 9: «Why: the fairies turned Serpentine into a frog, and she says, "they ordered me to say" what she repeated to the Prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «serpentine» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Was Saphir well gutted when he found out she was a frog? - **1.** Nah, he was proper chuffed to see her face, and he didn't care a bit about the frog thing at all — score 1 - **2.** Nah, he was proper chuffed to see her face — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Yeah, he was well gutted and went home — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Nah, he was proper chuffed to see her face, and he gave the bird to the fairy as a thank you — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1691, line 11: «Why: Saphir needs the bird because his father is ill, and the bird can make him well.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «saphir» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Why did Serpentine go all weepy, like? - **1.** She heard Saphir was a royal prince and she didn't know her own family at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** Saphir was a king's son and her own mum and dad were a total mystery to her — no support - **3.** She learned Saphir was a king's son and she had no clue who her folks were — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** She learned Saphir was a king's son and she had no clue who her folks were, so she cried for the whole afternoon — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1691, line 12: «Serpentine feels sad because she thinks she is not worthy of a king's son, and "her lovely eyes filled with tears."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «serpentine» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Who was the mint lady in the ivory car? - **1.** The fairy Aglantine, who had been a widow of the court for many long years — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** Aunt Aglantine, the sister of the King — no support - **3.** Aunt Aglantine, the widow of Diamantino, who had come to take the Prince home — score 0 - **4.** Aunt Aglantine, the widow of Diamantino — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 734, line 15: «"Dame" is an old word for a lady, so "Dame Ilsabill" means Lady Ilsabill.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). The right option, 4, 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/1691-pg640-part15/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Where did the bird park itself after it woke up? - **1.** On the King's bed, and it never moved — no support - **2.** On Saphir's shoulder, and it never left him — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** On Saphir's head, and it stayed a while — no support - **4.** On the roof — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1667, line 16: «Old word: "Bethought himself" means "suddenly remembered" or "had the idea", and it is no longer used in everyday talk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+5); the same doer «old word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/1691-pg640-part15/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} What did the bird do to the poorly King? - **1.** Flew at him and sorted him right out, then sang a song for the whole court to hear — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Flew down and healed him right away — score 4 - **3.** Flew at him and sorted him right out, then flew back up to Saphir's shoulder to rest for the night — score 5 - **4.** Flew at him and sorted him right out — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1691, line 17: «Old word: "beheld" means "saw" or "looked upon," so "it is long since I first beheld your face" means "it is long since I first saw your face."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+5); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} What was Serpentine's gripe about marrying Saphir? - **1.** She wouldn't wed him unless the fairies said her birth was fair, and she wanted her own parents at the wedding first — score 2 - **2.** She wouldn't wed him unless the fairies said her birth was fair — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** She refused to marry him until her family name was known to the whole court — score 1 - **4.** She wouldn't marry him unless the old King gave his blessing to their union — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1691, line 3: «Saphir says love makes them equal, but Serpentine will not marry him unless the fairies say her birth is worthy.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} How did the fairy get them back to the palace? - **1.** The ivory car flew over the hills — **← Mova's choice** · score -2 - **2.** Her silver chariot rode the wind — no support - **3.** Her ivory chariot flew through the air — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Her ivory chariot flew through the air and landed in the castle courtyard before the whole court — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 160, line 11: «Where: she flies him into the wood, where "the fronds of the bracken shone like frosted silver" in the moonlight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/1691-pg640-part15/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Who got told to take it steady on the way back? - **1.** The Prince's attendants — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The fairy's chariot driver — no support - **3.** The Prince's old servants — score -1 - **4.** The Prince's attendants, who had been told to wait at the fountain for the fairy's return — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1124, line 12: «The old man carries the casket home "under his arm," and his sons see it and think of gain.», 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, 1, 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/1691-pg640-part15/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} What did the fairy send ahead to the attendants? - **1.** A letter saying the Prince had wed — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** A message saying the bird had been lost, and that the Prince would search for it at once — score 3 - **3.** A message saying the bird had been found — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** A message saying the bird had been found, and that the Frog herself was coming home in the ivory car — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1674, line 7: «what: the king sends Ciccu to fetch the sword of the Man-eater, "at any price".», 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, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} What did the people reckon about the wedding plans? - **1.** They were chuffed to bits — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **2.** They were chuffed to bits, and they all cheered and threw flowers at the Prince and his bride — score -2 - **3.** They were very worried — no support - **4.** They were chuffed to bits and sent word to the King at once — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1644, line 18: «Old word: "gibes" means mocking jokes or taunts, and "to disenchant" means to free someone from a spell.», 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 thing acted on «mocking jokes» (-1); the same doer «old word» (-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/1691-pg640-part15/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Did Saphir and Serpentine have a happy ending, or what? - **1.** Nah, not really — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, they split and everyone was sad — no support - **3.** Yeah, they wed and everybody lived happy — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, but the Frog went back home — 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/1691-pg640-part15/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following accurately describes the identity of the maiden who had been transformed into a frog? - **1.** She was Aglantine, a widow who had been turned into a frog by the king's wizard — score 2 - **2.** She was Aglantine, who had been turned into a toad by the fairies at court — score 2 - **3.** She was a lost princess — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** She was Serpentine, who had been turned into a frog by the fairies — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1678, line 15: «Old word: a "godmother" was a woman who promised at a child's christening to help look after the child in God's name.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «woman» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} With reference to the text, what was the principal reason for Serpentine's refusal to accept the hand of the Prince? - **1.** Her family name was unknown and so her status was doubtful at court — no support - **2.** Her birth had not been shown to be worthy of a king's son, and she wished to know her parents before she married the Prince at the fountain — score 3 - **3.** Her birth had not been shown to be worthy of a king's son — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Her parentage had not been proven to suit a prince of the royal house, and the fairies had not yet blessed the match — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1691, line 12: «Serpentine feels sad because she thinks she is not worthy of a king's son, and "her lovely eyes filled with tears."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} According to the passage, what was the outcome of the bird's action upon arriving at the castle? - **1.** The bird cured the dying King, who then rode out with the fairy to search for his lost daughter — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** The bird cured the dying King of his sickness — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** The bird flew off and vanished from the castle — score 2 - **4.** The King died in the great hall — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2). 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/1691-pg640-part15/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which event immediately preceded the preparations for the marriage of Saphir and Serpentine? - **1.** Serpentine learned her birth and the fairies blessed her match — score 3 - **2.** The fairy sent a message to the attendants to travel slowly — score 3 - **3.** The bird cured King Peridor, and the Prince and his bride were married at once in the great hall before the whole court — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** The bird cured King Peridor and he was reunited with his family — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1685, line 12: «The king's daughter promises the stove because she wants to go home, and she says "I will go back to free him and marry him."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+3); the same thing acted on «prince» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/e4/) - ← previous: [1690. d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 14:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1690-pg640-part14/) - next →: [1692. Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1692-pg640-part16/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)