Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dead hunchback is passed from house to house, and three innocent men nearly hang

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 192 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 ✓

yo, so the purveyor actually whacked a dude in his chimney thinking he was a rat?

1. nah, he knew exactly who it was and wanted to scare the merchant off for good — no support
2. yeah, cause he thought it was some sneaky thief after his butter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. yeah, he thought it was a dude stealing — score 6
4. yeah, cause he figured some guy was lurking for his stash — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 192, line 8: «What: the purveyor thinks a thief is stealing his butter, and he tells the thief, "I'll take care that you don't want to come back!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «purveyor» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, why did the purveyor stop bashing him?

1. cause the dude was snoring and wanted to nap — no support
2. cause the guy was lying way too still, it was sus — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause he heard the chief of police yelling and got scared of getting caught — no support
4. cause the guy was faking it so he could run away once the purveyor left — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 192, line 6: «Who: the purveyor is the Sultan's "purveyor", a man who supplies food to the palace, and he lives next door to the doctor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «purveyor» (+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 ✗

wait, the merchant was mad drunk right?

1. fr, he was totally sober — no support
2. fr, he was wasted but still sober enough to see the sunrise coming — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. fr, he was drunk but he could still walk to the bath fine — no support
4. yeah, he was smashed and kinda slurring his words — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 183, line 14: «Eagles carry the meat to their nests to feed their "hungry broods", and the merchants take the stones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stones» (+3); the same doer «merchants» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

so who got the hunchback to the square, the purveyor?

1. nah, he dumped him by a shop wall and bounced — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, some guy in a cart hauled him there later — no support
3. yeah, he carried him — no support
4. yeah, he dragged him on his back all the way — 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 ✗

lowkey, did the cop just let the merchant walk?

1. yeah, he sent him home with a warning — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yup, he let him walk home but made him promise never to drink wine again in the city — no support
3. nah, he kept him in a cell till morning — no support
4. nah, he locked him up till the judge woke up — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the Sultan said no mercy for a Christian who kills a Mussulman?

1. nah, a fine was enough for that one — no support
2. nah, he said mercy is allowed but only if the killer converts to the faith first — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. yup, straight up no pardon, just do your job — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yup, he said a Christian gets no mercy ever — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 168, line 14: «The young king says his wife is "an enchantress," and she turned him to stone after he hurt her favourite slave.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «young king» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the hunchback was like a jester for the Sultan?

1. yup, he was a steward who served the Sultan's table at feasts — no support
2. yeah, he was one of the Sultan's private jesters, which is why the cop stopped everything and went to ask first — score 2
3. nah, he was just a random hunchback who begged in the square until the cop kicked him out of town — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. yeah, he was one of his private jesters, so the cop paused it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 191, line 5: «In Kashgar a tailor brings home a singing hunchback, who chokes to death on a fish bone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «singing hunchback» (+3); the same doer «singing hunchback» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, who was the next one about to get hung?

1. the tailor's son, who was going to be hanged right after the doctor had finished his fee collecting — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Jewish doctor, but only after he confessed to a crime that the purveyor had actually committed — no support
3. the doctor's wife, who had been the sick guy's nurse — no support
4. the Jewish doctor, till he said he was the one who did it — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the doctor's servant gave the sick guy a fee?

1. yeah, she handed over the fee and then went out to the market to buy bread and wine for the house — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. nah, she never saw the sick guy at all, she just opened the door in the dark for the doctor's visitor — score 5
3. yeah, she brought the fee to him at the bedside — no support
4. nah, she just opened the door in the dark and handed the doctor the fee — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 20: «Talk in this lesson: «it's giving main character» = acting like the star of the show; «flex» = show off; «sound» (Liverpool) = fine, OK; «don't have a cow» (ol…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «word» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, did the purveyor end up free at the end?

1. yeah, the chief freed him and took the doctor — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yup, the cop let him go and had the doctor led off — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, he was sentenced to a whipping but released after the judge heard the whole story from the tailor — no support
4. yup, the cop let him go after the doctor confessed, and the doctor was led off to the gallows instead — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, why did the tailor even show up?

1. cause he wanted to get a reward from the cop — no support
2. cause he wanted to tell how the hunchback died at his house — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause he was summoned by the judge and wanted to explain how the hunchback choked on fish at his table — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. cause he heard the purveyor was innocent and came to tell the whole story about the hunchback's last supper — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 191, line 5: «In Kashgar a tailor brings home a singing hunchback, who chokes to death on a fish bone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «choke» (+6); the same thing acted on «singing hunchback» (+3); 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, did the hunchback choke on fish at the tailor's place?

1. yeah, he swallowed some bad wine and it killed him fast — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, a sharp fish bone lodged in his throat during supper and he died within a few minutes at the table — no support
3. nah, he was carried out of the tailor's house after he drank too much and never woke up again — no support
4. yeah, a bone got stuck in his throat and he died in minutes — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Which character, having been struck by the purveyor, was found to be deceased upon examination by the same purveyor?

1. The merchant — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The hunchback, who had been a private jester of the Sultan and was struck down in the dark street — no support
3. The hunchback, who had been a private jester of the Sultan — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The purveyor's servant, who had been sent out to fetch the doctor and was later found dead 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did the chief of police respond to the merchant's claim that he had been attacked by a thief?

1. He laughed and dismissed the merchant's claim — no support
2. He arrested the merchant and held him until the judge could attend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. He asked the merchant for proof of the attack — score 6
4. He demanded a full confession from the merchant — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 192, line 3: «A drunk Christian merchant bumps into the body before dawn, thinks it is a robber, and knocks it down with his fists.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «robber» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What was the sentence imposed upon the Christian merchant, as communicated by the chief of police to the criers?

1. Execution by hanging in the public square for the killing of a Mussulman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Fine and exile — no support
3. A public whipping for striking a Mussulman in the street — no support
4. Confiscation of all wealth for the crime of murder — 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 · wrong ✗

Which account of the hunchback's death did the tailor present as the true cause, and what did he claim to have happened?

1. He choked on wine poured by the merchant at dinner — no support
2. He died from a sudden fever after the feast night — no support
3. A fish bone lodged in his throat during supper at the tailor's house, and he died within minutes before anyone could help — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. A fish bone lodged in his throat during supper at the tailor's house — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 173, line 4: «Hacking at a tree root in a glade, he finds an iron trapdoor, climbs down, and enters a splendid palace under the earth.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «tailor» (+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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