Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a friend is revived, and a saint asks for a baby's blood
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 722 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, did the king seriously try to poison the prince's bff?
- 1. fr, the king was super salty about the whole thing so he secretly dropped poison in the prince's drink at bedtime — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, the king just gave him a sleepy drink at dinner — no support
- 3. lowkey yes, he put poison in the friend's cup — no support
- 4. fr, the king was salty and dropped poison in his drink — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, so the friend just came back from the dead?
- 1. nah, he never really died at all — no support
- 2. nah, he was dead but the prince prayed him back — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. kinda, he was just knocked out — no support
- 4. lowkey yes, he was only in a deep sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 722, line 12: «fact: The friend is "not really dead, but only in a deep sleep," so he wakes after the prayer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
why'd the prince even give up his own baby??
- 1. cause the holy man told him to — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. cause the prince wanted to be a hero in the eyes of everyone, the king, the queen, and the whole city — score 7
- 3. cause the saint said it was a sign of faith — score 7
- 4. cause he swore to treat his friend like a brother — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 703, line 2: «At the chief herdsman's house the youth gets a bed and is given two hundred pigs to mind.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
ngl that's kinda wild, what happened after the holy man showed up?
- 1. the holy man vanished in a cloud of smoke and the king was banished from the city forever after that night — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. the baby was alive and smiling in the cradle — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. the queen fainted on the floor — no support
- 4. the friend woke up and ate lunch — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 573, line 12: «Brer Wolf says "Joe's dead en Sal's a widder" to show how important the trap is to him.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brer» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
was the friend really running after the prince the whole way?
- 1. nah, he rode a horse — score 5
- 2. yeah, he ran day and night on foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. nah, he stopped to rest a lot — score 5
- 4. yeah, he rode all the way home — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 722, line 5: «The poor friend runs after the prince on foot, then a holy man saves him with the baby's blood.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «foot» (+4); the same action «run» (+2); the same doer «poor friend» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's the vibe with the king in this story?
- 1. kinda cool, he helped everyone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. honestly super shady, he lied to the prince, poisoned his guest, sent him away, and then tried to marry him to his daughter — no support
- 3. super shady, he tried to trick the friend — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. super shady, he tried to poison the friend and then tricked the prince into leaving without him at dawn — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
who's St. James supposed to be, fam?
- 1. a wise old doctor — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a traveling holy monk — no support
- 3. a holy man who helps true friends — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the apostle who shows up at the end to bless the family and arrange everything in the castle for good — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
did the prince chill at the castle forever?
- 1. nah, he went back to his city with the king — score 5
- 2. nah, he went home with his wife and friend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. yeah, he stayed and ruled — score 5
- 4. nah, he went to the king's hall — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 227, line 6: «Who: Sultan Kosrouschah, who loved "putting on a disguise and seeking adventures" in his city.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «sultan» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
why did the king want the prince to stay?
- 1. so he could marry his daughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. to save money — score 7
- 3. to make the friend jealous — score 7
- 4. for the feast — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 198, line 10: «Why the prince is locked up: his father wanted him to marry, and "on the prince's refusal to obey he has been imprisoned in an old tower."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did the friend's vow have to do with it all?
- 1. he wanted a horse of his own — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. he had sworn an oath to St. James that he would visit the shrine, marry his cousin, and never break a promise — score 6
- 3. he promised to travel with him — score 6
- 4. he swore to finish the trip together — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 43, line 3: «The Rat asks the Mole to tell him all about his house, and the Mole forgets his sadness: this came from an aunt, that was a bargain, this other thing he saved…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «need» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
how'd the queen feel when her son came back?
- 1. she was angry — no support
- 2. she laughed and hugged him — score 1
- 3. she almost died of joy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. she was sad and quiet — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 697, line 5: «Then the queen dies, and her son Sigurd and daughter Lineik begin the story of The Three Robes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
was the baby okay at the very end?
- 1. no, she was dead — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yes, she slept in her cradle — no support
- 3. yeah, she was smiling up at them — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, she was fine and 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following describes the action by which the king's son restores his friend to life, according to the text?
- 1. He opens the veins of his infant daughter and smears her blood upon the wounds of the sick man. — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. He takes his infant daughter to the holy shrine, asks St. James to heal her, and then offers her body to the saint as a sacrifice before the altar. — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 3. He cuts his own veins and spreads his blood upon the dying friend's wounds at the altar. — score 3
- 4. He burns incense and waits beside the sleeping man at the shrine for three days. — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 586, line 15: «The old man tells how Uncle Jeems's gun made the rabbit jump up on "a toom stone," and how he took it for a ghost and went home.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «man» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which statement most accurately identifies the agent by whom the poisoning of the friend was instigated?
- 1. The queen, acting alone. — score 5
- 2. The steward of the castle. — no support
- 3. The king's advisor, who wished the prince's friend to be removed from court. — no support
- 4. The king, who sought to secure his daughter's marriage to the prince. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 722, line 7: «fact: WHAT: The king poisons the friend because he thinks the friend will keep the prince from going home.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following best states the principal reason the king dispatched the friend upon a distant errand?
- 1. To reward him. — no support
- 2. To test his loyalty. — no support
- 3. He hoped the friend would die on the long road to the north. — score -4
- 4. He intended to injure the friend by sending him far away. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 703, line 6: «The youth's father is the one who turns him out, because he is "so lazy and stupid" and will not work.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+3); the same doer «one» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «father» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the conclusion of the narrative with respect to the holy man's instruction?
- 1. St. James commanded the whole household to pray every morning at the shrine, to share their wealth with the poor, and to send word to him if any hardship ever came. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. St. James ordered the king to build a shrine and never to poison anyone again in the future. — score -1
- 3. St. James bade the company live happily together and summon him should misfortune approach. — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. St. James urged the prince to govern justly and forget all the wicked deeds of the king. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 676, line 15: «Old word "heralds": men sent out to announce the ruler's news and orders; today we say messengers or announcers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send out» (+3); the same thing acted on «men» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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