Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered
Tests: 4 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1255 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 ✗
Was the king proper narked when Nur Mahomed turned up grinning at the durbar?
- 1. Not really — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he was chuffed — no support
- 3. Yeah, he was narked — no support
- 4. Yeah, he was livid — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where did the king send our lad, like, to some far-off province?
- 1. To the governor of the remote province beyond the desert hills, days away — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. To some faraway province, a long trek across rivers and mountains by horse — score 3
- 3. To the governor, four or five days off — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. To a distant town, some ten days north — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1255, line 1: «The furious king sends Nur Mahomed with a secret letter to a faraway governor.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «send» (+1); the same place «faraway governor» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «furious king» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Was Nur Mahomed knackered when he got to the town at noon?
- 1. Yeah, stiff, dry and thirsty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, not at all, rested — no support
- 3. Yeah, tired — no support
- 4. Yeah, dusty and exhausted — 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 Nur Mahomed nick a snooze in the garden?
- 1. Yeah, he dozed a bit — no support
- 2. Yeah, he was out cold — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, he kept watch over the packet all afternoon long — no support
- 4. Yeah, he was snoring loudly under the big tree for hours — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1255, line 2: «Nur Mahomed rides hard for three days, then falls asleep under the trees in the governor's garden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Was the princess a proper nosy parker?
- 1. Yeah, she had a devouring curiosity — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Yeah, she was rather a bit nosy — no support
- 3. Nah, she just wanted to sleep here — score 2
- 4. Nah, she was far too sleepy and polite to snoop about anything at all — score 0
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 1255, line 6: «Who: the king, Nur Mahomed (an officer of the king's bodyguard), the governor, his wife, and the princess, who has "a devouring curiosity".», 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). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the princess nick the letter off the sleeping bloke?
- 1. Yeah, she carefully unwound his whole turban and took the packet out — score 0
- 2. Yeah, she pulled it out of his turban — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. Nah, she waited until he woke and then asked him politely for it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Yeah, she slid it from his sleeve — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 669, line 12: «Why the King of Busan frees his men: he reads the letter "over and over again" and orders the men "to be set free."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did she go all wobbly when she saw her dad's seal?
- 1. Yeah, a bit — no support
- 2. Nah, she felt quite proud — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Nah, not at all — no support
- 4. Yeah, she was half ashamed — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1084, line 13: «Cinderilla's stepmother is "the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «proudest woman» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did she read the nasty order and go pale?
- 1. Yeah, she went white as a sheet — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, she read it with a steady face — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Nah, she stayed calm — no support
- 4. Yeah, she went pale — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 293, line 3: «The Finland woman reads the fish three times, then refuses to give Gerda a potion, saying her power already lies in her own heart.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «finland woman» (+3); the same action «read» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was she gonna let the lad get his head chopped off?
- 1. No way, she wanted a plan — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Nah, she just watched him go — no support
- 3. Yes, she let it happen — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. No way, she immediately ran to tell her father the whole story — 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 239, line 18: «What goes wrong: Tom's work is done for him, and the other lads find "theirs undone for them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did she write a new order and sneak the seals across?
- 1. Yeah, she moved them over — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, she copied the seals — no support
- 3. Yeah, she carefully moved the wax seals onto a brand new sheet of paper — no support
- 4. Nah, she tore up the order and burned the seals in the lamp — ← 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 956, line 14: «The shoemaker's wife made the shoes out of "old pieces of red cloth," and they were "clumsy."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «shoes» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Did the governor just chill and not check the order?
- 1. Nah, he got straight on it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he paused and questioned it — no support
- 3. Nah, he hesitated for a day — no support
- 4. Yeah, he waited — 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 ✓
Did the governor's missus go mental about the wedding?
- 1. Yeah, she said nonsense and argued — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, she agreed — no support
- 3. Yeah, she grumbled and called it silly — no support
- 4. Nah, she said it was perfectly fine — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was everyone in the town running about like headless chickens?
- 1. Yeah, the whole town was rushing about in a terrible panic and shouting — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, all was calm — no support
- 3. Yeah, the streets were busy — no support
- 4. Yeah, everyone was in a flap — ✓ 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the old governor go bonkers, muttering about orders?
- 1. Yeah, shaking and grumbling — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he stayed perfectly composed and cheerful, sipping tea by the fire — no support
- 3. Yeah, hair on end and muttering — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he was raving mad, pacing the hall and shouting at the walls — 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 15 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Nur Mahomed get lucky with a wedding?
- 1. Yeah, he was absolutely over the moon and dancing all round the town square — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he was miserable and wished he had never come to the governor's town — no support
- 3. Yeah, he was pleased as punch — no support
- 4. Yeah, he was chuffed to bits — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which instruction did the king give concerning the delivery of the sealed packet?
- 1. To carry it in secret to the court physician — score -1
- 2. To deliver it personally and only to the governor — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. To deliver it to the governor's steward first and let him pass it on later — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. To leave it with any official at the gate — 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 1228, line 7: «What: the king promises "the first child that is born to you" in return for his ship's safety.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the approximate distance between the palace and the distant province?
- 1. Six or seven days' march — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ten days' journey across the desert and mountains — no support
- 3. Four or five days' journey — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Several weeks' hard travel by road — 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 ✗
Which instruction in the altered letter directed that the marriage take place?
- 1. Keep the marriage secret for a year — no support
- 2. Let the governor decide the date of the wedding later when convenient — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 3. Delay the wedding until spring comes — score -3
- 4. Marry the messenger openly at once — ✓ the right answer · 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 1010, line 14: «Old word: "crape" was black cloth worn to show mourning, and the cake-women took it off the sugar-sticks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1); 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
How did the governor respond upon receiving the king's instruction?
- 1. He agreed to the wedding at once but insisted that the king himself must attend the ceremony personally — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. He demanded written proof from the king first — score 7
- 3. He ordered the marriage to proceed that evening and sent guards to watch the gates all night — no support
- 4. He ordered the marriage to proceed that evening — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1250, line 15: «How does the king react? He tears his robes, dashes off his golden crown, and then hurries to the spot to look for himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+5); the same doer «king» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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