Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the lad wins the Jogi's cow and goes off to marry, but shoots pigeons on the way

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1838 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 lad just sneak out the dungeon by bashing a hole in the wall?

1. Nah, he climbed out the window — score 0
2. Yeah, he broke a hole in the wall — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yeah, mate, he scraped a hole in the mud wall — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Yeah, mate, he scraped a hole in the mud wall with a stick and went out at night — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1648, line 8: «Where: the church has "thick walls and strong iron doors", so the youth needs a wild boar to break a hole through.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+5); the same thing acted on «hole» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what even were the girdle-cakes he nicked?

1. Flat cakes cooked on a hot griddle, proper sick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Biscuits baked for the king, dead good — score -1
3. Cakes fried in oil, bare tasty — score 2
4. Bread, proper nice — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1105, line 7: «What: his sister sends him for meal, saying "my soul shall live" if she can eat a cake made from it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the white Queen wanna kill him, innit?

1. She was jealous of the Princess and well wicked, so she kept sending him off to die — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. She was jealous and well wicked, so she wanted him gone — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. She was jealous and well wicked, so she wanted him gone for good before the wedding — score 0
4. She was scared of him, so she wanted him dead — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1824, line 19: «Who: the seven brothers' wives are jealous of their sister, who cooks and "stopped at home," and they want her job for one of themselves.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+6); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Princess actually help him or what?

1. Yeah, she swapped the potsherd and saved him, bare clever, and then told her dad everything — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, she swapped the potsherd and saved him, bare clever — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Yeah, she burned the potsherd, dead clever — score 1
4. Nah, she didn't do nothing, the lad just got lucky and the potsherd fell on the floor — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1762, line 15: «The king is angry and says "See what sort of a wife I have," because he thinks she did nothing to help him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+6); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

How many eyes did he manage to nick, roughly?

1. Thirteen, though one was already gone a week ago — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Fourteen, one was already gone — no support
3. Thirteen, though one was already gone a week ago when the hag took it back — score 1
4. Twelve, one was lost in the dungeon — 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 1838, line 3: «The Princess secretly swaps the potsherd messages, so the lad survives both times and wins the thirteen eyes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the lad give the youngest Queen, like, specially?

1. Two eyes, cos she was his little mum and the others got one each, dead sweet — score -3
2. A pigeon, cos she liked birds — score 2
3. Two eyes, cos she was his big sister — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. One eye, cos she was his little mum, dead sweet — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1838, line 6: «The lad is the son of seven Queens, and they are blind and locked in a dark dungeon, so he is their helper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lad» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the Jogi, then? Like what was he?

1. King of the palace, sitting there counting gold — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. King of all the demons, sitting there milking the cow — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Head of the demons, sitting there with a bow — score 1
4. King of all the demons, sitting there milking the cow beside the gate of the palace — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1281, line 17: «Where: the jogi lives in a small shrine outside the city, near a tree where he sits fasting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Did the lad scare the Jogi or what?

1. Yeah, he said King Indra wanted his skin, and the Jogi shook and begged for mercy and gave him the cow — score 3
2. Yeah, he said King Indra wanted his skin, and the Jogi shook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, he said the king wanted his cow, and he shook — score 3
4. Nah, the Jogi laughed at him, said King Indra was nothing, and he had to fight his way out — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1838, line 15: «The lad tells the Jogi that "King Indra is making a new kettle-drum", and the Jogi begs to be spared.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «lad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

How rich did the seven Queens get, though?

1. Quite rich, they sold gold to the king — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mega rich, they sold cows to all the farms — no support
3. Dead rich, loads — no support
4. Mega rich, they sold milk to all the sweet shops — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the deal with the pigeons, then?

1. He sells them and the white Queen keeps laughing — no support
2. He keeps shooting them on the palace roofs and the white Queen keeps tricking him into going further — no support
3. He keeps shooting them and the white Queen keeps tricking him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He keeps shooting them for dinner and the white Queen keeps telling him to stop, but he never does — ← 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 1207, line 8: «The deal: the king says the prince must "submit yourself to death" once he has heard the answer, and the prince agrees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the demons attack him or nah?

1. Nope, he just whistled and walked straight through them — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nope, he just whistled and walked straight through them while they bowed to him — score 4
3. Yeah, he fought them all off — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yeah, they attacked him at the gate, but he whistled and walked straight through them with his bow — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1820, line 3: «Next he must fight the king's two demons, which were shut in a cage, and his tigers, dressed in gold and pearls, kill them for him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fight» (+5); the same thing acted on «two demons» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the hag reckon about her daughter, like?

1. She reckoned her daughter was being a right fool, giving stuff away — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. She reckoned she was a fool — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. She reckoned her son was being a right fool, giving stuff away — score 4
4. She thought she was clever, giving gold away — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1512, line 19: «"Grey-headed as a pigeon" is a comparison about white or grey hair, and "hag" was an old word for a wicked or ugly old woman.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+3); the same doer «hag» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So, at the end, where's he off to, bruv?

1. Off to marry the Princess, but he shot another pigeon first on the white hind's roof — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Off to marry the Princess, but he shot another pigeon first — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Off to hunt, then home to the Queens — no support
4. Off to fight the demons, but he shot a pigeon first — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the sequence in which the lad obtained the necklace of eyes and returned them to his mothers?

1. He was given eyes and gave them to his mothers — score 4
2. He was given thirteen eyes by the old hag, gave two to each of six elder Queens and one to the youngest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He was given thirteen eyes by the old hag after shooting a pigeon, then gave two to each of six elder Queens and one to the youngest, then rode home — score 3
4. He was handed twelve eyes by the white Queen, gave two to each of the seven Queens and kept one — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1838, line 13: «The lad gives two eyes to each of the six elder Queens and one to the youngest, "Dearest little mother!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same receiver «each» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the precise nature of the second message inscribed upon the potsherd and state the individual responsible for its alteration.

1. The message instructed that the lad be cared for and given all he desired, and it was altered by the Princess who swapped the potsherd with her own hand — score 5
2. The message asked for the lad to be sent away, altered by the old hag — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The message instructed that the lad be cared for and given all he desired, altered by the Princess — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The message instructed that the lad be killed and buried, altered by the white Queen — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 722, line 13: «fact: The king sends the friend away with the message that he should be "quick," which keeps the prince from waiting.», 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). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine the reason the Jogi consented to surrender his cow and what ultimately became of its milk.

1. He loved his cow; the milk was poured away — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He feared the hag's curse; the milk fed the poor — score 5
3. He feared King Indra's command and was afraid of the lad's bow, and the milk made the seven Queens rich by sale to the sweet-makers — score 5
4. He feared King Indra's command and the milk made the seven Queens rich by sale — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1071, line 2: «Mongan and Duv Laca love the cows, but one morning a king arrives with noise and armour, and Mongan knows he has come to claim the bargain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+5); the same thing acted on «cows» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Evaluate the lad's conduct at the conclusion of the part with respect to his earlier promise to the Princess and his own safety.

1. He lingered to shoot another pigeon despite his promise to marry, thereby again exposing himself to danger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He hurried home to the Queens, forgetting his promise and his safety — score 6
3. He stayed to marry the white hind, risking his life for her love — score 5
4. He lingered to shoot another pigeon despite his promise to marry the Princess, thereby again exposing himself to danger from the white Queen's tricks — score 6

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 1838, line 10: «Why: the lad shoots pigeons because he is hungry and wants food for his mothers, but the white Queen wants him dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+5); the same thing acted on «pigeons» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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