Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coins and is freed by a magician's daughter
Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 218 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 ✓
So where did the dog kip after the baddies bounced?
- 1. In his corner hole — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. By the stove on a rug — score 5
- 3. Under the counter — score 5
- 4. On the bench — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 141, line 6: «Who: the Blacksmith's little Dog, who sleeps during work and is "very wide awake indeed" at mealtimes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little dog» (+3); the same action «sleep» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, what did the meat man come back with?
- 1. Sheep heads, tongues and trotters — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Sheep heads, tongues, trotters and a big bag of offal from the market — no support
- 3. Beef bones and kidneys too — no support
- 4. Lamb shanks, sheep heads, tongues and trotters plus a whole box of tripe — 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 ✗
Why'd the meat man chuck him the big bits?
- 1. Dog looked hungry and needed food — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Dog hadn't scoffed since yesterday — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Dog hadn't eaten a bite since the day before and looked skinny — score 3
- 4. The poor dog was starving all day — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 218, line 9: «Why: He wants to escape the spell, so he accepts any kindness that comes his way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the dude who gave him a corner to kip?
- 1. The barber — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The baker — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The cobbler — no support
- 4. Butcher — 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 ✗
What was the dog's name, innit?
- 1. Bo — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Rufus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Rocky — no support
- 4. Ruf — 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 ✗
How did the dog say thanks for the bread?
- 1. He barked — no support
- 2. Bowed head, wagged tail — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Tail up — no support
- 4. Dropped head, licked hand — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 141, line 5: «A Dog drops his meat to snatch the reflection of another dog in the water, and loses both, while Juno, Mercury and the Mice teach their own lessons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Where did the dog park his bum at the baker's?
- 1. Face to the door — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Under the table top — no support
- 3. Corner — no support
- 4. By sink — 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 ✗
What did the dog do with the fake coin?
- 1. Barked — no support
- 2. Ate it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Put his paw on it — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. Gave it back to baker — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 218, line 7: «What: He is still a dog, and he is hungry, since "I had eaten nothing since yesterday."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+1); the same thing acted on «dog» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did the baker reckon the dog was?
- 1. Worth his weight in gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The baker said the dog was worth more than the whole shop and stock — ← Mova's choice · score 14
- 3. Worth more than all the gold in the whole city of Baghdad — score 2
- 4. Like a golden prize dog — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 14, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 218, line 14: «Crowds come to the shop, and the baker admits the dog is "worth my weight in gold to him."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «dog» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the woman do that was sus?
- 1. She called him — no support
- 2. Beckoned him to follow her — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. She waved him to come along — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. She ran off — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 218, line 15: «The woman beckons him after she has "guessed what had happened" to him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «beckon» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the magic girl with the water?
- 1. A girl from the house — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The woman's daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The girl with the jug — no support
- 4. The woman's young daughter, the one who studied magic with Amina — 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 ✗
What did the water do, fam?
- 1. It turned him back into a man as he had been before the spell — no support
- 2. Turned him back to a man — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Made him sleep — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. Changed him into a boy — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 134, line 18: «What the Crow does: she drops pebbles into the pitcher so the water rises "until at last it reached the brim".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reach» (+7); the same doer «water» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · right ✓
What did Sidi-Nouman do for the girl, bro?
- 1. He knelt down and kissed the bottom edge of her long silk dress — score 3
- 2. He fell at her feet and kissed the hem of her long dress in gratitude — score 9
- 3. Kissed the hem of her dress — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. Said thanks — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 218, line 18: «Sidi-Nouman thanks them by kissing "the hem of her garment," which means the edge of her clothing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hem» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «kiss» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
What'd the girl say about the favour?
- 1. She wanted a kind word in return — score 4
- 2. She said that knowing she had helped him was all the payment she needed in life — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Knowing they helped is payment enough — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She told him that the only reward she wanted was to know that he was safe and happy now — 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 24, line 9: «Alice, grown very large, says: «If any one of them can explain it, I'll give him sixpence. I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it.» (sixpence = an ol…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «alice» (+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 · wrong ✗
Which shop offered the dog refuge after the meat seller's stall?
- 1. The shop across the square — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The bakery on the far side of the main market square — no support
- 3. The baker's shop — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The cheese seller's shop — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What effect did the daughter's water have upon the dog's shape?
- 1. It instantly turned him back into the human man he once was — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. It restored him to human form — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. It changed him back to a boy — score 3
- 4. The water brought back his human shape and voice at the same time — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 164, line 12: «The fairy: she calls the old man's brothers "these dogs" and says they must "remain for ten years in these shapes."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «dogs» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Why did the dog eat the bread slowly, according to his own account?
- 1. To signal he accepted it as courtesy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He was full — no support
- 3. Because he wanted to be polite — no support
- 4. To show it was polite to eat — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 107, line 7: «WHAT: Catherine lets the dog take the sausage and the beer run out, and she then wastes the gold and the food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same doer «dog» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the relationship between the daughter and Amina?
- 1. They trained together but never got along well — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They were distant cousins who had learned magic from the same old teacher long ago — no support
- 3. They had studied the same magic under one master but were now rivals — no support
- 4. They studied one art but disliked each other — ✓ the right answer · 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
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