Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1839 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 ✓

Dude, did the lad seriously get turned into ash just cause he peeked back?

1. Yeah, mate, one look and he was toast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, mate, one peek and he was properly toast, sorry to say it — no support
3. Nah, he just got a bit singed, mate — no support
4. Yeah, mate, he turned into a bit of dust — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the witch made him a new body with her own blood?

1. Yep, a drop from her little finger, proper gross — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yep, she kneaded the ashes with honey and some water — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yep, she mixed it with a drop from her little finger, honestly well gross — score -1
4. Yep, a drop from her little finger, proper gross, and she sang over it — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 100, line 15: «fact: Old word "fraud": a trick or cheat, the deception the witch and her daughter worked on the King.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «work» (+5). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the Princess actually sneaky with that potsherd swap?

1. Nope, she was honest — no support
2. Totally, the King hid it in his sleeve — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Totally, she switched it like a boss — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nope, the old hag swapped it back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1358, line 15: «What: when she is startled, she runs, the Emperor catches her, and she hides her face "in her sleeves."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+5); the same place «sleeves» (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, why did the King faint when he saw the Queens?

1. He was gobsmacked, thought they were still at home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. He was angry, thought they were lying to him — score 0
3. He was scared, thought they were demons from the field — score 0
4. He was just tired — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1839, line 16: «The King is "speechless with surprise" when he sees the seven Queens, because he thought they were in his own palace.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Did the witch get proper what she deserved?

1. Nah, she got sent off to her village — no support
2. Nope, she got a pardon — no support
3. Yeah, she got put to death, sorted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, she got away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1839, line 17: «The witch is put to death and her grave is "ploughed over", so nobody can find where she is buried.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «witch» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the old hag so scared of her daughter?

1. She was just grumpy — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Cause the Princess was a proper clever clogs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cause the Princess had the King's favour — no support
4. Cause the Princess knew all her secrets — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1839, line 10: «How: the old hag makes him a new body by kneading the ashes into a paste, and she puts "a drop of blood from her little finger" into its mouth.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old hag» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the lad even listen to the warning, or was he a mug?

1. He ran away fast — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He ignored it and got done, total muppet move — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He listened, nice one — no support
4. He tried to listen but got distracted, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1278, line 5: «At a gallows on a hill the Shifty Lad hangs the Black Rogue for fun, then tries to marry the widow and runs away when she refuses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run away» (+5); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Were those voices in the rice field actually nice or dodgy?

1. Nice, they were just singing a happy tune for him — score 4
2. Dodgy, they were a bunch of demons playing tricks — score 0
3. Dodgy, they were trying to get him to look back — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Dodgy, they were trying to get him to look back and fall for it — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1150, line 8: «WHERE: the duckling lives by a still pool, and the girl's story starts in a pine forest and then goes down into a lovely field.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go down» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the Queens throw a massive feast for their son's wedding?

1. Cause the King had asked them to — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. They got loads of rich from the rice and their son's bride was lovely — no support
3. They got loads of rich from the rice — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cause the rice was finally ready — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1677, line 9: «Why the Cat goes out: she claims her cousin's son needs a godmother, but the text says "The Cat had no cousin."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2). Against it: the same doer «son» (-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 ✓

Did the palace copy fool the King, or did he see straight through it?

1. It fooled him completely, he was well shocked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Nope, it was obvious — no support
3. Nah, he spotted the fake straight away — score 0
4. It fooled him, but only for a bit — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fools» (+1). Against it: the same doer «master» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Did the whole story end happy for everyone, or what?

1. Nah, the lad was sent away forever — score 2
2. Yeah, everyone lived happily, proper result — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, most of them lived happily, sort of — score 3
4. Yeah, everyone lived happily, proper result, and the witch got what she deserved — 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 1813, line 19: «The story ends with the wedding, and the narrator says that "they lived happy till they died", which is an old way of saying they lived happily ever after.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «live» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the white witch a total baddie in this bit?

1. Yeah, she was properly wicked and sneaky, tricking the poor lad into the field — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nope, she just wanted to help the lad — score 4
3. Yeah, she was properly wicked and sneaky — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she was properly wicked and sneaky and had been plotting for ages — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1712, line 5: «A new tale begins: a wicked witch tricks the Queen, while the King is away, into the pond, pushes her in, and takes her place as a White Duck.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+5). Against it: the same doer «wicked witch» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, did the Princess actually save her husband's life, or nah?

1. Yeah, she sorted the whole thing out and made the witch pay for it — score 7
2. Yeah, she sorted the whole thing out with a clever swap of potsherds — score 7
3. Yeah, she sorted the whole thing out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Yeah, she did, with a clever trick — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 205, line 1: «Princess Badoura spots Camaralzaman in his shabby clothes and keeps her secret for a while, so she can sort things out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sort out» (+5); the same thing acted on «things» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the context of the present extract, which individual is responsible for the substitution of the second potsherd, and what is the stated purpose of its message?

1. The Princess, the message being to instruct that the lad be given all that he requires — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Princess, the message being to instruct that the lad be given all that he requires and sent home at once with a horse and gold — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. The King's chief guard, the message being to order that the lad be sent back home — score -4
4. The old hag, the message being to instruct that the lad be fed and kept hidden away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 84, line 2: «One day they go fishing for carp in the Wagai river, miles from home, and Tegumai breaks his spear on the river bottom. Mending it will take half the day. Taff…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the precise condition under which the lad is transformed into ashes, as stated in the passage.

1. Looking back — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Looking back after plucking the tallest ear of rice — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Eating a single grain of the golden rice — no support
4. Touching the rice — 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

Explain the method by which the old hag restores the lad to his former state, citing the materials employed.

1. Mixing the ashes with rice and salt, then baking it in the sun — no support
2. Sprinkling the ashes with the lad's own tears and mud — no support
3. Kneading the ashes into a paste, shaping it, and applying a drop of her own blood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Kneading the ashes into a paste with sacred river water, shaping it into a man, and applying a drop of her own blood at dawn — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1839, line 10: «How: the old hag makes him a new body by kneading the ashes into a paste, and she puts "a drop of blood from her little finger" into its mouth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «knead» (+5); the same thing acted on «ashes» (+1); the same place «paste» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the outcome for the white witch as recorded at the conclusion of the present extract.

1. She is banished from the kingdom and her house is burned down — no support
2. She is put to death in front of the whole court and her grave is ploughed over so nobody can find it again — score 6
3. She is put to death and her grave is ploughed over — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. She is put to death and her grave is ploughed over, while the lad and Princess live happily ever after in the new palace — 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 1839, line 17: «The witch is put to death and her grave is "ploughed over", so nobody can find where she is buried.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+5); the same thing acted on «witch» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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