--- title: Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1311 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 14 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1311-pg3454-part36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1311 # Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit **Tests:** 3 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1311 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} bro, did she grab that shiny pile the snakes offered? - **1.** yeah, she took the lot — no support - **2.** yeah, she grabbed it all and kept the shiny pile for later — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** nah, she grabbed it — score 1 - **4.** nah, she shoved it away and only wanted the ring and casket — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 677, line 3: «The old woman snaps a twig, so Wildrose slides down to show her, and the old woman grabs her and runs off with her over her shoulders.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+2); the same action «grab» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} so the ring, does it just do whatever u say? - **1.** yeah, tell it food or clothes or a house or anything else and it sorts it out straight away — no support - **2.** yeah, tell it food or clothes or a house and it sorts it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** nah, u gotta say the magic word first and then it works — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** yeah, just tell it what u need, food or clothes or a house, and it sorts it no questions asked — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1073, line 20: «Old word: "apologise" means to say sorry; today we say it the same way, and the king wants to apologise to Tibraide'.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} wait, how did the house get built so fast lol - **1.** the ring built it — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** the snakes sent builders over during the night — no support - **3.** the ring just built it when she told it, like magic — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** a crew of workmen came overnight and built it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1027, line 8: «why: The house was built from the stones of Marck Stig's castle, which "was obliged to be pulled down."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «house» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} did the neighbours believe the stories about the rich lady? - **1.** they thought she was a spirit from the sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** nah, not really — no support - **3.** yeah, kinda — no support - **4.** they made up loads of stories about her — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 298, line 15: «The neighbours think the old house is "that old decayed thing" and do not want it in their street.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «neighbours» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} why'd the king wanna go inside that house? - **1.** he reckoned a gang of plotters might be hiding in it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** he was curious lol — score -1 - **3.** he suspected the snakes had sent a spy inside it — no support - **4.** he wanted to see her — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1311, line 12: «Why the king comes: he thinks the lady may be "a gang of conspirators who want to get possession of my throne".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} what was she wearing so nobody could see her face? - **1.** a plain shawl — **← Mova's choice** · score -3 - **2.** a heavy silk hood pulled down low — no support - **3.** a mask of painted wood — no support - **4.** a veil of golden gauze round her head — **✓ 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 1154, line 13: «The witch has a "magic mirror" that lets her see the princess in her gardens, wearing "a dress of green silk."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} ok but the brother, where was he and what was he doing? - **1.** waving the peacock fan over the king's head — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** guarding the door of the house — score 2 - **3.** waving the peacock fan over the king's head while the flies settled on his hair — **← Mova's choice** · score 11 - **4.** waving the peacock fan over the king's and prince's heads all through the tale — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1311, line 15: «The brother's post: he must wave the peacock fan, because the royal guards would seize him if he deserted.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wave» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same thing acted on «peacock fan» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} the flies, did the king notice them landing on the bro's hair? - **1.** nah, no — no support - **2.** yeah, he swatted them — score 1 - **3.** nah, he just kept on listening — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** nah, he was too into the tale to see — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1290, line 5: «The giant goes out, the queen washes the threshold stones, and the king keeps hidden among the horses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} when did the prince finally lose it and jump up? - **1.** once she reached the scene by the tall river bank — score 3 - **2.** when she got to the part about the snakes — score 3 - **3.** when she got to the bit where she sat crying in the tree and called for her brother — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **4.** when she got to the bit where she sat crying in the tree — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 256, line 6: «fact: Who: the youngest prince, poor Jack, whom the bear calls "my brother", and Jubal, who is really a man in disguise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} so was she actually dead like they said? - **1.** nope, she was alive and well, and so was the boy, who had been sleeping by the well — score 7 - **2.** nope, she had only been hiding in the house — no support - **3.** nope, she was alive, and so was the boy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** nope, she was alive, and so was the boy, though everyone in the town had sworn otherwise — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1309, line 15: «What he says to his parents: "no other woman pleases me as well, even though she has but one hand!"», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+4); the same doer «other woman» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} what did she want done with her bro in the end? - **1.** send him to the sea — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** hang him by the gate — no support - **3.** put him out of the town — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** have him sent to the sea shore — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} right, so what's the Djulung story about then? - **1.** seven sisters on an island, and the youngest bunks off her wood job — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** seven sisters on a boat, and the eldest runs off to the sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** seven sisters on an island — score 1 - **4.** six brothers in a forest, and the youngest skips her chores — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1146, line 8: «Where: the story moves from the sea to Dhiurradh, then to Erin, then to France, and back to Erin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «story» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} which sister got the worst job, the wood one? - **1.** yep, the youngest had to cut and carry the wood — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yep, the eldest had to fetch the water home — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **3.** yep, the youngest had to cut and carry the wood while the others lounged about at home — no support - **4.** yep, the youngest had to cut and carry the wood across the island every single day — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 467, line 1: «Emilian is the fool of three brothers, and his sisters-in-law send him off to fetch water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «water» (+3). Against it: the same action «fetch» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14} the fish she caught, what was it like? - **1.** rainbow-coloured, it flashed loads of colours — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** rainbow-coloured, it flashed loads of colours in the sun and glowed when she lifted it — no support - **3.** dull grey with a black fin and spots — no support - **4.** rainbow-coloured, it flashed loads of colours and sparkled like a glass bead in the water — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/t14/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} What did the king's son do when he recognised his wife? - **1.** He ran off to find help — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** He sprang forward and declared that the woman was his wife — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** He sprang forward and claimed the king had lied to him about her — score 4 - **4.** He stepped back and told the court she was a stranger to him — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1309, line 4: «A prince out shooting birds feels a salty tear fall on his face, finds her, and carries her home in a curtained litter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «find» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} How did the brother's situation oblige him to remain at his post? - **1.** He would have been seized by the royal guards had he deserted — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** He had sworn an oath that the guards would enforce on his family — no support - **3.** He would have been seized by the royal guards had he deserted his post during the tale — score 4 - **4.** He would have been seized by the royal guards and executed had he deserted his post at the gate — 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 933, line 7: «What he wants: to learn where the garden of paradise is, but "not a word could he find to explain the situation of the garden of paradise."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); the same thing acted on «situation» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What did the wife request in respect of her brother's punishment? - **1.** That he be hanged at the city gate — score 2 - **2.** That he be expelled from the town and his property be seized — score 2 - **3.** That he be expelled from the town — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** That he be expelled from the town and forbidden to ever return to the kingdom — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1167, line 13: «The king says "I committed a crime" and gives back the real table, with his daughter as Jack's wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4); the same action «give back» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Which of the two gifts did the wife consent to receive from the snakes? - **1.** The ring and the casket — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** The casket — score 3 - **3.** The gold and the fan — score 3 - **4.** The cup and the mirror — 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 1083, line 3: «He catches two partridges the same way, and the King is pleased with the gifts and sends money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/e4/) - ← previous: [1309. Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1309-pg3454-part34/) - next →: [1312. Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a g…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1312-pg3454-part37/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)