Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a slave for the king, and his son falls for her
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 206 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, so the vizir's son just bulldozed past two little slaves like they were nothing, no cap?
- 1. Yeah, Noureddin shoved them out, slammed the door and told his mum everything — score 2
- 2. Yeah, Noureddin shoved them out and shut the door — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, Noureddin yelled at them and left the room — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Yeah, he pushed them aside and told the cook — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 4: «Noureddin is alone with the Persian when his mother is at the bath, and he shoves past the two little slaves who try to stop him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «noureddin» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, how much gold did the dad fork over for the Persian girl?
- 1. Just 200 gold — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Like 8,000 gold coins — score 2
- 3. 10,000 gold pieces — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Like 500 gold — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 123, line 9: «Why: the lazy girl wanted gold, but she did not make the bed or shake the feathers as she ought.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «gold» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what did they even call her, the lady slave?
- 1. The Dark Persian — no support
- 2. The Fair Persian — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Her name — no support
- 4. Persian girl — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 206, line 2: «He pays the merchant 10,000 gold pieces, names her The Fair Persian, and orders her to rest and bathe before the king sees her.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «name» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «girl» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
So who was she actually bought for, like the top boss?
- 1. Noureddin — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dad — no support
- 3. Saouy — no support
- 4. The king — ✓ 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
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Fr, what did the merchant say to do with her before the king saw her?
- 1. Keep her a fortnight in the house and dress her like a queen — score 1
- 2. Take her to the baths and then keep her a whole month — score 0
- 3. Keep her a fortnight in the house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Put her to work in the kitchen — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 206, line 11: «The merchant asks Khacan to keep her "a fortnight in your own house," because she is tired from the long journey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «own house» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, what was her big excuse for looking a bit rough?
- 1. The bumpy road trip — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Bad sleep — no support
- 3. The long journey — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Her long camel ride — 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 ✓
Bruh, what did the dad warn about his son?
- 1. He is headstrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He is lazy — no support
- 3. He is shy — no support
- 4. He's a total liar — 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 ✓
Ngl, how did Noureddin react the second he saw her?
- 1. He was totally charmed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. He went straight to his mum and begged for her — no support
- 3. He was so hyped he ran off to tell the whole house — no support
- 4. He got really jealous — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 206, line 3: «Khacan's wife dresses her in fine clothes, and Noureddin, the vizir's son, is charmed by her and wants to keep her for himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «charm» (+5); the same thing acted on «noureddin» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what did the Persian say she'd be stoked about?
- 1. Being sold again — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cooking for the whole house — no support
- 3. Being given to Noureddin — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Being sent to the 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
So who told the mum the dad had changed his mind?
- 1. The little slave girl who was bought — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. The Persian — no support
- 3. The merchant — no support
- 4. Noureddin — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 20: «Alice feels "very lonely and low-spirited" (sad) and cries, then hears pattering footsteps and hopes the Mouse has changed its mind.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was the mum heading to the bath, anyway?
- 1. To wash her hair — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To get glammed up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To sleep — no support
- 4. To pray — 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 ✗
Did the little slaves just hype it up and cry for no reason?
- 1. They fled — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. They shrieked and wept — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They bowed and left — no support
- 4. They laughed — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 195, line 12: «The Greek slave drops the basin of salt and turns to fly, but "in another instant her head was rolling".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «greek slave» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the dad's arch-nemesis, like the biggest hater?
- 1. Bahram — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Saouy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Khacan — no support
- 4. Omar — 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which person did the vizir Khacan fear would inform the king of the events in his household?
- 1. Khacan — score 2
- 2. Saouy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. Bahram — no support
- 4. Omar — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 5: «The wife bursts in weeping, and the vizir fears his enemy Saouy will tell the king, so his wife suggests buying another slave.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «king» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «enemy» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which sum in gold pieces did Khacan pay to the merchant for the purchase of the slave?
- 1. 10,000 gold pieces and a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. 8,000 — score 5
- 3. 10,000 — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. 10,000 gold pieces — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 182, line 4: «Sindbad gives the porter a purse, gets bored with home, and sails away on a second voyage.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
In what manner did the vizir's wife propose to recover the lost honour of the household?
- 1. By buying another slave — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. By asking the king — no support
- 3. By sending her away — no support
- 4. By selling jewels — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 206, line 5: «The wife bursts in weeping, and the vizir fears his enemy Saouy will tell the king, so his wife suggests buying another slave.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «buy» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «slave» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which quality did the merchant ascribe to the Persian slave in his description to Khacan?
- 1. Fitness to be a king's slave and to serve the palace well — score 1
- 2. Her strong sense of duty — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. Fitness to be a king's slave, being tall, young and graceful — score 1
- 4. Fitness to be a king's slave — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 16: «Khacan feels his honour is at stake, and he fears that Saouy, "my mortal enemy," will tell the king what happened.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+5); the same doer «khacan» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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