Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali hides gold in a vase of olives, and his friend steals it

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 219 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 ✓

Bruh, did the merchant actually steal the gold or what?

1. Nope, he didn't — no support
2. Yeah, he took it and filled the vase with new olives — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Yep, he kept the gold and refilled it with olives — score 6
4. Yeah, he stole it and refilled with fresh olives — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 219, line 5: «He finds the gold, takes it, and refills the vase with fresh olives, though his wife warned him it would end badly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, why did Ali even trust that dude with the vase?

1. Cause he owed him money — no support
2. He was like his brother, honestly — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Cause he had the key to his shop, fr — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Idk, just because — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 219, line 11: «At Mecca two merchants say that a man "would get a much better price" in Cairo, so Ali goes there.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «two merchants» (+5). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how long was Ali gone, like a week?

1. Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild, he didn't even come back for the olives — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild, he went to Persia and India and Cairo — no support
4. Nah, five whole years, lowkey wild — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 219, line 16: «He hides the gold and buys fresh olives early next morning, so the vase looks untouched when Ali returns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+5). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

The wife said not to open it, right?

1. Yep, she begged him, but he was sus about it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yep, she begged him over and over, but he was sus about it anyway — score 3
3. Yeah, she pleaded, but he was too nosy — no support
4. Yep, she begged him, but he was curious — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 97, line 2: ««She will never laugh at you again,» says Suleiman, and for the Butterfly's sake, not to show off, he turns his ring. Four huge Djinns come out of the earth. T…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+2); the same action «beg» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the olives were actually rotten?

1. Yeah, all rotten — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Top ones were, the bottom had gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Top ones were rotten, bottom gold — no support
4. Some were, the bottom had gold — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Sidi-Nouman's wife get turned back into a human?

1. Yep, the Caliph reversed everything the magician did to her and sent her home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, the Caliph said she could be human again — no support
3. Nah, the Caliph said her punishment was enough and stopped — no support
4. Nah, the Caliph said let the punishment be enough — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the Caliph not want the magician fixed?

1. Cause women like her never stop being evil, so the magic was kept on her — score 5
2. Because she would never change her ways — score 5
3. Cause women like her never stop being evil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Cause women like her never stop being evil and would just do it again — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 171, line 9: «Why: the Caliph wants the question answered quickly, because "he was convinced that she had only to learn his name and rank for all danger to be over."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «caliph» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the Caliph chill about the whole thing?

1. Kinda, he said the wife was punished — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pretty much, he said the wife had suffered enough — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pretty much, he said the wife had suffered enough, but he still wanted the magician locked up — no support
4. Pretty much, he said the wife had suffered enough and the husband should be paid — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Where did Ali go after Mecca, like the next stop?

1. Cairo, cause the merchants said it was better — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Cairo, cause the merchants said it was way better and had more markets — score 5
3. Cairo, cause the merchants said it was better for trade and gold — score 5
4. Damascus, cause the merchants said it was richer — 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 219, line 11: «At Mecca two merchants say that a man "would get a much better price" in Cairo, so Ali goes there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «two merchants» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Ali's friend even remember the vase?

1. Nope, it popped up a few days before Ali came — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, it came back to him a week later — no support
3. Nope, it only popped into his head a month before Ali came back — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope, it only popped into his head a month before Ali got back home — 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 did the merchant buy to replace the olives?

1. New olives, super sneaky move, ngl — score 7
2. Fresh olives, a sneaky trick — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. Fresh new olives, like a total sneaky move to hide the gold — score 5
4. Fresh new olives, like a total sneaky move — ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 219, line 16: «He hides the gold and buys fresh olives early next morning, so the vase looks untouched when Ali returns.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «merchant» (+4); the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «fresh olives» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what's the big lesson from this part, real talk?

1. Greed gets you in trouble, so don't take what isn't yours and always keep your word — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Trust your friends but never be greedy for gold — no support
3. Lying always gets you caught in the end — no support
4. Greed gets you in trouble, don't take what isn't yours — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the merchant's wife endeavoured to dissuade her husband from opening the vase?

1. She warned him not to commit betrayal — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. She warned him against a betrayal — score 7
3. She pleaded with him to avoid betrayal — score 7
4. She cautioned him against an act of betrayal — ✓ the right answer · score 7

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 219, line 4: «Seven years pass, and the friend's wife asks for olives, so her husband opens the vase to eat them.», 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 «wife» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the decision the merchant reached upon discovering the gold within the vase?

1. He kept the gold — score 7
2. He concealed the gold and replaced the olives — ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. He hid the gold and changed olives — score 9
4. He hid the gold and bought new olives — ← Mova's choice · score 13

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 13, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 219, line 16: «He hides the gold and buys fresh olives early next morning, so the vase looks untouched when Ali returns.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «buy» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «merchant» (+3); the same thing acted on «fresh olives» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the reason Ali Cogia gave for deciding to undertake his pilgrimage at last?

1. He kept having a warning dream from God — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He was warned by the same dream — no support
3. He had been warned by a repeated dream — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He had been warned by a repeated dream in which an old man scolded him for delaying — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 163, line 7: «What: before he leaves, he pays his debts, gives "large alms to the poor," and sets his slaves at liberty.», 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 «merchant» (+3). 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 of the following most accurately describes the route by which Ali Cogia travelled after reaching Mecca and departed from the holy city?

1. He went to Cairo, then Mossoul — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He went to Cairo, then Damascus, then Mossoul — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. He went to Damascus, then Cairo, then Bagdad — score 7
4. He travelled to Cairo, then Damascus, then Bagdad — score 7

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 206, line 10: «The merchant says she is "in every way fit to be the slave of a king," which shows how much he praises her.», 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 «merchant» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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