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title: Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the cran… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1826 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.
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish

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**Tests:** 3 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1826 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.

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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/1826-pg7128-part10/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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oi mate, did the crab just trick that crane or what??

- **1.** nah, he just got eaten lol — score -9
- **2.** nah the crane tricked the crab right back lol — score -5
- **3.** yeah he said "my grip is famous" and the crane believed him — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **4.** yeah he said "famous grip" and the crane was like sure lol — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 437, line 14: «The doves talk: "Give me some curds, too, Dovey!" says the mate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). Against it: the same doer «mate» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruv, so who even is Majnun in this, like proper

- **1.** the prince who is a bit of a bore, honestly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** some random dude lol — no support
- **3.** the prince with the white teeth and red lips, dead handsome — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the king's son with a big nose, kinda rich — no support

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**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/1826-pg7128-part10/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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wait, why does Laili keep going on about Majnun non-stop

- **1.** cos Khuda told her in a dream she has to marry him — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** cos Khuda told her in a dream she has to marry him, and she has to find him no matter what — score 5
- **3.** cos her dad made her promise to marry him lol — no support
- **4.** cos the fakir told her to wait for him — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**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 1826, line 14: «Why does Laili keep saying "Majnun"? She believes "Khuda has ordered me to marry no one but Majnun."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «order» (+2); the same receiver «laili» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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how long did Laili walk about for, like proper long???

- **1.** a few years, mate, mad — no support
- **2.** twelve days, mate, mad — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** twelve years, mate, mad — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** twelve years, mate, mad, and she never gave up once on the road — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1807, line 2: «Still not convinced, the mother and son set one more trap, so the genius walks the princess round the garden, urging her to pick flowers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «walk» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, 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/1826-pg7128-part10/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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and the fakir was just a random dude in the road?

- **1.** nah, he was actually an angel, she just didn't clock it, so he told her the journey was far — no support
- **2.** yeah, just some old bloke she met — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** nah, he was actually an angel, she just didn't clock it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** yeah, he was a normal old man — score 1

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**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 1819, line 19: «Hard words: a "fakir" is a holy man who lives on gifts, "Khuda" is an old name for God in Persian and Urdu speaking lands, and a "tank" is a pond or water stor…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fakir» (+1). The right option, 3, 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/1826-pg7128-part10/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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whatt, the fish had a demon in its belly??

- **1.** yeah a Rakshas, the crow said so and bolted — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** nah just a crow, it flew off fast — no support
- **3.** yeah a Rakshas, the crow said so and bolted straight out of the fish's mouth — no support
- **4.** yeah a tiger, the crow said so lol — no support

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**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/1826-pg7128-part10/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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did the jackal go down the fish's throat too?

- **1.** yeah, and he came straight back up scared — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** yeah, and he came straight back up scared and never went near that fish again — no support
- **3.** yeah, he went all the way down and then came straight back up quite scared — score 1
- **4.** yeah, and he ran off the other way — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1164, line 15: «What: when the lion asks who taught him such wisdom, the jackal answers "The fate of the hyena" and runs off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run off» (+5); the same doer «jackal» (+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/1826-pg7128-part10/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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so the crane just let the crab go in the end?

- **1.** nah he got his claws cut off — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nah he got his neck cut, dead gruesome — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** nah he got his neck cut, dead gruesome, and the crab walked off happy — no support
- **4.** nah he got his neck cut, dead gruesome, and the tree's genius sang about it — no support

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**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/1826-pg7128-part10/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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what's a plaudit, is that like a stupid word???

- **1.** nah it means applause, like clapping for someone — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** nah it means applause, like clapping for someone who did something really good — score 5
- **3.** yeah it means a rude word, kinda — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** nah it's a type of fish, mate — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1814, line 19: «Old word: "Palfrey" means a gentle riding horse, used by ladies, and "wroth" means very angry; today we would say a pony or a horse, and cross or furious.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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bro what's a lotus-stalk, sounds like a snack

- **1.** yeah it's a sweet snack, the crane ate loads of it at the pond — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nah it's a flower the crab sat on by the pond water — no support
- **3.** nah it's a plant stem, the crab cut through the crane's neck like that — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** nah it's a plant stem, the crab cut through the crane's neck like that, cleanly and quickly — no support

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**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/1826-pg7128-part10/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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did the Genius of the tree just like shout at them or what

- **1.** nah he sang a verse in a nice voice — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** nah he sat and watched quietly — no support
- **3.** nah he sang a verse in a nice voice, praising the crab and the crane both — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** nah he sang a verse in a nice voice and then flew off into the sky — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 177, line 6: «Who: the princess, daughter of the Sultan, fights the genius, who is "son of the daughter of Eblis".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «genius» (+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/1826-pg7128-part10/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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the crab's face when the crane asked for mercy, lol?

- **1.** he didn't care, he just cut the neck anyway and then went home happy — score 6
- **2.** he was quite sorry, so he stopped — no support
- **3.** he didn't care, he just cut the neck anyway — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** he laughed and then let him go — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 312, line 16: «"Like the faces on a bad coinage" compares memories to worn coins, whose faces are hard to make out; "coinage" means money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make out» (+5); the same doer «faces» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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wait, what's a Wazir anyway, is it like a teacher

- **1.** nah, he's like a minister who helps the king with all the laws and the state — score 3
- **2.** yeah, he's a guard who fights — no support
- **3.** nah, he's like a minister who helps the king — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** nah, he's a cook for the king — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1146, line 17: «Old word: "bide" means to stay or wait, so "bide yet a while" means "wait a little longer."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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so Prince Majnun just left Laili, like proper mean

- **1.** he left for a far land the next day — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** nah he was sent away by her dad — score 8
- **3.** he left the country that night, she never knew till later — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** nah, he stayed with her — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1765, line 7: «What: the prince must carry a hay-rick and leave "not a stalk in the meadow" in one single day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+5); the same property (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/t14/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which character, having deceived the crane, cut through its neck with a view to securing his own preservation?

- **1.** Crow — no support
- **2.** The fish — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** The crab — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** Jackal — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1444, line 1: «The Prince promises to fetch the Master-maid, but at home he ignores everyone and goes straight to the stable.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). 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/1826-pg7128-part10/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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In what manner did Laili, in pursuit of the prince, come to be conveyed across the river by the Rohu fish?

- **1.** By hitching a ride on a boat — no support
- **2.** By entering its stomach while it yawned — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** By swimming beside it when it slept — score -1
- **4.** By swimming across — no support

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**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 1765, line 1: «The prince carries a huge haystack to the shed by making the white horse drag it, using one magic word.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «one magic word» (+1). Against it: 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/1826-pg7128-part10/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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What was the nature of the verse delivered by the Genius of the Varana-tree upon witnessing the conclusion of the crab's enterprise?

- **1.** A poem praising the crab's cleverness — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A poem praising the crab's cleverness, sung softly from the high branches of the tree — no support
- **3.** A poem praising the crab's cleverness and warning all cranes to stay away — no support
- **4.** A song mocking the crane's pride — no support

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**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/1826-pg7128-part10/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Upon what grounds did the jackal decline to remain within the Rohu fish once he had perceived the Rakshas?

- **1.** He feared he would be drowned — score -1
- **2.** He was bored — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** He feared he would be devoured — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** He was afraid of the water — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1687, line 18: «fact: "Melancholy" is an old word for gloomy or sad, so the two soldiers who stay where they are are the unhappy ones.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «two soldiers» (-1). 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/1826-pg7128-part10/e4/)

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