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# Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangazara is revived, the king repents, and Harisarman gets a magic name

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**Tests:** 6 of 15 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 19 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1832 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/1832-pg7128-part16/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Yo, who even chucked water on the dead dudes?

- **1.** the king — score 0
- **2.** Gangazara — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Harisarman — score -2
- **4.** some guy — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1831, line 13: «How: Gangazara gets water by having rats bring wet clothes, and he "will squeeze them and gather water for drink".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «water» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «gangazara» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1832-pg7128-part16/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bruh, why did the king bench the goldsmith's whole story?

- **1.** because the tigers had spoken and the goldsmith had confessed to everything — score -4
- **2.** he thought the hunters were liars — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** he believed the goldsmith's lie and wanted revenge on Gangazara — score 1
- **4.** he believed the goldsmith's lie — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1832, line 9: «fact: Why: the king cursed the day he believed the goldsmith, and the tiger king said, "How can we expect justice from such a stupid king as that?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+2). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). 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/1832-pg7128-part16/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Lol, what did the king offer Gangazara, the whole thing or nah?

- **1.** his son and half the realm — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** his daughter and the kingdom — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** a hundred cows and a horse — score 4
- **4.** the throne, the city and his own life — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1832, line 3: «explain: The king repents, offers his daughter and the whole kingdom, and Gangazara asks only for a gathering.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «offer» (+3); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1832-pg7128-part16/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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No cap, where did everyone gather when the tigers rolled up?

- **1.** a wood near the town — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** the temple — score -2
- **3.** a field by the river — score -2
- **4.** the palace — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1143, line 16: «Where: The cap goes to the knight's castle, and the youngest daughter sits by her window, where a hanging tree stands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cap» (+1). Against it: the same place «castle» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1832-pg7128-part16/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Fr, what time was it when Gangazara sat there thinking?

- **1.** dusk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** eve — no support
- **3.** day — no support
- **4.** sunrise — 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/1832-pg7128-part16/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Lowkey sus, why did the people start running from the tigers?

- **1.** the tigers had attacked their village animals — score -4
- **2.** they thought the tigers were the king's men — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **3.** tigers hunt — no support
- **4.** they were scared — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1831, line 10: «Why: the goldsmith betrays his friend, though he "knew full well that it was a tiger that killed the king".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «tiger» (-1); the same thing acted on «king» (-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/1832-pg7128-part16/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Bro, what did the goldsmith actually say to the king?

- **1.** that Gangazara killed his dad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** he lied — score 4
- **3.** that he stole gold — score 4
- **4.** that Gangazara robbed the king — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 742, line 5: «The king gives in and marries him to his daughter, but when the queen overhears him talking in his sleep, the men sent to kill him run away in fear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3); the same doer «men» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1832-pg7128-part16/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Ngl, who did Gangazara's bro end up praying to?

- **1.** the elephant god with the broken tusk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Shiva — no support
- **3.** Indra — no support
- **4.** Ganesa — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1832-pg7128-part16/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Wait, what day was the bro's big visit to the temple?

- **1.** a Friday — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the sacred day after the full moon — no support
- **3.** a Tuesday — no support
- **4.** a Thursday — 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/1832-pg7128-part16/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Yo, what did the Ganas do with the body, like seriously?

- **1.** devoured it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** left it alone — no support
- **3.** took it to Benares for a funeral — no support
- **4.** carried it off — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1832, line 12: «fact: Ganesa was the god of the elder brother, and his Ganas "devoured" the corpse instead of guarding it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ganas» (+2). Against it: the same action «devour» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1832-pg7128-part16/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Bruh, why did Ganesa look all awkward and embarrassed?

- **1.** the elder brother had mocked him in front of everyone — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the Ganas had teased him — no support
- **3.** the king had scolded him — no support
- **4.** the brother roasted him — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1832-pg7128-part16/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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No lie, what was Harisarman's whole deal in the village?

- **1.** a fool — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a rich merchant — no support
- **3.** a wandering holy monk — no support
- **4.** a poor, foolish Brahman — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1832-pg7128-part16/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Lol, why did Harisarman sneak off with the horse?

- **1.** to be rich — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** to look like a magic guy — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** to win the king's favor — no support
- **4.** for money — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1832, line 18: «fact: Old word "ghee" means clarified butter, a rich food that Harisarman hoped to fill himself with, and cooks still use it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+6). Against it: the same doer «harisarman» (-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/1832-pg7128-part16/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Fr fr, what did Harisarman tell his wife to tell the boss?

- **1.** that he had magic skills — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** that he had lost the horse — score -3
- **3.** that he is rich — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **4.** that he had learned magic from a hermit in the forest — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1832, line 18: «fact: Old word "ghee" means clarified butter, a rich food that Harisarman hoped to fill himself with, and cooks still use 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 «harisarman» (-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/1832-pg7128-part16/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15}

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Bro, what did the king do with Harisarman after the theft?

- **1.** locked him in a chamber — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** beat him — score 3
- **3.** exiled him from the town — score 3
- **4.** fined him — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1832, line 9: «fact: Why: the king cursed the day he believed the goldsmith, and the tiger king said, "How can we expect justice from such a stupid king as that?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); 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/1832-pg7128-part16/t15/)

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

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Which character was responsible for the revival of the dead bodies in the first part of the narrative?

- **1.** the king — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** Gangazara — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** the Brahman — no support
- **4.** Ganesa — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1825, line 21: «OLD WORDS: a "Jogi" is a wandering holy man who begs, "purblind" means nearly blind, and a "Bonga" is a spirit in village belief.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «jogi» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1832-pg7128-part16/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which action did the king undertake after receiving the accusation from the tiger king?

- **1.** He cursed the goldsmith and wept — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** He cursed himself, wept, repented and begged pardons from the tigers — score 4
- **3.** He repented, promised to rule justly and gave gifts to every temple in the kingdom — score 4
- **4.** He repented and promised to rule justly — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1832, line 9: «fact: Why: the king cursed the day he believed the goldsmith, and the tiger king said, "How can we expect justice from such a stupid king as that?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «curse» (+3); the same doer «king» (+1). 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/1832-pg7128-part16/e2/)

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

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Which god did the elder brother of Gangazara worship during the events described?

- **1.** Ganesa — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Shiva — no support
- **3.** Indra — no support
- **4.** the elephant-headed god of wisdom — 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/1832-pg7128-part16/e3/)

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

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Which reason is given in the text for Harisarman's decision to steal the horse?

- **1.** To acquire respect as a magician — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** To look like a magic man — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** For money — score -3
- **4.** To win the respect of his village — 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 -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1657, line 18: «OLD WORD: "Stablemen" were the men who looked after the king's horses, and "bristles" are the stiff hairs on a boar's back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-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/1832-pg7128-part16/e4/)

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