Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1153 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 · ★ · right ✓

yo, did the goldsmith really sell his dead wife, or is that a total lie?

1. Yeah, bro — no support
2. Nah, no way — no support
3. Nah, he never sold her, fam — score 1
4. Lol, yeah he sold her, bro — ← 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 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1153, line 7: «What: he tells the people "my wife died, and I sold her" and gets a thousand gold pieces.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sell» (+3); the same doer «goldsmith» (+3); the same thing acted on «wife» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

so what's the deal with the stranger, did he chuck a rock at her?

1. Yep, he threw a big stone, fam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Nah, he just handed her a stick and walked off into the woods — no support
3. Yeah, he threw a log, bro — no support
4. Nah, he threw a pebble, lol — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1153, line 9: «Why: the stranger throws a stone because he thinks the still figure is "very rude" to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, why did the villagers all tie rocks to themselves?

1. Cuz they wanted to dive down to the gold under the bridge at the river — no support
2. Cuz they wanted to dive to the buffalo — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cuz the priest made them do it to sink the goldsmith's ghost deep down — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Cuz they wanted to sink the buffalo — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 326, line 9: «Why: The rock is sinking, Peter is hurt and cannot fly or swim, so Wendy is sent away on the kite's tail.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sink» (+1); the same doer «rock» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the goldsmith actually drown, or did he slide out lowkey?

1. He got out by floating on a snag and then walked home slowly, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He floated out on a snag, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he sneaked off to a farm far away and started a new life, bro lol — no support
4. He crawled out on the bank, lol — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1153, line 13: «The goldsmith cannot swim, but he holds a "snag" and floats two or three miles downstream.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «float» (+3); the same doer «goldsmith» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, was the goldsmith's buffalo real or was he just flexing?

1. He was telling the truth, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was lying through his teeth, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah it was real, he really had a fat buffalo and sold it, bro — no support
4. He was flexing hard, but the buffalo was actually a farm cow from next door, lol — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, who was the stepdaughter, like was she the bestie or the villain?

1. She was good, bro, and the mom was the villain — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She was the bestie, bro, and the mom was a total villain, honestly, no cap, lol — no support
3. She was just a regular girl, bro, and the mom was kinda a villain for real, though — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. The girl was the villain, bro, lol — 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 472, line 6: «Who: the Princess is the clever one who saves the Prince, and the witch is the villain who dies in the splash.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «villain» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok but why did the stepmom make the girl go out in the rain?

1. Cuz she wanted the girl to get lost — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Cuz she wanted her own kid to stay dry and warm by the fire at home — no support
3. Cuz the old dad told her to send the girl and she obeyed him, bro — score 2
4. Cuz she wanted her own kid to stay dry — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 846, line 1: «At the end of the first tale, the tan-yard children bury Puggie and charge a trouser button to see his grave, and a poor girl with no button misses it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «miss» (+1); the same doer «poor girl» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, the girl got brambles all over her dress, right?

1. Yeah, her dress got torn and her whole face was scratched up by thorns, bro — no support
2. Yeah, her dress was torn up, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, her shoes were just wet — no support
4. Nah, she came back clean as a whistle with nothing damaged at all, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1128, line 5: «Ivan kisses his uncle's daughter, forgets the girl who saved him, and she returns at his wedding eve as a dough dove.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

did the doves just sit there being sad for no reason?

1. Yeah, they were soaked and hungry, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they were soaked, hungry, and stuck on the axe handle, mate, poor things — no support
3. Nah, they were just happy birds, mate — no support
4. Yeah, they were tired and cold, 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

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

lol so the girl fed the doves her dinner, that's wholesome, yeah?

1. Yep, she gave them bread from her lunch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yeah, she gave them some cake, lol — score 6
3. Yep, she fed them — score 6
4. Nah, she gave them some seeds, lol — 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 1086, line 9: «What: Riquet says he can give "as much wit as can be had" to the person he loves best.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «person» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok but what did the doves give her back, like a real reward?

1. A big bag of gold coins plus a wreath that never fades, bro, real talk — no support
2. Some money and a nice dress, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. A magic wreath that never fades and also lets her talk to birds, bro — no support
4. A wreath that never fades, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 690, line 6: «Who: the young man who bought the cat, and the king who gives him a reward.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

so is that the end of the goldsmith, or does he get his karma?

1. He gets fat and dies, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He gets sick and dies, bro — no support
3. He lives, bro — no support
4. He just dies, lol — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1153, line 14: «He comes ashore with a "fine fat cow buffalo" and tells lies about a rich land under the water.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «goldsmith» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, was the goldsmith actually happy with all his money?

1. Nah, lies never made him happy, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he was sad all day, bro — no support
3. Yeah, he was super happy with all his money and lived a long life, bro, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Yeah, he was happy with it, lol — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1153, line 15: «The story says: "Lies never made a man happy yet", and the goldsmith is not happy, only fat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the sequence in which the goldsmith deceives the villagers and is subsequently punished by death?

1. He sells the wife, fools the villagers into diving, and then dies of a stroke — score 0
2. He sells the body, deceives the villagers into drowning, and later dies of apoplexy — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He sells the body, deceives the villagers into drowning in the river, and later dies of apoplexy at his home in the village after a long illness — score 0
4. He sells the body to a stranger, deceives the villagers into tying stones to their feet, rides a buffalo home, and later dies of apoplexy — ← 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 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1153, line 12: «The villagers tie great stones to their feet and necks, and "one after another they jumped into the water".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tie» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «great stones» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the action performed by the stepdaughter that results in her receiving the enchanted wreath from the doves.

1. She feeds the doves — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. She feeds the doves bread, freeing them from the axe handle — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She sings to the birds, and they follow her through the forest home — no support
4. She saves the birds — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1153, line 18: «Why: she feeds them her dinner bread and says "go and fly home to your nest".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feed» (+3); the same thing acted on «doves» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the principal reason given in the text for the stepmother's refusal to send her own daughter into the forest.

1. She believes her daughter would catch a severe cold in the rain — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. She believes her daughter would catch a severe cold in the cold rain, so she locks the door and tells the girl to leave at once in silence — score 2
3. She insists her daughter must stay home to finish the chores today — score 2
4. She believes her daughter would catch a severe cold in the rain and die of fever in the woods — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1125, line 4: «In the town he plays for the crowds, then takes a job with a parson who sends him to mind the cattle.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «ivan» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine the function of the snag in the goldsmith's survival, as described in the passage.

1. It is a floating part of a tree that he uses as a raft to paddle all the way to the distant village — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. It is a floating part of a tree that keeps him above the water — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. It is a rope tied to a tree that pulls him back to land — score 2
4. It is a broken boat that carries him to the far shore safely — no support

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 1127, line 19: «fact: Old word: "Tsarevich" means a tsar's son, or prince, and "thou" and "thy" are old words for "you" and "your."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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