Indian Fairy Tales, The Soothsayer's Son, part 14: three animals and a goldsmith are pulled from a well, and years later a tiger brings a crown

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1830 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 ✗

Bruh, where was Gangazara stuck at the start, like the most dead place?

1. A vast desert — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. A desert — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. A dry plain — score -1
4. A big river — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 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 1660, line 17: «why: The king stays at the castle because of "the thought of Minon-Minette."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, what did the tiger say he was dying of, no cap?

1. An old wound that never healed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hunger — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Being starved for days in a dark pit — no support
4. Fear — 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 ✗

So the snake king, whose son was he again?

1. Kashyapa's — no support
2. Adisesha's — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A son of the mighty king of the sea serpents — no support
4. The son of a great sage named Kashyapa — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1072, line 11: «fact: Mac an Da'v is "of stout heart and goodwill", yet he calls the stranger "you flat-faced, nosey person".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «stranger» (+2); the same action «call» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, which city does the goldsmith hang out in?

1. Kashi — no support
2. The old city of Benares by the holy river — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Ujjaini — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The busy trading city of Ujjaini in the west — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 608, line 7: «Where: the Cold Lairs is "an old deserted city, lost and buried in the jungle," which few animals visit.», 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 thing acted on «old deserted city» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit the tiger who said never trust a goldsmith, yeah?

1. The tiger-king who lay in the well — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The tiger — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The goldsmith — no support
4. The serpent — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what kind of king is the rat supposed to be?

1. A rat — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Rat-lord — score 2
3. A king of snakes — score 0
4. A king of rats — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1393, line 10: «The Fox sees the money and "unconsciously held out his paw that was supposed to be lame," which shows he is not really lame.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «held paw» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «held paw» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did that crown look like?

1. Glittering with diamonds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Set with rubies and pearls — no support
3. Made of plain bright gold — no support
4. So heavy it had to be carried by two men — 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 ✓

Okay real talk, how long did he chill in Benares?

1. More than ten years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. So long that he forgot his home country — no support
3. About ten years — no support
4. For many decades, until his old age came — 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, what almost got forgot in Benares?

1. Everything about the well, the creatures and the path home — no support
2. The rat and the old prophecy — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. The tiger, serpent, rat and goldsmith — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The tiger, serpent, rat, goldsmith and the prophecy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1813, line 7: «What: the king wants to kill the prince, so he sends him to ride a colt, and the dove warns him: "Do not forget to take a good club".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, which way did he take going home?

1. Back home — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Down the hill path — no support
3. By boat — score 2
4. The same way he came — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 92, line 4: «Ever since, says Kipling, the Moon has pulled the sea up and down and made the tides; when he pulls too hard we get spring tides, too softly, neap tides. Pau A…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the goldsmith say to him after getting out?

1. Come visit me sometime — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. You saved my life, so I will always owe you a debt — no support
3. Take this gold with you — no support
4. Remember me well and send word whenever you pass by — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1153, line 7: «What: he tells the people "my wife died, and I sold her" and gets a thousand gold pieces.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «thousand gold pieces» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, how did the rat leave?

1. He scurried off into the dark grass near the wall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He climbed up — no support
3. He jumped out — no support
4. He ran 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 ✗

Yo, what was the tiger's big gift again?

1. A heavy crown of gold with a hundred stones — ← Mova's choice · score -5
2. A large crown — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A large chest full of coins from the forest king — no support
4. A gold ring — 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 1811, line 18: «Old word: "coveted" means wanted greedily what belongs to someone else, like the brother wanting Halfman's wife.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature does Gangazara release from the second ledge of the well?

1. A tiger — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. A serpent — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. A monkey — score -1
4. A large black cobra with a golden crest — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1830, line 9: «Why does he hesitate? He fears the tiger, since his father said he must die "on a sea coast, and not by a tiger."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gangazara» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «tiger» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what location does Gangazara, according to his father's prophecy, expect to meet his death?

1. On a sea coast — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. In the desert — no support
3. The sea — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. A cave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1361, line 3: «After the mother dies, the lonely girl looks into the mirror and sees her mother young and smiling again.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the approximate duration of Gangazara's residence in Benares?

1. About twelve years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nearly ten years — no support
3. Few years — no support
4. More than ten years — ✓ the right answer · 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object does the tiger-king present to his life-giver upon the latter's return?

1. A heavy chest full of coins and royal jewels — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A silver sword — no support
3. A huge crown set with stones from the forest — no support
4. A large crown — ✓ 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

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