--- title: Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1867 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 2 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/1867-pg7277-part4/) [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/) / 1867 # Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa **Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1867 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/1867-pg7277-part4/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} bro, so the Blue Bird is actually King Charming, like for real? - **1.** Nah, Mazilla is his sister, bro — no support - **2.** Yeah, the Fairy cursed him after he refused to marry Turritella, so he's stuck as a bird — score 3 - **3.** Yep, Mazilla turned him into a bird — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Yeah, he's a totally different guy — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1825, line 14: «WHY he hides: he means to "catch her to-day, and give her a sound beating", because she is making him ashamed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «girl» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1867-pg7277-part4/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} wait, the Queen really hid fake letters in the chimney, that's so sus - **1.** Nah, she just wanted the jewels — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Fr, she wanted to frame Fiordelisa — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** Fr, but the Queen then got scared when the Blue Bird warned the whole court about her lies — score 2 - **4.** Nah, the letters were real, and the Queen only wanted to warn Fiordelisa about the plot — 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 1838, line 10: «Why: the lad shoots pigeons because he is hungry and wants food for his mothers, but the white Queen wants him dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3). Against it: the same doer «white queen» (-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/1867-pg7277-part4/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} did the spy nap on the job or what? - **1.** Nah, she was watching the whole time but then the Princess's singing made her fall asleep — score 1 - **2.** Yeah, she sat down and got really tired, so she slept for ages until the Princess woke up — no support - **3.** Nah, she just looked away — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** Yeah, she totally zonked out — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1548, line 3: «The princess weeps in the byre, and the Bull tells her they must run away that very night, so she agrees and climbs on his back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «spies» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1867-pg7277-part4/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} the Princess had like a whole stash of rocks in her mattress, right? - **1.** Yup, diamonds and rubies and stuff — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, mostly old coins and stuff — score 2 - **3.** Yup, but also a bunch of letters and some fancy emerald bracelets from the Queen — no support - **4.** Yeah, all kinds of sparkly diamonds and emeralds and gold that the Blue Bird had brought her — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 888, line 9: «Why: the two sisters take the feathers so that the princess "shall never again see Egypt," because they are deceitful.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same thing acted on «feathers» (+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/1867-pg7277-part4/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} wait, why would the Queen be so mad about a few jewels? - **1.** Cause the Queen thinks Fiordelisa sent the Blue Bird to steal the jewels from the palace treasury — **← Mova's choice** · score -2 - **2.** Cause the Princes keep dissing Turritella — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **3.** Cause the Princess keeps stealing from her — score -2 - **4.** Cause the Princes keep refusing to marry Turritella and the Queen thinks it's Fiordelisa's fault — score -2 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1838, line 16: «The seven Queens make curds and whey and sell milk to the confectioners, and they grow richer day by day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1). Against it: the same doer «seven queens» (-3). 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/1867-pg7277-part4/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} so the Blue Bird's gift game was super mega, huh? - **1.** Yeah, a pearl watch, bro, that's dope — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, a pearl watch, but the Princess said it was a joke and laughed at him, bro — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Yep, a diamond ring, totally wild — no support - **4.** Yep, super mega, the Blue Bird brought her a pearl watch and two emerald bracelets before that — 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 1864, line 19: «Old word: a "consolation" is something that comforts you; the King says a head-thump is his only consolation.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «king» (+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/1867-pg7277-part4/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} did the Princess sing a sad song or a happy one? - **1.** Happy, they sang it really gaily — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** A happy one, and the Blue Bird joined in while the whole palace listened from below — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** A sad one, because the Princess was lonely in the tower and missed the Blue Bird so much — score 2 - **4.** Sad, they sang it very softly — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1694, line 14: «fact: Why the Princess is afraid: she "grew white with terror" when she heard the task.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); the same thing acted on «task» (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). 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/1867-pg7277-part4/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} the Blue Bird just hid behind the chimney, no way, right? - **1.** Nope, he hid in the chimney to stay warm during the cold nights, not to spy on anyone — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Yep, he hid in the chimney during the day, and he came out only when the moon rose — score 4 - **3.