Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: Morgiana foils the robbers' attack and dances at supper

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1471 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 ✗

so who's the bossy captain pretending to sell oil?

1. the oil seller boss — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the captain — no support
3. the robber captain — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a merchant — 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 ✗

how many jars did the dudes hide their guys in, for real?

1. forty — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. thirty-nine — no support
3. thirty-eight jars, one man in each — no support
4. thirty-eight — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what did Morgiana chuck into the jars?

1. warm milk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. boiling oil — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. soup — no support
4. tar — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

ok but what did the robber in the jar keep asking?

1. Are we done? — no support
2. Is it now? — score 1
3. "Is it time?" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Is the household asleep yet? — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1302, line 2: «They kill him for eating their dinner, but the deer shakes healing wax from her ear and brings him back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dinner» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the deal with the salt guy, why no salt?

1. he said salt was bad for his blood — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he said salt was forbidden by his doctor and his faith — no support
3. he claimed salt gave him a fever — no support
4. he said he couldn't eat food with salt — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what were the stones thrown from the window for?

1. a joke — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. a warning — score 6
3. a signal to attack — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a sign to the robbers — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1471, line 21: «Old word: "confounded" means so puzzled and confused that a person cannot think of what to say.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «confound» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «old word» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what was the slave girl hiding in her belt?

1. a purse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a key — no support
3. a dagger — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a knife — 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 ✗

what instrument did Abdallah play, like a drum or what?

1. the lyre — no support
2. a drum — score -5
3. the tabor — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a small hand-drum with silver bells — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1471, line 14: «Old word: a "tabor" is a small drum, which Abdallah plays while Morgiana dances.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «play» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

was the captain really wanting to kill Ali Baba, no joke?

1. yes, he planned murder — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. no, he only wanted Ali Baba's gold and horses — score 2
3. yes, he planned murder but later changed his mind — score 2
4. yes, he planned theft — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1471, line 4: «The Captain escapes over the walls, and the next day he returns as the shopkeeper Cogia Hassan to plan his revenge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «captain» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

who got her freedom cos she saved everyone, mate?

1. Fatima — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. Morgiana — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ali — no support
4. Cogia — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1280, line 2: «On his last night, an old woman meets him near a monastery and offers to save his life if he marries her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old woman» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

where did the captain chill after he ran off?

1. the inn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his lonely cave — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the far mountain — no support
4. a tent — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

what was the dancing for, like, the real reason?

1. to keep the captain's eyes away from the jars while she worked — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to keep the captain distracted — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. to entertain the rough guests — no support
4. to give her time to kill the robbers quietly one by one — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, how many robbers were still alive in the morning?

1. three — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. four — score 2
3. one — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. none — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 13: «What: Fiacuil mac Cona, "a Leinsterman", kills the poets, and "He did not leave one" alive.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same doer «mac» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the Captain conceal his armed men during their approach to the dwelling?

1. In wide jars hidden in the yard — no support
2. Hidden in thirty-eight leather jars carried by mules and porters — score 2
3. In leather jars, one man in each — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Inside oil jars, with weapons — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1213, line 17: «"Holy Man" once meant a wise, religious person who lived apart, while "dismal" meant gloomy and sad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wise religious person» (+4); the same action «mean» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What signal did the Captain prescribe for the commencement of the attack?

1. The lighting of a torch at the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The sounding of a horn from the rooftop beside the stable — score 3
3. The throwing of stones from a window — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. The ringing of a bell in the yard — score 0

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 330, line 5: «Smee is sitting on the tom-tom, and Hook orders him to beat it, which is a dreadful trick to fool the boys.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «order» (+2); the same doer «hook» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What stratagem did the slave Morgiana employ to frustrate the designs of the intruders?

1. She lit a fire in the kitchen and sent smoke into the courtyard — score -1
2. She poured boiling oil into the jars — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. She fled through the garden and raised the alarm among the neighbours — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. She drew a dagger on the captain — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 681, line 3: «Lost in a desert, he uses the curl to conjure a castle, servants and dinner.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «conjure» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What pretext did the Captain offer for declining the salted victuals at supper?

1. He said no — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. He stated that he could eat no salt — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He claimed salt was a poison — no support
4. He had no appetite — no support

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 1471, line 16: «Old word: "in a trice" means in a moment, very quickly, as the Captain says to his men.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). Against it: the same doer «captain» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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