Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old woman's foundling becomes a soldier, and a dog dies after a meal

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1254 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, did that lad really clobber the pedlar's donkey with a big stick?

1. Yeah, he grabbed a big stick and chased the donkey right out of the garden — score 0
2. Nah, he just shouted at it and the donkey ran off on its own through the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yeah, he whacked it out of the garden — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, he smacked it with a branch — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1126, line 17: «OLD WORD: a "fife" is a small high flute, and "cudgels" are short thick sticks people used as weapons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, why did the king's men grab him for talking big?

1. Cos the pedlar ran to the palace guards — score 3
2. Cos the pedlar got scared and told the king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Cos he talked back — no support
4. Cos he was rude — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1157, line 1: «The king orders the young man to build a palace of ice that can be warmed by fires.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+2); the same receiver «young man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so who was the pedlar really?

1. A travelling pedlar who was really the king's chief minister in disguise — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The king, in disguise — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The king's own brother, who had been plotting the whole time — no support
4. Just a regular trader — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1254, line 9: «Why: the king is angry because the pedlar "in fear of his life, had complained to the king", so he sends men to arrest the boy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «men» (-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 ✗

Lol, how did the old lady end up with a baby in the first place?

1. Her goat led her to a cave — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. She was chasing a goat that wandered into the hills at dusk — no support
3. She heard a cry nearby — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Her son had brought the baby down from the mountain in a basket — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 943, line 14: «What: little Emily says "I spat at it," which the General's lady thinks she must have learned downstairs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «learn» (+5); the same doer «lady» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, he got stabbed for the king and lived?

1. Yep, the dagger glanced off his ribs — no support
2. Yeah, the blade hit his breastbone — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he died — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, he lived — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1254, line 5: «The king, who once left this baby to die, makes him a soldier, and then a dog dies after eating his scraps.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

So the rocks, the bridge and the robbers were all on him?

1. Yep, the king kept sending danger his way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, the king arranged every single danger — no support
3. Yep, all of it — no support
4. Yep, the king plotted against him all along — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, how many times did the king try to get rid of him?

1. Several times, including the bridge incident — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Quite a few, like the bridge — score 2
3. Loads, and each time the king sent a different assassin to finish the job quietly — no support
4. Loads, like with the bridge and the rock — ✓ the right answer · 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 1254, line 16: «The king is trying to get him killed, but the lad "escaped somehow every time" and feels amused rather than anxious.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is that the dude who fed the stray dog with the tasty stew?

1. Yeah, and the dog keeled over dead — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Nah, that was another dog, and the one who ate the stew just fell asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, the stew was poisoned and the dog keeled over dead in the street — no support
4. Yeah, the poor dog died quickly — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1143, line 1: «Ian gives the horse only water, and the sixteen stable-boys drink everything else and fall asleep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why did he wrap up the rest of his dinner?

1. Because he was going to bury it so no one would find his food — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. To feed the dog later on — no support
3. To give to the old woman — score -1
4. To bury it somewhere safe — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 147, line 15: «The Wolf says "I've found you" and makes a bargain with the Boy: three true things will save his life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolf» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Wasn't the old lady going to lose her son for real?

1. Nah, the king paid her a pension — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yeah, but the king pardoned him — no support
3. Nah, the king let him go, but he sent the old woman away from the city forever — score 2
4. Nah, the king gave her a house — score 4

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 1236, line 1: «The sultan gives his daughter to the old woman's son, and the head turns into a handsome young man.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same receiver «daughter» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So did the king just like him or what?

1. Nah, not at all — no support
2. Yeah, he loved him — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, he liked him but kept it secret — score 2
4. Nah, he hated him but couldn't say so — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1161, line 9: «What: The king loves to collect "the rarest things he could find," so he falls into the brothers' trap at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Did the cabbages get eaten in the end?

1. Nah, the donkey was chased out first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, the donkey finished them all, and the boy cursed it for the rest of the day — no support
3. Nah, the donkey was chased out of the garden before it could finish the cabbages — no support
4. Yeah, the donkey ate most of them — 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 ✗

In which respect does the king's conduct toward the young soldier, as narrated in this part, demonstrate a conflict between personal malice and public duty?

1. The king hides his desire for execution, since openly cruel acts would lower his image with subjects — score 4
2. The king conceals his wish to execute the youth, because open tyranny would damage his reputation — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The king hides his hatred of the youth, since open cruelty would harm his name among subjects and nobles alike — score 2
4. The king secretly plots the youth's death while publicly praising him, fearing that the people would revolt against any open punishment of a loyal soldier — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1254, line 5: «The king, who once left this baby to die, makes him a soldier, and then a dog dies after eating his scraps.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Nur Mahomed's death was repeatedly attempted by the king's agents?

1. Through a series of accidents, such as a collapsing bridge, a rock fall and a falling coping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Through repeated tricks that the king arranged himself, with secret assassins sent at night to strike when he was least expecting an attack on the road — no support
3. Through a long series of carefully planned attempts, including a collapsing bridge, a rock fall, a falling coping, robbers on the road and a dagger assault in the palace hall — no support
4. Through hired robbers, a staged bridge collapse and a poisoned meal served at court — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the initial cause of the young man's arrest, as described in the narrative?

1. He struck the pedlar when the donkey ate his cabbages — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He attacked the pedlar's servant after the donkey ran into his field — score 0
3. He threatened to cut off the pedlar's donkey's tail after it ate his cabbages — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He stole the pedlar's goods after the donkey wandered into his field — score 4

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 1254, line 9: «Why: the king is angry because the pedlar "in fear of his life, had complained to the king", so he sends men to arrest the boy.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «men» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What eventually became of the old woman who had raised the young man, according to the account given?

1. She was rewarded with a farm and some silver — score 0
2. She was given a house and servants for the rest of her life — score 0
3. She was granted a pension by the king, and she lived comfortably with her goats in a small house near the palace for the rest of her life — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. She received a pension sufficient to keep her in comfort — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1207, line 2: «The prince asks to learn what the rose did to the cypress, and the king warns him that no man has lived after asking.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+1); the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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