Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is tricked into the pond and becomes a White Duck

Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1712 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 chief just walk through the trees like they were nothing?

1. Yeah mate, they were real trees, proper solid — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah mate, they were only their souls, proper spooky, and the chief just strolled right on through them all — score -2
3. Nah bro, they were stones and rocks, proper solid — score -1
4. Yeah mate, they were only their souls, proper spooky — ✓ the right answer · 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 1584, line 6: «Who: Sigurd, Sigmund's son, is a brave hero who wants to kill the Dragon, and Fafnir "killed his own father" for the gold.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brave hero» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so the waves never actually sank the boats?

1. Nah, they sank the boats right away — score 2
2. Nope, the boats all went under, mate — no support
3. Yeah, they looked like they would sink everyone, but they never did, the chief was fine — score 3
4. Yeah, they looked like they would, but never did — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1712, line 12: «The waves: they "looked as if they would sink the boats, yet never did", and the dead's bones lie in the water below.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same doer «waves» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Who was not scared of the waves at all?

1. Only the kids, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only the little kids in the back of the boat, innit — no support
3. Only the old lads — no support
4. Only the young kids, and even the grown-ups, innit, all 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

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the Happy Island feel so chill?

1. Nobody was hungry — no support
2. Everyone was well fed and happy — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Nobody got hungry, thirsty, cold or hot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The food was always fresh and nice — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 442, line 5: «The doll does all the wheat in the night, and when the witch comes home she can find nothing to scold.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the Master send the chief back home?

1. His people needed him to rule them, so the Master sent him back across the lake — score 1
2. His people needed him to rule them, and the Master said it was his duty — score 1
3. His people needed him to rule them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. His village asked for his return — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 1042, line 19: «fact: An ollav was a learned master or chief poet, and today a scholar with great learning might be called that.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what did the old man make the chief leave at the hut?

1. His body, bow, arrows, dog and the stone canoe he had come in — score 3
2. His body, bow, arrows and dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. His body, bow, arrows, dog and his best flint knife — score 4
4. His spear, shield and dog — no support

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 1712, line 2: «The old man tells him she rested there, makes him leave his body, bow, arrows and dog behind, and points him to the far Land of Souls.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «make» (+1); the same doer «old man» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Did the Queen listen to her husband's warnings?

1. Yeah, she obeyed him fully — score -1
2. Nah, she didn't — no support
3. Nah, she went out to the garden anyway — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nah, she stayed inside the castle — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1546, line 5: «Years later his wife hears the voice, runs out leaving her fur coat, and at the barber's the husband shouts that he will not come.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same doer «wife» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the Queen think bathing was okay?

1. She thought no harm could come of it, since the old woman seemed so kind and sweet — score 2
2. She felt the water was safe — score 1
3. She thought no harm could come of it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. She was sure it was fine — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1709, line 9: «Why: the sister forgets the boy because she "thought only of her husband", and the wolves feed him because he has "no other friends".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sister» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the old woman, really?

1. A wicked witch, she was just pretending — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. A kind old servant, truly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. An old friend of the King, honestly — score 1
4. A wicked witch, and she was just pretending to be a kind old woman all along — score 0

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 1710, line 16: «Old word: "doom" means a terrible fate or ruin; "the most frightful doom awaited him" means he would be destroyed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the witch take from the Queen?

1. Her bed and her favourite jewels — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Her whole place and her royal robes — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. Her kingdom and her jewels — score -2
4. Her crown — no support

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 1651, line 3: «He hides inside the lion, which the old woman carries to the king, who takes it through seven locked doors to the hall where the princess and her friends are p…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the King notice his wife had changed?

1. Yeah, he noticed but said nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, he kissed her and thought she was fine — score 3
3. Nah, he hugged the witch and didn't know — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nah, he hugged the witch and didn't know, though the servants all noticed the change — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1701, line 9: «When the Queen died, the King was "quite inconsolable," so he travelled in many shapes to find some change.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, how many ducklings came out of the eggs?

1. Two little fluffy ones and a drake, who swam off across the pond together — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Two little fluffy ones and a drake — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Two fluffy ones and a grey hen — score -1
4. Two little fluffy ones and a drake, all of them very ugly indeed — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1316, line 6: «Who: a Breton soldier tells the tale to Kenneth and Effie, two Scotch children found in Russia.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement most accurately describes the young chief's passage across the lake, as recorded in the text?

1. He sank beneath the waves and was pulled from the water by his people on the shore — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He was carried safely across in a stone canoe, unharmed despite terrifying waves that rose up to swallow every boat in the fleet — no support
3. He was carried safely across in a stone canoe, unharmed despite terrifying waves — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He sailed across the lake in a bark canoe, struggling hard against the waves and wind — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1187, line 6: «fact: Jose is a poor man who had spent his whole fortune on a horse, and the horse is the soul of that unhappy man.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «fact» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best explains why the Queen was tricked into the pond?

1. She was curious about the garden and simply wanted to see the flowers — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She was lonely and wanted company — score 3
3. She trusted the old woman's kind words and forgot the King's advice about the garden and the strange pond — score 3
4. She accepted the witch's flattering invitation and disregarded her husband's warnings — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1090, line 3: «At the Ogre's house he tricks the wife by saying thieves will kill her husband unless she gives up all her gold.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «wife» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the qualities that protected the travellers from harm in the Land of Souls?

1. They were brave — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Their lives had been free from evil, as the Master of Life had decreed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They had been kind to all creatures and never hurt any living thing in their lives — no support
4. They were good people — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following correctly states the consequence of the witch's action upon the Queen?

1. She became a duck — score 3
2. The witch took her place as the true Queen in the castle — score 5
3. The Queen was transformed into a White Duck and cast into the pond — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. She was turned into a duck — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1559, line 4: «The stepmother drowns the Queen in the river, the Queen's ugly stepsister takes her place, and a clever duck saves the real Queen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «real queen» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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