Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1840 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 ✓

Yo, so the Queen's baby was stuck underground how long, innit?

1. twelve years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. two years — score 4
3. seven years — score 4
4. twenty years — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1835, line 20: «Old words: a "kharwar" was an old Indian measure of grain, and a "lac" was one hundred thousand rupees, which we now write "lakh".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «old words» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the prince's horse called?

1. Kal — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ghora — no support
3. Bhaunr the grey stallion — no support
4. Bhaunr — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why didn't the king just send guards to nab him?

1. he had no men left — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the road was too long — no support
3. he was too sick — no support
4. cos he feared he'd die — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1837, line 3: «The hind leads him into a narrow ravine, where he finds a hovel and a girl who is the hind herself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+5); the same thing acted on «king» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper, what did the prince actually smash at the well?

1. all the pitchers of the village well — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. the clay water bowls — score 5
3. the earthen pitchers — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. the earthen pitchers and the rope — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1658, line 4: «Esben climbs down the witch's chimney, salts her porridge with a whole bushel, and grabs the lamp while her daughter is at the well.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «well» (+4); the same doer «daughter» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what was the clever trader's song really about?

1. the weather — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a song of the sea — no support
3. a love song — no support
4. a secret trade code — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Bare clever, what did "enty" mean in trader talk?

1. ten — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. eight — score 2
3. seven — score 2
4. the number of fingers on two hands — 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 1677, line 16: «"After long consultation" means after a long, serious talk, so the pair debated a long time before choosing the church.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how many traders pounced on each robber?

1. the same number as the robbers — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. seven — score -1
3. three — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. eight — 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 1840, line 3: «The traders pounce, tie the thieves up with torn cloth, take back their goods, and go home to tell the tale.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «traders» (+1). Against it: the same action «pounce» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, what did the robbers leave the traders wearing?

1. a small loin-cloth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a thin silk robe — no support
3. only a torn shirt and a loin-cloth — no support
4. a small loin-cloth and a golden ring — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, how did the three robbers sit while the traders danced?

1. like stones — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. like three monarchs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. like three merchants — no support
4. like three beggars — 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 ✓

Mate, what did the Jogis say would happen if they saw his face?

1. they'd flee — no support
2. they'd fall — no support
3. they would die — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. they would wake — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1840, line 9: «The Jogis warned that if his parents saw his face early, "you will surely die!"», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, where did the prince wash before riding on?

1. under the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. in the cold river near the forest path — score 2
3. in the river — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. by the old tree — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1451, line 1: «The Prince is washed and dressed, then led to a grand room with walls painted with famous cats.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wash» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what bird did Rasalu chat to?

1. a sparrow — no support
2. a parrot — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a crow — no support
4. a golden parrot in the tree — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1835, line 18: «The Brahman's son leaves his blind parents and goes to a far country, where he is given charge of a golden temple.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «son» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the Jogis' prophecy, for how many years was the infant Rasalu required to remain concealed from the light of day?

1. eleven — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. six — score -3
3. two — score -3
4. twelve — ✓ the right answer · 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 517, line 2: «She marries the mortal Peleus, and when he woos her she turns into many shapes to escape him, but he holds on until she is her true self again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «son» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which means did the wise merchant employ to communicate his strategy to his companions?

1. a secret note — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. a sign — score 0
3. a coded song — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a letter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1837, line 18: «Old word: a "fakir" was a holy man who lived by begging, a meaning the word still has in parts of India.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «word» (-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 ✗

What action did the monarch refrain from taking against the transgressor at the well?

1. he gave him a gift of gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he sent him to the prison — no support
3. he refrained from arresting him at the well — no support
4. he refrained from arrest — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what condition did the king and queen fear for their own lives?

1. touching the boy — score -2
2. hearing his name — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. seeing his face — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. his voice — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 662, line 4: «The king's servants warn him, he stays awake, hears Ilonka's story, and the swineherd's family is hanged.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «story» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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