Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, part 36: the head makes the sultan's hill into a garden

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1235 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 ✗

Wait, who's the bodyless dude that's basically a talking noggin?

1. Ali — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the head — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A king — no support
4. The sultan — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what colour was the first purse the negro handed over?

1. green — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. red — no support
3. tan — no support
4. bright emerald green silk — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, what did the sultan want gone in forty days?

1. the big hill by the palace gate — score -1
2. the river — score -1
3. the walls — score -1
4. the hill — ← 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, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 240, line 9: «Why: Tom wants the imp gone, and says "I want none of thy help, and I'll have nought more to do with thee."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same action «want» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the old lady shout on the bridge to call Ali?

1. Omar — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Ed — score 3
3. Ali — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Al — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1051, line 15: «What: the lady does not cry out at first, but "a tear did well into those lovely eyes" when the king asks her to be his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lady» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, who got hit by that sweet smell of flowers?

1. the old woman who sold veils — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. the negro — no support
3. the head — score -2
4. the sultan — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1161, line 17: «Old word: "Savoury" means pleasant to taste or smell, so when Pinkel smells "the savoury smell" he knows the witch is cooking.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-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

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead cool, what did the sultan think was lighting up his room?

1. a moon — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. sun — score 3
3. a fire — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. lamp — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1002, line 17: «Only "a piece of candle stuck in the tinder-box" lights the room on the dark night when he has no penny.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «light» (+3); the same thing acted on «room» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what did the sultan call the old woman's son?

1. a clever magician — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a wise doctor — no support
3. a cunning smith — no support
4. a clever magician from the far desert — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the head call the second task?

1. little game — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. mere nonsense — score 6
3. child's play — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a task fit for a small child — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1004, line 18: «The old belief is that toads carry a jewel in their heads, which the poet calls "something beautiful in the popular belief."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «heads» (+4); the same action «call» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how was the family feeling when the money ran out?

1. ok — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. glad — no support
3. ill — no support
4. sad — ✓ 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

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, how did the old lady look walking home?

1. slowly, with her head bent low — score 3
2. quickly, head up — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. slowly, head bent — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. proud and tall — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 957, line 6: «Who: Karen, a poor girl, and the old lady who looks after her, who "could not see very well".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+5); the same doer «old lady» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, what did the girls get with the money?

1. new dresses — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. shoes — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. fine shoes — score 5
4. silk scarves — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1231, line 19: «Old word: "kipper" (Pivi says "we shall kipper it") means to split, salt and smoke fish, which is how kippers are still made today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what did the sultan need after walking the garden?

1. a cup of water — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a seat — score 4
3. a bed — score 4
4. a place to rest — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 226, line 13: «Why she lied: she pretended to be mad to escape a marriage the Sultan forced on her, one he did not even ask her consent for.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sultan» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which purse did the head first require the old woman to retrieve from the trunk?

1. the blue purse — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a purse — score 3
3. the green purse — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. the red purse — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1235, line 11: «Why: the head wants the sultan's daughter and says, "it is my will", so the old woman must obey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «head» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the first condition imposed upon the head by the sultan?

1. the removal of a hill and the planting of a garden — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the sinking of a ship and the sowing of a field — no support
3. the removal of a hill and the planting of a garden before the feast — no support
4. the digging of a well and the building of a wall — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Within what period did the sultan stipulate that the hill be removed?

1. within forty days from the day the head spoke — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. after seven nights — no support
3. within thirty days — no support
4. within forty days — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which phrase did the negro Ali employ in replying to the head's command?

1. "Tell my master he shall be obeyed" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. "Tell the sultan I will do it now" — no support
3. "Tell my master that the hill will be gone before the forty days are over" — no support
4. "Tell my master he shall be obeyed by all the city and the palace" — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1205, line 14: «A negro wants to eat him, so he says, "Dismount, man-child!" and tries to take the prince's horse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «negro» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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