pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1682 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, so the raven basically said push the spear like you're shoving a boat off the bank, yeah?

1. Nah, you push it other way — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, spot on, that's exactly the trick, you've got it now mate — score -2
3. Nah, you've got it arse about, mate, push it down not out — score 5
4. Yeah, that's the trick, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1195, line 12: «He puts "all the gold and jewels" into his pockets and pushes the little boat off with the boy inside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «push» (+2); the same thing acted on «little boat» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, the Dragon's jaws were wide open and the lad nearly got munched, proper scary, right?

1. Yeah, he was dead close, bruv — no support
2. Nah, he was miles off really, the Dragon never got near him at all, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, he was proper close, mate, the jaws were like a cave door — no support
4. Yeah, he was properly close, mate — ✓ 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 1007, line 6: «John is a poor, kind young lad with no family, and he says, "I have only fifty dollars, it is all I possess in the world."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how long did that Dragon take to die?

1. Two days and two nights, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Three days and three nights, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Five days and a night, bruv — no support
4. Like three weeks, bruv, it just kept on thrashing about — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So the Dragon's stink was off the scale, yeah? Wild, innit?

1. Yeah, it was rank, the whole air went bad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it was mostly just a bit whiffy really, nothing you'd notice much — no support
3. Yeah, proper stinky, the lot of it — no support
4. Nah, it smelled just fine, 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, the wedding went on for ages, didn't it?

1. Like four whole months, honestly, that's mental, mate, the whole summer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Four whole weeks, that's mental — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, it was over quick, a couple of days and then everyone went home — no support
4. Three whole weeks, that's mad — 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 ✗

Why did the eagle nick the ring off him, though? Proper harsh, that

1. He'd bodged her twice over and nicked her ring off her finger, fair play to her, really — score -2
2. He'd left her and kept the ring, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Cos he'd bodged her, nicked her ring and then legged it back to the King's castle — score -3
4. He'd bodged her and nicked her ring, fair play — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1340, line 4: «The eagle leads them to a salmon, which carries Kai and Gwrhyr under the walls of Gloucester to hear Mabon weeping.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the Prince was chained up for how long? Gutted for him, like

1. Seven years, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nearly six years, mate, that's rough — no support
3. Nearly seven years, mate, that's a long stretch — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. About five years, mate, that's rough — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 662, line 13: «Old word: a Regent is a person who rules a land in place of a king who is away; the prince was made Regent.», 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 «prince» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the Witch-maiden a proper wrong'un, or what?

1. Nah, mate, she was fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she was well upset, she'd been wronged — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she was a proper nutter, mate — no support
4. Nah, she was just a bit moody — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Did the old magician find him in the end, bruv?

1. Yeah, he sorted the chains with magic, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yeah, he tracked him down and broke the chains with a bit of proper old magic, mate — score 4
3. Nah, he gave up looking after a while and the Prince rescued himself, mate, in the end — score 4
4. Yeah, he found him in the cave, bruv — score 3

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 1681, line 3: «At the magician's house the signs on the ring are decoded, and the magician tells him how to beat the Dragon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dragon» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Prince got the throne, sweet as, yeah?

1. Yeah, but he lost the ring, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, but he never got the ring back — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Nah, he got the ring back though — score 4
4. Yeah, he got the throne all right, but the ring was gone for good, mate, never seen again — score 3

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 1682, line 11: «The Prince is clever enough to use the ring, but he is greedy and treacherous, and his "ill-gotten gains" never last.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «ring» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Would you have stayed with the pretty witch, though? Be honest, mate

1. Nah, I'd have stayed put, honestly — no support
2. Yeah, I'd have stayed, no bother — no support
3. Yeah, I'd have stayed with her, she's a proper looker and all that, no question — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Nah, I'd have legged it, no question — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 471, line 15: «What: the Soldier "shovelled the earth on top of" the coffin, so the witch stays buried.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature instructed the youth regarding the correct method of propelling the iron horse?

1. A fox — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. A raven — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. A grey hawk — score 7
4. An owl — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 103, line 9: «Why: he believes he can learn fear, so he goes to the castle to watch three nights.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «learn» (+3); the same thing acted on «fear» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what duration did the death struggle of the Dragon extend before the monster ceased to move?

1. Through an entire season of rain, wind and snow across the valley — no support
2. Five days and five nights — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Two days and two nights — score 1
4. Three days and three nights — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1461, line 13: «The Princess is moved by Frisk's words, and "without saying a word to anyone went straight to the tower".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «words» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what means was the Prince eventually released from his captivity in the cave?

1. By a secret spell of his — no support
2. By a sorcerer's spell and charm — no support
3. By the old magician's use of magic — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. By the old magician's spell, after he tracked the Prince to the cave — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1682, line 13: «Old word: "talons" means the sharp claws of a bird of prey, such as an eagle, and we still use the word for that.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the fate of the magic ring after the Prince was restored to his home?

1. It was hidden away by the Witch-maiden in a deep cave and never seen by mortal eyes — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. It was given to the old magician who hid it in the eastern mountains forever more — score 4
3. It stayed in the cave forever — score 4
4. It was never seen by mortal eyes again — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 426, line 5: «He sews the brides' robes with magic eggs, and the youngest sister sees her ring on a beggar and knows that the Prince is near.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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