Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story, the magic word, and the Caliph's new life

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

Lesson 1873 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, who even grabbed the Caliph's wing to stop him?

1. The Vizier, obviously, who was too scared to let him go — score 4
2. The Vizier, obviously, with his bill clamped on the wing — score -2
3. The Vizier, obviously — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The guard, I reckon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1873, line 1: «The Caliph hears a sad weeping and rushes towards it, but the Vizier grabs his wing to stop him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grab» (+5); the same thing acted on «wing» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «vizier» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, what was the owl's name, seriously?

1. Su — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ila — no support
3. Lusa — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Malia — 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 ✗

Bruv, why was she a horrible owl in the first place?

1. A magic drink turned her, given by the old magician Kaschnur — score -1
2. A nasty potion did it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. A magic drink turned her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She drank a magic drink that the magician gave her in a cup — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1549, line 11: «fact: Who: the cook gives her a place and says she may leave when she tires of it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, what was the magic word they got?

1. Sesame — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mutabor — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Abra — no support
4. Mutabar — 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 ✗

Wicked, when does the owl actually see properly?

1. When the sun is high — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only in the dark — no support
3. When the moon shines on her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Only when the moon is full, she reckons — 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 ✓

Mate, did the Vizier fancy marrying the owl?

1. No way, he said his wife would go mental — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, he is too old for that — no support
3. Yes, gladly — no support
4. Yeah, but his wife would kill him — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 14: «The doves talk: "Give me some curds, too, Dovey!" says the mate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). Against it: the same doer «mate» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ha, who was the actual bad guy?

1. The sorcerer Ibrahim — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The magician Kaschnur — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The vizier Hassan — no support
4. The pedlar — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Blud, how did the storks finally get their proper bodies back?

1. They prayed to Allah and waved — score 2
2. They said the word — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. They bowed to the sun and said the word — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. They bowed to the moon — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1031, line 11: «The old sparrow says spring comes "when the stork returns", so the storks are the sign that the year has really begun.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «storks» (+3); the same thing acted on «sign» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, how many blokes were sat round that table?

1. Eight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. Two — score -3
3. Twelve blokes, all in silk robes — score -3
4. Nine — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1546, line 14: «The wife: while they sit at the table she cries "I am coming! I am coming!" and looks for her fur coat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); the same action «sit» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did the Caliph find in his girdle?

1. His old ring — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. A ring — score 0
3. A small knife — score 0
4. His purse — ✓ the right answer · 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 618, line 12: «WHAT: Kotick finds that on each island "seals had once visited the island and been killed off," so he knows "where men had come once they would come again."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «island» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); the same action «find» (-3). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what happened to the magician in the end?

1. He got hanged in the owl's old room — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He got hanged in the owl's old room, watched by the whole court — no support
3. He got hanged in the owl's old room in the palace tower — no support
4. He got beheaded in the square — 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 ✗

Proper, did the owl turn into a babe or what?

1. Yeah, a gorgeous princess, wow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, a beautiful lady, dead gorgeous — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, a lovely girl, proper fit — no support
4. Nope, still owl — 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 ✗

Mate, so who was the new boss of Bagdad?

1. The magician, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Caliph, obviously, once he got his throne back from the usurper — no support
3. The Caliph, obviously, after the storks sorted the whole mess out — no support
4. The Caliph, obviously — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

What condition did the owl set before revealing the means of deliverance to the storks?

1. That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage and take her home to Bagdad — score -6
2. That she gets a stork's hand — no support
3. That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -6
4. That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage at once — score -6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -6, tied with another option at -6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1873, line 11: «The owl's condition: "one of you will offer me his hand in marriage."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «hand» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which magical formula did the storks overhear the magicians pronounce, enabling their restoration to human form?

1. The word "Abracadabra," an Arabic expression of some difficulty — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The word "Sesame," a Greek expression of some difficulty — score 0
3. The word Mutabor — score 0
4. The word "Mutabor," a Latin expression of considerable difficulty — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1463, line 20: «What is "animadvert"? It is an old word meaning to criticise or comment on something, and the narrator says it is not his business to do so.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «subject» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the storks prepare to pronounce the restorative word before their transformation was reversed?

1. They bowed three times — score 1
2. They bowed their long heads twice towards the setting sun — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. They lowered their long necks once towards the rising moon — score -1
4. They bowed their long necks three times towards the rising sun — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 934, line 16: «Old word: "Allah" is the Arabic word for God, which the merchants bow down to in the story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bow down» (+4); the same thing acted on «arabic word» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the eventual fate of the usurper's accomplice, the old magician, following the restoration of the Caliph?

1. He was hanged in the chamber where the Princess had lived as an owl, before all the court — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was thrown into the river where the Princess had once bathed — no support
3. He was hanged in the chamber where the Princess had lived as an owl — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was beheaded in the square where the Princess had been shamed — 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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