Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a clever trick, a cruel princess punished, and a happy ending

Tests: 0 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1854 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 ✗

So did the prince really stick snow in his eyes, like, for real?

1. Yeah, to fake crying at Gulizar's wedding feast with all the court watching — no support
2. Yeah, to make her feel sorry — score 5
3. Yeah, to fake crying at Gulizar's — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, to look sad at the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1854, line 8: «What: the vizier's son tells the prince to put snow in his eyes so he will "weep" and seem sad.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «seem» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why did the vizier's son make the princess drink wine?

1. To make her sleep it off — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. To knock her out cold — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Cause she's mean — no support
4. To get her drunk — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1854, line 14: «Why: the king is angry about the theft and "caused proclamation" to be made throughout the city.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the princess got burnt on her back with a shovel? Ouch, mate!

1. Nah, it was the king who ordered the burn marks on her back — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yep, he burned her with iron — score 3
3. Yep, the prince branded her back with a red-hot shovel from the kitchen fire — score -2
4. Yep, the prince branded her — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1847, line 3: «He shows the King that his six brothers-in-law have the red-hot pice mark on their backs, so they are thieves and are ashamed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «red hot pice mark» (+3); the same place «backs» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, did the kotwal believe the fakir's ghoul story straight away?

1. Nah, he locked the fakir up in the cage for a whole week — no support
2. Nah, he asked for proof — no support
3. Yeah, he believed every word and ordered the prince killed at once — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Nah, he went to the king — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1775, line 4: «On the drive back he pretends to be amazed, and his wife is so sure the fish and the hare are wonders that she believes him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «story» (+3); the same action «believe» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how much did the prince try to sell the necklace for?

1. Like two hundred thousand rupees in gold coins, bruv, no joke at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fifty thousand rupees, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fifty thousand rupees to the first goldsmith he met, bruv — no support
4. Forty thousand rupees, bruv — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the vizier's son was a fakir the whole time, right? Sick disguise!

1. Yeah, a bright sultan cloak — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, a holy man costume — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, a fancy beggar outfit — no support
4. Yeah, a full holy man costume with ashes and a fake beard and staff — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the king actually ban the prince from coming home? Harsh, man!

1. Nah, he forgave him and threw a big party in the garden for him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, he told him to leave — score 2
3. Yeah, he banned him from the palace and took back his horse entirely — score 2
4. Nah, he said don't come back — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 175, line 5: «Later the dervish becomes Sultan, forgives the envious man, and the genius turns the narrator into a monkey who lands on a ship.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «envious man» (+3); the same action «forgive» (+2). Against it: the same doer «dervish» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the princess really a ghoul, or is that just the fakir's lie?

1. She really was a ghoul, the fakir just told the truth about her — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. It was a lie, obvs — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. She was a ghoul, yeah — no support
4. It was real, honestly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 427, line 1: «The youngest prince has just been pulled up out of the underground world, and a princess is ready to tell the truth about him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «truth» (+3); the same action «tell» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who rescued the princess from the cage, the prince or the fakir?

1. Just the fakir, honestly — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. The prince, fam — score 8
3. The prince did it, bruv — score 1
4. Both of them together, fam — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1653, line 8: «Where: the storm hit far from the shore, and they were rescued below their "father's castle".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rescue» (+6); the same thing acted on «princes» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the robbers' tower got smashed, yeah? Did they keep the stuff?

1. Nah, they flattened it but gave all the loot back to the merchants — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yep, wrecked it and grabbed the gold — score 2
3. Yep, flattened it, took the loot, and built a new house on the spot — score 2
4. Yep, flattened it and took the loot — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1125, line 2: «Robbers arrive, light a fire, and start boiling supper under the tree, and then Ivan drops the millstone into their cauldron, so they run off and leave their l…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «loot» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «robbers» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the princess sorry for being mean to the vizier's son?

1. Yeah, she cried and said sorry — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Nah, she laughed at him — score 0
3. Yeah, she said sorry, a bit — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Nah, she never said sorry and kept on being mean to him after — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1685, line 15: «The Princess breaks the rule when she "said MORE THAN THREE WORDS", so the stove vanishes "over a mountain of glass and sharp swords".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «three words» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the prince and Gulizar get married? Like, did it actually happen?

1. Yep, they got hitched — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, sort of — no support
3. Nah, they didn't — no support
4. Nope, she ran away — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1479, line 12: «The Prince runs away from the lake because he wants to forget "his terrible ugliness," but he falls into "a deep pit which had been made to trap bears."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run away» (+2); the same property (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how did the prince end up as king? Was he just lucky or what?

1. He became a favourite at court and then ruled the whole kingdom wisely — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He was a favourite, sort of — no support
3. He was just lucky and got the crown when his brothers all died — score 4
4. He became a favourite and ruled — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 1846, line 20: «Old word: "Rajas" were Indian kings who ruled their own lands; today the word is used mostly for history.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «indian kings» (+3); the same thing acted on «own lands» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the means by which the vizier's son's plan to deceive the king was carried out?

1. Through a string of staged tricks built on a made-up tale of a demon spirit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Through a sequence of staged deceptions involving a fabricated tale of a ghoul — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Through a secret potion only — score -1
4. By a simple disguise and a lie — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1254, line 12: «So he makes the young man join the army, and he pays the old mother "a pension large enough to keep her in comfort".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «young man» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the precise consequence for the princess once the burn upon her back had been formally verified by the palace servants.

1. Once the burn was verified, the palace servants bound her and delivered her to the fakir, who then punished her severely as he had directed earlier — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She was delivered to the fakir for punishment as he directed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She was handed to the fakir for punishment and then locked in a cage in the palace for a full year afterwards — score 2
4. She was handed over to the fakir to be punished as he ordered — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1854, line 4: «The king finds the burn on his daughter's back, and she is locked in a cage by the grave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «burn» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the outcome of the prince's return to his native land, with reference to his relations with his father the king.

1. He was reconciled with his father and permitted to take up residence in the city — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He was welcomed back by his father and allowed to settle in the capital — score 2
3. He was reconciled with his father after a long dispute, was permitted to reside in the city, and was granted lands, gold, and a seat in the royal council — score 3
4. He was reconciled with his father the king and permitted to take up residence in the city, where he later became a great favourite of the court and people — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1853, line 15: «Gulizar is afraid of losing the prince, but he says he must return at night to his friend, who helped him find her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately characterises the function of the vizier's son within the narrative as a whole?

1. He is the cunning helper whose plotting brings the prince his victory — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. He serves as the king's chief adviser who guides the prince's fortune — score -1
3. He is a supporting figure who mostly watches events unfold, with little direct influence on the prince's eventual success or the plot's outcome overall — no support
4. He is the principal strategist whose counsel secures the prince's success — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1761, line 20: «Old word: a "heathen" was someone who did not follow the faith of the storyteller's people; today the word sounds old-fashioned and is rarely used.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «word» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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