Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian is killed and the princess pretends to be mad

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 225 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 ✗

oi, did u catch that the Indian flew the horse right over the city on purpose?

1. yeah, he wanted the Sultan to see it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. nah, it was an accident by the wind — no support
3. nah, just passing over — no support
4. yeah, proper petty, he wanted the Sultan to see — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 222, line 2: «The king offers him a kingdom full of cities, but the Indian wants the king's own daughter, and the courtiers burst out laughing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «indian» (+2); the same action «want» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, why did the princess faint when the trumpets went off?

1. cos she found out the Indian had actually been her husband all along — no support
2. cos someone told her the Sultan was marrying her by sunset today — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. cos she got told she's getting married to the Sultan — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. cos she saw her wedding dress getting ready — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 115, line 3: «The King insists on opening it, and inside he sees a portrait so lovely that he faints.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate, did the prince just nick a dervish outfit off the doorkeeper?

1. yeah, he swiped it when nobody was looking — no support
2. nah, the doorkeeper gave it to him, bless — score -1
3. yeah, he robbed the doorkeeper and then ran off across the garden — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. nah, he got the doorkeeper to fetch it, cheeky — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 223, line 19: «He says "By the law of nations, I am already your slave", and the princess calls this "merely a joke".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same thing acted on «slave» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the Sultan of Cashmere just chopped the Indian's head off, sick or what?

1. yeah, he believed her, no questions asked — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. yeah, he ordered it straight away because the Indian was a sorcerer — score 7
3. nah, he actually spared the Indian and sent him to prison — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. yeah, he just got angry and shouted — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 167, line 14: «Who is the cook? The Sultan says the cook is "the clever cook the Emperor of the Greeks sent me."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the princess actually mad or was she just acting the mad one?

1. she was genuinely mad at first then pretended once the doctors came in — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. she was faking it, fam, to avoid marrying him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. she was faking it, fam, cos she wouldn't break faith with the Persian prince — score 5
4. she was faking it to get out of stuff — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2, line 19: «"This curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people", but now there was "hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pretend» (+3); the same doer «curious child» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, the doctors all came and couldn't touch her, wicked innit?

1. yeah, she went mental every time one got close — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, she let them examine her easily — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. yeah, she was calm with all of them — no support
4. yeah, they got a cure — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 191, line 15: «What: the doctor kicks the body down the stairs and cries "Holy Moses!" when he sees what he has done.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «doctor» (+2); the same action «see» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

init, how did the prince get his mates in the convent to help him?

1. the doorkeeper's mate, the scheih, gave him a dress and a box of pearls — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the doorkeeper's mate, the scheih, gave him a dress — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the doorkeeper's brother sold him a robe — no support
4. the scheih lent him a robe and shoes — 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 · ★ · right ✓

did the Sultan send his messengers far with a memo about her?

1. yeah, a few letters — no support
2. yeah, to every nearby kingdom with a prize — no support
3. yeah, to all the neighbouring states, offering a reward — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. nah, only to the Sultan of Persia — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sultan» (+2); the same thing acted on «thirty men» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the prince is off to Cashmere now, right? what made him go?

1. he heard the princess went mad at court — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he heard the princess had gone mad on her wedding day and wanted her back — score 3
3. he heard the princess had been kidnapped and then went mad at her wedding — score 3
4. he heard the princess had gone mad on her wedding day — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 225, line 4: «In a wood near Cashmere, the Indian lands to eat, and the princess cries for help when he threatens her.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the princess eat much before the Indian came back?

1. nah, she hadn't eaten since she left Bengal and was very weak — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, she barely touched the bread — no support
3. nah, she'd barely eaten since Bengal, so she was weak — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, she ate plenty of fruit — 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 ✗

mate, did the Indian really come back with food for her?

1. nah, he came back empty-handed but she still had some fruit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, fruit and bread, and she ate it — no support
3. yeah, meats of all sorts from the market, and she ate every bit — no support
4. yeah, meats of all sorts, and she tucked right in — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the princess scared when the Indian got nasty with her?

1. yeah, so she shouted her head off for help — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, she laughed at him and stayed calm — no support
3. yeah, so she shouted her head off for help from anyone nearby in the woods — no support
4. yeah, she was terrified and screamed loudly for help from the horsemen — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 225, line 4: «In a wood near Cashmere, the Indian lands to eat, and the princess cries for help when he threatens her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+1). Against it: a different doer (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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

when the Sultan went to the palace, did he sort the princess out a room?

1. yeah, a lovely room with slaves, guards and a huge feast for her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, a dark room with no guards — no support
3. yeah, a lovely room with slaves and guards — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, a nice room with a bed — 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 14 · ★ · right ✓

did the princess tell the Sultan the whole story straight away?

1. nah, he told her to rest and talk tomorrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. yeah, she told him everything at once — score 6
3. nah, she refused to talk at all — score 2
4. nah, she said nothing — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 4: «The whole pack flies up and comes down on her, and she finds herself lying on the river bank with her head in her sister's lap, while her sister brushes fallin…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same receiver «sister» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the Indian chose to direct the enchanted horse over the city of Schiraz?

1. He guided the horse above the city to spread fear among its people — score 7
2. He chose to fly over the city so the Sultan would see him — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. He deliberately steered the horse directly above the city, in order to hasten and sweeten his revenge — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. He deliberately steered the horse directly above the city and the palace walls, to enjoy his revenge slowly at dusk — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 225, line 1: «The Indian flies the horse over Schiraz on purpose, so the Sultan of Persia and the court see the princess carried away.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «sultan» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the motive that led Prince Firouz Schah to assume the garb of a dervish?

1. He decided to travel in secret and find her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He resolved to leave the palace unrecognised and not to return without the princess — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was determined to go in disguise to Cashmere and not come home again without the princess and the jewels — no support
4. He resolved to leave the palace unrecognised and to search every city until he found the princess — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the reason the princess feigned madness when the Sultan of Cashmere proposed marriage?

1. She was determined to keep her word to the Prince of Persia and therefore feigned madness to escape the marriage — score 4
2. She refused to break faith with the Prince of Persia by consenting to such a marriage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. She feared the Sultan would kill her if she refused him — score 4
4. She wanted to stay loyal to the Prince of Persia and avoid the Sultan — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 211, line 5: «The Sultan refuses the marriage, the genie carries the vizir's son out into the cold, and the princess tells her mother the truth.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «refuse» (+3); the same doer «sultan» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the outcome of the Sultan's consultation with the physicians of his court?

1. They declared the madness too varied to judge without seeing the princess, and none could approach her — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. They said her illness was a plain fever and could be cured — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. They agreed the madness was too varied to judge unseen, though none of them could safely approach her and her women refused to help — score 4
4. They declared the madness too varied to judge without seeing her, and all of them fled when she raged — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 165, line 17: «The fisherman tells the tale of "the Greek king and the physician Douban"; a leper is a person with a skin disease, which is now called leprosy and can be trea…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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