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title: Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is open… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 165 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is opened and a furious genie appears

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 4 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 165 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/165-pg128-part5/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo so the fisherman pulls up a jar, like what even is inside lol?

- **1.** a fish — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a jinn — no support
- **3.** a genie — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a bird — 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/165-pg128-part5/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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bruv wait, how big is the genie tho?

- **1.** twice the size of the biggest giant — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** twice as tall as the tallest king — no support
- **3.** twice the size of the biggest giant and as tall as a mountain peak — no support
- **4.** twice as wide as the biggest ship — 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/165-pg128-part5/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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no cap, why is the genie stuck in there?

- **1.** he rebelled against his king and tried to steal the royal throne — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he disobeyed his royal master — no support
- **3.** he rebelled against his king — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he fought against his lord — 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/165-pg128-part5/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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proper sus, what is the lid made of?

- **1.** lead — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** lead covered with royal wax — no support
- **3.** brass — no support
- **4.** tin — 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/165-pg128-part5/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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is the fisherman lowkey smart or what?

- **1.** he tricks the genie back into the jar — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he tricks the genie — no support
- **3.** he fools the genie into the vase — no support
- **4.** he tells the genie to hide inside — 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/165-pg128-part5/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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wait, the genie promised rich stuff in the first century, right?

- **1.** rich after he was dead — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** rich even after death — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** rich forever — no support
- **4.** rich when old — 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/165-pg128-part5/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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dead, so what keeps the genie from getting out of the pot?

- **1.** the sealed lid of the jar — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the wax stamp on the jar — no support
- **3.** the king's seal on the lid and the heavy lead rim around it — no support
- **4.** the king's seal on the lid — **✓ 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/165-pg128-part5/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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what was the fisherman gonna buy with the money tho?

- **1.** a measure of wheat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** a large measure of fine wheat and a jar of oil — score 6
- **3.** enough wheat, bread and oil to feed his entire family — no support
- **4.** a sack of barley — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 165, line 9: «Why he wants it: "I will sell it to the founder," so he can buy "a measure of wheat".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «measure» (+4); the same thing acted on «wheat» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/165-pg128-part5/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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so the first thing out of the jar is what?

- **1.** a thick cloud of smoke that spread over the sea — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** thick smoke — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a thick black smoke rising from the jar — no support
- **4.** grey steam — 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/165-pg128-part5/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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lol why did the genie get mad at the fisherman?

- **1.** he was angry at being trapped so long — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** he was angry because the fisherman had trapped him inside the jar for centuries — score 7
- **3.** he was freed and then threatened him — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** he was freed and then threatened him, so he wanted to take revenge on the fisherman — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 165, line 19: «The genie is angry at first: "Speak to me more civilly," he said, "before I kill you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «genie» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). 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/165-pg128-part5/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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what was that doctor's name again, the one from the Greek king story?

- **1.** Sindbad — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Ali — no support
- **3.** Omar — no support
- **4.** Douban — **✓ 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/165-pg128-part5/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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fr was the fisherman scared at the start or nah?

- **1.** he trembled with fright — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he was brave — no support
- **3.** he trembled with fright and begged the genie for mercy at once — no support
- **4.** he shook with great fear — 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/165-pg128-part5/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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is the genie ready to be nice or nah?

- **1.** he wants to hurt the fisherman — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he threatens to kill the fisherman — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** no, he is angry — no support
- **4.** he plans to harm the fisherman — 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/165-pg128-part5/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which object did the fisherman draw from the sea on his fourth attempt?

- **1.** a yellow pot sealed with lead — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a blue vase closed with wax — no support
- **3.** a yellow pot sealed with lead and stamped with the king's seal — no support
- **4.** a large golden urn sealed tightly with lead and wax by the king — 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/165-pg128-part5/e1/)

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

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What did the genie vow to do during the third century of his captivity?

- **1.** to make his deliverer a king — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** to crown him — no support
- **3.** to make a king — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** to make his rescuer a lord — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 165, line 13: «His three promises: first to make his freer rich, then to give him all the treasures, then to make him a king, and each time nobody came.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «make» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/165-pg128-part5/e2/)

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

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What measure did the fisherman take to keep the genie confined?

- **1.** he fastened the lead lid upon the vessel — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** he fixed the heavy top on the jar — no support
- **3.** he fastened the lead lid upon the vessel and pressed the king's seal into it — score 1
- **4.** he fastened the lead lid firmly upon the vessel and sealed it with his own blood — 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 165, line 5: «The genie turns back into smoke and slides into the pot, and the fisherman slams the lead lid on him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/165-pg128-part5/e3/)

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

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Which tale does the fisherman relate to illustrate the treachery he fears?

- **1.** The Greek King and the Physician Douban and his cursed brother Sindbad the sailor — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Greek King, the Physician Douban, and the treacherous vizier who betrayed them both — no support
- **3.** The Greek King and the Physician Douban — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The Persian King and the Sage Haroun — 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/165-pg128-part5/e4/)

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