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# Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is caught by Jamila, who breaks the spell and sends him off to find the Simurgh

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1204 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.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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bro how many times did the deer dude hop that wall before it actually worked?

- **1.** nine times, the first eight were a total fail and he was tired — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nine times, but seven were flops — no support
- **3.** nine tries, first eight totally flopped — no support
- **4.** nine times, eight were a total fail — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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ok so how old was the nurse, fr?

- **1.** three hundred years old and still going strong — no support
- **2.** three hundred years old — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** older than the wall, like three hundred years old — score 7
- **4.** two hundred years old — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 1202, line 17: «Old word: "bethought himself" means "remembered" or "had the idea".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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what was the girl gonna pay nan for catching it?

- **1.** a diamond crown worth a fortune — score -4
- **2.** some gold coins — score -4
- **3.** a pearl necklace worth a kingdom — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** a silver chain with some jewels — score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1204, line 2: «A girl at the palace window falls in love with the pretty deer and orders her old nurse to catch it, with a pearl necklace as the prize.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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why was the deer crying, no cap?

- **1.** cause the nurse was mean — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** cause a man was stuck inside — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** cause a prince was trapped in it — no support
- **4.** cause a prince was trapped inside the deer by a spell — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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who's the mean sis who did the spell?

- **1.** Salih — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Latifa — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Almas — no support
- **4.** Jamila — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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what does the magic stick do when she hits him?

- **1.** it turns him back into Prince Almas in a flash — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** turns him back into Prince Almas — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** he flies off to the Simurgh — no support
- **4.** it turns him back into Prince Almas and heals him fully — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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what did the prince wear after the glow up?

- **1.** a crown — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** a green robe — score 3
- **3.** a royal dress of honour — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** a silk shirt of blue — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1193, line 16: «fact: The eldest Stalo would "sleep so soundly that not even a witch could wake him," and the mantle was an iron covering he wore.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+2); the same action «wear» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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so the bow came from who, the prophet dude?

- **1.** the sage Timus — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** the Prophet Salih and his people long ago — score 3
- **3.** the Prophet Salih — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** the sage — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 50, line 18: «The English word «panic» comes from Pan's name: the old Greeks said sudden wild fear in lonely places came from him. The book says carefully that this is NOT p…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «english word» (+2); the same action «come» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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what does the Scorpion sword do, like how strong?

- **1.** it cuts through rock — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** it burns through iron — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** it cuts wood — no support
- **4.** it's sharp — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 430, line 18: «Hard word: A "steed" is an old word for a horse, usually a fine one for riding or fighting, and a "pyre" is a heap of wood for burning a body.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: the same doer «heap» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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is the lion-king scary or nah?

- **1.** nah, he just sleeps all day — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** yeah, he rules the forest beasts — no support
- **3.** yeah, he keeps the beasts in line — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** yeah, he's mean — no support

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**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 1052, line 2: «The king is too annoyed to stop her, so he turns over to sleep, and Becfola leaves Tara with only one maid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same action «sleep» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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where's he supposed to chill for the night?

- **1.** at the Place of Gifts by a spring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** in the cave — no support
- **3.** in the tower by the Simurgh's nest — no support
- **4.** under a tree by the river — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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how many seas to cross, bruh?

- **1.** seven seas — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** seven seas and seven mountains — score 0
- **3.** eight lakes — score 0
- **4.** nine seas — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1154, line 13: «The witch has a "magic mirror" that lets her see the princess in her gardens, wearing "a dress of green silk."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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so what's he gonna do with that horse?

- **1.** leave it at the spring — score -2
- **2.** sell it — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** ride it to the Simurgh — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** eat it — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 65, line 7: «Toad boasts: «Been in prison—got out of it, of course! Been thrown into a canal—swam ashore! Stole a horse—sold him for a large sum of money! Humbugged everybo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «horse» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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State the number of times the prince was required to leap over the garden wall before his surroundings were changed.

- **1.** Six — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Eight — no support
- **3.** Nine — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Two — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the magical instrument by means of which Lady Jamila restored the prince to his human form.

- **1.** A cup of water — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A sword, drawn across the deer — no support
- **3.** A magic stone — no support
- **4.** A stick, struck upon the deer — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Specify the destination to which the prince must first direct his journey in order to obtain the favour of the Simurgh.

- **1.** The home of the Simurgh — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The land of the lion-king — no support
- **3.** The mountains of the west — no support
- **4.** The Place of Gifts — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Enumerate the number of seas which intervene between the prince and his objective, according to Lady Jamila.

- **1.** Seven — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Thirteen seas beyond the wall — no support
- **3.** Seven seas, and then a river — no support
- **4.** Eight — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/e4/)

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