Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: Noureddin flees to Bagdad, and an old doorkeeper is tempted into drinking wine in the Caliph's pavilion
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 208 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 Noureddin really whack the vizir in the middle of the market?
- 1. yeah, pulled him off his horse and he landed in the mud, kinda — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. nah, he only gave him a slap and walked off to the garden — no support
- 3. yeah, dragged him off his horse, left him in the gutter, then took the slave and fled to the Caliph's garden by night — score 2
- 4. yeah, dragged him off his horse and left him in the gutter — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 1: «Saouy the vizir sees the Persian slave and wants her, so Noureddin pretends to be angry, beats Saouy and drags him into the mud.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «mud» (+4); the same doer «noureddin» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the king is mad and wants Noureddin's house flattened, right?
- 1. nope, just a few guys — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, ten guys — no support
- 3. nope, they just wanted to arrest him — no support
- 4. yup, forty guys, total wreck — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
wait, how did they dodge the king's guys?
- 1. Sangiar tipped them off and they bounced on a ship — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. they bribed a guard and walked out the front gate — no support
- 3. the old doorkeeper hid them in a cupboard till night — no support
- 4. the king's guys got lost in the market and the couple bought a boat from a fisherman in the afternoon — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
lowkey the garden looks sick, who owns it?
- 1. the king's brother, very rich and bored — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the Caliph himself, super rich — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. some merchant — no support
- 4. a rich merchant who rents it out — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruh the old guy said no wine ever and then drank it??
- 1. lol nope — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. lol yeah, the Persian talked him into it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, he did — no support
- 4. yeah, the vizir made him drink it — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓
how many windows in that room, like honestly?
- 1. like twenty — no support
- 2. a few — no support
- 3. eighty, with a lamp on each — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. eighty, with silver arms holding them — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 17: «The saloon has eighty windows, and each window has a lustre that is lit only when the Caliph spends the evening there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
was Scheih Ibrahim being sneaky with the gold?
- 1. nope, he gave every coin back to Noureddin, then went to buy wine with the money the Caliph had given him — no support
- 2. yep, he kept most of it for himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. nope, he shared it with the Persian and Noureddin — score 1
- 4. yep, he kept most of it for himself and lied to Noureddin about the price of the wine — score 6
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 208, line 14: «Why: Scheih Ibrahim is tempted to take their gold, and he is "being very avaricious," so he keeps most of the money.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «ibrahim» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the Caliph's guards just let them sleep there, fam?
- 1. yeah, they just slept — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nope, the guards were asleep so they walked in — no support
- 3. nope, the old guy let them in, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nope, they broke in — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
what is a vestibule even, sounds fake
- 1. a little porch in front of the door, where guests wait before the saloon, with silver lamps and carpets — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a kind of garden path leading to the gate — no support
- 3. a little porch in front of the door — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a roofed entrance hall inside the house — 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 · ★ · right ✓
bet the king paid a huge reward, how much?
- 1. one thousand gold pieces — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. five thousand silver coins — score 6
- 3. some gold — score 6
- 4. a hundred coins — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 189, line 4: «They take him to the city of Serendib, where the king hears his story and gives him a fine lodging.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); the same doer «king» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
why did the old man get so greedy, like, what was his deal?
- 1. he was just old — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he was lonely and wanted company — no support
- 3. he was a poor man who needed the gold badly — no support
- 4. he was super avaricious, always wanting more money — ✓ 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 ✗
did they actually reach Bagdad, or nah?
- 1. yup, they went ashore there at dawn and walked into the city to find the old doorkeeper — no support
- 2. yes, they landed at the port — no support
- 3. yup, they went ashore there — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nope, they sailed past it to Basra — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 183, line 5: «The merchants admire his escape, he shares his diamonds, and he sails home with them to Bagdad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «bagdad» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the wine guy was a total hypocrite, right?
- 1. kinda, he was pious but still poured wine for guests — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. kinda, he swore off wine and then secretly bought jars of it from the shop by the gate every single week — no support
- 3. kinda, he swore off wine but still drank — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. kinda, he swore off wine for years but then drank it anyway the moment a pretty woman asked him to — 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 of the following accurately describes the action by which Noureddin's servant, Sangiar, assisted the fugitives?
- 1. He hastened to warn Noureddin, enabling the flight to Bagdad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. He guarded the gate — score 1
- 3. He warned the king's captain, which let Noureddin hide the slave in the cellar — score 1
- 4. He betrayed Noureddin to the king's captain, which led to the arrest — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 98, line 19: «OLD WORD: A "waiting-maid" was a servant who attended a lady, helping her dress and travel; today we would say a lady's maid.», 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 thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal consequence of Saouy's conduct in the Persian's sale as recorded in this passage.
- 1. The vizir was dragged from his horse and left bleeding — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Noureddin was ordered arrested and his house destroyed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Noureddin was fined — no support
- 4. The slave was freed — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 208, line 1: «Saouy the vizir sees the Persian slave and wants her, so Noureddin pretends to be angry, beats Saouy and drags him into the mud.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drag» (+5); the same thing acted on «saouy» (+2). 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 · wrong ✗
State the location within which Noureddin and the Persian were first received by Scheih Ibrahim.
- 1. At the river gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Within the king's palace, in the great hall by the throne — no support
- 3. Within the Caliph's garden, beside the vestibule — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Within the Caliph's garden, under a tree near the river — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Determine the precise manner in which the aged doorkeeper was induced to partake of the wine.
- 1. She forced him — no support
- 2. He was persuaded by Noureddin to taste the wine in secret — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. He was persuaded by the Persian to drink her health — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He drank it freely — 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 188, line 8: «What: Sindbad's gourd holds wine, and the Old Man "drained them to the very last drop" after tasting it cautiously.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wine» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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