Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water, part 2: a pot of gold, a fake fish and hare, and a wife who spends it all

Tests: 1 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1775 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, why'd the sultan's missus send her slaves on donkeys, innit?

1. To tell her dad about the gazelle — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To tell her father about deer — no support
3. To give her dad a bit of news about that gazelle thing — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. To tell her dad all about that gazelle dying and the crowd crying in the street — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1639, line 10: «The robbers pay "fifty gold pieces" for the donkey, which is a huge sum for a shoemaker.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+1). Against it: a different doer (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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did the sultan do when he read the letter, like, proper gutted?

1. He wept like a baby lad — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He cried like he lost his mum — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He laughed — score 3
4. He just left — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1236, line 7: «What: the sultan cries, "I will never marry my daughter to such a monster," when he sees the head on the silver dish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sultan» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So was the gazelle, like, a mate or what?

1. She looked after it like it was her own kid, proper love — no support
2. She treated it like family, honestly, she cared for it every single day — score -1
3. She treated it like family — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. She loved it like a sister — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1775, line 7: «The sultan's wife says the gazelle "brought me from my father," so she loved it as family.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+4). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the crowd reckon about the gazelle dying?

1. They wailed like kin had died — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They cried loud — no support
3. They wept like it was their own — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They cried as for kin — 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 ✗

Wait, who was the one dreaming about the dust-heap?

1. The old man who found the pot — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The fisherman — no support
3. The wife — no support
4. The husband — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1701, line 16: «The King hid the palace under "a dense cloud" so that no one could find it.», 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, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what was the old lady's big problem, like seriously?

1. She told every single thing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She blabbed every bit of news — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She shouted all the news — no support
4. Too loud — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, where'd the old bloke find the gold pot?

1. Under soil by the forest edge — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Under thick soil at the edge of the dark forest, near the stream — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Under a tree by the river — score 3
4. Buried deep beneath the soil at the far edge of the forest by the road — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 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 724, line 1: «An old man finds a rusty iron kettle in the corner of his room and decides to use it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «kettle» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did he buy in town, like for real?

1. A live pike and a goat — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. A live pike and a hare, and also a whole sack of grain from the stall — score 6
3. A live pike and a hare — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. A large live pike and a hare, plus some bread for the trip — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1251, line 11: «The gnome disguises himself as a farmer and buys an ass in the nearest market-town, loaded with seed sacks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «buy» (+4); the same place «nearest market town» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, where'd he stick the pike, proper high?

1. A roof — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Top of a tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Branch of an oak — no support
4. A pond — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Seriously, why'd he tie the hare up in a net by the stream?

1. To fool his wife with a made-up show — no support
2. To show his wife a sign — score -1
3. To catch it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. To make a fake wonder for his wife — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1663, line 3: «After three evenings a clever cook catches the golden duck in a net.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Blud, what did the wife say when she saw the fish?

1. Who put the pike up there? — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Who did that? — no support
3. How did a fish get up? — no support
4. How did a pike get up there? — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1671, line 15: «What the wife does: she takes the stones and sets aside "those that were the largest and most costly".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set» (+4). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what was the wife doing with all the money?

1. Feasting loads of people daily — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Buying clothes — no support
3. Hosting feasts for many folk — no support
4. Throwing parties for the poor — 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 ✗

Ngl, why was the hubby fed up with her?

1. She would never stop spending their gold on feasts for the whole village — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. She wouldn't stop spending — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She kept spending all the money on feasts and gifts for everyone — no support
4. She kept buying useless things — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 782, line 16: «Old word: "stoked" means poked and fed up a fire, and today we still stoke a furnace or a boiler.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did she say when he told her off?

1. We found it as a pair — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. We both got it — no support
3. We found it together — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. We found it together, so it belongs to both of us equally — 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 ✗

In what manner did the sultan respond upon perusing his daughter's letter?

1. He bowed his head and wept bitterly before the whole court in silence — no support
2. He bowed his head and wept — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He raised his hand and cried — ← Mova's choice · score -5
4. He sat down and sighed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 189, line 19: «The king's letter is written in blue characters on "a rare and precious skin of yellowish colour."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «letter» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal cause of the old woman's disgrace among the villagers?

1. Her indiscreet repetition of all news she heard to every person in town — score -1
2. Her habit of telling secrets — no support
3. Her indiscreet repetition of all news — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her loud talk about the village — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1715, line 19: «Old word: a "hag" is an ugly, unpleasant old woman, often a witch in fairy tales.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, 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 ground did the husband decline to disclose the treasure to his spouse?

1. Her inability to keep silence — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Because she was unable to keep silence about anything she heard from others — no support
3. Her lack of quiet discretion — no support
4. Her complete inability to keep quiet about anything she was told — 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 ✓

What did the husband affirm concerning the strange events he reported during their journey?

1. That times had certainly changed, and fish now grew in the trees — score 3
2. That times had certainly changed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. That all things had altered — score 3
4. That times had certainly changed since the days when he was a young man — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1255, line 20: «The governor's wife cries "Nonsense!" because she thinks the order is strange, but her husband will not change his mind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «change» (+4). Against it: the same doer «husband» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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