Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1818 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 ✗

Oi, what did his mum tell him he couldn't do, innit?

1. Go home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hunt at night — no support
3. Go past the river bank — no support
4. Hunt on the fourth side — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper bizarre, but why did the parrots all bolt, yeah?

1. Because the parrot king called — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Because the prince shot at them — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Because the prince had aimed his gun right at their king — no support
4. Because the prince had shot their king and frightened the whole flock away — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, so what was the parrot king called, mate?

1. Gopal — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hiraman the Golden Parrot King — no support
3. Raj — no support
4. Hiraman — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the parrots spill where Labam lived, or nah?

1. They told him nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. They whispered a little — no support
3. They never told him — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. They lied — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1397, line 14: «Truth: The Parrot says the Fox and the Cat "ran away as fast as the wind" with the coins.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «parrot» (+2). Against it: the same action «say» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted for him, but what did he chuck in the grass?

1. His gun — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. His stick — score 4
3. His gun and his heavy ammunition bag — score 4
4. Hat — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1004, line 1: «The toad is scooped up in a bucket and tossed onto the green grass, and a farm worker kicks at her until she dodges into the nettles.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «toss» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, how long was he off sick in bed, bruv?

1. Two days — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Six or seven days — score 6
3. A day — score 6
4. Four or five days — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1765, line 11: «The word "wolf" makes the horse go "off like the wind", dragging the whole hay-stack behind it to the shed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «word» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what was inside them sweets his mum packed?

1. Tiny red ants with wings — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Crumbs — no support
3. Sugar — no support
4. Ants — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

Sick, what did the ant king say he'd do if he got in bother?

1. Come and help him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Fight the tiger — no support
3. Come if called — no support
4. Hide him — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how long had that tiger had the thorn in his foot?

1. Two years — no support
2. Ten days — no support
3. Twelve years — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Since the tiger was a young cub — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 604, line 1: «The tiger Shere Khan roars that the man-cub must be handed over to him, and Akela reminds the Pack that Mowgli has kept the Law of the Jungle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «man cub» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, why was the tiger roaring so loud, like?

1. He missed his wife — no support
2. The thorn hurt him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He was hungry — no support
4. He was angry — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1818, line 18: «The tiger has had a thorn in his foot "for twelve years," and he roars because it hurts.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Mad, who came bounding over when he roared?

1. Her cubs — score -1
2. His wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. His wife and three young cubs — score 2
4. The tiger's wife came running from the hills — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1818, line 5: «In another jungle he pulls a thorn from a tiger's foot, and the tiger hides him from his wife, who then comes to see him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead funny, where did the tiger hide the prince?

1. In a hidden den far away deep in the forest of the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Behind the thick bushes near the river bank in the jungle — score 3
3. Behind a big old banyan tree — score 3
4. Behind the bushes in the jungle — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1698, line 10: «Why the Prince is trapped: his hands are fastened, so he cannot use the stone that could hide him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did the tiger's missus want to do?

1. Meet the king — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Give the prince a fine bath and meal — no support
3. Take the prince to her cubs to play — no support
4. See the prince — ✓ 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Canny, what did the tiger and his wife do for the prince?

1. Gave food — score 1
2. Gave him salaams — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Fed him some meat — score 1
4. Fed him — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1818, line 15: «His mother gives him sweetmeats in her handkerchief and says, "When you are hungry eat some of these sweetmeats."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4). Against it: the same doer «mother» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what instruction was the prince restrained from hunting on the fourth side?

1. By a rule from the old king — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. By his teacher — score -1
3. By a warning from the guard — score -1
4. By a prohibition from his mother — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1753, line 7: «What: "the old man had touched her softly on the head three times with his silver staff".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What circumstance prompted the parrot king to address his flock?

1. The prince's discharge of his weapon — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The loud crack of a stick — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The prince's sudden arrival at the tank — score 1
4. A gunshot — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 751, line 8: «Why was the grandfather moved? His son and son's wife were "disgusted at this" when his shaking hands spilt the broth.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «move» (+4); the same thing acted on «grandfather» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what occasion did the tiger solicit the prince's assistance?

1. Upon the lodging of a sharp thorn in his foot during the hunt — no support
2. After a hunter had shot an arrow into his leg near the tank — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Upon the lodging of a thorn in his foot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. After he had eaten a large meal — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 694, line 7: «What: he shoots an arrow that falls into the golden cage of a gold-bearded man.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+1); the same thing acted on «arrow» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which implement did the prince employ to extract the thorn?

1. Teeth — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. A small knife — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. A thin needle — score 5
4. A pin — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1698, line 10: «Why the Prince is trapped: his hands are fastened, so he cannot use the stone that could hide him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+4); the same doer «prince» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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