Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess reveals herself, and the prince is made king and married
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 3 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 205 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 ✓
Wait, so the king was a girl the whole time, no cap?
- 1. Yep, Badoura was dressed as a dude — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yep, she was a guy for real — no support
- 3. Nope, a guy — no support
- 4. Nah, Badoura was a total king — 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 ✗
Why'd she keep her secret so long?
- 1. She was scared of his reaction — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She wanted to mess with him a bit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Just for fun — no support
- 4. She had to wait for the talisman — 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 ✓
Lowkey, that talisman was trash for him, right?
- 1. Yeah, it split him from his true love for years and years — score 2
- 2. Yeah, it tore him from his wife — no support
- 3. Yeah, it split him from his true love — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Yeah, that talisman split him from his true love and his home completely — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 205, line 3: «That night the princess takes out the talisman, and Camaralzaman tells her how it caused his sad separation from his love.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «talisman» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
So the prince just became king, just like that?
- 1. Yeah, he was crowned — no support
- 2. Nah, he stayed a poor man for years — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Facts, he got crowned and married — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Facts, he got crowned — 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 204, line 3: «The prince buries the gardener, finds the ship gone, and stays on to hire the garden and fill fifty more jars.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Did the princess still want the crown?
- 1. Yeah, she kept it — score 5
- 2. Nah, she gave it up for love and kept only her husband — score 10
- 3. Nah, she gave up the crown for love of the prince and his kingdom — score 10
- 4. Nah, she gave it up for love — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 205, line 5: «Next morning she tells King Armanos the truth, asks that Haiatelnefous marry Camaralzaman, and gives up her own crown for love.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «give up» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the chill one in the palace?
- 1. The young Princess Badoura — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Princess Haiatelnefous — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Queen Zinebi of Balsora — no support
- 4. Princess Haiatelnefous the younger, the chill one — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Was Saouy the friendly type?
- 1. Nah, he was sour and stingy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he was sour, stingy, and cold to every guest — no support
- 3. Yes, he was cheerful and kind — no support
- 4. Nah, he was a joker and loud — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was Saouy salty at Khacan?
- 1. Khacan got all the honour Saouy wanted for himself at court and more — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Khacan got the honour he wanted and the king's full trust — no support
- 3. Khacan won the king's trust first — no support
- 4. Khacan got the honour he wanted — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
How much gold did Saouy say the slave costs?
- 1. 10,000 gold pieces — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 8,000 silver pieces — no support
- 3. 50,000 gold pieces of the old kind — no support
- 4. 10,000 gold pieces plus a horse — 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 ✗
Was the king into smart girls or pretty girls?
- 1. Pretty girls, mostly — no support
- 2. Smart and pretty both, and he loved wit above all things — no support
- 3. Smart and pretty both — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He liked smart and pretty girls and kept both kinds at court — ← 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 99, line 3: «The girl tearfully tells him everything, so the king dresses her in royal clothes and she shines with beauty.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same thing acted on «girl» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the two queens get along?
- 1. Yeah, they loved each other like real sisters from the start — no support
- 2. Nah, they fought all day — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Nah, they fought all day like real rivals at court — score 3
- 4. Yeah, like real sisters — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 128, line 5: «The Queen forgets her promise to the Dwarf, but when her child is born he comes to claim it, and she has three days to find his name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Camaralzaman get a big house and servants?
- 1. Nah, just a small room at last — no support
- 2. Yep, a sick house, full stables, and a whole crowd of servants to attend him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Yep, a sick house and full stables — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yep, a sick house and full stables and a hundred servants — 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 205, line 3: «That night the princess takes out the talisman, and Camaralzaman tells her how it caused his sad separation from his love.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «camaralzaman» (+3); the same receiver «princess» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which character, by her own decision, withheld her identity from Camaralzaman for a prolonged interval, and for what stated reason?
- 1. Princess Badoura, who judged that it was wiser to hide the truth from the prince for a while longer — score 6
- 2. Princess Badoura, who judged that it was better for them both that she should play her part a little longer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Princess Badoura, to keep the secret — score 6
- 4. Princess Haiatelnefous, who judged that it was wiser for them both that she should keep her silence a little longer — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 199, line 11: «Why: the princess is delighted because she says "I know I shall love you with all my heart".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what office was Camaralzaman appointed, and with what quality was he said to have performed its duties?
- 1. Grand treasurer, honestly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Chief steward of the palace, with wisdom and mercy — no support
- 3. Keeper of the stables, with patience and zeal — no support
- 4. Grand treasurer, with integrity and benevolence — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the outcome of the princess's request to King Armanos regarding his daughter and the prince?
- 1. The prince became a king — score 1
- 2. He was made a vizir — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. The prince was named royal steward and wed to the daughter of a rich merchant — no support
- 4. The prince was proclaimed king and married to the Princess Haiatelnefous — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 186, line 12: «The king's wish: "Sindbad... wish you to end your days amongst us", so he is made to marry a rich lady.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+2). 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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