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title: Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: the lamp, t… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1431 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 10 of 15 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: the lamp, the genie, and a stolen wedding night

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**Tests:** 10 of 15 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 19 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1431 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/1431-pg503-part18/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Bruv, who even tells Aladdin to go down them steps?

- **1.** The African magician, innit, the wicked one — score 0
- **2.** The sorcerer, bruv — score 0
- **3.** The old man, innit — score 0
- **4.** The magician, innit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 589, line 11: «He tells the boy to "Let dem tell you w'at knows," meaning he should ask people who really know the tale.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+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/1431-pg503-part18/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Mate, how many halls before the garden, like proper?

- **1.** Four of them — no support
- **2.** Like, three halls before the garden, innit — score 2
- **3.** Loads of them, like, before you reach the garden — no support
- **4.** Three of them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1431, line 8: «Where: a cave with "three large halls" that lead to "a garden of fine fruit trees", behind a stone that "came up quite easily".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+6). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Wait, what you gotta do with ya gown?

- **1.** Tuck it up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Pull it up — no support
- **3.** Hold it — no support
- **4.** Lift it — 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/1431-pg503-part18/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Dude, what did the magician give him, like?

- **1.** A ring, mate — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Gold, mate — score 4
- **3.** A lamp, mate — score 4
- **4.** A key — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1204, line 13: «The prince lets himself be caught by the neck, because he thinks this may be another magician who could give him a new shape.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «magician» (+3); the same action «give» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Where's the lamp chillin', yeah?

- **1.** In a niche, innit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Up a wall, yeah — no support
- **3.** In a chest, yeah — no support
- **4.** On the floor — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/1431-pg503-part18/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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How long was Aladdin stuck in the dark, bruv, like literally?

- **1.** Two weeks — no support
- **2.** Like, literally two whole days, bruv — no support
- **3.** Two days — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Three days — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1237, line 11: «How: the fox dances with the giants, and in the dark "had borne the princess to the gate."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «dark» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Which bit of jewellery did he rub, fam?

- **1.** Chain — no support
- **2.** The shiny gold lamp, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** The ring — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** The chain round the old man's neck — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1431, line 12: «Aladdin's mother rubs the lamp "that it might fetch a higher price", and a hideous genie appears.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rub» (+4). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «lamp» (-3). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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What's the genie's title, yeah?

- **1.** Slave of the Ring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** Master of the Ring — score -2
- **3.** Ring slave — score -1
- **4.** The Lamp — score -3

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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 1431, line 11: «The genie calls himself "the Slave of the Ring" and says he "will obey thee in all things".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «genie» (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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What did Mum rub the lamp for, mate?

- **1.** To get the genie to bring loads more cash, mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** To get more food — no support
- **3.** To see if the genie'd bring her a fortune, innit — no support
- **4.** To get more cash — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1427, line 20: «Old word: "Hungary-water" was a sweet-smelling spirit, often made with rosemary, that people rubbed on the temples to revive a fainting person.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1431-pg503-part18/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What did Aladdin flog to get food, like?

- **1.** A silver dish — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** Loads of silver plates and the spare cloth, bruv — no support
- **3.** A silver plate — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** A silver plate from the big feast, like — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1431, line 13: «Aladdin sells the silver plates one by one, and "thus they lived for many years" on the genie's gifts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «aladdin» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Who did Aladdin fancy from that peep, bro?

- **1.** The Vizier — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** The Princess — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** The genie — score 2
- **4.** The Sultan — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1238, line 10: «How the boy feels: "He looked and shuddered, but there was no escape; so he shut his eyes to avoid seeing."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4). Against it: the same doer «boy» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Wot was the Vizier's lad gonna get, innit?

- **1.** The Princess — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A wife — no support
- **3.** The palace — no support
- **4.** A house — 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/1431-pg503-part18/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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How long did the Vizier wanna wait, like?

- **1.** Three months — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Three weeks — score 5
- **3.** Like, three whole months, innit, bruv — score 5
- **4.** Six months — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1431, line 16: «The Vizier wants the Princess for his own son and asks for "three months" of delay.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «vizier» (+3); the same action «want» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Who chucked the lad out in the cold, yeah?

- **1.** Aladdin — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Dad — score 2
- **3.** The Vizier — score 2
- **4.** The genie — **✓ the right answer** · 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 66, line 10: «Mole and Badger were telling stories by the fire in the smoking-room; «They were unarmed, and taken by surprise, and what can two animals do against hundreds?»…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn out» (+1); the same place «cold» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15}

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What did the Sultan threaten to do, bruv?

- **1.** Cut off her head — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Hang her high — no support
- **3.** Jail her, bruv — no support
- **4.** Burn her, bruv — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1431, line 18: «The Princess's mother thinks her story is "an idle dream", and the Sultan threatens to "cut off her head".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «head» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «cut off» (+1). Against it: the same doer «sultan» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t15/)

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

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Which instruction did the magician give concerning the three halls?

- **1.** To pass through them without stopping — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** To pass through them without touching anything — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** To pass through them without touching anything and never looking back at all — score 1
- **4.** To walk through them quietly and carefully — 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 1319, line 1: «Peronnik watches the magician's colt pass by, and he bakes a trap of bread rubbed with bacon fat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «magician» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/e1/)

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

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What purpose did the magician ascribe to the ring he gave Aladdin?

- **1.** To bid him prosper — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** To make him rich — score 0
- **3.** To keep him safe — no support
- **4.** To bring him luck — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1075, line 6: «Who: Mongan is a clever magician, and the old woman is "the Hag of the Mill", who is offered a wish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «clever magician» (+1). Against it: the same action «offer» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/e2/)

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

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What period of confinement did Aladdin endure in the cave before using the ring?

- **1.** Three days — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** Two whole days in the dark before the ring — score -2
- **3.** Two days — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** Two weeks — no support

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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 1396, line 20: «Hard word: "Marionette" means a puppet moved by strings, and we still use the word today for the same kind of toy.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «hard word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/e3/)

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

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What did the Vizier's son wish after confessing the truth to the Sultan?

- **1.** To be parted from the Princess — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** To be separated from the Princess — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** To be separated from the Princess and the palace forever — score 2
- **4.** To be banished from the Sultan's court and the Princess too — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1337, line 6: «Who: Kilweh is the little son of a king and queen, and he is the main child in this part.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kilweh» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/e4/)

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