Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, part 22: Sindbad is stranded and finds a giant white egg

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

Lesson 182 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 ✗

Bruh, why did the captain reckon Sindbad was toast?

1. He reckoned the storm had sunk his boat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He thought the whale-island had dived under the sea with Sindbad and all his goods — score 5
3. He thought the whale-island swallowed him up — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He believed the sea-beast had eaten him — 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 182, line 7: «WHAT: The captain cries "Lackaday! and what is the world coming to?" when he hears Sindbad claim to be alive.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «captain» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what made the big sea-thing dive, like, straight down?

1. The fire was hot — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It got scared — no support
3. Fire lit on its back got too hot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Smoke from a burning camp — 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 ✗

Who bagged the hundred sequins from Sindbad, fam?

1. Sindbad's wife — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hindbad the porter — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hindbad the merchant — no support
4. Sinbad the sailor — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Why'd he snooze all alone, like, what happened?

1. He had scoff and wine, then nodded off by a brook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He drank too much — no support
3. He was bored and wandered about the island — no support
4. After a feast with his companions, he wandered off drunk and slept under a tree by 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd he climb that tree, innit?

1. To find food and shelter for the night — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. To spot a way out and see the sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To get a better view of the island — no support
4. He wanted to hunt a roc and bring its feathers back to the market in Bagdad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 2: «One night Jaguar finds the two under a fallen tree. Hedgehog curls into a ball and Tortoise pulls in his head and feet, so Jaguar cannot tell which is which. T…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was that massive white ball, anyway?

1. A stone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A roc's egg, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A giant melon, mate — no support
4. A huge pearl, 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Could he scramble up it or what?

1. Nope, no foot-hold at all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nope, the surface was so smooth and round that he slid straight back down every time — no support
3. Yeah, but it slipped — no support
4. He tried, but no matter how hard he pushed there was not a single place to grip — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ahh, what was the bird that came swooping in?

1. A roc, huge like a thundercloud — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A giant hawk, dark and fierce — no support
3. A flock of huge crows — no support
4. A bird so enormous that it seemed to blot out the sun above the entire island — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, what did the bird do once it landed?

1. Wrapped its wings round the egg — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It landed on the shore beside the egg and then spread its wings over it to keep it warm — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Folded its wings over the sand — no support
4. It settled down and wrapped the white egg tightly in its great black wings, sheltering it — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 160, line 7: «What: a tear falls to the ground, and "a flower grew out of the ground" where it landed, a flower "not at all like any that grew in the garden".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «land» (+1); a different doer (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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where'd Sindbad hide, like, nice and close?

1. Behind the egg on the sand — no support
2. Hidden under a bush nearby — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Right next to the bird's foot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hiding at the foot of a tall tree far from the bird, watching from safety — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 99, line 10: «Why does the old king hide? He wants to see for himself, so he hides "in a bush by the meadow's side."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+5); the same place «bush» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the deal with Cassel island, then?

1. Folk say the island is cursed and that no one who lands there ever returns to the sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Locals say strange creatures roam there — no support
3. Folk reckon spirits play drums there — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Sailors believe the island is home to ghosts who sing and dance among its old ruined temples — 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 ✗

Lush, so what did Sindbad do with his cash?

1. He bought land, slaves, and a big house, and also gave great feasts for all his friends — no support
2. Bought land, slaves, a big house, and a fleet of ships for his next trading voyages — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Bought land, slaves, and a big house — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Bought ships, gold and a small farm — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. 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 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 «sail» (+1); the same doer «sindbad» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, why did the captain say "lackaday"?

1. He was so shocked by the news about Sindbad's return that he fainted on the spot — no support
2. He was surprised and rather bored — no support
3. He was shocked and couldn't believe it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. He was shocked and could not believe the strange tale Sindbad had told him about the island — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 182, line 9: «WHY: The captain plans to sell the goods for the family, since he believed Sindbad "was really dead".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+2); the same doer «captain» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, what is the principal reason Sindbad was left stranded on the island?

1. The captain abandoned him after a quarrel over the goods — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The ship sank — no support
3. He had fallen asleep and his companions sailed without him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was lost at 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the narrative, how did the captain first respond when Sindbad claimed his identity?

1. He expressed incredulity and accused Sindbad of falsehood — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. He refused to believe him and sent him away — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. He was amazed and asked for proof of his story — no support
4. He welcomed him home — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 182, line 9: «WHY: The captain plans to sell the goods for the family, since he believed Sindbad "was really dead".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+4); the same doer «captain» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Sindbad identify as the source of the dazzling white form he approached?

1. A giant moon-shaped shell — no support
2. An egg belonging to a roc — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A large egg that was laid by a huge bird called the roc, and kept on the island — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. An enormous white egg that belonged to a roc and was guarded by the great bird — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 182, line 5: «Left alone on an island after his ship leaves, he finds a huge white egg, and a roc's shadow falls over him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sindbad» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «huge white egg» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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 · right ✓

In what manner did the bird position itself in relation to the egg that Sindbad observed?

1. It came down slowly, spread its vast wings wide, and wrapped the egg safely away from the sun — no support
2. It dove into the sea near the egg, then rose again — no support
3. It settled upon the egg, covering it with its wings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. It landed heavily on the sand and circled the egg three times before stretching its wings over it — 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 182, line 17: «WHY: The bird settles on the egg to keep it warm, covering it with its wings.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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