--- title: Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11: the Calend… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 171 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 12 tests right, exam 1 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/171-pg128-part11/) [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/) / 171 # Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11: the Calenders reveal who they are, and the First Calender begins his tale **Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 171 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/171-pg128-part11/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} yo, the porter just plonked himself on the posh sofa with the ladies, no way he got away with that? - **1.** yeah, he stood up and left quickly — no support - **2.** yeah, he sat there and nobody stopped him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** yeah, he sat there and the ladies even offered him wine and food all night — score 6 - **4.** nah, the ladies made him leave at once — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 171, line 4: «The porter tells his own short story, then sits down to hear the others, and the First Calender begins his tale.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «porter» (+4); the same action «sit down» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/171-pg128-part11/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} wait, so the vizir basically said they got what was coming to them, right? - **1.** yeah, he said they only got what they deserved — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** nah, he said they were owed a reward now — score 5 - **3.** yeah, he said they only got what they deserved, and nobody should pity them again — score 5 - **4.** yeah, he said they had been punished unfairly — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 161, line 7: «fact: What: the sultan's wife was found to have deceived him, so he ordered "the grand-vizir to put her to death".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); 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/171-pg128-part11/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} bruv, why did Zobeida's anger just chill out when they said they were kings' sons? - **1.** cos she realised they were royal sons and felt pity for them at last — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** cos they showed her a letter from the Caliph — no support - **3.** cos being sons of kings made her calm down — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** cos they promised to pay her back — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 171, line 12: «The third Calender says they are "all three sons of kings," which makes Zobeida's anger cool down at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «calenders» (+2); the same thing acted on «three sons» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/171-pg128-part11/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} ok so the blind lads aren't actually brothers by blood, yeah? - **1.** yeah, they're brothers by how they live, not by blood or by birth at all — no support - **2.** yeah, they're just brothers by how they live — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** nah, they share the same blood and father — no support - **4.** nah, they're actually brothers by blood but they dress differently in the palace — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 171, line 11: «The Calenders are not brothers by blood: one says "we are no blood relations at all, only brothers by our mode of life."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «brothers» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). 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/171-pg128-part11/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} was the porter's whole story just about his sister finding him at the hiring spot? - **1.** nah, he went shopping — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** yeah, that's all — no support - **3.** yeah, and he bought some bread — no support - **4.** yeah, plus shopping with a full basket — **✓ 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/171-pg128-part11/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} did the First Calender's cousin make him swear loads of stuff before the big reveal? - **1.** nah, he only swore to be quiet — no support - **2.** yeah, he made him swear to be faithful, keep it secret and never tell anyone — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** yeah, faithful and keep it secret — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** nah, he made him swear an oath of loyalty to the Caliph before the whole court — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 171, line 15: «The cousin makes him swear to be "faithful" and to keep a secret before showing him his new building.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cousin» (+4); the same action «make» (+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/171-pg128-part11/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} bro, what did the prince bring to the tomb, a massive sword or stuff for digging? - **1.** a lamp and a bag of gold — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** a pickaxe, water and a bag of plaster — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** a sword, a shield and some bread — score 7 - **4.** a massive sword and some food — 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 171, line 16: «The prince brings a pickaxe, a vessel of water and a bag of plaster, then breaks open the empty "sepulchre" in the tomb.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «tomb» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). 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/171-pg128-part11/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} so under the tomb's empty bit there was a trap door, yeah? - **1.** yeah, with a spiral staircase under it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, it was solid stone below — no support - **3.** yeah, with a hidden passage below — no support - **4.** yeah, a trap door — 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/171-pg128-part11/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} the prince went all grateful at the top of the stairs, didn't he? - **1.** yeah, he was thankful — no support - **2.** yeah, he said he didn't know how to thank him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** nah, he said nothing at all to him — score 6 - **4.** yeah, he promised to repay him someday — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 114, line 12: «The prince keeps hold of her hand and says "This lady is dancing with me" to everyone who asks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+4); the same action «say» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/171-pg128-part11/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} was the First Calender's cousin's whole thing the same as the porter's, like going to a hiring spot? - **1.** nah, the cousin had a feast and a secret tomb — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, the porter had a feast instead — no support - **3.** nah, the cousin had a sister and a basket — no support - **4.** nah, the cousin threw a feast and later led a lady into a secret tomb — 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/171-pg128-part11/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} did the Calender's uncle live in the same country as the Calender? - **1.** nah, the uncle lived in the capital city — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** nah, it was the neighbouring country — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** nah, it was the same city — no support - **4.** yeah, both lived in Baghdad — 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/171-pg128-part11/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} so the Caliph thought telling his name and rank would sort everything, right? - **1.** nah, he reckoned the danger would only grow worse if they told their names — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** yeah, he thought the danger would stop — no support - **3.** yeah, he reckoned it would end the danger — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** yeah, he reckoned that telling his name and rank would end the danger for them all — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 141, line 18: «Hard word: "cur" means a mongrel or worthless dog; today it is also a rude name for a nasty person.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cur» (+4); the same thing acted on «rude name» (+4). 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/171-pg128-part11/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} With what formal authority did the vizir counsel the Caliph to defer the summons until morning? - **1.** He urged the Caliph to delay. — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He suggested the Caliph should wait a while before calling anyone. — no support - **3.** He advised that the Caliph, as sovereign, might summon the ladies at a later hour. — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** He said wait till morning. — 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/171-pg128-part11/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} By what means did the three Calenders establish their rank before the lady of the house? - **1.** They proved it with a royal letter from home. — score 1 - **2.** They named their fathers only. — score 3 - **3.** They showed their royal rings. — score 1 - **4.** They declared that all three were sons of kings. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 13 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 13, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 171, line 12: «The third Calender says they are "all three sons of kings," which makes Zobeida's anger cool down at once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «three sons» (+6); the same circumstance (+6); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/171-pg128-part11/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What was the precise nature of the condition under which the seven men had been received? - **1.** They had been welcomed into the house on the sole condition that they would not question the conduct of their hostesses, nor their slaves, nor the Caliph's guests who came later that evening. — score 3 - **2.** They had been admitted on the single condition that they would not question the conduct of their hostesses. — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** They had been let in only if they promised to pay the household for their food and lodging nightly. — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** They had been received on the one strict condition that they would never question the conduct of their hostesses, even if the ladies behaved oddly during the feast and the night. — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 111, line 17: «What does the little old man give Dummerly? A goose "with plumage of pure gold," found under the roots of a tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «little old man» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/171-pg128-part11/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} For what reason did the First Calender's cousin conduct the lady to the tomb and descend the staircase? - **1.** The prince asked the Calender to lead the lady to the tomb and then descend with them. — no support - **2.** The prince asked the Calender to take the lady to the tomb, and then the prince came himself and led her carefully down the spiral staircase into the hidden cellar below. — no support - **3.** The prince required the Calender to escort the lady to the tomb, where the prince himself joined them and led her down. — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The cousin wanted the lady to see the tomb's treasure, so he walked her there and went down with her at night. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 104, line 3: «On the third night a dead cousin, a bearded old man and a smith's anvil all test his nerve.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dead cousin» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/171-pg128-part11/e4/) - ← previous: [170. Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/170-pg128-part10/) - next →: [172. Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/172-pg128-part12/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)