Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea, then frees a boy from an underground tomb
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 178 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, the guy on top of the brass horse, what was he wearing?
- 1. A silver armour — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A lead breastplate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A brass shield — no support
- 4. A gold crown — 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 ✗
Bruh, what did the crew do when they thought they were toast?
- 1. Threw out cargo — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Prayed for mercy — no support
- 3. Prayed to the sea and wrote their wills — no support
- 4. Wrote their wills — ✓ 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 ✗
No cap, what did Agib grab to stop himself drowning?
- 1. A wooden barrel — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A floating plank — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A broken plank of wood from the deck — no support
- 4. A piece of rope — 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 ✓
Lowkey, who showed up in Agib's dream?
- 1. A wise sage — no support
- 2. A boy — no support
- 3. A bird — no support
- 4. An old man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 178, line 11: «In his dream the old man calls out, "Hearken, Agib!" which means "listen carefully" and tells him what to do.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «dream» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «old man» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, which words wrecked the whole trip for him?
- 1. There is no god but Allah, praise be to Him — no support
- 2. Allah be praised for this fine day at sea — no support
- 3. Praise the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Allah be praised — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 140, line 14: «The Dog answers his master with "I'm ready, master: it's you I'm waiting for", which shows he was calm and already prepared.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «master» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Fr, how many days did the metal man row for?
- 1. Nine days — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Seven days — no support
- 3. Six — no support
- 4. Ten 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bet, how old was the boy they buried?
- 1. Sixteen or seventeen — no support
- 2. Twelve or thirteen — no support
- 3. Fourteen or fifteen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. About fourteen or fifteen years old — ← Mova's choice · score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 143, line 17: «Old word: "wager" means a bet or a promise of a prize, and we now say "bet" instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-5). 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 did the slaves dig with?
- 1. Spades, pickaxes, and a large iron chest — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Ropes and lanterns — score 8
- 3. Spades and pickaxes — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Torches, spades, and a bag of coins from the ship — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 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 178, line 3: «He washes up on an island, hides in a tree, and watches a ship land ten slaves who dig up a trapdoor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dig up» (+4); the same doer «ten slaves» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sus, where did the boy's dad hide him?
- 1. Inside a sealed tomb under the great mountain of stone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Behind a stone wall — no support
- 3. In an underground room — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. In a secret underground room beneath the house — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Real talk, what was the boy's dad scared of?
- 1. A prophecy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Thieves — no support
- 3. A war at sea — no support
- 4. Storms — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what did the boy want to eat?
- 1. Roast duck — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Figs — no support
- 3. A melon — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Pie — 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 ✗
Lol, what was he missing to cut it open?
- 1. A pot — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A needle — no support
- 3. A sharp silver knife for the fruit — no support
- 4. A knife — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mid question, what was set in the middle of the big stone?
- 1. Gem — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. A coin — score 5
- 3. A ring — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Key — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 135, line 14: «The servants are set to work "in the middle of the night", so their plan makes things far worse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «middle» (+3); the same action «set» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which material composed the breastplate worn by the rider upon the brass statue?
- 1. Brass coated in silver paint — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Lead — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Zinc — no support
- 4. Bronze alloy from the statue — 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 ✗
By what number of days did the metal man's boat progress before land was sighted?
- 1. Nine days of rowing without rest — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Two — no support
- 3. Thirty-one days of rowing over the sea — no support
- 4. Nine — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the prescribed number of arrows with which the statue was to be struck?
- 1. Three — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Three arrows of lead and wood — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. One — no support
- 4. Two — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 148, line 9: «Why: the Lion runs off after "the sting of the arrow", and the Ass dies because "he refused to help" is what the Mule did, so the Mule ends up carrying the loa…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which object did the boy request in order to refresh himself after his bath?
- 1. A melon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Cheese — no support
- 3. Figs — no support
- 4. Grapes — 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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