Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin
Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1871 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 ✗
Oi, did you see Medio Pollito hopping off to Madrid like he owned the place?
- 1. Nah, he's a good chick — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, the proper cheeky little chick, he never helped nobody — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, he helped everyone out and was dead nice to them all — no support
- 4. Yeah, cheeky chick — 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 ✗
Bruv, why'd the stream and the fire even bother asking him for help?
- 1. Cos they was stuck and needed him, innit — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. Cos they was stuck proper bad and needed his help to get out of trouble, innit — score -2
- 3. Cos they was lost and wanted him, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 4. Cos the stream and fire was dead stuck and needed him to sort it, so they asked, innit — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 521, line 15: «Where: the Styx was the sacred stream that "flowed nine times round these realms".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sacred stream» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, the cook totally binned him in the broth pot, right?
- 1. Yeah, the cook was well mean and he got cooked up — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he got boiled — no support
- 3. Yeah, proper savage, and he got boiled and scalded — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, the cook was chill and let him hop out — 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 ✓
Fam, what kind of punishment did the wind give him?
- 1. Whirled him over the rooftops till he was gasping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Whirled him over the rooftops till he was gasping for air and crying like a baby chick — score 1
- 3. Threw him around the courtyard till he was dizzy — score 0
- 4. Whirled him over the rooftops till he was gasping and then dumped him in a field — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1871, line 11: «The wind says, "now you are punished," and whirls him over the roofs to the highest church.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wind» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «whirl» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, so is he still stuck up on the church steeple now?
- 1. Yeah, sat there with one leg and one eye, dead sad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, sat up there with one leg and one eye and no one to help him, proper sad — no support
- 3. Yeah, still up there, got both legs, mate, sad — no support
- 4. Nah, he's down in the yard now, chillin proper — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓
Bro, what was the Caliph dude doing when the pedlar turned up?
- 1. Chilling on his divan with a pipe and coffee — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Dozing off — no support
- 3. Counting coins at his desk in the palace — no support
- 4. Shouting at his guards in the great hall — 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 ✓
Yo, why was the Vizier looking all gutted and worried?
- 1. He wanted the shiny stuff but had no cash — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. He wanted the shiny stuff from the box but his purse was empty and his wife was angry — score -1
- 3. He wanted gold but his purse was empty — score -1
- 4. He wanted all the shiny stuff in the box but he had no cash to pay for it — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 1431, line 16: «The Vizier wants the Princess for his own son and asks for "three months" of delay.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «want» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Innit, what was actually inside the pedlar's secret drawer?
- 1. A silver key and a torn old letter — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A gold ring and a dusty old book — no support
- 3. A black powder and a weird old scroll — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A black powder, a weird old scroll and a little bag of silver coins — 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 ✗
Sick, what did the Caliph pick up for the Vizier's missus?
- 1. A jewelled comb, proper bling — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A jewelled comb and a pearl necklace, proper bling for the missus — no support
- 3. A jewelled comb, proper bling, and a pair of golden earrings for her — no support
- 4. A silver ring, proper nice — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1731, line 12: «What: the Giant is surprised when Ring picks the parlour, and he "must not break my word".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, who was this Selim geezer supposed to be?
- 1. The clever scholar who knows every language — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The clever scholar who knows every language spoken in the lands of the East and beyond — no support
- 3. The strict guard who keeps the palace gate — no support
- 4. The clever scholar who knows every language and can read any old scroll — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
Dude, what's the Caliph gonna do if Selim can't read the thing?
- 1. Give him strokes on his cheeks and feet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Have him beaten with a rod in the yard — score 2
- 3. Send him away with no pay for a year — no support
- 4. Throw him out — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 220, line 19: «Old word: a Caliph was the ruler of the Muslim world, and a petition was a written request handed to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hand» (+3). Against it: the same receiver «caliph» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, so what's the scroll actually written in then?
- 1. Latin, innit, Selim reckons it's Latin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Greek, innit — no support
- 3. Greek, mate, Selim says it's Greek — no support
- 4. Latin, innit — 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 of the following statements concerning the conduct of Medio Pollito towards the stream, the fire and the wind is correct?
- 1. He agreed to help each one and was praised for kindness in the end — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. He helped the stream but refused the fire and the wind, quite happily — score 0
- 3. He refused once only — no support
- 4. He declined, in each instance, to render the assistance requested of him — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1871, line 1: «Medio Pollito, the half-chick, hops on towards Madrid to see the King.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+1). Against it: the same doer «medio» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the wares offered for sale by the pedlar in the courtyard?
- 1. Costly articles including pearls, rings, pistols, goblets, combs and a number of rare silk scarves and fine carpets — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Costly articles including pearls, rings, pistols, goblets and combs — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Plain household goods like pots, pans, spoons and cups for sale — no support
- 4. Costly articles including pearls, rings, pistols, goblets and combs, all hidden in a secret drawer for the Caliph — 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 of the following is the correct sequence of events within the present passage?
- 1. The Caliph sleeps, the pedlar arrives, and the chick is then boiled in broth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The pedlar sells the box, then the chick is cooked in a pot — no support
- 3. The chick is punished by fire — no support
- 4. The chick is punished by water, fire and wind, and the Caliph acquires a scroll — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following best describes the lexical meaning of the term "Vizier" as used within the passage?
- 1. A high minister serving a ruler as chief adviser — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. A high minister serving a ruler as chief adviser and judge of all disputes in the realm — score 0
- 3. A merchant who sells rare goods abroad — no support
- 4. A soldier who guards the royal treasury gate — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1846, line 20: «Old word: "Rajas" were Indian kings who ruled their own lands; today the word is used mostly for history.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «indian kings» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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