Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1833 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 ✓
test: bro, did the brahman really know about the frog or was he just lucky?
- 1. he got lucky, but he also secretly heard the king whisper the riddle to the minister earlier — score 5
- 2. he got lucky, he yelled his old nickname the whole court heard and everyone cheered — score 6
- 3. he got lucky, he yelled his old nickname — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. he kinda knew, he heard it from a guard — score 5
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 1179, line 4: «The grateful frog, who is half a fairy, calls six thousand frogs, who cover themselves in honey and bring back bees, so the queen can take their stings for a p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+5); the same doer «grateful frog» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
test: no way the maid just flopped at his feet, right?
- 1. yeah, she thought he'd busted her so she bowed low and begged — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, she was just clumsy, dude — no support
- 3. yeah, she thought he'd busted her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, she thought he'd busted her stealing and ran straight to the minister for help — 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 ✗
test: so wait, why was the dude sad at the start?
- 1. cuz he faked being smart — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cuz he pretended he knew everything about frogs and gold and snakes — no support
- 3. cuz he faked knowing stuff and got caught by the king's men — no support
- 4. cuz he faked knowing stuff — ✓ 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 ✗
test: was the gold under like a banana tree?
- 1. nah, a pomegranate tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, it was a pomegranate tree near the stables and the well — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. nah, an olive grove — no support
- 4. nah, a pomegranate tree by the back wall of the garden — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1822, line 7: «What: the Ranee wants the pomelo tree, which grows "by their mother's grave", and she gets it pulled up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pomelo tree» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
test: ngl the dude paid loads for a snake, what a clown
- 1. yeah, a hundred rupees, total fool, and he paid for three animals — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, a hundred rupees, total fool — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, a hundred bucks, dumb move — no support
- 4. yeah, a hundred rupees for a snake, total fool who got scammed — 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 ✓
test: bruh, did his pops actually chuck him out?
- 1. yep, cuz he blew all the cash — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yeah, he kinda wasted the money — no support
- 3. yep, cuz he lost the cash — no support
- 4. yep, cuz he blew all the cash on junk animals and got kicked out — 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 ✗
test: where did the cat chill at night?
- 1. under the bed, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. on the roof — no support
- 3. on his bed, lol — no support
- 4. at his feet, lol — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
test: the snake was a prince, right?
- 1. yeah, son of Raja Indrasha, cursed to be a snake for ages — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. yeah, son of some raja — no support
- 3. yeah, a prince — no support
- 4. yeah, son of Raja Indrasha — ✓ 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 1813, line 4: «At the pool the queen's bottle plan fails when the turtle spills the water, and the queen angrily curses the prince to forget his bride.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «curse» (+5). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
test: how'd he get to the snake's land?
- 1. he took a boat — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he walked over a hill — no support
- 3. he rode a big horse — no support
- 4. dived into a sacred spring — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
test: what did the raja give him, the ring and that?
- 1. the ring, the pot and the spoon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the ring, the pot, the spoon and a horse to ride home on — no support
- 3. the crown, the lamp and the spoon — no support
- 4. the ring, the pot, the spoon and a bag of gold coins — 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 ✗
test: so the cat and dog just waited around?
- 1. yeah, cat fetched grub from houses while the dog guarded the gate all day — no support
- 2. nah, the dog chased the cat away — score 1
- 3. yeah, cat fetched grub from houses — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, cat and dog went off on their own and came back later with food — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 19: «The Cat's head fades away while he is gone; when he comes back with the Duchess, it has entirely disappeared.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come back» (+5); the same doer «cat» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
test: was the minister like a good guy?
- 1. nah, he was sus, tried to catch the dude — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, he was sly, tried to trap the guy — no support
- 3. nah, he was sus, tried to catch the dude and planned a trap for him — no support
- 4. nah, he was sus, he tried to catch the dude and then accused the king's servants too — 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 · ★ · right ✓
test: did the king believe the frog thing?
- 1. yeah, he thought it was real divination and gave Harisarman lots of gifts — score 6
- 2. nah, he thought it was a joke — score 6
- 3. yeah, he thought it was divination — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. yeah, he thought it was magic — 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 1832, line 9: «fact: Why: the king cursed the day he believed the goldsmith, and the tiger king said, "How can we expect justice from such a stupid king as that?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+5); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
exam: What was the principal cause of Harisarman's distress at the commencement of the passage?
- 1. His habit of pretending to know things he had never studied — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. His fear of the king's guards — score 0
- 3. His pretence of possessing knowledge he did not possess — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. His lie about having seen the stolen treasure with his own eyes — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1833, line 1: «explain: Harisarman is miserable, because he has been pretending to know things he does not know.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+5); 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
exam: By what means did the youth obtain the three animals and their subsequent companionship?
- 1. By stealing them at night — no support
- 2. By receiving them as gifts from a passing merchant — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. By winning them in a game — no support
- 4. By purchasing each of them for one hundred rupees — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «life» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
exam: Which object did the Raja present to the stranger in recognition of his gratitude?
- 1. The right-hand ring, the pot and the spoon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 2. The right-hand ring, the pot, the spoon and a bag of gold coins — score -3
- 3. The right-hand ring, a golden pot, a silver spoon and a horse for the journey — score -3
- 4. The left-hand ring, the bowl and the ladle — score -3
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 1292, line 2: «He finds a castle, and the little man Seven Inches shows him that the other two princes were turned to stone for bad manners.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «show» (-1); the same receiver «prince» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
exam: Upon whose instruction did the young man descend into the sacred spring?
- 1. The instruction of the snake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The advice of the old merchant — no support
- 3. His father's order — no support
- 4. The request of a passing farmer — 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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