Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1834 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 ✗

Oi, what did the princess chuck in the river, innit?

1. her loose hairs — ✓ the right answer · score -8
2. her ring — score -8
3. all her loose hairs from the brush — score -8
4. her gold ring from the box — ← Mova's choice · score -7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -7, against -8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 580, line 1: «Brer Buzzard offers to fly Brer Rabbit across the river to a gold-mine, and Rabbit agrees after thinking hard about wet feet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who nicked the reed off the river?

1. the prince — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. the prince of that country, bruv — score -1
3. the merchant — score -4
4. the prince who was out hunting — ← 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 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

What shape did the ogress go in, mate?

1. ant — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. a wasp — no support
3. a bee — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cat — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1811, line 3: «Halfman walks on and falls asleep in a desert, where a kind ogress wakes him and promises to stop his brother marrying his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kind ogress» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «brother» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Why'd the prince go all gutted and stop eating, like?

1. his bride was missing — no support
2. the woman he loved was never brought to his bed chamber — score -3
3. she was not brought to him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. she was not sent for — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1834, line 8: «Why: he "refused to eat, or drink, or sleep, or move, till she was brought to him."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+1). Against it: the same receiver «prince» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the princess twig the ogress was dodgy, or what?

1. no, she was totally fooled — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. yes, she saw through it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. no, she was not — no support
4. she was fooled a bit — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1807, line 7: «Who tricks whom? The genius and his mother set traps to prove their guest is a woman, and the princess keeps seeing through them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Who got the ring off the ogress, for real?

1. a rat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. ant — score -1
3. owl — score -1
4. a dog — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1714, line 3: «A witch has cut her hair, so she must leave before morning, and she gives Iwanich a sparkling diamond ring.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sparkling diamond ring» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Where did the ogress stash the ring, bruv?

1. in her stomach — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. in her hand — score 3
3. her sleeve — score 3
4. in her hair — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1714, line 3: «A witch has cut her hair, so she must leave before morning, and she gives Iwanich a sparkling diamond ring.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the cat lie down all dead by the rat hole, innit?

1. to lure the rats — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. to make the rats think she had died of hunger — score 1
3. to fool the cats — score 1
4. to trick the rats — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1083, line 9: «What: the cat puts bran and sow-thistle in his bag and lies down "as if he had been dead".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, what did the cat threaten the rats with, proper?

1. to tear his ears off — no support
2. to come back with all the cats — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. to kill the bridegroom — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. to eat the bridegroom — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1790, line 2: «The market women crowd round, scold him, and threaten to scratch him if he stays.», 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, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Why'd the dog nick the ring off the cat, like?

1. he wanted it for himself — score 0
2. he was jealous of the cat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. he was jealous of the cat for winning the master's love — score 2
4. he was jealous of the cat and wanted to be its master — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1820, line 16: «Old word: a "Raja" was a ruler or prince in India, so "Raja's son" means the son of such a ruler.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Who swallowed the ring in the end, proper?

1. a huge trout from the deep stream — score 4
2. a fish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. a big old pike from the pool — score 4
4. a crab — score 6

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 1093, line 3: «Donkey-skin bakes the cake, her ring falls into the batter, and the Prince nearly swallows it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swallow» (+4); the same thing acted on «ring» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the dog bring the cat to start the plan, mate?

1. a dead sheep — no support
2. a dead hen — no support
3. a dead lamb — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the body of a dead lamb — ← 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 1800, line 18: «Hans tells his master, "It is only fools who boast of their farthings; wise men take care to hide their crowns."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «men» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ah, how long did the princess make the prince wait, like?

1. two months — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. three whole months, I think — no support
3. until the next harvest had passed — score 3
4. one month — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1802, line 8: «What: the stepmother made her brother declare war, so the emperor rode off to battle and won.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «stepmother» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, what was the precise period of delay requested by the princess before she consented to the prince's suit?

1. one year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a week — no support
3. a day — no support
4. one month — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, which animal was instructed by the cat to remain at a distance while she entered the house?

1. the dog — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. the sheep — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. cat — score 0
4. rat — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1462, line 19: «How the Queen greeted her: she cried "Putty, putty!" because "she had not learned English".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «learn» (+2); the same doer «cat» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

According to the narrative, what object did the ogress conceal within her body before she was made to expel it?

1. the silver locket — score -1
2. the ring — score -1
3. the golden band — score -1
4. the charmed ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1810, line 5: «Later the ogress catches Halfman, but he tricks the ogre into fattening him up first, then escapes and climbs an iron tower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+2); the same doer «ogress» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the agent by whom the charmed ring was ultimately retrieved from the ogress's throat during the night.

1. a rat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. an ant — no support
3. an owl — no support
4. a dog — 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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