Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, part 1: the Caliph is stopped by a blind beggar who begs to be struck
Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 214 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 ✗
Who's the genie yelling at, innit?
- 1. Sam — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the sultan — no support
- 3. Aladdin — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Ali — 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 ✗
Did the magician's brother fool the princess proper, or what?
- 1. yeah, he tricked her good and proper — score 8
- 2. yeah, he tricked her — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. nah, she saw through him — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 4. nah, she saw right through his disguise and laughed — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 123, line 12: «The princess's ball rolls into the fountain, which is "so deep that she could not see to the bottom."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+6); the same doer «princess» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why'd the Caliph go out in disguise, mate?
- 1. for a walk — no support
- 2. to check the market prices — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. to hunt for thieves — no support
- 4. to check justice was done — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 71, line 2: «There are only four of them, but to the panicking weasels the hall seems full of monsters. They flee through the windows, up the chimney, anywhere away from th…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «check» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the blind bloke's hit a proper big smack?
- 1. yeah, a proper slap — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a hard hit — no support
- 3. nah — no support
- 4. nah, just a light tap — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wot did the lad do to his horse in the square?
- 1. fed it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. whipped it till it bled — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. kicked it till it fell — no support
- 4. beat 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who got the treasure tip in the end, bruv?
- 1. the dervish told Baba-Abdalla about the tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a camel driver spilled it — no support
- 3. the dervish told Baba-Abdalla — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the holy dervish who was passing through Bagdad told him — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where was Baba from, like?
- 1. Basra — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Bagdad — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Balsora — no support
- 4. Cairo — 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 ✗
How many camels did Baba have, innit?
- 1. eighty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. ninety — no support
- 3. ten — score 2
- 4. two — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 75, line 18: «Real biology: dromedary camels (Arabia, North Africa) have one hump and Bactrian camels (Central Asia) have two; people have kept camels to carry loads and giv…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was Baba dead rich before, or what?
- 1. nah — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, he had — no support
- 3. yeah, he was — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. no — 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 ✓
Did the princess spot the fake holy woman, mate?
- 1. nah, she guessed — score 3
- 2. nah, she was completely fooled by him — no support
- 3. yeah, she saw it — score 2
- 4. nah, she was fooled — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+3); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wot did Aladdin do with his dagger, like?
- 1. stabbed the magician in the heart — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. stabbed the guard in the back — no support
- 3. stabbed the magician in the heart with his dagger — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 4. cut the rope near the door — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 198, line 11: «Why the princess is locked up: she "lost her temper" and threatened to stab herself with a dagger, so her father had her shut in rooms with "ten old women."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «stab» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the Caliph keep the blind bloke waiting?
- 1. yeah, he kept him waiting — no support
- 2. nah, he said come back tomorrow morning — score 3
- 3. nah, he saw him at once — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. nah, he said come tomorrow — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 214, line 5: «On the bridge a blind beggar asks the Caliph to strike him, and then the Caliph sees a young man whipping his horse bloody in the square.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «caliph» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which person did the genie state had originally formulated the request?
- 1. the brother of the African magician — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the sultan's cousin from Egypt — no support
- 3. the brother of the African magician, the genie said — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. the brother of the African magician who lived — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 163, line 12: «What: the genie approaches "sword in hand" and says "Get up and let me kill you as you killed my son."», 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 «genie» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the Caliph attempt to ascertain the reason for the beggar's vow?
- 1. by summoning him to the palace for questioning — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. by summoning him to the palace — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. by sending a messenger to bring him before the throne at once — no support
- 4. through a trusted courtier — 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 condition did the blind man attach to accepting alms?
- 1. a coin — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. that he get a meal — no support
- 3. that he receive chastisement — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. that he be paid in gold — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 9: «The Dodo presents the thimble with "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble", and they all cheer.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which term describes the blind man's act of making amends for his sin?
- 1. repentance — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. expiation — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. making a public confession — no support
- 4. redemption — 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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