Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1823 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, why'd the Prince wear a saree?

1. To trick the guards at night — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. To hide from the Magician so he could get into the tower unseen — score 3
3. To hide from the Magician — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. To escape from the wild genii — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1443, line 3: «The Prince asks only for as much as he can carry, and that evening he tricks the giant with a bag of gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how'd the ring reach his mum?

1. Thrown by hand — score 4
2. Tied to a flower and dropped — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Tied to a bouquet and thrown — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Sent by a bird — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 1562, line 15: «Old word: "thou" and "thee" are old forms of "you", used when speaking to one person.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Nah, who keeps the Princess locked up?

1. The Magician with the tower and the many thousand genii guarding the gate — no support
2. The Magician with the tower — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The Fakir in the old castle — score 6
4. The Magician who built the tower and put a spell on the whole kingdom — score 1

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 1678, line 8: «Where: the Cat's godchildren are christened in the town, and the king's children are kept in "a lonely castle that stood in the middle of a wood."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «children» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

How long was she stuck there, like, for real?

1. Twelve years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Two years — no support
3. Eleven years — no support
4. Six years — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what happens if the parrot dies?

1. The Magician dies too — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He cries — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. The genii get free — score 5
4. The stones all break — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 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 1823, line 17: «Why the parrot is hard to reach: "many thousand genii surround the palm trees, and kill all who approach the place."», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «parrot» (+5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, what's guarding the palm trees?

1. Thousands of snakes — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Thousands of genii who kill anyone who comes near the palm trees — score 2
3. Thousands of genii — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Thousands of genii with swords who guard the palace gate all night — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1610, line 5: «At a hill guarded by armless Hammer-Heads, the friends are knocked down, so Dorothy calls the Winged Monkeys to carry them over.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «guard» (+4); the same thing acted on «hill» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Chill, how old was the Prince when he left?

1. Fourteen — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Fourteen, which was the age he had been when the magician came — no support
3. Twelve — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Sixteen — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1757, line 14: «The sister calls the robber, who comes "brandishing a knife" to attack the prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «prince» (-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 ✗

Mate, what did the aunts reckon happened to Balna?

1. The old Fakir took her away — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The Fakir and the black dog got her — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Malee and the black cat — no support
4. The neighbours' goat and a black hound — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1823, line 2: «Back inside, the six aunts find the baby crying and Balna gone, and they guess the Fakir and the black dog took her.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same doer «fakir» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, why did the Magician let the Malee's girl in?

1. He was lonely and needed a friend — score 0
2. He liked her and wanted flowers sent every week to the tower garden — score 0
3. He wanted her to clean the tower — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He liked her and wanted flowers sent — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1567, line 1: «The girl's twelve brothers turn into ravens after she picks the flowers, and she is left alone in the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, what's the Magician's big weakness?

1. His power lies in a ring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His life sits in a little green parrot in a cage under six chattees — no support
3. His life sits in a parrot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His life is hidden in a little green parrot kept in a cage far 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, where'd all those stones and trees come from?

1. Living people the Magician changed — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. A long-lost kingdom's ancient curse — score -1
3. The old gods — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The palace gardener's hidden spells — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 999, line 17: «Old word: "lunatic" comes from Latin "luna," the moon; today it is an unkind word for a mad person.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «old word» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what did Balna say she'd do?

1. Pretend she'd marry him to buy time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Promise to wed him so she could wait — score 1
3. Run away — no support
4. Say she'd marry him to gain time later — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1823, line 15: «Balna pretends to give up hope and agrees to marry him, so that she can learn his secret.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «pretend» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the Prince succeed in conveying a communication to the occupant of the tower?

1. By fastening his mother's gold ring to a large bouquet and throwing it up high — no support
2. By tying a silver ring to a letter and sending it — no support
3. By fastening a gold ring to a bouquet and throwing it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. By fastening a gold ring to a bouquet and throwing it up to the tower window — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1823, line 5: «Disguised as a girl, the Prince throws his ring to his mother; Balna charms Punchkin into telling her his life hides in a far-off parrot, and the Prince leaves…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+2); the same thing acted on «ring» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which condition, according to the Magician, must be fulfilled before his own death could occur?

1. The green parrot must be caught alive — no support
2. The little green parrot must be killed by the Prince before the tower falls — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The little green parrot must be killed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The little bird must be let free — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1813, line 19: «The story ends with the wedding, and the narrator says that "they lived happy till they died", which is an old way of saying they lived happily ever after.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «narrator» (-1). 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 · wrong ✗

What reason did the Princess give for requesting a further interval before the solemnisation of the marriage?

1. She wished to become acquainted with him and his family before the ceremony — score -1
2. She wished to become acquainted with him — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. She wanted to know him better — score -1
4. She wished to prepare the palace for the wedding — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1461, line 5: «The King bathes his face with the sleep-water by mistake and dies, so the Princess frees Charming and makes him king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What undertaking did the Prince make before departing from his mother's presence?

1. That he would return after the parrot was obtained, with the whole family freed — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. That he would return after the parrot was obtained and bring his mother the Princess — score 1
3. To go and return when the parrot was caught — score 1
4. That he would return after the parrot was obtained — ✓ the right answer · score 1

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 1823, line 9: «Why: the Prince wants to find his father, his mother and his uncles, whom "a wicked enchanter bewitched."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2); the same action «find» (+1). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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