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title: Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur an… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan

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**Tests:** 6 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1842 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/1842-pg7128-part26/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, did Rasalu really smash all them seventy drums?

- **1.** Nah, he only bashed a few — no support
- **2.** Nah, he didn't touch them, the king's lads did it all — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** Yeah, he bashed every single one — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** Nah, not really — no support

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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 1842, line 1: «Rasalu smashes the seventy drums and seventy gongs, and the youngest Princess runs to her father in terror.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «seventy drums» (+1). Against it: the same doer «rasalu» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-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/1842-pg7128-part26/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Mate, why'd Rasalu chuck the sweets at the dog?

- **1.** Dog was annoying him — score -4
- **2.** He was just bored, innit — no support
- **3.** They were poisoned, innit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Cos the dog had bitten his mate, innit — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1842, line 10: «The sweets are poisoned, and when Rasalu throws them to the dog, "the dog died."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «poison» (+3); the same thing acted on «sweets» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Wicked, what did the cat beg him for?

- **1.** To save her kittens from the kiln — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** To save her kittens from the kiln and give them milk — no support
- **3.** Her kittens' lives — no support
- **4.** To feed her hungry kittens — 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/1842-pg7128-part26/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Proper gutted, what did the potter want before selling?

- **1.** To wait until the pots were burnt before he would name any price — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** To wait till the pots were burnt, then sell them to the king's men at double price — no support
- **3.** To wait till the pots were burnt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** To be paid before the firing — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1842, line 13: «The potter cannot name a fair price, because nobody knows "how many would come out whole" from the fire.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+3); the same doer «potter» (+2). Against it: the same action «name» (-2); the same thing acted on «fair price» (-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/1842-pg7128-part26/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Dude, what did Sarkap bet on the first game?

- **1.** His horse — score -5
- **2.** His two best horses — score -5
- **3.** His whole kingdom — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** His gold — score -5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1765, line 11: «The word "wolf" makes the horse go "off like the wind", dragging the whole hay-stack behind it to the shed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «word» (+5); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Bruv, which rat was Sarkap's cheating mate?

- **1.** Dhol — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Rat Mangal — no support
- **3.** Dhol Raja — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Raja — 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/1842-pg7128-part26/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Lol, what did the talking horse tell him?

- **1.** Ask the king for mercy — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Go home now and stick your hand in your pocket to pay the potter — no support
- **3.** Stick your hand in your pocket and pull out the gold — no support
- **4.** Stick your hand in your pocket — **✓ 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/1842-pg7128-part26/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Is it true the dice were made from dead men's bones?

- **1.** Nah, that's just a myth — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, that's the creepy bit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yeah, that's the creepy bit, and the rat was in on it too — no support
- **4.** Yeah, that's the gold bit — 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/1842-pg7128-part26/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Sick, what made the rat get scared off?

- **1.** The kitten watching by the window — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** The kitten sitting by the window and staring at it all night — score -1
- **3.** The kitten watching by the window while the horse stamped and neighed — score -1
- **4.** The king's guards at the door — no support

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**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 1842, line 18: «The dice were made from "dead men's bones", a grim warning Rasalu remembers only when the kitten begins to struggle.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «kitten» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Gutted for Sarkap, what happened to his head?

- **1.** He lost it in the last game to Rasalu at the chaupur table — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** He wagered it in the last game and lost it to the cat's kitten trick — score 7
- **3.** He was beheaded by the king — no support
- **4.** He lost it in the last game — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1651, line 1: «The youngest brother reads the king's notice about the princess and sets off for the castle, even though his two brothers have already lost their heads.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+5); the same thing acted on «heads» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Honest, what did Rasalu do with the baby?

- **1.** He hid her in an underground palace — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** He hid her in a secret underground palace beneath the hills — score 0
- **3.** He carried her to the river and hid her in an underground palace — score 0
- **4.** He sent her to the Murti Hills — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1823, line 5: «Disguised as a girl, the Prince throws his ring to his mother; Balna charms Punchkin into telling her his life hides in a far-off parrot, and the Prince leaves…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Mate, what sort of tree grew at the door?

- **1.** A tree — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** A mango tree — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** A banyan tree — score 2
- **4.** A young mango tree that blossomed after twelve years — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1822, line 7: «What: the Ranee wants the pomelo tree, which grows "by their mother's grave", and she gets it pulled up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Did he end up marrying the youngest princess?

- **1.** Nah, he married Kokilan — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, he wed the queen — no support
- **3.** Yeah, he married the youngest — no support
- **4.** Nah, he married Kokilan, the girl he hid under the hills — 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/1842-pg7128-part26/t13/)

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

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Which object did Raja Rasalu relinquish as a forfeit in the first game of chaupur?

- **1.** His golden crown — no support
- **2.** His shining armour and his royal horse Bhaunr — no support
- **3.** His royal horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** His shining armour — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 150, line 1: «The Father visits his two daughters, and the gardener's wife wants rain while the potter's wife wants dry sun, so he gives up praying for either.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+2). Against it: the same action «give up» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/e1/)

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

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What was the nature of the dice employed in the game of chaupur?

- **1.** Fashioned from the bones of the deceased — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Fashioned from the bones of the deceased, and polished bright with the king's oil — no support
- **3.** Carved from the bones of animals — no support
- **4.** Fashioned from the bones of the deceased men of the kingdom — 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/1842-pg7128-part26/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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To what end did the kitten keep watch at the window?

- **1.** To warn the sleeping king — no support
- **2.** To frighten off the rat Dhol Raja from the chaupur board — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** To deter the rat Dhol Raja — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **4.** To deter the rat Dhol Raja and keep the kittens safe from the kiln — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1842, line 5: «At chaupur, the kitten frightens off Sarkap's rat, Rasalu wins back his armour and horse, takes the King's head, spares him, and later marries Kokilan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «frighten off» (+2); the same thing acted on «rat» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/e3/)

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

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What undertaking did the King give at the conclusion of the game?

- **1.** To rule the land with mercy — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** To give up all his gold — score 2
- **3.** To forswear wagering another man's head — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** To quit gambling — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1761, line 15: «The king longs to "win all kinds of honour and glory" and sails "across the seas" to a distant country.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-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/1842-pg7128-part26/e4/)

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