Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child judges a thief, then a magic horse appears
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 221 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 ✗
Yo, did the little judge actually catch the olive thief or what?
- 1. Yeah, they lagged him proper, innit mate — no support
- 2. Yeah, bare proper, they hanged him innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, bare proper, the judge caught him and they hanged him right there innit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Yeah, mate, the little judge sorted him out proper and they hanged him in the square — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 218, line 7: «What: He is still a dog, and he is hungry, since "I had eaten nothing since yesterday."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «dog» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, how old was the boy who was the Cadi, like nine or ten?
- 1. Nah, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he was about twelve — no support
- 3. Yeah, nine or ten, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Dunno, mate — 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 ✗
Did the merchants reckon the olives were fresh or manky?
- 1. Rotten and well past it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Fresh and proper good — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Off and mouldy, mate — no support
- 4. Fresh — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
So what did Ali Cogia reckon, like how long had they been in the jar?
- 1. Seven years, he swore it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nine years, he said it — score 4
- 3. Seven years — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. Ages, he said — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 220, line 10: «Why: Ali Cogia brought no witnesses, because he "had considered the man his friend" and had always found him "honest".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ali» (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «consider» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Ay, the thief got sorted, didn't he, did he tell where the dosh was?
- 1. Yeah, he spilled the beans — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he kept it schtum mate — no support
- 3. Nah, he didn't — no support
- 4. Yeah, he grassed on his mates — 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 was the big boss in the palace, the Caliph or the grand-vizir?
- 1. The grand-vizir, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Cadi, I reckon — no support
- 3. The vizier — no support
- 4. The Caliph, obviously — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
How much dosh did the Caliph give the kid, like a tenner or what?
- 1. Two hundred quid, nice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A thousand quid, bruv — no support
- 3. Loads of dosh — no support
- 4. A hundred gold pieces, mint — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the boy's mum go mental when the vizir came for him?
- 1. Yeah, she went mental and chased the vizier all the way down the street — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Yeah, she was proper gutted and screamed at the vizier to leave — no support
- 3. Yeah, she was proper gutted — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, she went bonkers, mate — 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 210, line 7: «Who: Saouy is the clever, wicked vizir who wants to keep his power, and he "dared not" kill Noureddin without the king's authority.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «saouy» (+2); the same thing acted on «clever wicked vizir» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
So what's the Enchanted Horse all about, is it a proper monster?
- 1. Nah, it's a magic horse, bare wild, and the Indian rides it into the palace — score 5
- 2. Nah, it's a sort of beast, mate — no support
- 3. Nah, it's a magic horse, bare wild — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Nah, it's a magic horse, bare wild, that flies over the whole desert — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 146, line 11: «The old horse was once a war-horse "gaily caparisoned," which means he wore a decorated cover over his saddle and body.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old horse» (+2); the same thing acted on «war horse» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
How far did the horse zoom, like was it dead fast or what?
- 1. Yeah, like a bullet, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, dead fast — no support
- 3. Nah, it crawled along slowly — no support
- 4. Yeah, quick as lightning — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
Did the king want the horse or did he reckon it was rubbish?
- 1. Nah, rubbish — no support
- 2. He wanted it, mad keen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. He didn't — no support
- 4. He reckoned it was junk — 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 168, line 9: «Why: the Sultan wants to "clear up this mystery," so he goes out alone at night instead of sending his ministers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «sultan» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Was the Indian keen to sell or did he want to keep it, like what's the deal?
- 1. He'd sell it on one condition — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. He'd keep it, no deal, mate — no support
- 3. Yeah, for cash — no support
- 4. Nah, he wouldn't sell it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 221, line 19: «The king wants the horse because he is interested in "every thing out of the common", and the Indian will sell it "on one condition".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «one condition» (+4); the same action «sell» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following best describes the judgement pronounced by the young Cadi regarding the olives?
- 1. He correctly determined the olives were of the present year, and the merchant was duly condemned as a thief. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He correctly determined that the olives were of the present year, and the merchant was duly condemned as a thief, with his goods seized by the state and his name recorded in the court records for all future judges to see. — no support
- 3. After careful examination of the vase, he correctly determined the olives were of the present year, and the merchant was duly condemned as a thief before the whole assembled court. — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. He decided the olives were recent, and the merchants were rightly punished for deceiving the court with their claims. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 221, line 3: «The Cadi tests a vase and says Ali Cogia put the olives in seven years ago, but the merchants swear they are fresh.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «test» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «vase» (+1). 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 ✗
Which of the following is the correct account of the Caliph's response upon hearing the case of the olive merchant?
- 1. He ordered the child punished. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He dismissed the child's case. — no support
- 3. He rejected the child's ruling and ordered the thief to be released without any further trial. — no support
- 4. He summoned the child to his throne and ordered the case to be retried in his presence. — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately identifies the location and manner in which the Enchanted Horse was first presented to the monarch?
- 1. Before the throne at Bagdad, at noon, brought in by a merchant on foot. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Before the throne at Schiraz, at sunset, by an Indian who led the animal in person through the great gates of the palace courtyard. — no support
- 3. Before the throne at Schiraz, at sunset, by an Indian who led the animal in person. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Before the throne at Schiraz, at sunset, by an Indian who led the animal in person, surrounded by the entire court and its guards. — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements correctly describes the terms upon which the Indian consented to surrender the enchanted horse to the monarch?
- 1. He would yield the animal to the king upon a single stated condition. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. He would sell it for gold. — score 3
- 3. He refused to part with it. — score 3
- 4. He would hand the steed over to the monarch if the king agreed to one term. — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 62, line 4: «Toad pretends the horse is a prize animal he could never sell — then asks how much. «Shillin' a leg,» says the man: four shillings. He raises it to five. Toad…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «prize animal» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «horse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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