Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steals the talisman and Badoura takes her husband's place
Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 202 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, what was the prince dreaming about, fam?
- 1. his mom was sick — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. his dad was dying — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. his dad was sick, bro — no support
- 4. a dog ran off — 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 ✗
no cap, who was it that asked the king for the trip?
- 1. the king's youngest son — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. the vizier — no support
- 3. the princess — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the queen's cousin — 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 9, line 14: «In "You are old, Father William" a young man asks his father, in this order, why he stands on his head, how he turns a back-somersault, how he ate a whole goos…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «young man» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
how long did they chill at the other king's place, lowkey?
- 1. like three months — no support
- 2. for as long as the prince felt like staying in that palace — no support
- 3. one whole year — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. until the other king got bored of them and sent them home — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 2, 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 doer «story» (+1); the same thing acted on «place» (+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 ✗
what was that sus little pouch on her belt holding?
- 1. a cornelian stone — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a weird red stone with strange characters carved on it — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. some old candy — score 2
- 4. a silver locket — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 202, line 17: «Old word: "girdle" means a belt or sash worn around the waist, often with a pouch hanging from it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pouch» (+3); the same place «word» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
bruh, what did the bird do with the stone once it got it?
- 1. flew off with it — score 5
- 2. gave it to a hawk — score -1
- 3. swallowed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. flew over the sea and dropped it into the waves — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 202, line 9: «Why: The prince loses the talisman because he steps away to examine it, and the bird "swallowed the stone and took a longer flight than before."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «swallow» (+2); the same doer «bird» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
how far did he chase that bird, like seriously?
- 1. for a whole week — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. for eleven full days through mountains and deserts and rivers — score 6
- 3. all day, every day — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. non-stop until the bird finally dropped out of the sky — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 202, line 4: «He chases the bird for eleven days, reaches a town by the sea, and hides in a kind gardener's garden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chase» (+5); the same thing acted on «bird» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
what kinda town did he end up in, fr?
- 1. a gleaming palace built right on the edge of a harbour — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a town by the coast — no support
- 3. one by the sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a city up in the hills — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
why did the gardener slam the gate so fast?
- 1. he was rude — no support
- 2. the guards were coming now — no support
- 3. idolaters were everywhere — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. it was night — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 202, line 10: «Why: The gardener hides the prince because "this town is almost entirely inhabited by idolaters, who hate and persecute all of our faith."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «idolaters» (+6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
how did the gardener even know he was a Muslim?
- 1. from his green turban — no support
- 2. by the way he prayed — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. from his clothes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. by his beard — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «Just inside the garden, three gardeners shaped like playing cards are painting white roses red. They squabble and blame each other, and one of them, Two, expla…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gardeners» (+1); the same thing acted on «white rose tree» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
when's the next boat to Ebony Island, like?
- 1. whenever enough passengers had paid for a place on the deck — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. once a year — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. every few months — no support
- 4. each new moon — 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 ✗
how'd Badoura keep everybody from noticing, lol?
- 1. she shut the palace gates — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. she sent servants to search the city while claiming he was ill — no support
- 3. wore her husband's clothes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. she told the court he slept — 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 ✗
why'd she keep it on the down-low?
- 1. she feared the king's anger — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. she was scared of treason — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. she wanted the throne herself — no support
- 4. she believed the king would blame her for losing the prince at sea — 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 ✗
how did Badoura feel about that talisman, honestly?
- 1. she kept it safe — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. she gave it away — no support
- 3. she cursed it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. she was furious and wished the stone had never come to the palace — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
she looks just like him, does she?
- 1. she has his green eyes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. she has a strong likeness — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. she was born on the same day and shares his name and face — no support
- 4. she dresses like him — 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 did the prince's dream report concerning his father?
- 1. that he was at the point of death — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. that he was sleeping — no support
- 3. that he was lying gravely ill — no support
- 4. that he had been poisoned at dinner — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 202, line 7: «What: The prince dreams that his father is "at the point of death," and the princess asks her father, the king, for leave to visit.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); the same place «point» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Upon what condition did the king consent to the journey?
- 1. that the princess be allowed to rule the court during the absence — score -4
- 2. that the stay should last one year — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. that the queen should come too — no support
- 4. that the couple return home at once if any messenger should come — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 200, line 15: «Who: the grand-vizir tells Marzavan the whole story of Prince Camaralzaman, who is ill.», 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 «camaralzaman» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did the bird convey the talisman away from the camp?
- 1. by swallowing the stone in flight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. by dropping it near the water — score 0
- 3. by taking the stone from the prince's hand while he slept — no support
- 4. by flying over the camp at night and dropping the stone unseen — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 202, line 9: «Why: The prince loses the talisman because he steps away to examine it, and the bird "swallowed the stone and took a longer flight than before."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swallow» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «stone» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
In what manner did the princess conceal the prince's absence from the company?
- 1. by dressing in her husband's garments — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. by sending a false letter abroad — no support
- 3. by having a wooden doll dressed as him and placed upon the throne — no support
- 4. by sending servants to search the city while claiming he was ill in bed — 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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