Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king makes a stranger his heir, and a gardener's treasure is found

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 203 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 ✗

so the king wants this dude to marry his daughter, fr?

1. yeah, he's got no son so it's the crown — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. yeah, he's got no son so he offers the daughter and the whole crown to this guy — score 5
3. nah, it's more like he wants a friend, but then the marriage talk comes up later anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. nah, he wants a son-in-law instead — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 153, line 9: «Why: the monkey wants to look grand, but he thinks the Piræus is a person, not a place.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «monkey» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, Badoura blushing, was she actually flustered or nah?

1. yeah, she felt shy about the lie — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she was faking the modesty, she was stressed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, she was actually flustered by the king — no support
4. nah, she was just shy — 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 ✓

did the princesses squad up or did one of them snitch?

1. they squad up for the wedding but then one of them secretly betrays the other to the guard — no support
2. one told the king in private — no support
3. they squad up at first, but one of them snitches later to the king in private — no support
4. they squad up and keep it secret — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 180, line 2: «They feast him, sing, dance and keep him company, and each day he opens a new door full of wonders.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princesses» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

the birds really buried the dead one and then went for revenge?

1. yeah, they wrecked the cave instead — no support
2. yeah, they buried the dead one first, then flew off and tracked down the killer's whole family — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. nah, they buried him and then went to the town to ask the king for justice against the idolaters — score 6
4. yeah, they got the killer and wrecked him — ✓ the right answer · score 5

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 203, line 15: «Two large birds fight to the death, and two bigger birds bury the dead one and punish the killer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bury» (+3); the same doer «two bigger birds» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Camaralzaman found the talisman near the dead bird, right?

1. nah, it was the golden ring the king lost — no support
2. nah, he found a red talisman but it was actually from the gardener's cave near the tree — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. yeah, the red one that caused all the drama — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, the red one he found buried in the dirt near the staircase and the old tree outside — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 203, line 4: «Camaralzaman watches two birds punish a killer, then finds Badoura's red talisman on the ground.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «camaralzaman» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

the gardener's cottage is in some town full of idolaters?

1. nah, it's near the sea and the markets — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, but the town is far away — no support
3. yeah, like statues and stuff, bruh — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, it's a village — 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 ✗

the gardener sent him off on a holiday, lowkey?

1. nah, just a visit — no support
2. yeah, he's off to visit the king's temple — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. nah, it's a public holiday where nobody works — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, he's on break — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 203, line 14: «It is a public holiday, and the townspeople forbid others to work, so the gardener goes out to see friends.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «gardener» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the cave had ten steps and fifty jars, right?

1. yeah, ten steps down into the dark and fifty bronze jars filled with gold dust and ash — no support
2. nah, it was ten steps down and fifty jars, but the jars were empty and sealed with wax — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. nah, twenty steps and sixty silver-filled jars — no support
4. yeah, ten steps down and fifty gold-filled jars — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 105, line 9: «Where: Dummling goes down "the steps as before" to the trap-door, where the toad waits.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «steps» (+2). Against it: a different doer (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 9 · ★ · right ✓

and the gold was just dust in the jars?

1. yeah, gold dust, fr fr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, coins — no support
3. nah, it was silver coins — no support
4. nah, it was real gold coins stacked high in every single jar, 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the gardener dug for eighty years for nothing, bruh?

1. yeah, eighty years of digging, but he finally found a cave with ten steps and fifty jars — score 6
2. yeah, eighty years, not a single coin — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, he dug for eighty years and found a single coin, then gave it to the prince, bruh — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. nope, he found the gold quickly — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 203, line 18: «The gardener has dug the ground "for the last eighty years" without finding anything, so he thinks the treasure is meant for the prince.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dig» (+3); the same doer «gardener» (+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 11 · ★ · right ✓

the gardener said he needed nothing, he was almost done, right?

1. yeah, he said he was near the end — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. nah, he actually said he needed a ship and wanted to go find his friends in the town first — score 6
3. yeah, he said he needed nothing because he was almost done with his whole life and digging — score 6
4. nope, he said he still had years — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 7, line 19: «Pat says he is "Digging for apples, yer honour!" ("yer honour" = sir), which is nonsense, since apples grow on trees; the Rabbit calls him "you goose" (silly),…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «pat» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

so they split the gold in the end, fam?

1. yeah, the king got half of it — no support
2. yeah, they split it fair and square — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nope, the gardener took it all — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. nah, they gave the whole treasure to the temple of the idolaters so nobody argued anymore, fam — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 194, line 3: «An old woman leads him to a grand house, where the lady leaves him alone, and then a huge black slave cuts him and takes his gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «gold» (+2). 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which royal arrangement is proposed by King Armanos to his visiting guest in this part of the narrative?

1. The king proposes that his guest marry his only daughter and succeed him on the throne — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. The king suggests his guest be given the royal stables and a seat among his counsellors at court — score 7
3. The king proposes that his guest rebuild the old palace walls and then govern the eastern provinces — no support
4. The king offers his guest gold and horses — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 168, line 6: «Who: the Sultan, his grand-vizir, the fisherman, and later a young king who sits on a throne in the empty palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «young king» (+3); the same place «throne» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What is the nature of the discovery made by the prince in the garden, as recounted in the passage?

1. He discovers a cave containing fifty bronze jars filled with gold dust — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. He uncovers a well holding forty silver urns full of ancient coins — no support
3. He discovers a temple with twenty statues carved from the old garden stone — no support
4. He discovers a tunnel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. 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 a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «bird» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which conduct does the gardener exhibit upon learning of the treasure, according to the narrative?

1. He hides the jars and refuses to tell the king about the cave and its gold — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He keeps the gold secretly — score 7
3. He declines to appropriate the treasure and insists that it belongs to the prince — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He sells it at market — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 17: «Told to get up, the gardeners keep bowing to everybody, and the Queen screams «Leave off that! You make me giddy.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «gardeners» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the significance of the talisman in the events of this part of the narrative?

1. It is a gift from the king that binds the prince to the idolater town — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is the object that the princesses used to disguise themselves, and it was recovered by the gardener after the cave collapsed in the desert — no support
3. It is a weapon the two birds use to defeat the killer in the final battle — no support
4. It is the object that caused many misfortunes and is recovered by the prince — ✓ the right answer · 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

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