Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the porter is summoned to Sindbad's feast and hears how the voyages began

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 181 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, who was the bloke stood outside that massive gaff, like, wondering who lived there?

1. the bloke from the gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sindbad — no support
3. the porter — no support
4. Hindbad the porter — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was the porter whinging about, saying his grub was rank?

1. the scraps off the posh lads' plates every single day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. mouldy barley cakes — no support
3. bad barley bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. stale nosh — 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 ✗

Wasn't the porter well jelly of Sindbad's easy life?

1. he was dead jealous mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he fancied Sindbad's lot — no support
3. the porter envied Sindbad — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he was skint — 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 ✗

Wait, what did the porter do when he was properly gutted, like stamping about?

1. he had a cry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he kicked up the dust — no support
3. he bashed the gate hard — no support
4. he stamped on the ground — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Who grabbed the porter by the arm and dragged him in?

1. a servant from the palace — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. a big servant who grabbed him by the scruff and shoved him through the massive doors — no support
3. a servant from the mansion — score 10
4. some bloke in livery who came running out of the big house and hauled him in by the arm — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 175, line 2: «The fairies and genii inside the well catch him, so he is not hurt, and he overhears their secret plan.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «man» (+6); the same action «catch» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the porter reckon he was in trouble with the boss man?

1. his big mouth had upset Sindbad — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he was late — no support
3. he had moaned at the wrong bloke — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. he broke a plate — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 179, line 16: «fact: Who sews Sinbad into the sheep-skin? The ten young men do, and they warn him about the roc.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «ten young men» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Where did Sindbad sit at that massive feast, like top of the table?

1. right next to the big cook — score 5
2. right up at the head, on the best cushion, next to the boss and his guests — score 5
3. in the place of honour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. by the lamp, near the window — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 181, line 3: «A servant then pulls him inside, and he is terrified to find a great feast with Sindbad sitting in the place of honour.», 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 (+4); the same action «sit» (+3); the same place «place» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Sindbad say he'd tell the lot of them, the whole story, dead true?

1. every detail of the voyages he had made, including all the ports and the kings he'd met — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. his nine adventures — no support
3. his seven voyages — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the whole truth about his seven trips, the storms, the islands, and the strange beasts he'd seen — 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 181, line 11: «Sindbad says he has made his fortune only "after having for years suffered every possible kind of toil and danger", not easily.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «sindbad» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Why did Sindbad reckon he'd have a go at the sea?

1. to get rich by sailing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. to make a quick fortune — score 4
3. since the land was too dull for a man of his spirit, and the sea had always called him back — score 5
4. because his father had left him a ship and he wanted to sail it far from home to trade — 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 181, line 8: «Sindbad saw and heard him from the open window, so he "had sent for him" before the feast began.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sindbad» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Sindbad flog to pay for his ship?

1. his fine furniture and rugs — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. all his household goods — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. all his household goods and the land his parents had left him near the city — score 1
4. everything he owned, including his horses, gardens, and the great house on the river — no support

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 181, line 13: «He sailed from Balsora in a ship fitted out with a company of merchants, and their course lay towards the East Indies.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sindbad» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the lads set sail from, like which port?

1. the port of Balsora on the Persian Gulf — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cairo — no support
3. Balsora — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Damascus — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Eh, what was the island really, the thing they all thought was land?

1. a sleeping whale's back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a sandy isle — no support
3. a rock — no support
4. a grassy island in 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did Sindbad get to the island in the end, after he was left floating?

1. he clung to a broken oar — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. he swam ashore — no support
3. he drifted on a bit of wood — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he rode a wave to land — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 181, line 15: «The island was really "the back of a sleeping whale", which dived down while Sindbad clung to a piece of wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cling» (+4); the same doer «sindbad» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who found him on the plain, like the lads with the horses?

1. a shepherd — no support
2. a groom of king Mihrage — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a servant of the king — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. a hunter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 181, line 3: «A servant then pulls him inside, and he is terrified to find a great feast with Sindbad sitting in the place of honour.», 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 «servant» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which occupation is held by the individual addressed as Hindbad in the narrative?

1. a servant who carried heavy loads of goods for the wealthy merchants of the city — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. a keeper of the gate and the doors of the great mansion — no support
3. clerk — no support
4. porter — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 181, line 6: «Hindbad is a porter, a man paid to carry heavy loads through the streets of Bagdad, and he is weary and sour from his work.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «heavy loads» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which vessel departed from the port of Balsora with Sindbad aboard?

1. the vessel that his parents had once owned and that now sailed out under his command for trade — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a boat hired by the local fishermen — no support
3. a large ship built by the merchants of the city, fitted with sails, oars, and provisions for the long voyage — no support
4. a ship fitted out between the merchants — ✓ 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 ✗

Which object did Sindbad employ to sustain himself upon the water after the whale submerged?

1. a plank from the broken ship — no support
2. a heavy beam of timber, with its sail and rigging still tangled about it, drifting near him — no support
3. a piece of wood from the fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a large wooden chest that the sailors had filled with their food and their drinking water — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 127, line 12: «fact: The test: a boot "which has a hole in the sole," hung on the great nail and filled with water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fill» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which person conveyed Sindbad to the capital, where he was graciously received by the king?

1. the servants of the court — score 4
2. the king — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. a groom — no support
4. the grooms of king Mihrage — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 2: «The King asks what she knows about the tarts. «Nothing.» «Nothing whatever?» «Nothing whatever.» The King calls that «very important», the White Rabbit hints h…», 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 «king» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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