Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 20: the Golden Door is opened, a flying horse carries the narrator off and blinds his right eye

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 180 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, which door was the forbidden one, fam?

1. the wooden door — score 5
2. the door made of rare wood and iron — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. the silver door in the square court — score 5
4. the Golden Door — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 45, line 8: «It is «a wonderful thing» that the Badger «should pay a formal call on them, or indeed on anybody»; usually you had to catch him along a hedgerow or hunt him u…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wonderful thing» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «door» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, how many princesses were chilling in that hall?

1. forty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. thirty — no support
3. fourteen — no support
4. ten — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 180, line 8: «Who welcomes him: forty princesses, each of whom is "a king's daughter," and they live in the castle together.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «forty princesses» (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the number the lesson gave for it (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what knocked out his right eye, no cap?

1. the horse's hind legs kicking the terrace wall — no support
2. the horse's tail as it spun around — score -2
3. the horse's wing — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. the horse's tail — ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 180, line 4: «A winged black horse flies him high into the sky, drops him on a castle terrace, and its tail knocks out his right eye.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «right eye» (+6); the same action «knock out» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So why did he faint at the door, was it sus?

1. the loud music — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the sweet smell — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the strong incense — no support
4. the sweet smell of perfume from the 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 ✗

Lowkey, what did he drink at the feast?

1. rare wines — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. water — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. milk — score 3
4. sweet juices — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 88, line 1: «Tegumai shows Taffy the big secret: put two sound-signs side by side and you get a word. A carp-tail and a round egg make «yo», bad swamp-water; scratched besi…», 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 thing acted on «carp tail» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, where did the horse fly him?

1. across the desert sand — no support
2. toward the mountains — no support
3. into the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. straight into the sky — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 178, line 1: «Agib wakes from a dream and shoots the brass rider into the sea, then buries the horse as the old man told him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same place «sea» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, where did the Calenders bump into each other?

1. by the river — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. at the sea — no support
3. at the market — no support
4. at the city gate — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, who says "I pardon you all"?

1. the old man of the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Zobeida — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Haroun — no support
4. Giafar — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 177, line 17: «Old word: a "Calender" is a wandering holy man who shaves his head; today we would say a wandering monk or dervish.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «wandering holy man» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the vibe of the Golden Door warning, like?

1. the warning says that whoever opens it will bring ruin on the whole palace and their family — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. don't open it, or your happiness will be lost forever and you will suffer in exile — no support
3. open it and joy will be lost to you — no support
4. don't open it or lose your happiness — ✓ the right answer · 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 ✗

Bro, who's the porter in the new story?

1. the porter named Hindbad from Bagdad — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Hindbad the poor porter — no support
3. Hindbad — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hassan — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 180, line 21: «Sindbad's story begins: "In the times of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid there lived in Bagdad a poor porter named Hindbad."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «poor porter» (+4); the same action «name» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the narrator get his beard shaved? What else got shaved?

1. moustache and eyebrows — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. head and beard — no support
3. beard and eyebrows — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. beard, eyebrows and all his hair — 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 ✗

Wait, how long were the princesses gone, roughly?

1. some twelve days — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. forty days — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. two weeks — no support
4. a month — 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 ✗

Is the caliph in the new story called Haroun?

1. yes, Haroun-al-Raschid, the fifth caliph — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yes, Haroun-al-Raschid — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yes, Haroun-al-Rashid — no support
4. yes, he is called Haroun-al-Raschid of Bagdad — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement accurately describes the number of entrances to the square court?

1. One hundred doors, all of rare wood, and one forbidden gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One hundred doors in total — no support
3. One hundred doors, ninety-nine of rare wood and one of gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Ninety-nine doors of wood — 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 ✗

Which action of the narrator directly caused the horse to take flight?

1. He kicked the horse hard with his heels — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He touched the horse lightly with a switch and then whispered the magic word into its ear — no support
3. He rode the horse through the gate — no support
4. He touched the horse lightly with a switch — ✓ 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 · right ✓

What was the consequence of the horse's final blow for the narrator's sight?

1. His right eye was knocked out and his beard was shaved off by the old man — score 5
2. His right eye was knocked out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. His right eye was knocked out and he fell from the terrace — score 5
4. His right ear was torn off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 180, line 16: «How he lands: the horse "alighted on the terrace belonging to a castle," and then "knocked out my right eye" with its tail.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «right eye» (+4); the same action «knock out» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did the narrator and the Calenders relate to one another upon meeting at the city gate?

1. They were all blind in the same eye and had all been shaved by the same barber — score 5
2. They were all blind in the same eye — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. They were all blind in the same eye, having each lost it on their own long journey through the desert — score 5
4. They met by chance and became friends — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 171, line 3: «The three Calenders explain they are blind and are really sons of kings, so Zobeida's anger cools.», 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 doer «calenders» (+1); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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