Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1206 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 prince actually whack that dragon or what?

1. He shot it in the eye then chopped its neck, proper wicked, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. He shot its wing then stabbed its back, bruv — no support
3. He shot it in the chest then kicked it, innit, proper sick — no support
4. Yeah, he shot it, innit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 655, line 1: «The town hopes the dragon will eat the nasty Prince, and his hunt sets out.», 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); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the mum bird nearly dropped a massive rock on him, right?

1. Yeah, she was about to drop it but the chicks shouted and she chilled out, proper relieved — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, but she chilled out when the chicks spilled the whole story — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, but she calmed down when the babies told her, innit — score 2
4. Nah, she never even picked it up, the chicks were already fine and the prince had gone to sleep — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 79, line 13: «His families "spanked him once more for luck", and he went off "a little warm, but not at all astonished", "throwing the rind about, because he could not pick…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bird» (+2); the same property (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the rock went where exactly?

1. Off over the seven seas and into the middle of nowhere, mate, no idea — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Down to the middle of the earth, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Straight into the sky, bruv — no support
4. Into the sea, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 689, line 16: «The son throws the other half from "a rock that jutted right out into the sea," so the money sinks out of sight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rock» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+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 bird give him a city and stuff for free?

1. Yeah, a castle and some gold, innit — no support
2. Yeah, a whole city, the Caucasus and everything — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Nah, he had to pay for it with three feathers and a diamond, mate, and a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, a whole city, a load of gold, and the Caucasus mountains too, proper generous — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1154, line 17: «Old word: "trumpery" meant cheap, worthless stuff, like the wreath the stepmother pretends to despise.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «old word» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did he stay sleeping under the tree, though?

1. Coz he had been fighting the dragon all day and was proper knackered, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Coz he was hungry from the dragon, innit — no support
3. Coz he was knackered from the fight, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Coz the bird had covered him with her wings and he felt safe enough to nap, 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus stuff: how many seas did they have to cross?

1. Five, so the bird had to rest — no support
2. Seven, so the prince had to feed the bird each time — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nine, so he had to pay each time — no support
4. Seven, and the bird had to stop and rest on every single sea, proper tiring — ← 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 801, line 8: «WHERE: he climbs rocks by the wood until he stands above the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what did the bird say about the Caucasus jins?

1. They'd definitely kill him, so don't go, bro — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. They'd trick him, so be careful, mate — score 0
3. They're harmless, so go ahead and visit them, mate, they'd only greet him kindly — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. They'd definitely kill him on sight, so don't even think about going, bro — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 768, line 10: «The eldest son, the thief, takes the eggs while the mother bird "never saw or felt what he was doing".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who did the prince make mates with in the city?

1. A young spice-seller, a proper good bloke — no support
2. The son of the king's cook, a clever lad who knew all the riddles, mate — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. A young cloth-merchant, a proper good bloke — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. An old scholar, a decent sort, innit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 244, line 2: «Jack and Gobborn Seer build the king's castle, and the wife makes them chat kindly with the servants.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «jack» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Mad, so what was the riddle he wanted to crack?

1. What the rose did to the cypress, that was the question — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The cypress, mate — no support
3. The rose, that's it — score 4
4. Why the rose wilted, that was the riddle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1201, line 15: «fact: The riddle is "What did the rose do to the cypress?" and the prince answers with a verse about "the Omnipotent."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «rose» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did he finally get the answer from the merchant?

1. Yeah, the merchant whispered it to him in the market, but it was wrong, so he had to ask the king — score 2
2. Nah, the merchant refused to say and he had to go all the way to the king's palace and ask him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, he had to ask the old wizard, innit — no support
4. Nah, he had to go to the king and ask him — ✓ the right answer · 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 471, line 9: «Why: the Soldier must carry the dead girl because the merchant asks him to, and the grandfather says "you must go."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «merchant» (+2); the same action «ask» (+1); the same receiver «soldier» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

What did he flash at the king to get in?

1. The diamond, mate — no support
2. The pearl his mum gave, the ten misqals one — no support
3. That ruby the bird gave him, the twenty misqals one — score 1
4. That diamond the bird gave him, the thirty misqals one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1186, line 15: «What: the king says he "would give half my kingdom" to the man who brings the princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same receiver «man» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the king well chuffed about the king's gift?

1. Yeah, he was buzzing and gave him a horse, a robe, and a seat at the table, proper generous — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, he was not chuffed at all, he thought the gift was stolen and had him locked up, mate — score 5
3. Yeah, he was buzzing, showered him with gifts — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Yeah, he was happy, gave him robes, innit — 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 1205, line 13: «The lion gives him "a few of his own hairs" and says, "burn one of these and I will be there."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «prince» (+4); the same doer «lion» (+3); the same action «give» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So did the king nearly cut his head off, then?

1. Nah, the king had already let him go, and the prince just laughed, mate, and left the palace — score 4
2. Yeah, but the prince talked him round, proper smooth — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, he was about to but the prince talked him round with a clever story, proper smooth — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Nah, but the merchant talked him round, proper smooth — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1181, line 9: «Why: the frog has come because the king was about to break "the faith which you swore to the queen nine years ago".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal action performed by the protagonist upon the monstrous creature, in order of occurrence.

1. He cut its neck with a sword — no support
2. He struck its eye with his spear, then pierced its chest with arrows — no support
3. He pierced its wing and tail with arrows, then struck its head with a club — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He pierced its eye and throat with arrows, then severed its neck with his sword — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. 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 thing acted on «old words» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Explain the motivation of the father-bird in proposing to destroy the prince, as stated in the passage.

1. He believed the prince had eaten his children and slept afterwards — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. He believed the prince had stolen his eggs and fled — score 3
3. He thought the prince was a thief — score 3
4. He thought the prince had killed his mate and slept — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1206, line 11: «WHY: The father-bird wants to kill the prince because he thinks the prince "has eaten our children and sleeps after it."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «prince» (+2); the same thing acted on «children» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the function of the diamond within the narrative of the king's court.

1. It was the prince's valued gift, which secured royal favour and hospitality — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It was a gift from the bird — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. It was a prize that earned the prince a feast and fame — score 1
4. It was a treasure that won the king's trust and favour — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. 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); the same thing acted on «old words» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the relationship between the Simurgh and the prince at the conclusion of the passage.

1. The Simurgh treats him as a guest — no support
2. The Simurgh sees him as a friend and grants him shelter — score 1
3. The Simurgh regards him as its own child and offers him protection — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The Simurgh fears him and keeps him away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1206, line 15: «WHAT: The Simurgh offers him a city and the land of the Caucasus, but he still wants to go to Waq.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «simurgh» (+2); the same action «offer» (+1); the same receiver «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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