Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1831 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 ✗

yo did the rats seriously dig a tunnel with their teeth?

1. yeah bro, like a whole passage to the cell — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah bro, they dug for nights and the whole palace was shaking from it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. nah, the guards dug it first and the rats just followed them down there — score 6
4. yeah, they dug under the wall — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1831, line 11: «How: the animal kings dig a tunnel from "the inside of a ruined well to the dungeon", with the rats boring the ground with their teeth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dig» (+5); the same doer «animal kings» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so the goldsmith knew the tiger did it?

1. yep, he was lowkey lying to the prince — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. nope, he really thought a rat did it — score 1
3. yeah, he knew but kept quiet about it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. yep, he was lowkey lying to the prince and he kept the crown for himself — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1831, line 10: «Why: the goldsmith betrays his friend, though he "knew full well that it was a tiger that killed the king".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+5); the same doer «goldsmith» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh why was Gangazara even in the dungeon?

1. the prince thought he killed his dad and wanted revenge for the king's death — score -4
2. he was accused of stealing the crown — no support
3. he was caught near the palace at night and the prince had no other suspect — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. the prince thought he killed his dad — ✓ the right answer · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1827, line 14: «Who the fakir is: an angel of Khuda in disguise; a fakir is a holy man who lives by begging.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «holy man» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did he drink water down there, no cap?

1. the rats hauled buckets of river water down the tunnel every single night — no support
2. they dripped water from the roof — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. a tiger dropped a skin of water through a gap in the cellar roof every day — score -3
4. squeezing the wet clothes the rats brought — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 9: «Hedgehog and Tortoise answer with the same words shuffled: «when you water a Hedgehog you must drop him into your paw». The words are real but the sense is non…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «water» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait the snakes were killing people on purpose?

1. fr, the serpent king told them to — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. yeah, the king sent them out — score 0
3. nah, the serpent king was tricked by the rats into sending them out — score 6
4. fr, the serpent king told them to, and the tigers went along with it too — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 366, line 10: «The driver beats him "unmercifully with a stick" and cries "Go along with you, you stupid Ass."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go along» (+5); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

ten years in a cell, that's wild, right?

1. yo, he was honestly so bored that he taught the rats to dance in the cell — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yo, for real, he got huge from the rats' snacks — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, he got thin from the damp — no support
4. yo, for real, he got huge from the rats' snacks and wore the cloth of kings — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the king just fall over when he saw him?

1. lol yeah, the guy looked so royal that the whole court bowed to him too — no support
2. nah, the king stayed standing, and the guards were the ones who fell over — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. nah, he just stood there calmly — score 6
4. lol yeah, the guy looked so royal — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1818, line 16: «Where he rests: at a tank with shady trees, where he finds an ant in every sweet, so "the ants shall eat them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rest» (+5); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the princess died cause a serpent got in her room?

1. nope, it was the prince who poisoned her with a cup of wine at night — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. yup, it bit her on the hand — score 1
3. yup, it sucked the life out of her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nope, a tiger got in her room — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1626, line 21: «Old word: "monogram" is letters, often initials, woven into one design; the princess's was printed on the paper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the king offer the healer, like for real?

1. half the kingdom, plus a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. gold coins — score 4
3. half the kingdom and the princess's hand — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. his lands and a golden crown — 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 1762, line 3: «At the border the king offers a reward, but the lute player says no and goes on, while the queen races home first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «offer» (+3); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did they cut his hair before seeing his face?

1. it was so long and messy — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. it covered his whole face — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. it was so long and messy that nobody could tell whether he was a man — score 1
4. the guards thought his hair was a disguise hiding a rebel prince underneath — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1160, line 13: «The fog: the wife of Iarlaid made "a thick fog to cover the face of the sea," so the rowers could not row.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cover» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «face» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro what did Gangazara ask for before he would heal her?

1. all the dead bodies in the land, brought to him before the sun rose — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. all the dead men of Ujjaini — score -2
3. all the dead bodies in the land — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. the bodies of every dead man, woman, and beast in the whole kingdom — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1831, line 5: «The rats bring him bread and sweetmeats, the snakes and tigers start killing people, and after ten years the princess dies and the king begs Gangazara to save…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3). Against it: the same receiver «gangazara» (-3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the prince actually give the goldsmith half the kingdom?

1. nah, he gave him a few coins and sent him away from the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. yeah, he gave it on the spot — score 6
3. nah, he just promised it — score 6
4. yeah, right after he got the crown — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 778, line 6: «Heinel, king of the Golden Mountain, sends away the mocking princes and peers, and cries "Heads Off!" so the traitors lose their heads.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send away» (+5); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

who did the most to save Gangazara, the rats or the snakes?

1. the rats, they brought him food every day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the rats, they fed him daily — score 2
3. the snakes — no support
4. the snakes, they fought the guards — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1831, line 5: «The rats bring him bread and sweetmeats, the snakes and tigers start killing people, and after ten years the princess dies and the king begs Gangazara to save…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «gangazara» (+3); the same action «bring» (+2). Against it: the same doer «rats» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did the prince take immediately upon receiving the crown from the goldsmith?

1. He hanged the goldsmith in the square — score -2
2. He ordered his guards to release Gangazara from the dungeon and bring him to the throne room — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He conferred half the kingdom upon Manikkasari — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. He immediately conferred half the kingdom upon Manikkasari and his entire family — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1831, line 9: «Why: the prince orders the dungeon because he believes Gangazara is the murderer, and he "turned his face away from the supposed murderer".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which animal ruler first entered the underground passage in order to console Gangazara?

1. Rats — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. The rat-king — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. The mole — score -1
4. The tiger-king — 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 1055, line 7: «Goll's anger "fled at the word" when Fionn says "It is true," but it flares again at the word "jealous."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «word» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); the same doer «word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the king of Ujjaini request of Gangazara after the death of his daughter?

1. That he revive her and the others — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That he revive her and the others, and then leave the kingdom forever — no support
3. That he cure the others quickly — no support
4. That he revive her, the others, and all the animals killed by the serpents — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1828, line 16: «Old word: A fakir is a holy man who often lives by begging; the word is still used in India and Pakistan.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (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 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the length of Gangazara's confinement in the underground cell as the text describes it?

1. Ten years — no support
2. Ten complete years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Seven complete years — score 3
4. Nearly ten long years — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1831, line 15: «Time: the prophecy said Gangazara must stay in the cell for "full ten years", which he sees as "ten complete years rolled away".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «ten complete years» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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