Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, part 29: Katar hides the prince, then the prince becomes a poor servant

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1845 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 bro, who even came up with the plan to save the kid?

1. the groom — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Ram — score 2
3. the cook — score 2
4. Suri — ✓ 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 1334, line 3: «Her mother, father and husband come one by one and weep beside her, until the young husband says, "Well, but it didn't fall," and goes to his supper.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+5). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, where did Suri go at midnight?

1. to the garden — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to the river at dusk — no support
3. to the stable — no support
4. to Katar the horse — ✓ 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 ✗

so like, what was Katar's whole deal?

1. lazy and kinda gentle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. super wicked and untameable like nobody's business — no support
3. wicked and untameable — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. wicked and untameable, no cap, totally feared — 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 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what did Katar do to the kid at first?

1. swallowed him whole — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. swallowed him whole and kept him inside — score 4
3. carried him off — score 1
4. swallowed him whole then spat him out — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1845, line 9: «What: Katar says, "Yes, I will take the greatest care of him," and then he swallows the boy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «katar» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «swallow» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, how long did the boy chill in the horse's belly?

1. a week — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. one day — no support
3. one whole year — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. two whole years — 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 ✓

lol, when the groom told the story, what did the Queens do?

1. laughed and clapped hands — no support
2. cried, tore clothes, and skipped all their meals — no support
3. cried and tore their clothes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. cried and tore their clothes and beat their chests — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1845, line 13: «What: the Queens "cried, and tore their hair and clothes, and refused to eat".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tore» (+2); the same thing acted on «hair» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

fr, what did the King say he'd do with Katar?

1. sell him — score 2
2. kill him — score 4
3. have him shot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. have him caught — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 784, line 1: «The king sends a huntsman into the forest to shoot a roe, but he never comes back, and then two more men vanish too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «shoot» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

yaar, why couldn't the King punish the sepoys?

1. he let the horse escape himself and blamed no one — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. he let the horse escape himself — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. the horse ran off fast — no support
4. the sepoys had fled already — no support

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 1845, line 15: «Why not: the King "could not shoot any of his sepoys", because he himself had let the horse escape.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+3); the same thing acted on «horse» (+3). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so what did the ear twist turn the boy into?

1. an ugly guy — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. a poor ugly man — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. a beggar — score 6
4. a poor old man — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1753, line 6: «Who: Elsa, a girl turned into an eagle, and the king's son who finds her under a bush.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+5); the same thing acted on «girl» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, where did the boy end up working?

1. for a rich trader — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. for a cloth seller — no support
3. for a grain merchant — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. for a grain merchant in the market — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

sus, which princess kept coming to the garden?

1. the youngest one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. the seventh — score 0
3. the eldest one — score 0
4. the middle one — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1685, line 1: «The old man goes home, and the sick Princess asks him to guide her to the underground palace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sick princess» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «princess» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

so what did the boy tell her he was?

1. a very poor man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. a very poor man from a faraway village — score 0
3. a very old man — score 0
4. a poor man — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «son» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what occasion did the groom convey the matter to the four Queens?

1. When the King left for hunting — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Upon the King's departure for his hunting — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Upon the King's departure for his hunting in the forest — score -1
4. During the King's hunting trip — no support

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 1762, line 11: «The queen picks her husband and "led him nearer and nearer to his own country."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+1). Against it: the same doer «queen» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the boy effect his transformation into a common-looking man?

1. By twisting the right ear of the horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. By twisting the right ear of the horse three times — score 4
3. By pulling the left ear of the horse — no support
4. By twisting the right ear of the horse while singing a song — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1845, line 17: «What: in the far jungle the boy twists the horse's right ear, and Katar turns into a donkey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «twist» (+2); the same thing acted on «right ear» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what region did the horse convey the prince following his escape from the stable?

1. To a forest in a distant land — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. To a jungle in another country — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To a jungle in another country where he was safe — score -2
4. To a deep jungle in another country far away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1824, line 2: «The grateful old eagles carry him to the palm garden of sleeping genii, where he knocks over six water pots and snatches the little green parrot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «prince» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did the horse perform upon receiving the child from Suri's hands?

1. He ate him — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. He carried the boy away — score 0
3. He kicked the boy out — score 0
4. He swallowed the boy — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1050, line 6: «Who: Fionn, Chief of the Fianna, is the one who finds the boy, and the five wise hounds are Bran, Sceo'lan and their three whelps.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «one» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «boy» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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