Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment

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

Lesson 215 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 · ★ · right ✓

Oi, the narrator was proper jealous of the dervish's stash, yeah?

1. Yeah, the gold made him gutted he didn't get more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, not really — no support
3. Yeah, he was dead jealous of the stash — no support
4. Nah, he was chill about the whole lot — 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 ✗

Bruv, why'd the narrator run back after the dervish?

1. He ran back because the envy in him grew so strong that he could not resist asking for everything — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Cos the dervish had offered him the whole palace and he wanted to take more of it all — score 0
3. He got the envy and wanted more camels — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. He wanted more of the dervish's stuff — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 215, line 13: «The narrator runs back because "the demon of envy filled my soul" when he thinks the dervish has too much.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run back» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how many camels did he nick the first time?

1. Fifteen — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Four — score 6
3. Twenty-five — score 6
4. Ten — ✓ the right answer · 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 75, line 8: «Each time the Camel said "Humph!" and the animal "went away and told the Man".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «camel» (+3); the same property (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so how many did he end up with, like total?

1. Forty — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ten — no support
3. Sixty — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Two — 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 ✓

Did the dervish actually grumble about giving him loads?

1. Nah, he just went along with it, dead chill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he grumbled and sulked all day — no support
3. Yeah, he was proper grumpy about it and went on about the poor for ages after — no support
4. Nah, he refused and kicked up a fuss — 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 ✗

What even was in the little box, fam?

1. Some sort of sweet-smelling potion, kinda — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A tiny box of special magic ointment that makes you see all the buried gold in the world — no support
3. Some special ointment, like a magic one — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Some kind of magic ointment that you rub on your eyes to see stuff — 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 ✗

Was the rock thing like a proper magic door or what?

1. Yeah, it opened with smoke and a huge palace full of gold and jewels and rugs — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Yeah, it opened with smoke and a palace inside — ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Yeah, it opened with a huge cloud of smoke and a vast palace with a thousand rooms — score 10
4. Yeah, it opened with a bang and gold inside — 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 145, line 13: «When the door opens, the mice "scampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «open» (+5); the same doer «door» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the narrator actually check the palace out properly?

1. Nah, he just took some jewels, nothing else — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he looked — no support
3. Yeah, he looked round quick, mate — no support
4. Nah, he just grabbed the gold, no looking — ✓ 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 ✗

Did the dervish give him the box, or did he have to nick it?

1. He gave it over, but only after the narrator had begged and pulled at his robe for ages — no support
2. He handed it over only after a long argument about the poor and their rights — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He passed it over, quite calmly — no support
4. He handed it over, nice and easy — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 215, line 5: «Last of all, he asks for the little box, and the dervish hands it over, and the narrator tears off its cover at once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hand over» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the dervish gonna be rich after all that?

1. Nah, he lost nearly all his camels, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he still had twenty camels and a box — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he was broke — no support
4. Yeah, he kept twenty camels and the box — 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 ✗

Did the narrator listen to the dervish's advice about the poor?

1. Nah, he laughed and carried on regardless, mate — no support
2. Yeah, he thought about it and gave some away — score 4
3. Nah, he ignored it and just wanted more stuff — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nah, he ignored it completely and spent the rest of his days just chasing wealth — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 120, line 3: «A new prince hears the old man's story, ignores his warning, and passes through the thicket with ease.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pass» (+5); the same doer «new prince» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honest, was the narrator actually fair to the dervish?

1. Nah, he cheated him every single time and then tried to take the box as well — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, he was fair until the very end, when he cheated him out of everything — no support
3. Yeah, he paid him fair each time — no support
4. Nah, he cheated him every time — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 213, line 6: «Who: The Sultan, now angry, sends thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin in chains, and they bring him in "on foot."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+5); the same doer «men» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which phrase in the passage best describes the narrator's state of mind after the dervish's first offer?

1. a shiver of fear had run through my bones — no support
2. the dervish's words had soothed my heart, yet a wave of covetousness rose in my mind — ← Mova's choice · score -4
3. a great wave of covetousness had swept over my heart and my hands grew cold and restless — no support
4. "a wave of covetousness had swept over my heart" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 215, line 13: «The narrator runs back because "the demon of envy filled my soul" when he thinks the dervish has too much.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «dervish» (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which words in the passage show that the dervish understood the narrator's intentions but chose not to contest them?

1. "who understood me quite well, but did not wish to fight the matter" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. who saw through me — score 7
3. who grasped my plan entirely, though he chose to say nothing of it — score 5
4. who knew my heart well — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 84, line 5: «But the Stranger-man reads the picture quite differently. He thinks Tegumai must be a great Chief in danger, with enemies all around, and that the child is ask…», 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 «stranger man» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which sentence in the passage most clearly indicates the narrator's eventual ruin through his own avarice?

1. "My eyes were so blinded by gold, that I paid no heed to his wise counsel" — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. I ignored his counsel — no support
3. I was so dazzled by the gold that I forgot his kind advice entirely — no support
4. The gold so blinded me that his wise words meant nothing to me — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 215, line 6: «Who: the narrator, a merchant greedy for gold, and the dervish, a holy man who "lives a very quiet life".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which quotation most accurately records the dervish's own opinion of wealth, as expressed to the narrator before the parting?

1. Remember riches sometimes have wings if we keep them for ourselves, for God sees every coin hidden in the earth and every thief — ← Mova's choice · score 20
2. "Remember riches sometimes have wings if we keep them for ourselves" — ✓ the right answer · score 14
3. Wealth belongs to the poor, and the rich must give freely to all — score 6
4. Remember that riches sometimes have wings if we keep them for ourselves and never share them with the poor or the needy — score 20

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 20, tied with another option at 20 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 215, line 16: «The dervish warns him that "riches sometimes have wings if we keep them for ourselves", but the narrator ignores it.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wings» (+6); the same property (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4). The right option, 2, scored 14. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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