Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother

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

Lesson 1821 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 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, which animal did Lambikin dodge first, innit?

1. The Vulture — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The Tortoise — score 3
3. The clever old Monkey from the tall trees — score 3
4. The great Crocodile who lives by the river — 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 1195, line 1: «Andras shoots at the Stalo, who dodges the first two arrows by leaping high into the air.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dodge» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what was Lambikin's rhyme, like the thing he kept shouting?

1. I'm off to Granny's — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To grandma's farm I go — no support
3. "To Granny's house I go" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. I'm off to my granny's house far away, tum-pa — 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 ✗

Wait, how long did Lambikin chill in the corn-bin, proper?

1. Nine days — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Two — score 3
3. Seven days — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. A day — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1821, line 3: «He eats in the corn-bin for seven days until he can barely waddle, then hides inside a drumikin made from his dead brother's skin.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «corn bin» (+4); the same doer «lambikin» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the drumikin made of, like, for real?

1. His brother's hide — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His dead brother's skin — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A wolf's old leathery hide — no support
4. Leather — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what did Lambikin sing while rolling along?

1. "Tum-pa, tum-too" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Tum-pa, tum-too, I am off to see Granny — no support
3. Dum-dee, dum-doo — score 1
4. Tum-pa, tum-too, the fire is hot and I must run — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1821, line 4: «He trundles along singing and tricks every animal, until the Jackal hears his voice.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sing» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «lambikin» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was sus enough to recognise his voice, though?

1. The Hyena — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Owl — no support
3. The Jackal — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fox — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the Jackal do, like, straight away?

1. He cut the drum apart — score 1
2. He ripped the drum open — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He kicked the drum over and tore it open to see inside — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He grabbed the drum and ripped it open with his sharp teeth — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1821, line 10: «Who catches Lambikin? The Jackal, who "recognised his voice at once" and tore the drum open.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «tore» (+1); the same doer «jackal» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, who was the cleverest of the seven Raja's daughters?

1. Ila — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sa — no support
3. Balna — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Rupa — 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 ✗

Why did the Raja's daughters cook their own dinner, innit?

1. Because their father had ordered them to learn cooking as a punishment for disobedience — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Because the old cook had died and the new servants would not work at all — no support
3. To avoid being robbed by thieves — no support
4. To dodge being poisoned by enemies — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1797, line 8: «What: the mother tells her daughter to wear the helmet so that "nearly the whole of her face should lie in its shadow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2). Against it: the same doer «mother» (-1); the same receiver «daughter» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did the widow chuck in the dishes?

1. Ox — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Sand — score 2
3. Mud — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Dirt — score 2

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 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» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, why did the Raja hide and spy on his girls?

1. To see how the mud got in — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. To find out who spoils food — no support
3. Because he suspects his daughters are secretly plotting to poison him and take the kingdom — no support
4. To make sure his daughters were not wasting royal rice on the cooking — 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 1728, line 13: «Hidden food: the wife hides the feast "in her oven", because her husband must not see it.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did Balna want her sisters to do with the widow?

1. Feed her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Keep her outside — no support
3. Ignore her now — no support
4. Send her away — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, where did the sad Princesses go to cry, proper?

1. The village well — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The grave in the forest behind the ruined old temple — score -1
3. Their mother's tomb — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The palace kitchen — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1807, line 3: «The princess sees through it, and in the armoury she chooses an old curved sword, then tells the genius she will leave next day with Sunlight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+1). Against it: the same place «garden» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what grew out of the grave, like a miracle, bruv?

1. A pomelo tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. A tree — score 1
3. Grass — no support
4. A mango tree — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1746, line 20: «Old word: "beside himself" means almost out of his mind, which is how the King feels after losing his Queen.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which animal, in the sequence of encounters described, first confronts Lambikin on his journey to his grandmother's house?

1. The Hyena — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The Vulture — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. The Tortoise — score -3
4. Hen — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1553, line 15: «Where did the Grandmother live? "in the first house in the village, near the windmill", across a big wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

By what means does Lambikin conceal himself from the Eagle and the other creatures during his return journey?

1. Wrapped in a cloth from his grandmother's house — no support
2. By disguising himself as a fat old bird with bright feathers — no support
3. Inside a drum made from his brother's skin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. By hiding behind a giant rock and covering himself with leaves and mud — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1821, line 3: «He eats in the corn-bin for seven days until he can barely waddle, then hides inside a drumikin made from his dead brother's skin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same place «skin» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reason does the narrator give for the Raja's decision to hide and observe his daughters at their cooking?

1. The dust that ruined his favourite bowls — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The mud that had repeatedly spoiled his dinner — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Because the widow had insulted him in front of the whole court and his family — no support
4. The stones that kept breaking his teeth — 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 · wrong ✗

What hardship does the new Ranee impose upon the seven Princesses after she has taken her place in the palace?

1. She gives them only bread and little water — ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. She makes them sleep on cold stone floors — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Cruel work — score -6
4. Hunger — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1808, line 8: «Where: the ship lands in "a little bay," and the palaces are "built on hinges" to turn toward the sun.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+1); the same thing acted on «palaces» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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