pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals the emperor's stud of mares

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1808 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 ✗

Bro, did the princess really trick those three slaves with fake slippers?

1. Yeah, she said she was a lost merchant and sold them all fake slippers — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, she said she was a lost merchant — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she claimed to be a trader — no support
4. Yeah, she pretended to be a runaway — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 208, line 8: «Who else: Hagi Hassan, the dealer, who gives Noureddin a plan: "pretend that you had no real intention of selling your slave."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+5). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the mom lady was hopping on waves? Like, fr?

1. Yep, one foot in the sky, one in the foam — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yep, one foot on the sea, one on land — no support
3. Yep, one foot up in the sky and one down in the foam of the waves — no support
4. Yep, she jumped from crest to crest — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 759, line 18: «fact: She jumps into the pigeon-house, and when the prince breaks the door he finds "no one within".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «jump» (+5); the same doer «lady» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Sunlight told her to chuck a stone over her shoulder, right?

1. Yeah, out of his right hand — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, his mouth — no support
3. Yeah, out of his left ear — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, from his right ear — 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 ✗

Lol, what made the giant mountain pop up?

1. The big wave she caused — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The sharp stone she threw over her shoulder into the sea — score -5
3. The sharp stone she threw — ✓ the right answer · score -5
4. The sharp stone she threw, which landed behind them in the dark — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1808, line 4: «Sunlight's magic stone and ring make a mountain and a tower that trap the old woman, and she falls and breaks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the old lady get stuck on that tower thing?

1. Yeah, she got stuck by her ring finger on the very top of it — no support
2. Yeah, by her ring finger on the top — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she got stuck on the wall — no support
4. Yeah, she got stuck by her ring finger on the top of the tower — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 173, line 18: «Why she was stuck: a genius snatched her "on my very wedding day" and brought her there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lady» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, why did the emperor want those mares so bad?

1. He told Iliane he'd marry her if she got them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Because they were the finest horses alive — score -5
3. He told Iliane he would marry her and give her half his kingdom if she brought them back — score 1
4. He told Iliane he'd marry her if she got them back safely — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 1808, line 5: «The emperor wants to marry Iliane, but she sends him for the stud of mares, and the princess wins them back.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Fet-Fruners just get yelled at, or was his head actually on the line?

1. He was yelled at — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His head was on the line — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was fired — no support
4. He lost his job at court — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

How many buffalo skins did Sunlight make them get?

1. Nine, smeared with tar and stitched together in a long sheet — score 0
2. Nine heavy skins, smeared with tar and dried over a fire — score 2
3. Nine, smeared with tar — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Nine, rubbed with oil — ← 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 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 4: «The Parsee takes his revenge: he rubs the skin full of stale, tickly cake-crumbs, and when the Rhino buttons it back on, it itches so badly that he rubs agains…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «itch» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, the genius thought Iliane was still in the palace, right?

1. Yeah, he thought she was chillin' there in the palace all along, bro — score 6
2. Yeah, he was sure she slept — no support
3. Yeah, he thought she was napping — score 6
4. Yeah, he thought she was chillin' there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 174, line 4: «The princess lies to protect the narrator, but the genius sees the hatchet and shoes and does not believe her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+5); the same doer «genius» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the princess actually cut off his head?

1. Yeah, one hit when he turned — no support
2. Nah, she spared him — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yeah, one swoop when he lowered his sword — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she cut him with an axe — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1757, line 5: «On the road the prince saves a princess from a nine-headed dragon, but the coachman and footman kill him, and a crow brings him back to life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «save» (+5); the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Was that wild horse just being a jerk when he bit Sunlight?

1. Yeah, he was mean — no support
2. Yeah, he was just grumpy — no support
3. Nah, he was hungry — no support
4. Yeah, he hated strangers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1761, line 8: «Where: the mare runs to "the meadows", and the dragon's palace is where the flying horse takes the prince and the empress.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «flying horse» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So at the end, were the mares just grazing and all cool?

1. Yeah, she herded them to the palace and the emperor was thrilled — score 1
2. Yeah, she herded them all the way back to the palace gates — score 1
3. Yeah, she rode them to the coast — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yeah, she herded them to the palace — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1761, line 6: «Who: the prince rides the old witch's mare, and the empress is the one he saves from the dragon's palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the means by which the princess secured the emperor's stud of mares?

1. She obtained them by stratagem and brute force after the genius had been slain in a long, bloody fight across the plains — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. She got them by cunning and fighting, once the genius was dead — score -1
3. She obtained them by stratagem and force, after the death of the genius and his entire guard at the tower — score 0
4. She obtained them by stratagem and force, after the death of the genius — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1685, line 5: «After two girls fail to scrape the stove, she frees the Prince, speaks too many words, and wanders alone until she finds a toad's house.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+2). Against it: the same doer «daughter» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the mother of the genius meet her end at the tower?

1. She fell from the battlements and was broken into pieces on the rocks below the walls — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She was burned alive in the high tower room — no support
3. She fell from the battlements and was broken into pieces — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. She was swallowed by the sea below the walls — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 177, line 4: «The genius falls as a heap of ashes, but the princess is burned too, and with a cup of water she turns the narrator back into a man.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Sunlight instruct the princess to remove from the emperor's bride-to-be, and for what purpose?

1. The betrothal ring from her finger, to be thrown behind them to raise a tower and slow the pursuers down — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The betrothal ring, to be thrown behind them to raise a great tower of stone — no support
3. Her crown, to be dropped to summon a storm for them — no support
4. The betrothal ring, to be thrown behind them to raise a tower — ✓ 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal reason the princess was able to recover the mares without being observed by their keeper?

1. She sneaked in at night while the keeper slept — no support
2. She used a disguise — score 2
3. She bribed the keeper with a golden ring — score 2
4. She concealed herself in a tree on Sunlight's advice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1353, line 5: «Her stepmother sends her to the wild Hibari Mountains to be killed, but the old servant Katoda hides her, and her father finds her reading in a cottage.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same thing acted on «stepmother» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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