Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwits the Old Man, grows rich, then is stranded on a cliff island

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 188 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, did Sindbad actually get the old dude off his back or nah?

1. yeah, he tricked him with a stick and ran off — no support
2. yeah, he got him wasted on wine and chucked him down — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. yeah, he fed him wine till he passed out and then threw him off the island cliff onto the rocks — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. nah, he tried wine but the old dude just held on tighter and laughed at him all day — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 188, line 2: «Sindbad throws the Old Man to the ground, runs to the shore, and finds sailors who landed there for fruit and water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old man» (+4); the same doer «sindbad» (+3); the same action «throw» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, so the monkeys were like throwing nuts back at the guys?

1. nah bro, the monkeys just sat there and ate the stones and watched — no support
2. lowkey yes, they were salty about the stones — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. lowkey yes, the monkeys were super mad and threw nuts back at all the guys on the ship — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. kinda, they were mad about the rocks thrown — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 188, line 12: «Why: the monkeys throw nuts back because they are "annoyed and wishing to pay us back in our own coin".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «nuts» (+4); the same action «throw back» (+1). Against it: a different doer (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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, why would he even keep going on boats after all that?

1. cause he was broke — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cause it was his fate to roam, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause his crew kept asking him — no support
4. cause he just loved adventure, real talk — 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 ✗

so the captain was like just dig your graves now, right?

1. real talk, he said it cause the mountain was cursed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he just said it to scare them lol — no support
3. yeah, they were doomed — no support
4. real talk, he said that cause nobody ever got out — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the town with stone houses cool or what?

1. yeah, the locals took him around and gave him food — no support
2. lowkey yeah, the merchant took him to the stone houses and gave him gold and a fine feast every night — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. nah, the stone houses were falling apart and the merchant made him leave the town right away — no support
4. lowkey yeah, the merchant took him there and treated him well — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 135, line 8: «Where: the story takes place in the Widow's house, where the cock lives and crows at dawn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same place «house» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

aight, what was the deal with the gourd anyway?

1. it was a dried fruit bottle full of wine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a dried fruit bottle that the old man had hidden in the bushes — no support
3. a dried gourd with some herbs — no support
4. a big clay jug full of wine that the merchant had given to Sindbad — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the sailors actually believe his crazy story?

1. kinda, they were shook but said he was cursed — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. yeah, they were shook and said he was lucky — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. nah, they laughed — no support
4. yeah, they were bored and said nothing — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 181, line 5: «Sindbad then begins his tale of how he lost his wealth, sailed away, and was stranded on a whale's back.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same doer «sindbad» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

why did he get so rich from the pearls and pepper, bro?

1. cause his divers were super lucky and he traded smart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. cause the king gave him a share of the pepper and the pearls every year for life — no support
3. cause his divers found huge pearls on every dive and he sold the pepper at a high price in every port — no support
4. cause the pearls were just easy to find — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

after the big shipwreck, did anybody else survive with him?

1. yeah, a few sailors survived on a plank and joined him on the island later — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. nah, the whole crew swam to shore but the captain drowned and Sindbad was left alone — no support
3. nah, his whole crew died and he was left alone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, the crew stayed on the island — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 185, line 2: «Sindbad builds a tent of sticks, survives a second night of the snake, and is rescued by a passing ship.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «survive» (+2); 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

so what was the stuff in the cave walls, like real diamonds?

1. nah, just dull stones and dirt — no support
2. yep, diamonds, rubies, and crystal, all over the walls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. yep, emeralds and silver all over the floor — no support
4. nah, not diamonds, just snake skins and bones scattered all over the walls — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 188, line 15: «Where: a river runs under "a natural archway of rock", and inside the cave the walls are thick with diamonds and rubies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «walls» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

how long did the food last them on that island, roughly?

1. not long at all, they ran out of food fast and the crew went hungry for a whole month — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. super long, like months, they ate fruit and fish and nuts until they got sick — no support
3. not long, Sindbad got so low he dug his own grave — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. pretty long, they ate fish for weeks — 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 ✓

so is it the last thing he does in this part, the idea thing?

1. nah, he sails off with the crew again — no support
2. yeah, he gets a sudden plan by the cave as it ends — no support
3. yeah, he gets a sudden idea by the river as the part ends — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. yeah, he gets a sudden idea by the river and then he jumps into the water and swims away fast — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 127, line 1: «The part first ends Snow-White and Rose-Red: the bear-prince's punishment is explained, and the two brothers and sisters share the dwarf's treasure.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «part» (+3); the same action «end» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the means by which Sindbad effected his escape from the Old Man of the Sea?

1. By inducing the creature to consume wine, thereby loosening its grip, and casting it to the ground — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. By tricking the creature into a drunken stupor and then hurling it to the ground with all his strength — no support
3. By tricking it with a sweet drink and fleeing — no support
4. By feeding it wine and throwing it aside — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 186, line 3: «The king makes him marry a lovely lady and stay for good, but then Sindbad sees the island's cruel burial law.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sindbad» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal cause of the ship's misfortune on the sixth voyage, as stated in the narrative.

1. A violent storm combined with a powerful current that drove the vessel off course onto a rocky shore — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A dense fog and a hidden reef near the shore — no support
3. A strong wind that pushed the vessel onto the rocks — no support
4. A sudden storm that wrecked the mast and swept the crew overboard onto a distant sandy island — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 188, line 4: «Back in Bagdad he gives a tenth of his money to the poor, but he soon sets off on a sixth voyage, and a storm wrecks the ship on a rocky island.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «wreck» (+3); the same doer «storm» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the significance of the captain's remark concerning the fate of previous shipwrecked mariners upon the island.

1. The remark suggests that earlier wrecked mariners had built a great city on the mountain and never sailed home, which made the crew rejoice — no support
2. It means that no sailor had ever been saved from there, which frightened the company — no support
3. The remark indicates that no sailor wrecked upon that spot had ever returned, which caused the company to despair — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The remark shows that the captain believed every sailor who had ever landed there was eaten by giants, so the company resolved to flee — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 185, line 12: «The captain says the goods are registered "in the name of Sindbad the Sailor," and he returns them to Sindbad with the profit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sindbad» (+4); the same doer «captain» (+3). 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 ✗

State the precise nature of the substance found upon the floor of the cave, as described in the narrative.

1. Rubies — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ivory dust — no support
3. Gold — no support
4. Ambergris — ✓ 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

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