--- title: Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, part 6: the… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 166 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/166-pg128-part6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 166 # Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, part 6: the king doubts the vizir, then condemns the physician to death **Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 166 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. 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/166-pg128-part6/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Oi, who walked in and bowed right down to the floor? - **1.** Douban, the physician — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **2.** The Greek king's cook — no support - **3.** The vizir — no support - **4.** A guard — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 166, line 7: «Where: the king first sees Douban in the hall, and Douban "bowed low to the ground" before him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «douban» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Bruh, what did the king hand Douban that night? - **1.** the king's own cloak and a purse with two thousand gold pieces inside — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** a massive robe and two grand in gold — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** a jewelled sword and a bag of gold — no support - **4.** a massive robe and two grand in gold and a horse from the royal stables — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 22, line 9: «The King: «Give your evidence, or I'll have you executed, whether you're nervous or not.»», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «king» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Mate, why did the vizir reckon Douban was dodgy? - **1.** he reckoned Douban was out to do the king in — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** he reckoned Douban was out to do the king in and steal the crown — score 4 - **3.** he reckoned Douban had been bribed by the Greek enemies to ruin the realm — no support - **4.** he believed Douban was a traitor — no support **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 166, line 2: «The jealous grand-vizir whispers that Douban is a secret killer, but the king says Douban cured him, so he would not want to kill him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «douban» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Wait, the husband chucked the parrot on the floor, yeah? Why? - **1.** he thought it was fibbing about the storm, which had not come at all — score 5 - **2.** he thought it was fibbing about the storm and wanted it quiet — score 5 - **3.** he thought it was fibbing about the storm — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** it had told him a lie about the weather — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 166, line 12: «The husband is sorry afterwards, because he finds out "that the parrot had spoken the truth".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «parrot» (+5). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Lol, what were the slaves doing under the parrot's cage? - **1.** turning a hand-mill round and round, grinding flour for the morning meal — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** turning a hand-mill round and round while singing a tune — no support - **3.** turning a hand-mill round and round — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** grinding grain for the household — no support **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/166-pg128-part6/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Proper, who got strangled for the vizir's cock-up? - **1.** the prince, after the vizir's slip-up and the king's anger at dinner — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** the physician, after the king's rage — score 8 - **3.** the prince, after the vizir's slip-up — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** the prince, who had told the truth about the ogress and the wood — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 161, line 10: «fact: The sultan's cruel habit: "every evening he married a fresh wife and had her strangled the following morning".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «fact» (+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/166-pg128-part6/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Yo, what was the ogress yelling to her kids? - **1.** a fine young lad for supper — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a nice fat youth to munch on — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** a nice fat youth to munch on before the moon rose — no support - **4.** the young prince, a nice fat youth to munch on tonight — no support **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/166-pg128-part6/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Gutted for Douban, what was the king's last order? - **1.** strike and rid me of this assassin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** send him to the cells tonight — no support - **3.** strike him down and rid me of this assassin and all his kin — no support - **4.** strike and rid me of this assassin before the court sees him — no support **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/166-pg128-part6/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Mate, what did the physician beg for on his knees? - **1.** for a fair trial — no support - **2.** to spare his life — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** for mercy — no support - **4.** a pardon — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 162, line 5: «A furious genius with a scimitar blames the merchant for his son's death, and the merchant begs for a year to say goodbye.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «merchant» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Lowkey, what gift did the parrot have? - **1.** it could speak every tongue of the sea — no support - **2.** it could repeat every word spoken in the house by anyone at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** it could tell all that had been done before it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** it could tell all that had been done before it and foretell the rain — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 127, line 18: «fact: The dwarfs' gift: "a piece of gold shall fall out of her mouth for every word she speaks."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). 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/166-pg128-part6/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Bro, why did the king not spot the vizir's trap? - **1.** he was busy with the war — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** he was too young — score 8 - **3.** he was drunk — score 5 - **4.** he was naturally very weak — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 166, line 15: «The king is angry at the vizir's carelessness, so he has the prince "strangled immediately".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Ngl, which slave turned the mirror? - **1.** the youngest slave — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** the cook — score 6 - **3.** the second slave — score 6 - **4.** the third slave — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 100, line 5: «The King watches, the Queen is restored to life, the witch and her daughter are punished, and the Fawn becomes a boy again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «boy» (+5); the same action «become» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} Innit the king kept saying Douban was honest, so why did he change his mind? - **1.** the queen begged him daily — no support - **2.** the vizir sent gold to him — no support - **3.** the vizir kept wearing him down until he gave in to fear — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** the vizir kept wearing him down — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 162, line 8: «Why does the grand-vizir give in? Scheherazade refuses to stop asking, and he is "obliged ... to give way" after begging her to change her mind.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give in» (+5); the same doer «grand vizir» (+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/166-pg128-part6/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following accurately characterises the king's initial response to the grand-vizir's accusation? - **1.** He accepted it, fearing that the physician had come as a spy for the Greeks — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** He doubted it, but feared the vizir's power over the court and so agreed — score 5 - **3.** He hesitated for a moment, then decided to wait and see whether the physician might prove loyal to him after all — score 8 - **4.** He dismissed it, reasoning that the physician who had cured him had no motive to kill — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 166, line 8: «Why: the grand-vizir is "avaricious, and envious, and a very bad man", and he wants to bring about Douban's ruin out of jealousy.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «douban» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which of the following describes the principal lesson the vizir draws from the tale of the husband and the parrot? - **1.** Women should never be trusted with secrets of the household and the court — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Birds should never be kept — no support - **3.** Credulity toward a single account is unwise, and the husband erred in destroying the bird — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A husband should always punish a servant who lies to him about the weather — no support **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/166-pg128-part6/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What was the immediate consequence, according to the narrative, of the prince's account of the ogress? - **1.** The vizir was exiled from court — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The prince fled — no support - **3.** The queen wept and begged for mercy — no support - **4.** The king ordered his son to be strangled — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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/166-pg128-part6/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which of the following is the physician's final request to the king before his execution? - **1.** That he be given a day to pray and to see his family once more — no support - **2.** That he be permitted to set his affairs in order and leave his books — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** That he be allowed to see his wife one more time — no support - **4.** That he be granted a full pardon in exchange for telling the king all the secrets of his household — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 166, line 16: «The vizir tells the king to "cut off his head directly he comes", and the weak king agrees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same receiver «king» (+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/166-pg128-part6/e4/) - ← previous: [165. Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/165-pg128-part5/) - next →: [167. Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/167-pg128-part7/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)