Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: the chest in the river and the prince who opened it

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1282 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 the jogi really stab the princess in the leg with a lance?

1. Yeah, he flung a lance and got her in the leg — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Yeah, he threw a spear at her — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, he hurled a lance at her and it hit her leg — score 5
4. Yeah, he hit her with a sword — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1282, line 11: «fact: The jogi wants the king to believe his lies, and the text says the king "declared that he would do whatever the jogi advised."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, why did the king go all pale when the jogi talked?

1. Cos he was dead scared of the creature — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Cos the jogi was really angry — score 0
3. Cos he was scared the jogi would hit him — score 2
4. Cos he was tired — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1282, line 10: «fact: The king is easily frightened, and the text says he "grew pale" when the jogi talks of the creature.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jogi» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who actually stuffed the princess in that chest?

1. Some pupils of the jogi who were told it was a game — score 1
2. Her uncle the minister with a guard — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. A servant the jogi had hired — score -4
4. Her own dad, the king, with the jogi — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1282, line 9: «fact: Why: the jogi wants the princess dead, so he tricks the king into putting her in the chest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «princess» (+4); the same place «chest» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, how did the chest not let the water in?

1. It was tightly shut — no support
2. It was jointed so tight nothing got through — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It had seams sealed with hot pitch — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. They used some strong wax on it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 468, line 18: «Old word "tarred" means coated with thick black pitch, which once sealed wood against water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «seal» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead funny, what did the prince do before he opened the chest?

1. Had his guards watch the river closely — score -1
2. Told his men to watch the water — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Got his men with swords ready just in case — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Drew swords, why not — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 691, line 20: «Quote: the prince tells the queen "You would have slept till eternity" if he had not been there to wake her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+4); the same receiver «queen» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper weird, what was in the chest the prince found?

1. A dead woman in a gown — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nothing much — no support
3. A monkey — no support
4. A princess, alive and breathing — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, who did the prince marry on the riverbank?

1. The princess of Rahmatabad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. The princess the jogi had tried to kill with a silk cord — score 8
3. The princess of Dilaram — score 8
4. The princess from the river — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1282, line 9: «fact: Why: the jogi wants the princess dead, so he tricks the king into putting her in the chest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «princess» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ha, what did the prince do with the monkey?

1. Sent it back to the jogi's house — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Shoved it in the chest and floated it back — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Put the monkey in the chest and sent the chest floating down the river — score 3
4. He shoved the monkey into the chest and let the men pull it out again — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1282, line 5: «explain: The prince sends the chest back with a monkey inside, and the jogi's pupils bring it to him, where a cord waits for the princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted for her, what did the jogi plan for the princess at the end?

1. To lock her in the closet and strangle her slowly with a silk cord later — score 8
2. To strangle her with a silk cord — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. To drown her in the river — score 8
4. To put her in a chest and throw the chest into the river for good — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1282, line 11: «fact: The jogi wants the king to believe his lies, and the text says the king "declared that he would do whatever the jogi advised."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «jogi» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how did the pupils feel when the chest came back?

1. Proud that the jogi had been right — no support
2. Really scared at first, then thrilled that the jogi had been proven right — no support
3. Chuffed to bits, since they thought the jogi had proven his wisdom to everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Chuffed, thinking the jogi was super wise — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 104, line 15: «The reward: the old man shows "three chests full of gold" and says one share belongs to the poor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+2); the same doer «old man» (+2). 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Seriously, what did the jogi tell his pupils to do before he opened it?

1. Leave the room and shut the door — no support
2. Run far away and hide until he calls for you, whatever happens — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Go outside and wait, no matter what sounds came from the chest inside — score 0
4. Wait outside, no matter what sounds came — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1257, line 2: «The king says to send a present so grand that the giver will be too ashamed to send anything more.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Honestly, who welcomed the new couple to the palace?

1. The queen, the prince's mum — score 4
2. The prince's old mother there — score 4
3. The king — score 2
4. The old rajah, the prince's dad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 198, line 4: «Danhasch boasts about a Chinese princess locked away in seven palaces, so Maimoune laughs and says the prince is far more lovely.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «chinese princess» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the object into which the princess was placed by the jogi and the king?

1. A trunk made to keep out all water — no support
2. A wooden box — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. A box fitted with iron bands — no support
4. A chest, made so that neither air nor water could penetrate it — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 808, line 14: «Old word "curiosities": it means odd or rare objects kept for show, so a "box of curiosities" is a display box, like a small museum case today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «odd objects» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «word» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best states the reason the prince gave for guarding his men with drawn swords?

1. Lest the chest contain an evil beast, a djinn, or a giant — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. He feared that the chest might be a trap set by the jogi and the king together to kill him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Because the revelation had warned him that the chest held a demon, a thief, or the king's enemies — score -3
4. Because he feared a thief was hiding in the chest there — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1282, line 9: «fact: Why: the jogi wants the princess dead, so he tricks the king into putting her in the chest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the manner in which the jogi dispatched his pupils to the river?

1. He told them a dream had shown a boat — score 1
2. He told them a revelation had shown a chest bearing treasure — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He told them that a holy dream had revealed a chest holding treasure, and sent them off to the river at once — score 1
4. He sent them off to find a chest for the king — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1282, line 3: «explain: The jogi gets two carpenters to build a tight chest, and the king and jogi shut the princess inside and float it down the river.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tight chest» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «jogi» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following is the meaning of the term "jogi" as used in the passage?

1. A wandering trader from the south country — no support
2. A person who has left his family and become a wandering beggar on the road — no support
3. A holy man who has withdrawn from the world — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. A soldier who guards the palace gate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1280, line 16: «Old word: "crone" means an old, ugly woman; today people use it as a rude name for a spiteful old woman.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same thing acted on «old ugly woman» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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