Fairy Books, The Arabian Nights, part 1: a clever girl offers herself to the sultan

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 161 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 ✗

yo, why's the sultan so salty at every girl?

1. cause his wife totally played him, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. cause his wife played him with some bloke from the palace, innit — score 5
3. 'cause his wife played him, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. cause his wife totally played him over and over, innit, mate — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 161, line 7: «fact: What: the sultan's wife was found to have deceived him, so he ordered "the grand-vizir to put her to death".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+5). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, so what even is a grand-vizir, mate?

1. like the top advisor to the king who runs the whole government — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. like the top advisor to the king — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. like the top advisor to the king and basically the boss of the whole palace — no support
4. a sort of royal treasurer, innit — 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 ✓

proper harsh, but how many brides did he marry each night?

1. one new bride every single evening, and then he had her killed — score 6
2. one new bride every single evening — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. a fresh bride each evening, yeah — score 8
4. one new bride every single evening, which was proper harsh for her family — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 98, line 1: «A princess rides off to marry a prince far away, with her maid and her talking horse Falada.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so who's Scheherazade then, like the main character?

1. the vizir's smart older daughter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, the grand-vizir's clever elder girl who tells the stories — no support
3. the grand-vizir's clever elder girl — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the king's clever older girl — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, what did she actually say to her dad?

1. she asked him — no support
2. she begged him to let her wed — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. she asked him to let her marry — score 8
4. she begged him to let her be the bride — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 94, line 4: «One busy morning the Baby cries outside the Cave. The Cat pats his cheek and tickles him with his tail, and the Baby laughs. The Woman, not seeing who it is, s…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «let» (+6); the same doer «woman» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

was her little sister Dinarzade proper special too?

1. yeah, she was gifted — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nope, nothing special about her — no support
3. nah, she was just normal, innit — no support
4. nah, no special gifts, just normal — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so did her dad say yes straight away?

1. nah, he freaked out and was like have you lost your senses, you daft girl — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he went on about his senses — no support
3. nah, he was like have you lost your senses, girl, what are you on — no support
4. nah, he was like have you lost your senses — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

how did the town feel about all the weddings?

1. total misery, loads of crying and curses — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. loads of crying and cursing going on — no support
3. total misery, loads of crying and curses, and they hated the sultan — no support
4. total misery, loads of crying, curses and people fleeing the town in fear — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the sultan's brother got Great Tartary, right?

1. yeah, he was made the ruler — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he did — no support
3. nah, he got nothing — no support
4. yeah, he got made king of it — ✓ 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 ✗

what's a sultana, is that like a princess?

1. it's like his main consort — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. it's the sultan's wife, basically — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a princess — no support
4. it's the sultan's queen, yeah — 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 ✗

innit the sultan's wife was the total worst, yeah?

1. yeah, she betrayed him, big time — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, she cheated — no support
3. yeah, she deceived him big time — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. yeah, she fooled him right badly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 161, line 7: «fact: What: the sultan's wife was found to have deceived him, so he ordered "the grand-vizir to put her to death".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+4); the same action «deceive» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what did her teachers teach her, like school stuff?

1. law, medicine, history and music — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. philosophy, medicine, history and fine arts — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. philosophy, medicine, history, fine arts, poetry and languages — no support
4. philosophy, medicine, poetry and art — 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 · ★ · right ✓

ngl, what's the point of all these tales anyway?

1. to teach kids — no support
2. old stories told to grown-ups in Asia — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. old tales told to adults in Asia — score 6
4. stories told to grown-ups in Arabia — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 143, line 18: «The moral at the end teaches a lesson, and the tale is told so that children can remember it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tale» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the sultan's reason for executing his wife?

1. He found out that she had deceived him many times over the years — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He learned she had tricked him — no support
3. He discovered that she had deceived him with a palace guard — score 6
4. He discovered that she had deceived him — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 161, line 7: «fact: What: the sultan's wife was found to have deceived him, so he ordered "the grand-vizir to put her to death".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «deceive» (+4); the same doer «wife» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the official responsible for supplying the sultan with a new bride each evening.

1. The grand-vizir, whose duty it was to provide them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A palace official — no support
3. The chief minister, who had to find them — no support
4. The grand-vizir, whose job was to find girls — 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 ✗

State the response of the grand-vizir when his elder daughter proposed to become the sultan's bride.

1. He wept, asking whether she had lost her mind — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He cried out in anger — no support
3. He cried out, asking whether she had lost her senses — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He shouted, asking if she was mad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 123, line 4: «Then a king's youngest daughter loses her golden ball in a deep fountain, and a frog fetches it for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youngest daughter» (+4); the same action «lose» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the reason given for Scheherazade's wish to become the sultan's bride.

1. She was determined to save the women — no support
2. She was determined to end the barbarous practice of the sultan's marriages forever — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. She was determined to end the barbarous practice — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. She was determined to end the barbarous practice and to marry the sultan herself — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 161, line 3: «explain: Each evening he married a new bride, and each morning he had her strangled, while his grand-vizir wept and had to find the next girl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sultan» (+4); the same action «marry» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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