Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypress, part 8: the prince wins a wish and the king starts his tale
Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1207 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.
Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what's the prince's one wish, like, for real?
- 1. To find what the cypress did — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To know what the rose did to the cypress, and why it still matters — no support
- 3. To know what the rose did to the cypress — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To know the rose — 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
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, who got the dog's posh leftovers?
- 1. The king ate them, poor thing — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Gul — no support
- 3. Gul did — no support
- 4. Gul ate them, poor thing — ✓ the right answer · score 4
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 1207, line 3: «The king makes a dog eat fine food while his wife Gul, in chains, is beaten and then made to eat the dog's leftovers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same thing acted on «leftovers» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, what did Gul's tears turn into?
- 1. Pearls, proper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Roses, innit, proper, like the pearls from the sea — score 4
- 3. Pearls, proper, and then the whole garden went quiet — no support
- 4. Diamonds, proper — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 868, line 4: «Sorrow sits in the mother's old place, and a hot tear from her lap turns into a glowing pearl that the angel takes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hot tear» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dead serious, how many lashes did Gul get?
- 1. A thousand — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ten — no support
- 3. A hundred — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Five — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Why were the peris blind, like, actually?
- 1. Their own king blinded them in anger for stealing the rose — score 5
- 2. Their king blinded them in anger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Their king blinded them in anger after the feast — score 5
- 4. The sea blinded them one night — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1207, line 17: «The blind peris: their own king "had blinded them in his anger" and left them in the well.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «anger» (+3); the same action «blind» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Oi, what did the king use as a rope, like really?
- 1. His turban — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. The long silk turban his father gave him — no support
- 3. His scarf — score 1
- 4. A long turban of his own silk — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1169, line 15: «Old word: a lair is the hidden den where a wild animal sleeps or hides; today we still use the word for wolves and foxes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what did the cow do when she came up?
- 1. Grazed on the grass, then went back into the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Grazed, then went back — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Grazed a while, sang a song, then went back down — score 5
- 4. Drank, then swam away — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 58, line 8: «He reads the countryside with his nose and ears: «That was clover»; cows «cropping the grass»; «distant reapers»; cottage smoke; and «the call of a moorhen» te…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cows» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Ain't it mad, how long was the king in the fire?
- 1. Seven days and nights — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Twelve days and nights — score 4
- 3. Seven days and nights, without food or water — score 4
- 4. Seven days — 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 934, line 14: «Old word: a "Hindoo widow" in the story means a woman who once threw herself onto her husband's funeral fire; this custom is now banned in India.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same place «funeral fire» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Fam, who asked for the oil rub before the fire?
- 1. The king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. A peri — score 2
- 3. The peri-king's daughter — score 2
- 4. The prince — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 94, line 2: «The Cat flatters her: she is wise and beautiful and should not be cruel. The Woman makes a bargain: one word in his praise and he may come into the Cave; two w…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, what did the peris whisper in the king's ear?
- 1. A word of life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The word of life that only peris know — no support
- 3. A name of God — no support
- 4. A secret word of life from the sea — 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
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Tell me straight, what did the peri-king want to do?
- 1. Burn him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Bind him in the chains — score 3
- 3. Burn him slowly in the fire for seven days — score 5
- 4. Burn him in the fire — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 1199, line 15: «Hans wins because he tells the king, "You are the man," after the king says to "Burn him alive."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, could the peri-king's girl marry anyone she liked?
- 1. Yes, sure — no support
- 2. No, her mum wouldn't let her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. Yes, but her dad said no — no support
- 4. No, her mum wouldn't let her, not even for the prince — score -1
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 1150, line 13: «The cow lets the girl drink her milk on one condition: "be sure you spill none on the ground."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+1); the same thing acted on «girl» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, did the king and the prince make a deal?
- 1. Yeah, a proper compact, made under the peri-king's tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nope, mate — no support
- 3. Nah, a proper quarrel — no support
- 4. Yeah, a proper compact — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which substance was the king's body anointed with prior to immolation?
- 1. Fat — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 2. Ash — no support
- 3. Oil — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Balm — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 623, line 19: «Old word: a "town crier" was a man who walked the streets shouting news, and the Coppersmith does the same job for the garden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What designation did the king's account give to the woman in chains?
- 1. Gul, the Rose, daughter of the merchant of Basra — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. The Rose — score 0
- 3. Gul, the Rose — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. Gul, the Rose of the king's garden — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 436, line 4: «A man from the water offers to pack the cattle away if the King gives him whatever he has at home that he does not know about, and the King agrees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did the king retrieve the blind peris from the well?
- 1. A turban — no support
- 2. By rope — score -3
- 3. Using his cloak to lift them — no support
- 4. Using his turban as a rope — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1207, line 16: «The rope and bucket: the king used "his turban for a rope" and "his cap for a bucket".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «turban» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What did the prince agree to upon hearing the terms?
- 1. Death — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Yield — score 2
- 3. Surrender to the king — score 2
- 4. Submission to death — ✓ the right answer · score 2
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 1164, line 2: «The jackal's eldest son and a hyena find a green cloak, and they quarrel until they agree to share it, day and night.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «agree» (+1); the same doer «son» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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