Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator smashes the talisman, and the genius catches him

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 174 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 ✓

yo was the genius proper jealous of the princess's mates?

1. no, he trusted her — no support
2. nah, he just wanted her to himself — no support
3. nah, he was fine — no support
4. yeah, he would not let any man near her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 174, line 4: «The princess lies to protect the narrator, but the genius sees the hatchet and shoes and does not believe her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «narrator» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the narrator smashed the talisman cause he was tipsy, right?

1. yeah, the wine made his brain all muddled — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, he was just curious about it — score 6
3. nah, he did it on purpose — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. nah, he was sober — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 174, line 7: «What: after drinking wine, the narrator kicks the talisman, and it "fell into a thousand pieces."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «narrator» (+4); the same thing acted on «talisman» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, did the princess actually know the genius before?

1. yeah, she knew him well — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. nah, she only heard his name once — no support
3. yeah, they were friends — no support
4. nah, she said she never saw him before — ✓ 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 174, line 10: «Why the princess is afraid: she warns him, "I know genii much better than you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+4); the same action «know» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, why did the palace shake so hard?

1. cause the talisman broke and the genie got mad and came to punish everyone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cause the talisman broke and the genie got mad — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the narrator yelled at the princess — no support
4. the princess slammed a door — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the old man is actually the genie, no cap?

1. nah, he was just a wandering old man who wanted to rest in the tailor's house tonight — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. yeah, he was the king's brother in disguise — no support
3. yeah, he came in disguise to test the narrator and claimed he was the grandson of a holy dervish — score 10
4. yeah, he said he was the son of Eblis's daughter — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 118, line 6: «Who: Thumbling, the peasant's tiny son, who is "no longer than a thumb", and two strange men who want to buy him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «two strange men» (+4); the same thing acted on «two strange men» (+4); the same action «want» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the genie really cut off the princess's hand, like for real?

1. nah, he only cut off her finger and left the rest of her arm untouched — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he did it with one swipe of his sabre — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, he sliced it off with a dagger — no support
4. yeah, he did it with one swipe of his sabre and then healed her wound with a potion — 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 ✗

bro, did the narrator cut her head off or nah?

1. nah, he hid in the corner — no support
2. yeah, he cut her head off right away and then wept by her body in the hall — score 6
3. yeah, he cut her head off — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. nah, he threw the sabre down and refused — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 116, line 5: «The King brings John back by cutting off his sons' heads, then hides everyone from the Queen and tells her the truth. A new tale starts: the sick King's three…», 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 «cut off» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what did the genie threaten to turn him into?

1. a snake or a horse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a dog, an ass, a lion or a bird — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a donkey or a wolf — no support
4. a dog, an ass, a lion or a bird, and then throw him into the sea — 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 · ★ · right ✓

so what is a dervish, like in plain words?

1. a holy man who lives super simple — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a monk — no support
3. a rich priest who sells charms — no support
4. a poor beggar — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the narrator just beg for mercy or what?

1. yeah, he begged the genius to spare his life and promised to become a holy man — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. yeah, he begged for the princess's life — no support
3. yeah, he asked for his life to be spared — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, he refused to beg and asked the genius to kill him quickly instead — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 174, line 5: «The genius orders the narrator to cut off the princess's head, and when he refuses, the genius cuts off her hand and threatens to turn him into an animal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «narrator» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, did the narrator feel bad about the princess?

1. yeah, he felt gutted and full of shame — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, he felt happy because the genius had praised him for his bravery — no support
3. yeah, he felt sad and guilty — no support
4. yeah, he felt gutted and full of shame and wished he had never touched the talisman — 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 ✗

did the old man bring the stuff back to the tailor's?

1. yeah, the hatchet and the slippers, and also the sabre he had dropped — no support
2. yeah, the hatchet and the turban — no support
3. nah, he left them in the palace and the tailor never saw them again — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. yeah, the hatchet and the slippers — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 95, line 4: «And so, says Kipling, cats catch mice and are kind to babies, but at night they go out to the Wet Wild Woods and the Wet Wild Roofs, waving their wild tails an…», 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 «go out» (+2). 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 · right ✓

Which action of the narrator directly caused the talisman to be destroyed?

1. He struck it with his foot while intoxicated and confused by the wine he had drunk — score 4
2. He smashed it with his hatchet — no support
3. He dropped it on the stone floor while he was carrying it to the palace garden — no support
4. He struck it with his foot while intoxicated — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 107, line 8: «WHERE: The action moves from the house and cellar to the fields, the stable, and up a hill with "very deep ruts".», 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 «move» (+1); the same doer «action» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To whom did the genius, disguised as an old man, return the narrator's personal possessions?

1. To the princess — no support
2. To the narrator at the palace gate — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. To the narrator at the tailor's dwelling — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. To the narrator in the garden — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 174, line 17: «The narrator refuses to kill her, saying, "I refuse to obey your cruel command."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «narrator» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the narrator's principal reason for refusing the genius's final command?

1. He would not kill a stranger woman — no support
2. He would not slay a lady unknown to him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He would not slay a lady unknown to him, since he had sworn an oath to the holy men of the monastery — no support
4. He would not slay a lady unknown to him, whatever the genius might threaten him with — ← Mova's choice · 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 174, line 5: «The genius orders the narrator to cut off the princess's head, and when he refuses, the genius cuts off her hand and threatens to turn him into an animal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «genius» (+4); the same action «threaten» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the narrator request of the genius in exchange for his submission?

1. The sparing of his life in its entirety — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The genius to let him go free — score 3
3. His life to be spared fully — no support
4. The sparing of his life in its entirety and his return to the tailor's house — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 174, line 14: «The narrator runs away, but the tailor says an old man has brought back his hatchet and slippers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+3); the same action «bring back» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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