Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz, part 2: Tahmasp rides to the riddle city and loses his head, and his brother follows him
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1201 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 ✓
bro, what even happened to the old king's sons?
- 1. Each one tried the riddle and was put to death — score 5
- 2. They rode off — score 3
- 3. They went out to fight the king — score 6
- 4. They all went for the princess and lost their heads — ← 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 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1173, line 9: «Why: the prince leaves because his sorrow is so great, and the king finds "a letter lying by his bed" saying his son had gone, "he knew not whither."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «king» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
so who's the girl with the crazy riddle?
- 1. Princess Mihr-afruz — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The princess who is the daughter of King Quimus — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. The princess who sits in the tower with her riddle — score 3
- 4. The queen — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1062, line 5: «There a young girl steps out of a coracle, and when Conn asks her questions she says she is Delvcaem, daughter of Morgan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2); the same thing acted on «delvcaem» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, what's the riddle, like, exactly?
- 1. What did the rose whisper to the cypress at dawn in the garden? — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. What did the rose do to the cypress? — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Why did the moon bow to the willow? — no support
- 4. What did the nightingale sing about the rose and the cypress tree? — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the dad want his son to go?
- 1. Yeah, he begged him to stay — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, he sent him on his way — no support
- 3. Yeah, he begged him to stay home and never go near the city — no support
- 4. Nah, he begged him not to — ✓ 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
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
which drums are we even talking about?
- 1. Two silver drums in a blue tent — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Two small drums — no support
- 3. Two jewelled drums in a crimson tent — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Two brass gongs in a striped tent — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
so what did the prince say for his answer?
- 1. A song of the rose's beauty — no support
- 2. A verse about the Omnipotent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. A verse about the king's garden — score 3
- 4. A long verse praising the Omnipotent and the rose — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1199, line 13: «The king orders that she be "walled up in the summer-house and starved to death with her lover."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same action «order» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
how long did Dad mourn, like, how many days?
- 1. Forty full days in black cloth at the gate — no support
- 2. Forty nights in red — no support
- 3. Forty days in black, with no food or wine — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. Forty days in black — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1201, line 18: «fact: Old word: "raiment" means clothes, so mourning "in black raiment" means wearing dark clothes to show grief.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «mourn» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
who's the brave last brother who goes alone?
- 1. The seventh son, bold Tahmasp-ruh-bakhsh — no support
- 2. The youngest son, Tahmasp, the seventh brother — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Almas-ruh-bakhsh — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Almas-bakhsh-shah — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 425, line 6: «Who: Ivan is the youngest brother, and he fights the monsters alone while the others sleep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ivan» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's up with the prince's horse, is it fast?
- 1. Swift as the falcon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Fast as a dawn breeze over the desert sands at sunrise — no support
- 3. Yes, swift as the wind that blows over the hills before dawn — no support
- 4. Fast as a dawn breeze — ✓ 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
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was the queen's name, the princess's mum?
- 1. Queen Gulrukh of the western court — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Shirin — no support
- 3. Gulrukh — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Quimus — 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 · ★ · right ✓
did King Quimus try to stop the prince?
- 1. Yeah, he begged him to leave — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, he gladly sent him off with gold and a blessing from the desert king — no support
- 3. Yeah, he begged him to stay — no support
- 4. Yeah, he begged him to stay home and never go near the city — 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 · ★ · right ✓
how many camels did the prince bring with him?
- 1. A long string of two-humped camels laden with gold and silk — score 1
- 2. Two camels — score 1
- 3. A string of two-humped camels — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. A caravan of silver-laden horses — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1094, line 18: «Old word: a "sedan-chair" was a covered seat carried on poles by two men, a sort of old taxi.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, did the wise men say to let him go?
- 1. Yeah, with some hired soldiers — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, with some trusted mates — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, he should stay home — no support
- 4. Yes — 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 individual was designated as the narrator of the lamentation concerning the seven sons?
- 1. The aged monarch residing in the distant city beyond the mountains of the east — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The wandering poet of the eastern city — no support
- 3. The aged monarch residing in the desert — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The aged monarch residing in the desert and mourning his sons — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What object was employed by the suitors to announce their arrival at the royal court?
- 1. Two golden trumpets with silver mouths — score 0
- 2. A brass gong with a silver stick — score 0
- 3. Two jewelled drums with jewelled sticks — ✓ the right answer · score -6
- 4. A silver horn — ← 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 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1150, line 20: «OLD WORD: a clematis is a climbing plant with flowers, and a "tumbledown fence" is one that is falling over; both words are still used.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same action «use» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «words» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Upon what structure were the heads of the rejected suitors publicly displayed?
- 1. The battlements of the citadel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The walls of the eastern palace — no support
- 3. The roof of the royal stables — no support
- 4. The city gate — 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 ✓
Which son was the final survivor, and by what manner did he proceed to the city?
- 1. Saman, with the army — no support
- 2. Almas-ruh-bakhsh, alone and without a following — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 3. Almas-ruh-bakhsh, with his brothers in tow — no support
- 4. Tahmasp-ruh-bakhsh, alone and on horseback — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1040, line 9: «WHY: His guardians sent him off because "the sons of Morna are watching again to kill you".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «sons» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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