** Yep, to keep an eye on the drama — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nope, he hid in the tree now — score 2 **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 1867, line 14: «The Queen hides "a packet of false letters" in the chimney, to prove Fiordelisa is plotting against her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same place «chimney» (+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/1867-pg7277-part4/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} why did the Queen even bring Turritella up the tower? - **1.** To find the lost jewels hidden — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** To make her watch the Princess closely so that she could catch her in some plot — score -2 - **3.** The Queen wanted to see the view from the top of the tower with her daughter before dinner — score 1 - **4.** To catch Fiordelisa in some scheme — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1227, line 3: «A proud rat mother takes her lovely daughter to the sun to find her a grand husband.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); the same doer «proud rat mother» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1867-pg7277-part4/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} how long did the Princess sit in that tower, fr? - **1.** Like two whole years, bro — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Like seven whole years, bro, she was stuck up there with just the bird for company — no support - **3.** Like three whole years, bro — score 4 - **4.** Like seven whole years, bro — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1867, line 8: «Where: the Blue Bird sings from a tall fir-tree, and the Princess sits at a little window in the tower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1867-pg7277-part4/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} did the Queen fall for the Blue Bird's warning, or what? - **1.** Nah, she laughed — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Yeah, she got scared and dipped — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Nope, she stayed and yelled — score 2 - **4.** Nah, she got mad and stayed — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1866, line 16: «fact: What the Queen does: she leaves Fiordelisa in the tower "without comfort or aid" and "laughed maliciously".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+1); the same doer «queen» (+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/1867-pg7277-part4/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} wait, so the Princess got a wicked idea to fool the spy? - **1.** Nah, she just waited for the nap — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Nah, not really — no support - **3.** Nope, she waited for the Queen — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Yeah, she tricked the spy somehow — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1719, line 13: «The King keeps his word and gives Martin the Princess, and Martin lives "in the greatest comfort and luxury."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). 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/1867-pg7277-part4/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which action did the Princess undertake immediately upon the spy's unconsciousness, and for what purpose? - **1.** She opened the window in order to admit the Blue Bird — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** She rushed to the window and threw it wide open so the Blue Bird could fly in and warn her — score 2 - **3.** She quietly unlatched the heavy iron window and waited, so that the Blue Bird could finally enter the tower room safely — score 2 - **4.** She closed the window to hide the Blue Bird from the spy — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 951, line 15: «Her words: "I have had the Stadtholder Gyldenlowe, the King's half-brother, for my husband."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1867-pg7277-part4/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Upon what grounds did the Fairy Mazilla condemn the Blue Bird to his avian form? - **1.** For stealing — score -4 - **2.** Upon his refusal to wed Turritella — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** For his lies — score 1 - **4.** For his refusal to wed Fiordelisa — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 912, line 16: «Why: the nightingale says "An emperor's tears" are her richest reward, so she refuses the gold slipper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «refuse» (+4). Against it: the same doer «bird» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1867-pg7277-part4/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which object did the Queen conceal within the chimney, and what did she intend it to demonstrate? - **1.** A small book of spells, to show the Princess was a witch — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** A packet of false letters, to prove the Princess's conspiracy — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A bag of stolen jewels, to prove the Princess was a thief — score 2 - **4.** A packet of false letters, to prove to the whole court that the Princess had been plotting with the Blue Bird against the Queen — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1326, line 16: «Old word: "Mayhap" is an old word that means "perhaps," and we rarely say it today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1). 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/1867-pg7277-part4/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} What was the Blue Bird's principal motive for uttering his warning from the chimney? - **1.** To avert danger from his beloved Princess — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** To warn the Princess so that she would not be tricked by the Queen and could escape the tower — score 0 - **3.** To save the Princess from the Queen's plot, because he had loved her since childhood and wanted to be free again — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** To win the Princess's hand in marriage — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 914, line 12: «Why: she says "I love your heart better than your crown," which shows what she values most.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+3). Against it: the same doer «bird» (-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/1867-pg7277-part4/e4/) - ← previous: [1866. The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King i…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1866-pg7277-part3/) - next →: [1868. d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1868-pg7277-part5/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)