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title: Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: the prince kills the negro guar… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: the prince kills the negro guards and reaches the Simurgh's garden

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**Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1205 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/1205-pg3282-part6/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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yo, so did Almas take the lefty road or the righty one?

- **1.** the lefty one — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the righty one — no support
- **3.** the one through the woods — no support
- **4.** the middle one — 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/1205-pg3282-part6/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruh, what did the lion give him, like a souvenir?

- **1.** a fancy hat — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** a bag of gold — score 1
- **3.** a shiny rock — score 1
- **4.** a few of its hairs — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1205-pg3282-part6/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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wait, the negro really wanted to eat him, no cap?

- **1.** he wanted his horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** nah, he wanted gold — score 4
- **3.** he wanted his shoes — score 4
- **4.** yeah, man-meat — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1205, line 14: «A negro wants to eat him, so he says, "Dismount, man-child!" and tries to take the prince's horse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «negro» (+3); the same action «want» (+1). The right option, 4, 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/1205-pg3282-part6/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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how'd Chil-maq go down, did the Scorpion get him?

- **1.** an arrow from a bow — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the Scorpion of Solomon — no support
- **3.** a stone from a tower — no support
- **4.** the dagger of Timus — **✓ 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/1205-pg3282-part6/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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lowkey, who sent the lions in clutch?

- **1.** their king — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** the Simurgh — no support
- **3.** Jamila — no support
- **4.** the prince himself — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1172, line 13: «Cerisette's mother was sent by the queen to look after the three young people, and she helps her daughter's plot.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «queen» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1205-pg3282-part6/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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fam, what's the boss negro's name again?

- **1.** Taram-taq — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Jamila — no support
- **3.** Almas — no support
- **4.** Chil-maq — 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/1205-pg3282-part6/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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where'd the dude throw his club, fr?

- **1.** at his own horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** into the river — score 3
- **3.** at the prince's head — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** at the lion — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 934, line 14: «Old word: a "Hindoo widow" in the story means a woman who once threw herself onto her husband's funeral fire; this custom is now banned in India.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «throw» (+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/1205-pg3282-part6/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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bro, what's the Simurgh's garden got going on?

- **1.** ten tall trees — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** just stone and sand — score -1
- **3.** gold and silver coins — no support
- **4.** flowers and fruit of a thousand kinds — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 709, line 9: «Why not go on at night: they feared they "might lose their way or fall into the hands of robbers."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «way» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1205-pg3282-part6/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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bruh, what was that pond made of?

- **1.** just river mud — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** red glass — no support
- **3.** pure gold — no support
- **4.** four sorts of stone — **✓ 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/1205-pg3282-part6/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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where'd he leave the chief's daughter, like, where?

- **1.** in the castle — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** with the lions — score 1
- **3.** in the desert — score 1
- **4.** in Jamila's house — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1189, line 12: «The dog is "very thin" and leads the boy to the castle, where the doors stand "wide open" with no sound or light inside.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «lead» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1205-pg3282-part6/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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yo, did the lion-king hype him up or nah?

- **1.** yeah, for his courage — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he laughed at him — no support
- **3.** nah, he was mad — no support
- **4.** he ignored him — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1205, line 17: «Taram-taq shouts, "Welcome, man!" but is cut in two by the prince, who rides up behind him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); the same action «cut» (+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/1205-pg3282-part6/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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so what did he munch on before he crashed, fr?

- **1.** dates from a tree — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** roast lamb — no support
- **3.** food Jamila had given him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** fish from the stream — 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/1205-pg3282-part6/t12/)

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

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Upon which hand-road did the prince, having been counselled, proceed at the parting of the ways?

- **1.** the middle — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the left — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the right — no support
- **4.** the northern — 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/1205-pg3282-part6/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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By what instrument did the prince first dispatch the negro who would have seized his steed?

- **1.** the Scorpion of Solomon — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the dagger of Timus — no support
- **3.** the club of Chil-maq — no support
- **4.** the fire-steel — 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/1205-pg3282-part6/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Which sovereign of the lions did lead the army to the aid of the prince?

- **1.** Taram-taq — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** the Simurgh — score 4
- **3.** their king — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Jamila — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 550, line 6: «Who: Adrastus, the king of Argos, leads the army against Thebes, and Polynices works hard to get Amphiaraus to join him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lead» (+2); the same thing acted on «army» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1205-pg3282-part6/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Into whose keeping did the prince commit the castle and its contents?

- **1.** the lion — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** the negro captains — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** the chief's daughter — score 3
- **4.** Jamila — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 48, line 19: «The sergeant speaks in old-fashioned words: «Oddsbodikins! … Rouse thee, old loon» (= Goodness! Wake up, old fool). Toad ends «a helpless prisoner in the remot…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stoutest castle» (+4); the same action «keep» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1205-pg3282-part6/e4/)

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