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# Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 84: the magician fakes a fever and gets in

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**Tests:** 3 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1497 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/1497-pg503-part84/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, was the witch lowkey sick or just faking it?

- **1.** Sick, bro — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Totally ill — no support
- **3.** Faking it, fr — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Real sick, ngl — 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/1497-pg503-part84/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Why'd the Sultan send her to tail his son, bruh?

- **1.** He was sus of Ahmed — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** He was sus of him — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Cause he got sus — score 4
- **4.** Dunno, bro — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 398, line 11: «The Man sends his Wife home to her father's house to test whether she is hated there too, and she reports that the herdsmen cast "looks of aversion" on her.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Did Ahmed fall for the fake sick act, no cap?

- **1.** Nope — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yup, he rode up to her — no support
- **3.** Nah, he didn't — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he stopped to help — **✓ 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/1497-pg503-part84/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Wait, who actually got her onto the horse?

- **1.** Two of his attendants — **✓ the right answer** · score -4
- **2.** A guard — score -2
- **3.** The Fairy — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** Three of his soldiers — score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1293, line 16: «Why: the king says he will give his youngest daughter to whoever brings three crowns like the others.», 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, 1, scored -4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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What did the Fairy whisper, like on the DL?

- **1.** Careful, bro, that lady is not sick at all and she's here to spy on you — no support
- **2.** Don't trust that woman, she's faking the whole fever thing and working for the Sultan — score -2
- **3.** She's a fake, watch out — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** She's not sick, lol — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 903, line 13: «The sick man whispers "In the sea", and his wife sews the shroud of furs around him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5). Against it: the same doer «sick man» (-2). The right option, 3, 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/1497-pg503-part84/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Ahmed didn't trip about the warning, right?

- **1.** Nah, he didn't — no support
- **2.** Nah, he kept on doing good — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Nah, bro, he totally ignored the warning and just kept on being a good dude to everyone — score 2
- **4.** Nope, he just kept going — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1497, line 4: «Paribanou sees through the trick and whispers a warning, but Ahmed just says he will keep doing good anyway.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ahmed» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What was in the china dish, the potion stuff?

- **1.** Some kind of special liquor that was drawn from the fountain near the lion statues — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Liquor from the Lions' fountain — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Water from the lions' spring — no support
- **4.** A bright golden liquid that the women said came from a hidden fountain in the far country — 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/1497-pg503-part84/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Did the potion work fast, or nah?

- **1.** Pretty much right on time — no support
- **2.** Way faster than she said — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It worked super fast, she jumped up and was cured before the women even finished talking — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Nope, it kicked in way faster than the women said, like almost instantly, wow — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1110, line 15: «fact: The serpent's plan works only if the labourer leaves one sheaf: "Leave one little sheaf behind."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «fact» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, 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/1497-pg503-part84/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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How long did the women say to wait, bro?

- **1.** An hour — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Two hours — score 3
- **3.** Quick — score 3
- **4.** A day — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1472, line 15: «The kitten trick: Hansel says he is looking back at "my white kitten," but the woman says it is "the morning sun shining on the chimney."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What did she say after, all shook?

- **1.** Oh, nice! — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** "Oh, admirable potion!" — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** Oh, amazing drink! — score -1
- **4.** Ooh, wow! — 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, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1314, line 1: «At midnight Matte keeps hearing the weathercock and wakes his wife, but she says it is only his fancy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-2). 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/1497-pg503-part84/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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What did the Sultan hand her, the big bling?

- **1.** A pearl of great size — no support
- **2.** A diamond of great value — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** A huge diamond ring worth more than a whole village and all its land — score 1
- **4.** A ruby of rare color — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1433, line 10: «The Sultan gives Aladdin "forty days" to find the Princess, or he will die.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). Against it: the same doer «sultan» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Was the sofa fancy, or just a plain old bed?

- **1.** Nah, it was a plain wooden cot, nothing special, just a basic old bed honestly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Kinda simple, wood stuff — no support
- **3.** Super fancy, gold stuff — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Way fancy, like a gold-trimmed bed with silk sheets and jeweled pillows, bro — 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/1497-pg503-part84/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Why'd the Fairy let her in anyway?

- **1.** She was nice — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Ahmed asked her to — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** Dunno — no support
- **4.** Because she was tired — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1453, line 11: «WHY: The old fairy wants "your little daughter to bring up as our own."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old fairy» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Who even gets to use that gate?

- **1.** Only men the Fairy likes — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** Men she invites in — score -1
- **3.** Anyone who has the Prince's permission and knocks three times at the iron gate — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Only men she wants to see — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 951, line 3: «One stormy night a soaked princess knocks at the city gate and says she is real.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «knock» (+2). The right option, 1, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t14/)

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

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Which individual was dispatched by the Sultan to observe the movements of Prince Ahmed?

- **1.** A royal guard — score 0
- **2.** A female magician — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** A tall woman magician from the eastern hills who had served the Sultan for years — no support
- **4.** A wise old man — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1414, line 19: «"Sultan" is an old word for a ruler, and here it means the King himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «sultan» (-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/1497-pg503-part84/e1/)

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

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What ailment did the sorceress feign upon the roadside?

- **1.** A sore throat — no support
- **2.** A cough — no support
- **3.** A sudden headache — no support
- **4.** A violent fever — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1497, line 2: «The magician waits by the rocks, then lies down at the roadside, moaning that she has a terrible fever.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «terrible fever» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/e2/)

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

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To whom did the Fairy Paribanou address her admonition concerning the sorceress?

- **1.** To the Sultan — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To Ahmed — no support
- **3.** To her — no support
- **4.** To Prince Ahmed — **✓ 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/1497-pg503-part84/e3/)

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

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What remedy was administered to the sorceress within the apartment?

- **1.** Water of the Fountain of Lions — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Healing tonic — no support
- **3.** Water of the Golden Fountain — no support
- **4.** Liquor from the Silver Spring — 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/1497-pg503-part84/e4/)

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