Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 72: the Sultan is invited to the princess's house, and she plans a feast with pearl-stuffed cucumbers

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 232 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, who told the princes to invite the Sultan, bruh?

1. The Grand Vizir — score 10
2. The vizir — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. The cook — score 10
4. The Talking Bird — ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 117, line 1: «The youngest Prince sets out for the water of life, and the kind Dwarf tells him exactly how to get it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «prince» (+5); the same action «tell» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so what did the princess dig up under the tree?

1. A jeweled book of spells — no support
2. A golden box of pearls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
3. A key — score 12
4. Gold coins — score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 232, line 2: «The princess asks the Talking Bird what to serve, and the bird tells her to dig under a tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «tree» (+5); the same action «dig» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey, what was the weird dish the bird wanted?

1. Cucumbers stuffed with pearl sauce — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Fried fish with golden sauce — no support
3. Stuffed melons with rose water — no support
4. Roast lamb — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 232, line 3: «She finds a golden box of pearls and orders a special cucumber, stuffed with them, for the Sultan's dinner.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stuff» (+5); the same thing acted on «special cucumber» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, how long till the Sultan came over?

1. Two days from now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Within the week's end — no support
3. Next week — no support
4. The day after to-morrow — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

No cap, which prince ran ahead to warn her?

1. Prince Perviz — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Bahman — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Prince Shah Ali — no support
4. The youngest of the three princes — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 214, line 1: «The genie scolds Aladdin for his wicked wish and warns him that the magician's brother is in the palace disguised as the holy woman.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «brother» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what was the first thing the Sultan saw in the garden?

1. The roses — no support
2. A fountain — no support
3. A marble statue — no support
4. The Golden Water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 232, line 5: «In the garden he sees the Golden Water and the Singing Tree, and he is puzzled by the voices he cannot place.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay but where did the Sultan think the singers were hiding?

1. Who was playing the lute — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Where the musicians were hidden — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Where the musicians were hidden behind the wall — no support
4. How the hidden musicians could sing so sweetly together — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 176, line 4: «The Sultan is amazed, plays chess and feasts with the monkey, then calls his daughter, Queen of Beauty, to see his tricks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+5); the same doer «sultan» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Why was the Sultan so hyped on the princes, fr?

1. Their views were worth listening to — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. They brought wise gifts to him — score 2
3. Their views were worth listening to, he said, every single day — score 5
4. They had traveled far and wide across many lands — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 232, line 15: «What: The Sultan hears strange voices from the Singing Tree but "could see nothing."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sultan» (+3); the same action «see» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Why was the grand-vizir so salty, lol?

1. The princes were rich — no support
2. The Sultan favored the young princes — score -2
3. The Sultan kept the princes beside him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The princes got the best seats — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. 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 action «keep» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the princess call her house, like, for real?

1. A plain wooden farmhouse — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. A simple country house — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. A small hut — score 5
4. A humble farm cottage — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 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» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, what did the people whisper about the princes?

1. They looked like the Sultan's sons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. They were brave — no support
3. They were strangers — no support
4. They dressed like the vizir's men — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 213, line 9: «Why: The Sultan gives way because the people "looked so threatening," and he pardons Aladdin in front of them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same doer «people» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, what did Prince Bahman ask the Sultan?

1. To rest at their house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. To visit the garden — score 5
3. To marry the princess — score 6
4. To come and rest at their humble house tonight — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 205, line 8: «Where: The prince lives in a splendid house, and the princess talks with him in her private apartment in the palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «splendid house» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what was the princess's first move at the palace?

1. She ordered the gardener to dig the tree at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She ordered a grand feast — no support
3. She greeted the Sultan kindly — no support
4. She sent for the head cook — ✓ 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 entity advised the princes concerning the Sultan's proposal?

1. The vizir — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. The Sultan — score 10
3. The Talking Bird — ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. The Grand Vizir — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 168, line 15: «Old word: a vizir (or vizier) was a chief minister who advised a Sultan, so the grand-vizir was the most important adviser.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «sultan» (+5); the same action «advise» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what day did the Sultan undertake to attend the princess's residence?

1. Next week — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two days from now — no support
3. Within the week's end — no support
4. The day after to-morrow — ✓ 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 · right ✓

What was the object which the princess recovered from beneath the tree?

1. A jeweled book of spells — no support
2. A silver box of old coins — no support
3. A golden box of pearls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Gold coins — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 232, line 11: «How: The princess digs at the first tree on the right and finds a golden box with pearls "not very large ones, but well-shaped."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which phenomenon did the Sultan observe in the garden before the Singing Tree?

1. The Golden Water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. A marble statue — score 11
3. The roses — score 11
4. A fountain — score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 8, line 16: «Her plan is first "to grow to my right size again" and second "to find my way into that lovely garden", but "she had not the smallest idea how to set about it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «lovely garden» (+5); the same action «find» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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