Gutenberg 3454 tales, The Jogi's Punishment, part 6: the prince learns his bride's secret, and the rajah's daughter flees a jogi's love
Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1281 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 you catch the bit where the prince finds his missus glowing with a crown on?
- 1. Yeah, she looked proper young, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, mate, she looked like a wrinkly old gran the whole time he was stood there gawping — no support
- 3. Nah, she was still ancient, mate — no support
- 4. Yeah, she looked proper young, mate, and the whole court went mental over her crown and jewels — 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 ✗
So the old lady skipping up the steps, was that dead creepy or what?
- 1. Yeah, dead creepy — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 2. Yeah, the guards were well shook, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Nah, the king was not bothered, mate — score 8
- 4. Yeah, the nurse was well chill, mate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 299, line 10: «The lady has been "dead and gone these fifty years", and the old man bought her picture at the broker's.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lady» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Why's the prince dodging his new wife all weeks, do you reckon?
- 1. Dunno, mate — no support
- 2. He was off with the jogi's mates — score 0
- 3. Cos he's scared — score 1
- 4. He wanted a bride the king picked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1087, line 10: «Many young princes want her, and "she gave them all a hearing, but would not engage herself to any."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «many young princes» (+1); the same thing acted on «princess» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Did the nurse wish for the wrinkles to go away, or what?
- 1. Yeah, she asked for them to vanish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Yeah, she did — no support
- 3. Nah, she wanted them to stay on — score 4
- 4. Nah, mate — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1281, line 15: «What: her nurse asked the wizard for her wrinkled skin to disappear, since he could not grant life or death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «nurse» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Who was well sus in that jogi story then?
- 1. The prince, cos he was jealous — no support
- 2. The guards, mate — no support
- 3. The king, cos he got scared — no support
- 4. The jogi, cos he fancied the princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 10, line 16: «The Pigeon says "A likely story indeed!", which means: I don't believe you; it has seen many little girls, "but never one with such a neck as that!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «many little girls» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why'd the rajah build a little shrine for the jogi, innit?
- 1. Cos he wanted a son and heir — no support
- 2. For the gods — no support
- 3. To pray, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. So he could keep him all to himself — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 1281, line 16: «Who: the rajah of Rahmatabad, who has no son, begs the holy jogi for a son through his prayers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pray» (+2); the same doer «rajah» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the princess keep hanging around the jogi's place?
- 1. Nah, she stayed for ages chatting — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Nah, she legged it straight away — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. Yeah, loads — no support
- 4. Nah, not once — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1255, line 10: «The princess is staying with the governor's wife because she was sent away "for her health".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Whose boy was the princess promised to marry, mate?
- 1. The son of the rajah of Dilaram — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. The son of a wealthy merchant — score 5
- 3. A rajah's boy — score 5
- 4. The son of the king of Granada — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1229, line 3: «The princess, who hates men, softens, and promises to marry whoever brings her father's sword to her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «promise» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was the wizard's deal for the old lady, like?
- 1. Freedom before her fifteenth birthday — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A chance to marry a prince by spring — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Her freedom from the enchantment once the prince had sworn his oath and kissed her hand — no support
- 4. Her beauty back before the next winter — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 426, line 7: «The lady says that a young man will be her "husband dear", so she is ready to marry the Prince at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «prince» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Did the lady's dad, the king of Granada, know she was married?
- 1. Yeah, he knew — score 4
- 2. Yeah, he was told at once — no support
- 3. Nah, they wanted to tell him, but the prince kept putting it off for weeks on end — score 5
- 4. Nah, they wanted to tell him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1281, line 6: «Who: the prince, the newly found son, tells the king "how he had sworn before a priest to marry her".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the prince chuffed when he saw her face up close?
- 1. Nah, he thought she was ugly still — score 1
- 2. Yeah, he couldn't believe she was his — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Nah, he was gutted — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Yeah, he was chuffed with the ring — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1238, line 3: «The boy says he does not know her, so she tells their story, and the king sees the star on her forehead and begs her to marry him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Where did the old lady and her nurse live, bruv?
- 1. In a small city on a small pension, in a crumbling flat above the old fish market — no support
- 2. In a small city on a small pension — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. In a grand house near the palace gates with servants and a large garden for the nurse — score 5
- 4. In a little village with no money — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 906, line 12: «Where: Rome, where a little girl lives in "a little mean house" near the ruins of the imperial palace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «live» (+2); the same place «little mean house» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «little girl» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what extent was the prince bound by the oath he had sworn to the old woman?
- 1. He considered it binding only in his own heart — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was bound by the king's command to keep it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He owed it nothing whatever — no support
- 4. He was not bound at all — 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 ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the wizard's promise to the nurse?
- 1. A freedom from the enchantment before the fifteenth birthday — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Gold before her birthday — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. A promise of youth restored to her before the close of the year — no support
- 4. Freedom from the spell — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 757, line 15: «old word: "to stipulate" means to insist on a condition before agreeing, so Hans makes cleverness the price of his promise.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (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 3 · formal language · right ✓
Upon what grounds did the jogi's conduct toward the princess become a matter of concern?
- 1. He had built the shrine without permission — no support
- 2. He had broken the sacred vow of silence — no support
- 3. His love for her was revealed in his glance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. His love for her was revealed in his glance, which the rajah noticed and took as a grave insult to his house — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1252, line 6: «Who: a princess is held captive underground by a gnome, and a prince named Ratibor loves her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which statement correctly identifies the reason the princess fled from the hermit's shrine?
- 1. She perceived his love and felt threatened — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. She noticed his cruelty and felt deeply offended — score 1
- 3. She felt frightened — score 1
- 4. She was simply bored — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 472, line 2: «In the cauldron she finds the Prince's heart, and when she goes back he has his wits again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «heart» (+3); 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
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