Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part 47: Noureddin's friends desert him and the Persian is put up for sale

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 207 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, did his dad actually try to kill him or was that fake?

1. Real, his dad really meant it all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Real, but the mum talked the dad out of it later — no support
3. Fake, his mum totally saved him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fake, the whole palace knew it was staged for show — 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 ✗

wait, how long before the dad kicked it after the bath thing?

1. Somewhere around five years after that, no cap — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. About a month later — no support
3. Over a year later, fr — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Maybe two years, idk — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl why did the friends bounce on Noureddin so fast?

1. They got bored — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They heard he was rich — no support
3. They heard he was broke — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was broke — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey who was the sneaky one hiding behind the curtain?

1. One of the ten guests — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One of his ten mates — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. His worst enemy — no support
4. One of his slaves — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

bruh what did the wife say to make Khacan chill out?

1. Think of your late father and how he loved him — no support
2. Spare him, he's your boy — score 1
3. Pardon him, he's still your son — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Pardon him, he was only young and foolish — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 207, line 2: «He pretends to kill Noureddin, then pardons him for his mother's sake, on three conditions.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pardon» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

deadass, how much did the dad pay for the Persian at first?

1. Ten thousand gold pieces and a tent — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. 8,000 gold coins — score 9
3. 5,000 gold — score 9
4. 10,000 gold pieces — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 206, line 14: «The Persian says she would be "very happy" if the vizir gave her to his son instead of to the king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

real talk, what did the Persian keep telling him to stop doing?

1. Inviting all his friends — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Throwing lavish parties and giving gifts — no support
3. Holding feasts and gambling — no support
4. Throwing parties and spending — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so which did he sell first, the slaves or the couch?

1. His house first, and then the slaves last — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The slaves first, then stuff — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. The couch first, then slaves — score 4
4. The garden, then the horses, then the slaves — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 207, line 5: «Noureddin sells his slaves and furniture, then the Persian, and Hagi Hassan starts the bidding at 4,000 gold pieces.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sell» (+4); the same thing acted on «slaves» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what did his dad make him promise about the Persian?

1. Never to sell or put her away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Never to marry the Persian — score -2
3. Never to sell or send her to market — no support
4. Always to free the Persian — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 207, line 8: «WHAT: He sets three conditions: take the Persian "for your wife, and not your slave," never sell her, and never put her away.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «put away» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok, what's the dealer's name, the guy with the big sale voice?

1. The old auctioneer Hagi Hassan — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ibn Hassan — no support
3. Hagi Hassan — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hagi Mahmoud — 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 ✗

so what's the least the slave guys said she was worth?

1. 5,000 gold coins — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Four thousand gold pieces at least — no support
3. 2,000 coins — no support
4. 4,000 gold pieces — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

nah for real, did he check the steward's books or nah?

1. Yes, he checked them — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yes, he read every page of the ledger — no support
3. Nah, he sent him away — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he never looked because he was ashamed — 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 19, line 7: «Alice begins «I once tasted—» but checks herself and says «No, never» — she won't tell a turtle she has eaten lobster.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «check» (+3). 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 ✓

Upon what condition did Khacan consent to pardon his son Noureddin?

1. Provided he sends the Persian to the market — no support
2. On one condition — score 4
3. On condition that he take the Persian as his wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. On condition that he divorce the Persian — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 207, line 8: «WHAT: He sets three conditions: take the Persian "for your wife, and not your slave," never sell her, and never put her away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal cause of Noureddin's financial ruin?

1. Unwise investments by his steward — no support
2. Bad luck at dice — no support
3. His prodigal expenditure upon his companions — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His wild gambling with the merchants — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 207, line 5: «Noureddin sells his slaves and furniture, then the Persian, and Hagi Hassan starts the bidding at 4,000 gold pieces.», 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, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What sum did the assembled slave merchants agree could not reasonably be refused for the Persian?

1. Three thousand gold pieces — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Four hundred — score 8
3. Two thousand — score 8
4. Four thousand gold pieces — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 207, line 17: «WHAT: The merchants agree "less than 4,000 gold pieces could not be asked" for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «agree» (+5); the same doer «merchants» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement accurately describes the conduct of Noureddin's companions upon learning of his insolvency?

1. They all left him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They abandoned him, each making excuses — no support
3. They withdrew from his company, each citing a pretext — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They left him, each with a flimsy excuse — 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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