Tales of the Punjab, Raja Rasalu, part 25: a mocking prince, a talking corpse, a clever cricket

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1841 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, why did the dad just turn his back on the prince, innit?

1. cos he was ill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cos he was tired — no support
3. cos he was scared outta his wits — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. because he had no more money left — 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 ✗

bruv, how did the mum react when her son was bouncing off?

1. she cried, proper sad — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she ran out of the palace shouting after him — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. she begged him to stay — no support
4. she fainted — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1823, line 6: «Who: the Prince is Balna's son, about fourteen, and he says "I pray you not to be discouraged" to his aunts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

mate, was the graveyard lowkey creepy or just dead quiet?

1. it was creepy as anything — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it was dead silent, no sound — no support
3. quite creepy — no support
4. it was quiet — 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 ✗

wait, the corpse actually sat up and chatted, real talk?

1. no, it didn't — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, it spoke to him — no support
3. yeah, it did, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no way, it just sat — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

so who's the corpse's bro, like, in the story?

1. King Sarkap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the king's brother from the north country — no support
3. the maidens' wicked uncle from the east — no support
4. Prince Dakhan — 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 ✓

how long did the crickets take to sort the seeds, innit?

1. one night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. three days — no support
3. two nights — no support
4. an hour — 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 · ★ · right ✓

did the prince cut the ropes or did he chicken out?

1. he let them hang loose down — score 4
2. he chickened out — score 4
3. he untied them with his hands — score 4
4. he cut them with his sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1810, line 14: «At the brook the brothers cut the rope when Halfman is "half-way up" the steep bank, and he falls back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+5); the same thing acted on «rope» (+1). Against it: the same doer «brothers» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

when the girls fell, who landed without a scratch, fam?

1. the eldest, the queen — no support
2. the youngest, the one who fancied him and begged him to stop — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. the youngest, the one who fancied him — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the seventh girl, who was quite tall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1837, line 13: «The girl is the hind in human shape, and the King falls on his knees to beg her to be his bride.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+5). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what even is chaupur, the game?

1. a kind of wrestling match — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a board game with dice — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a card game — no support
4. a sport played on horseback — 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 ✗

bro, what did the cricket reckon about the job?

1. it was dead easy — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it was dead easy, he reckoned, once the seeds were sorted — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. it was dead easy for a crafty cricket with patience — no support
4. it was a trap — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1841, line 18: «The crickets sort the seed in one night, and one asks, "Is that all?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sort» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «seed» (+1). Against it: the same doer «crickets» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the youngest girl try to stop him or just watch?

1. she laughed at the prince — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. she tried to warn him — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. she ran off to tell — score 4
4. no, she left — score 4

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 1837, line 14: «She laughs that "seven Queens were quite enough even for a King to manage."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+5). Against it: the same doer «girl» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

why was the dad so scared of his own son, though?

1. he was sick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was angry — no support
3. he hated his own boy — no support
4. he feared for his life — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Rasalu keep the feeler or chuck it away, mate?

1. he threw it away — no support
2. he kept it — score 0
3. he kept it in his pocket — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. he gave it to the boy — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1841, line 3: «Rasalu saves a cricket from the fire, and the grateful cricket gives him a feeler to call it back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); the same thing acted on «feeler» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, did the prince really go and laugh at the girls?

1. he never laughed at any of them — no support
2. he laughed and said there were seventy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he laughed and said there were seventy of them, all fools — no support
4. he said that they were far too many — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1733, line 20: «Old word: "swineherd" means a keeper of pigs, which is not a job many princes would want today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same doer «many princes» (-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 ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which Prince Rasalu took leave of his father's court?

1. He left in anger — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He rode out with bitter but calm manner — score 2
3. He left the court in fury and shame quietly — score 2
4. He departed with scornful but dignified composure — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1819, line 17: «When he takes her hand to put on the ring, she starts up "very much frightened."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the headless corpse within the narrative?

1. It furnishes the prince with counsel concerning the enchanted dice — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It teaches the prince to play the ancient game of chance — no support
3. It serves merely as a decoration, furnishing the prince with counsel only about his own ghostly brother's fate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. It offers the prince a warning about the swing and the sea — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1767, line 1: «An old woman gives the sad queen a tiny birch-bark basket with a bird's egg and strict rules to follow.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old woman» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the outcome of the sixty-nine maidens' second demand upon the prince?

1. It results in all seventy maidens being thrown from the swing into the sand, and the prince laughing at them — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. It results in the seventy maidens being thrown from the swing, after which the youngest alone is left standing unharmed — score -1
3. It results in the seventy maidens being thrown from the swing — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. It causes the youngest maiden to be cast down first — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1674, line 5: «The princess rides the horse, Ciccu grabs her, and she drops her veil and a ring before the new king asks her to marry him, but she says only if Ciccu fetches…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the reason the youngest maiden alone escapes injury?

1. She falls last, upon the others, and so receives no harm — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. She falls last, upon the others, cushioned by their bodies, and so receives no harm at all — score 2
3. She grabs the rope and climbs to safety — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The corpse lifts her up in its arms — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 706, line 1: «Peter climbs a tall tree to escape Eisenkopf, and he shouts for his dogs until they finally come.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «climb» (+1); the same doer «peter» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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