Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 20: the palace flies home, and the magician's brother, disguised as Fatima, asks for a roc's egg

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1433 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 ✗

Bro, why did Aladdin even wanna hop in the river?

1. his mom told him to jump but he changed his mind — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. he thought his whole life was trashed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the Sultan had sentenced him and he saw no way out — no support
4. he lost the Princess forever — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1433, line 11: «Aladdin wanders "like a madman" and kneels by a river to say his prayers before throwing himself in.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, how long did the Sultan give him to find the Princess?

1. ten days — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. a week — score 5
3. thirty days — score 6
4. forty days — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1123, line 10: «Why the Prince gives the Princess a prayer-book: he says "Stay here, Princess, and pray to God for me."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); the same action «give» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay so who totally got played by the cup trick?

1. the magician himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the old woman — score -5
3. the Sultan — score -5
4. Aladdin — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1402, line 2: «Instead of going to school, he races the boys to the sea, where there is no Shark, and they laugh at the trick they played on him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «play» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, who wore the holy lady disguise to con everyone?

1. the younger brother pretending to be the saint Fatima — no support
2. the magician's sister — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. a fake holy woman who was really the brother — score -2
4. the magician's little bro — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1422, line 2: «The Queen faints, then wakes in her own bed wearing a lovely lace nightcap, and she realises the promise was true.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, what bling did the Princess rock for her fancy dinner?

1. a diamond girdle and head-dress — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a diamond ring — no support
3. a ruby necklace and veil — no support
4. gold earrings — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what random thing did the fake Fatima want hung in the dome?

1. a lamp — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a roc's egg — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a silver bell — no support
4. a gem — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, why did the fake lady keep her veil on?

1. because she wanted her face hidden from the Princess and the court — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. so nobody would spot her and know she was the wrong woman — score -2
3. so nobody would spot her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. for the Sultan's orders — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 997, line 12: «The princess pays "ten kisses" for the pot, and her ladies "spread out their dresses" to hide her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «ladies» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what was the Princess's ride-or-die move with the cup?

1. she gave it to a servant — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. she kept it at her lips and never drank — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. she threw it away — score 0
4. she drank a little — 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 1257, line 1: «The princess asks her father what courtesy she should return to the unknown giver of her gifts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, which spirit hauled the palace back to China?

1. the spirit of the cave — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. the jinn — no support
3. the slave of the lamp who serves its owner — score -1
4. the genie of the lamp — ✓ the right answer · 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 1432, line 11: «The genie builds the palace so fast that it is finished "by the next day".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «palace» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey, what was the magician lugging around in his vest?

1. the old lamp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a gold box — no support
3. an old copper lamp hidden in his robe — no support
4. a silver coin — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1433, line 3: «The Princess tells him the magician still has the old lamp, so Aladdin dresses up and sends her to flatter the magician.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old lamp» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, how many times a day did the magician come see the Princess?

1. once a day — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. each noon — no support
3. twice — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. often — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 930, line 4: «On a moving-day, Ole sees a dirty street, two children playing at bed, and a green fir tree in a dust-cart that a glove and some potsherds gossip about.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «two children» (+1); the number the lesson gave for it (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, who spotted Aladdin under the window first?

1. the palace guard and his men — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. the Sultan's youngest wife's women — score 1
3. one of her women — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. the old nurse — 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 759, line 14: «fact: Two white doves come in at the window first, then "all the little birds under heaven" help pick the grain.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «window» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay fr, what did Aladdin mix into the wine?

1. a crushed poison from a snake — no support
2. a sleeping draught from the palace — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. a powder — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. a potion — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 773, line 4: «In the forest Dummling shares his cinder-cake with the little grey man, who turns it into a sweet cake and sour beer into wine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little grey man» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hold up, where did Aladdin's palace land?

1. near Cairo — no support
2. back in the capital city of China — no support
3. by the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. back in China — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1371, line 8: «Where: the Palace lies under the sea, and Monkey Island is "some distance to the south".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «palace» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the Sultan require of Aladdin in order to avoid execution?

1. that he bring back the Princess and the palace within forty days under pain of death — score 0
2. that he restore the Princess within forty days — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. that he restore the Princess to the palace within forty days or die — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. that he marry the Princess — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1433, line 10: «The Sultan gives Aladdin "forty days" to find the Princess, or he will die.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sultan» (+1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Princess render the magician incapable of further mischief?

1. by a trick at dinner — score -5
2. by secretly pouring a sleeping powder into his wine cup at the feast — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. by administering a powder in his cup — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. by a spell in his wine — no support

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 951, line 15: «Her words: "I have had the Stadtholder Gyldenlowe, the King's half-brother, for my husband."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «words» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What object did the impostor request in order to adorn the great dome?

1. a great roc's egg hung from the middle of the dome — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a roc's egg and a golden chain hung from the top of the dome — no support
3. a roc's egg suspended from its centre — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a silver bell hung from the roof — 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 relation of the deceased magician assumed the form of the holy woman Fatima?

1. his elder sister — score -2
2. his cousin — no support
3. his younger brother — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. the sultan — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1334, line 14: «The spinning women say, "The men of the town are so silly that we can make them believe anything we please."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «men» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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