Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar takes revenge, then is robbed and banished; Schacabac meets a Barmecide
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 195 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 ✗
Bro, what was that fake purse even stuffed with?
- 1. old coins, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. glass bits, straight up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. broken glass bits, straight up, no cap — no support
- 4. sand, nah — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 188, line 19: «Old word: "capacious" means roomy or able to hold a lot, so the gourd was "capacious" enough to hold a great deal of wine.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what kind of disguise did Alnaschar rock?
- 1. a full old lady look with a veil — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a rich dude fit — no support
- 3. an old lady look — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a fresh prince look — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, what did he hide under his dress, like?
- 1. a dagger, bruh — score 5
- 2. a sabre, bruh — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. a long curved sabre, bruh — no support
- 4. a rod, bruh — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 195, line 2: «Then he plots revenge: he fills a fake purse with glass, dresses as an old woman, and hides a sabre under his dress.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «dress» (+2); the same action «hide» (+1); the same thing acted on «sabre» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, how long was the lady stuck in that house?
- 1. since she was a kid, honest, no lie — no support
- 2. four years, lowkey — score 4
- 3. three years, honest — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. three whole years, honest, no lie — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 195, line 13: «The lady was "the wife of an honest merchant" who was tricked into a "grand wedding" and kept for three years.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lady» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dang, who called the cops on him?
- 1. the bazaar folk, fam — no support
- 2. the neighbours, fam — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the guards, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. the landlord, fam — 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 176, line 20: «Old word: "grand-vizir" was the Sultan's chief minister; today we would call him a prime minister.», 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 «old word» (+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 ✗
So what did the judge tell him to do?
- 1. dip out of town for good, fr — no support
- 2. pack up and go, fr — no support
- 3. ghost the city, fr — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. dip out of town, fr — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 14: «In the tale a dog called Fury says to a mouse, "I'll be judge, I'll be jury", which means one side would decide everything, a very unfair trial; a "cur" is a b…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+5); the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, what did the robbers do to him?
- 1. stripped him, beat him, left him naked in the sand — score 7
- 2. took it all — score -1
- 3. beat him up badly — no support
- 4. stripped him, left him naked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 195, line 5: «The judge banishes him, robbers strip him on the road, and his brother brings him home; then the beggar Schacabac comes to a Barmecide's house.», 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 (+3); the same action «strip» (+2); the same doer «robbers» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, who came to save him in the end?
- 1. the caliph, his friend — no support
- 2. the narrator, his bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a passing merchant — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. the narrator and his whole family — 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 176, line 11: «Who comes by boat? Officials "sent by the Sultan in token of welcome", who ask the merchants to write.», 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 «merchants» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Okay but who is the rich old man on the sofa?
- 1. the caliph himself — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a Barmecide, obvi — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a rich merchant — no support
- 4. a prince — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
How much did Schacabac get from his dad?
- 1. his dad's whole fortune and the land, easy — no support
- 2. fifty silver coins, easy — no support
- 3. a hundred silver drachmas and a house, easy — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 4. a hundred drachmas, easy — ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 195, line 21: «Schacabac lost his silver drachmas "through ill-luck" and was driven to beg, and he hoped a rich house would help him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «schacabac» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «silver drachmas» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
What's the Barmecide family known for, bruv?
- 1. being super generous, fr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. being super greedy, fr — no support
- 3. being super generous and kind to everyone, fr — no support
- 4. being super wise, fr — 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 ✓
Wait, how many dudes did he round up?
- 1. ten dudes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. four — no support
- 3. nine dudes — no support
- 4. two — 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 ✗
In the narrative, what implement does Alnaschar conceal beneath his garment before confronting the old woman?
- 1. a cane — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a sabre — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a rod — no support
- 4. a dagger — 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 text, which official ordered the narrator's brother to depart the city permanently?
- 1. lord — score 5
- 2. chief — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. the vizier — score 5
- 4. the judge — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 153, line 15: «Old word: "peevish" means grumpy and easy to annoy; the text says old men are "peevish and ill-tempered".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «old men» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What sum of money did Schacabac inherit from his father, as recorded in the account?
- 1. two hundred silver drachmas — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. one hundred silver drachmas — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. one hundred silver drachmas and a house — score 3
- 4. the full hundred silver drachmas plus the estate and lands — 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 195, line 21: «Schacabac lost his silver drachmas "through ill-luck" and was driven to beg, and he hoped a rich house would help him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «schacabac» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what virtue were the Barmecides distinguished, according to the narrator's account?
- 1. pride and cruelty alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. virtue — no support
- 3. liberality and generosity — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. wisdom — 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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