Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 4: three old men tell their wonderful tales, and the fisherman casts his net
Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 164 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 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, did the young girl chuck water on the son to break the spell?
- 1. Yeah, proper water from a vessel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, a bucket of milk, mate — no support
- 3. Yeah, she chucked proper water from a big vessel on him, bruv — no support
- 4. Nah, she threw a bucket of cold river water over him, mate, honest — 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, the old man's missus became what, innit?
- 1. Like a goat, I reckon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A hind, like a deer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Like a white hind from the forest, proper beautiful, innit — no support
- 4. A black dog, like the brothers, honestly, mate — 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 ✗
So the genie gave the merchant a third off, cause the story was wicked?
- 1. Nah, it was boring, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, it was marvellous — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, it was rubbish — no support
- 4. Yeah, cheers — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
How many black dogs were the brothers, like actually?
- 1. One, mate — no support
- 2. Two, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. None, mate — no support
- 4. Four, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 53, line 12: «She snaps: «Then you can stop here as a Toad ... I suppose you want to go off in a coach-and-four!» (a grand carriage pulled by four horses).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was skint and got robbed by his own brothers in the story?
- 1. The first old man — score 4
- 2. The second old man — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. The fisherman — no support
- 4. The youngest brother who went to sea — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 164, line 3: «The second old man tells how his two brothers wasted their money and then tried to drown him at sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «sea» (+4); the same doer «two brothers» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Was the brothers' punishment only for a bit, like a week?
- 1. Nah, ten years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, five years — no support
- 3. Nah, a week — no support
- 4. Nah, days — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Where did the second old man dig up his money at the end?
- 1. From the garden shed — no support
- 2. From his own house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. From the field behind his brothers' house in town — no support
- 4. From under the floor — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 52, line 7: «Toad wails: «This is the end of everything ... at least it is the end of the career of Toad, which is the same thing»: to him, his own troubles are the end of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Did the third old man's story get told, or was it just skipped?
- 1. Lost, nobody — no support
- 2. Skipped, nobody knows it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Skipped — no support
- 4. Forgotten by the genie — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 10: ««This here young lady, she wants for to know your history, she do» is the Gryphon's country way of saying: this young lady wants to know your story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «story» (+4); the same action «know» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
How many times a day did the fisherman chuck his nets, like his rule?
- 1. Four times — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Once — score 0
- 3. Three times — score 0
- 4. Twice — 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 164, line 15: «The fisherman's rule: he "made a rule not to throw his nets more than four times" in a day.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fisherman» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the fisherman rich or proper poor, be honest?
- 1. Poor, honest — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Quite poor — no support
- 3. Rich enough, with a big house — no support
- 4. Proper poor, with three kids — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What time did the fisherman go out, like really early?
- 1. Late, at dusk — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. At dawn — score 5
- 3. Early, by moonlight — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. At noon, by sunlight — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 91, line 11: «Pau Amma: «I did not know I was so important. Henceforward I will go out seven times a day.» (Henceforward = from now on.)», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go out» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why did the fisherman feel happy when the net got heavy?
- 1. He believed he had caught a huge fish that would feed his children for a month — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He saw a golden coin inside — score 5
- 3. He thought he had a big fish — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. He thought the genie had sent him a magic fish to sell — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 164, line 14: «The fisherman: he is "so old and so poor that he could scarcely manage to support his wife and three children."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fisherman» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the fisherman do before he threw his net, like get naked?
- 1. He undressed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He prayed — no support
- 3. He cast the bait — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. He lit a small fire — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 164, line 15: «The fisherman's rule: he "made a rule not to throw his nets more than four times" in a day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «throw» (+1); the same doer «fisherman» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · right ✓
Did the old man kiss his son, or was he mad at him?
- 1. He wept — no support
- 2. He hugged him — no support
- 3. He ignored him in anger — no support
- 4. He kissed him with joy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 120, line 4: «He finds everyone asleep, kisses Briar Rose, and then the whole palace wakes up at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+4); the same action «kiss» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following is the number of brothers who were transformed into dogs by the fairy?
- 1. Five — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Four — no support
- 3. Three — no support
- 4. Two — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
To which period of time does the fairy's sentence of transformation refer?
- 1. A year — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Days — no support
- 3. Ten years — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Five years — 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 ✗
What was the occupation of the fisherman at the time when he cast his net?
- 1. Net-making — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Fishing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Mending nets for the king — no support
- 4. Selling fish at market — 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 · wrong ✗
What was the number of times each day that the fisherman resolved to cast his net?
- 1. Three times — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Four times — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Twice — no support
- 4. Every hour before dawn — 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
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