Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the princess into giving up the lamp, and the palace vanishes to Africa

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 212 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 ✗

Okay so the magician is literally shouting "new lamps for old" like a total muppet, right?

1. He was trying to sell cheap lamps — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He was tricking people into swapping lamps — score 5
3. He was tricking people into swapping the magic lamp — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He was swapping lamps for coins — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 212, line 9: «What: he shouts "New lamps for old!" and tricks the crowd, which "followed" him with jeers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «magician» (+3); the same thing acted on «new lamps» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who even laughed at him?

1. A beggar — score 0
2. Some children playing in the dusty square outside the palace gate — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. A slave who was sweeping the marble steps of the palace — score 7
4. A slave — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 205, line 9: «Why: She waits to reveal herself because she thinks "it was better for them both that she should play her part a little longer."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «princess» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, the princess just gave away the magic lamp for a copper one??

1. She did not know what it was worth — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She thought it was worthless — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Nobody told her about the lamp — no support
4. The magician had cast a spell on her so she could not see the lamp's true value — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 205, line 9: «Why: She waits to reveal herself because she thinks "it was better for them both that she should play her part a little longer."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+5); the same doer «princess» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hang on, where did the palace end up?

1. On a hill near the old city — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. In Africa, in a lonely place — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Far away in Africa, in a lonely place beyond the sea and the sand — no support
4. In Africa — 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 ✗

Lol so Aladdin was just out hunting the whole time?

1. Yeah, for six days — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes — no support
3. Yeah, for eight days — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No, for a day — 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 ✓

What did the magician even do with the lamp once he had it?

1. He kissed it — score 5
2. He rubbed it and the genie came out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. He tossed it in the fire and waited — score 5
4. He hid it — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 212, line 5: «The magician rubs the lamp, the genie carries the palace off to Africa, and the Sultan is amazed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «lamp» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «rub» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Did the Sultan notice anything in the morning?

1. The palace was gone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nothing was there — no support
3. No — no support
4. The gate was broken — 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 ✗

Was the vizir totally shocked too?

1. Yes, he was so amazed that he could not speak for a long time — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, he was merely puzzled by it — no support
3. Yes, he was confused — no support
4. Yes, he was lost in astonishment — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the sneaky one going round the city?

1. The old beggar — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The magician — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The vizir — no support
4. The Sultan's servant — 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 crowd cheering or mocking him?

1. Laughing at him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mocking him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ignoring him — no support
4. Cheering — 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 ✗

What's a "cymbal" anyway? Like a fancy drum?

1. A drum — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A round brass plate you clash together — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A stringed instrument you pluck with fingers — no support
4. A metal pipe you blow into softly — 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 ✗

Hold up, what did the lamp do with the palace?

1. Carried it off to Africa — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Dropped it in the sea — no support
3. It carried the whole palace away over the desert to a distant land — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. Moved it to a nearby hill — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 212, line 13: «What: at the magician's command the genie carries "the palace and the princess in it" to a lonely place in Africa.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «palace» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «carry» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So who did the Sultan send for?

1. Guards — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. The guards — score 10
3. The vizir — ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. The emir — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 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 212, line 14: «What: the Sultan rubs his eyes because the palace "was gone," and he sends for the vizir.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+5); the same doer «sultan» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the means by which the magician regained possession of the lamp?

1. He tricked the princess somehow — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. He exchanged it for a new lamp — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He swapped it for copper coins — score 5
4. He cheated the princess out of the old lamp by sneaking into her chamber at night — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 212, line 9: «What: he shouts "New lamps for old!" and tricks the crowd, which "followed" him with jeers.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «trick» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «magician» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following identifies the location to which the palace was transported?

1. The desert — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A lonely place in Africa — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A dark forest in Persia — no support
4. A remote and desolate place somewhere far to the south in Africa — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following accurately states the reason for Aladdin's absence from the palace?

1. He had gone hunting for eight days — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He had gone riding for six days — score 2
3. He had gone trading for eight days — score 2
4. He had left the city to hunt wild animals in the far mountains for many days — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 212, line 2: «Aladdin goes off hunting for eight days, and the old magician sneaks back to China.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the response of the Sultan upon discovering the disappearance of the palace?

1. He rubbed his eyes and sent for the vizir — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He called guards — no support
3. He shouted and called for his men — no support
4. He fell down and sent for a doctor — 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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