--- title: Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun and Laili, part 12: the old woman… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1828 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 tests right, exam 0 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/1828-pg7128-part12/) [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/) / 1828 # Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun and Laili, part 12: the old woman proves she is Laili, and Laili saves Majnun's life after the wicked Raja kills him **Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1828 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/1828-pg7128-part12/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} ok so who was the little dog really? - **1.** the Raja's trained hunting dog from the garden — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a jungle fox — no support - **3.** the fakir's spirit wearing a dog's skin disguise — no support - **4.** Laili, no cap — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1828-pg7128-part12/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} was Majnun actually scared of the old woman? - **1.** nah, he thought she was a lovely old lady — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** nah, not really — no support - **3.** yeah, dead scared — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** yeah, a bit wary — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1827, line 15: «Why Majnun ran: he thought the old woman was "a Rakshas or a demon" that would eat them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+5); the same doer «majnun» (+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/1828-pg7128-part12/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} lol who got turned to ash in the jungle? - **1.** Laili, the poor thing — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** the poor fakir too — score 4 - **3.** the Raja and all his soldiers in the garden — score 4 - **4.** the fakir, who was sneaky and cruel — no support **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 954, line 14: «A lizard runs through the holes of his empty skull, and then the skull "became dust among dust."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+4); the same thing acted on «dust» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1828-pg7128-part12/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} when Laili's in the fruit, what's she wearing? - **1.** nothing at all, mate — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** some jewels and gold — no support - **3.** the old woman's shawl and her gold bangles — no support - **4.** a sari of red silk with golden threads — 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/1828-pg7128-part12/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} wait, why did Majnun pass out on the floor? - **1.** cos a jinn had cursed him that very morning in the garden — no support - **2.** cos she was proper gorgeous — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** cos the fruit was rotten and stank of smoke — no support - **4.** cos the fruit smelled rank — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1828, line 11: «Why: Laili wants Majnun to open the fruit alone, so nobody else sees her without clothes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «majnun» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/1828-pg7128-part12/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} did Laili actually bring him back to life? - **1.** yeah, with some milk — no support - **2.** yeah, but only after the king's doctors gave up — no support - **3.** nah, the fakir brought him back with powder — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **4.** yeah, with her own blood — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 1635, line 13: «Hard word: "ransom" means buying back your life by paying money, which is why the prince offers his money to the host.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hard word» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-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/1828-pg7128-part12/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} who was the baddie in the garden? - **1.** Chumman Basa, the sus Raja — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** the fakir who threw the powder at her — no support - **3.** the sus old fakir — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** the sneaky old Dantal — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 954, line 19: «Old word: "cloister" means a covered walk around a convent garden, and it is still the name for that place today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «old word» (+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/1828-pg7128-part12/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} what was Laili's knife like, ngl? - **1.** tiny, then it turned into a golden spear — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** sharp, then blunt — no support - **3.** silver and tiny, then massive enough for a Raja's neck — no support - **4.** tiny, then massive — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1828-pg7128-part12/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} how did Chumman Basa end up, honestly? - **1.** headless, gutted — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** fled, then banned — no support - **3.** dead — no support - **4.** gone — 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/1828-pg7128-part12/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} so did the wedding have a proper do? - **1.** yeah, drums, feasts and a whole week of dancing — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** yeah, drums and feasts — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** yeah, a small party — no support - **4.** yeah, a quiet dance — 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/1828-pg7128-part12/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} was the King in on the fruit thing? - **1.** nah, Majnun found it alone — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** no, the old woman did it — score 1 - **3.** nah, he was furious and sent Majnun into exile — no support - **4.** yeah, he told him to open it — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1161, line 9: «What: The king loves to collect "the rarest things he could find," so he falls into the brothers' trap at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1828-pg7128-part12/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} what did Majnun say when he woke up, lol? - **1.** what a delightful sleep, mate, that was wild — no support - **2.** what a belting kip — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** what a lovely sleep — score 3 - **4.** where the heck am I, what happened, Laili? — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1828, line 3: «Majnun says he will marry her only if she becomes a young girl again, and she tells him to fetch a red fruit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1828-pg7128-part12/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} wait, is the story still going? - **1.** yeah, but it's late — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** nah, it's over — score 3 - **3.** nope, the end — no support - **4.** yeah, Majnun wants more — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 1159, line 7: «Where: the story begins "Far away over the sea of the West", in the land of Lochlann, and later the wild Old Bergen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «story» (+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/1828-pg7128-part12/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which statement accurately describes the manner in which Laili was restored to youthful form? - **1.** She emerged naked from a cracked red fruit opened by her husband — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** Majnun opened a large red fruit in the garden and she stepped out naked, restoring her youth as the fakir had promised long before. — no support - **3.** She emerged unclothed from a ripe red fruit cut open by Majnun — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** After the old woman's spell wore off, Laili was reborn when Majnun cut open a ripe red fruit, and she emerged completely unclothed. — 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 1828, line 10: «Where: The red fruit grows in the garden, and Laili says she will be "quite naked" inside it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «laili» (-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/1828-pg7128-part12/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which statement accurately describes the outcome of Laili's encounter with Chumman Basa? - **1.** Having been warned by a glance, she slew the Raja with a hidden blade and later revived her husband by applying her own blood to his wound with care. — score -4 - **2.** She slew the Raja with a concealed blade after he attempted to kill her husband, then revived him with her blood. — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** She slew the Raja with a hidden dagger and fled the garden — no support - **4.** She slew the Raja with a concealed blade and revived her husband — **✓ the right answer** · score -4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1828, line 12: «Why: Laili says Chumman Basa wants to kill her husband "to seize me", so she warns him to stay away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+2); the same thing acted on «husband» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «chumman» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1828-pg7128-part12/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which statement correctly identifies the substance Laili used to restore Majnun to life? - **1.** Water from the garden well — no support - **2.** Herbs ground by the fakir — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **3.** Blood drawn from her own finger — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Milk from a cow — score -1 **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 646, line 18: «Old word: "camphor" is a strong-smelling white substance that was put in wardrobes to keep moths away, and "borax" is a white powder used for cleaning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «smelling white substance» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-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/1828-pg7128-part12/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which statement accurately describes Majnun's reaction upon first seeing the transformed Laili? - **1.** He shouted for the guards to help — no support - **2.** He fainted backwards onto the floor — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He collapsed onto the marble floor with a loud cry the moment the fruit split open before him — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **4.** He bowed and kissed her hand — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1735, line 20: «Old word: "beheld" means saw or looked at, so "beheld the most beautiful woman" means he saw her, and we say "saw" now.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). 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/1828-pg7128-part12/e4/) - ← previous: [1827. Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun, part 11: L…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1827-pg7128-part11/) - next →: [1829. Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1829-pg7128-part13/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)