Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl becomes a bamboo fiddle that cooks for a chief's son, then the Cruel Crane tricks the fish

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1825 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, the bamboo was literally yelling at the Jogi, right?

1. Yep, it kept yelling cut here, cut there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yep, it kept yelling cut here, cut there, all day long — score 6
3. Yep, it kept yelling cut here, cut there, and never stopped — score 6
4. Yep, it kept shouting orders — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1825, line 11: «WHY the Jogi cuts at last: he feels sure "a Bonga was trying to frighten him", so he becomes angry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+5); the same doer «jogi» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, why did the Jogi finally chop at the root?

1. He thought a Bonga was messing with him and wanted revenge — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He thought a Bonga was messing with him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He thought a Bonga was fooling him — no support
4. He thought a Bonga was messing with him all along the tank — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1825, line 7: «WHAT: she comes back as a bamboo that a Jogi wants for a fiddle, because "This will make a splendid fiddle."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+5); the same doer «jogi» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, who was the girl's family, anyway?

1. Her cousins from the next village — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her brothers and her mother, who were all the Bonga's kin — no support
3. Her brothers, who were the Bonga's kin and lived by the tank — no support
4. Her brothers, who were the Bonga's kin — ✓ 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 ✗

Bro, did the chief's son really catch her?

1. Yeah, he jumped out at her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, she escaped — no support
3. Nope, she ran off quickly — no support
4. Yeah, he jumped out and grabbed her — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did she call him after she got caught?

1. A Dom or a Hadi, and she said she was not marrying him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A Dom or Hadi, so refused — no support
3. A Dom or a Hadi, not marrying — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A Hadi, never marrying 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Fr, was the fiddle thing just a random bamboo?

1. Nope, it was the drowned girl, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nope, it was the drowned girl, no cap, singing from the tank — no support
3. Nope, it was the drowned sister — no support
4. Nope, it was the drowned girl, no cap, the Bonga's sister — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ok but why did the brothers start crying?

1. The fiddle sounded like it was wailing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The tune sounded very happy to them — no support
3. The fiddle sounded like someone sobbing — no support
4. They were tired — 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 ✗

Bruh, how did the chief's family get the fiddle?

1. They got the Jogi wasted at the feast and swapped it while he slept — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. They got the Jogi wasted and swapped it — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. They bribed the Jogi with food — no support
4. They got the Jogi wasted on liquor and swapped it for a cheap one — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 908, line 19: «At the inn, a family of musicians sleeps in a wooden frame, and the little daughter's "eyes were wet with tears".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «family» (+3); the same action «sleep» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be real, why was the girl cooking for him?

1. She was into him, obviously, from the first day he arrived — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She was into him, obviously, and wanted to be his wife someday — no support
3. She was into him, obviously — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She had feelings for 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Lmao, what did the crane do to the fish?

1. He ate them all, one by one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He swallowed one at a time — no support
3. He ate them all, one by one, until the whole pond was empty — score 2
4. He caught them and flew away — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1825, line 19: «WHERE the crane eats the fish: he kills them in "a Varana-tree" by the other pond and throws the bones at its foot.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «eat» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr fr, which fish did the crane eat first?

1. The old one who was blind in one eye and swam slowly at the top — no support
2. The fat one with the golden fins — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. The small one who was very quick — no support
4. The old one who was blind in one eye — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 645, line 5: «The dwarfs tie the children to the Pole and pile up fires to thaw the dragon, who will eat them first when he wakes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the same action «eat» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ok last one, where did the crane eat the fish?

1. In a Varana tree by the other pond where the crane nested — no support
2. In a Varana tree by the other pond, far from the village — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. In a mango tree near the house — score 5
4. In a Varana tree by the other pond — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1259, line 15: «The baker eats the fish and says "I have eaten it!" which shows he took the trick too far.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same thing acted on «fish» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, state the principal consequence of the Jogi's intoxication.

1. The fiddle was stolen — no support
2. He lost his fiddle to the chief's men — score -2
3. The fiddle was surreptitiously exchanged for an inferior instrument — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The fiddle was secretly swapped for a worse one — ← Mova's choice · 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 1825, line 4: «The fiddle sounds so sweet that the Jogi earns plenty of begging money, but when he gets drunk at a chief's house the chief's family swaps it for an old one, a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swap» (+5). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reason the bamboo gave for its repeated instructions to the Jogi regarding the cutting of its stem.

1. It sought to delay the Jogi until the Bonga arrived to rescue the girl — no support
2. It sought to delay the Jogi until the Bonga arrived — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It wanted the Jogi to stay longer — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. It sought to delay the Jogi until the Bonga arrived and stopped the cutting completely — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 785, line 9: «Why: the boy fails because his finger and then his hair fall into the water, so "you can stay here no longer."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+5); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the function of the Bonga girl's concealed portion of food in the household narrative.

1. It revealed her continued devotion to the chief's son despite her transformation — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It revealed her continued devotion to the chief's son despite her transformation into a Bonga — no support
3. It showed her love for the chief's son — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. It revealed her continued devotion to the chief's son despite her transformation and her sad fate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 199, line 11: «Why: the princess is delighted because she says "I know I shall love you with all my heart".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+5); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the outcome of the chief's son's concealment in the pile of firewood.

1. He caught the girl — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He caught her and she was angry — no support
3. He lost her and went home — no support
4. He apprehended the girl and the two of them were united — ✓ the right answer · 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 1825, line 5: «The girl steps out of the fiddle to cook for the chief's son, he catches her, and then a new tale starts, where a crane pretends to help the fish and eats them…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+5). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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