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title: Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his e… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 172 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 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 Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found

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

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Lesson 172 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/172-pg128-part12/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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ngl how did the prince end up losing his eye, like what happened?

- **1.** the vizir tore it out in prison — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** a duel with a knight — no support
- **3.** he was hit by an arrow — no support
- **4.** the vizir cut it off at court — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 172, line 2: «The vizir, whom the prince once blinded by accident, tears out the prince's right eye in prison.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «prison» (+5); the same thing acted on «right eye» (+1). 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/172-pg128-part12/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bro the vizir had beef with him since when, like who started it?

- **1.** after the prince insulted him at a feast — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** since the prince shot out his eye as a kid — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** since the prince got into a fight with his son at school — no support
- **4.** when the prince refused his marriage proposal — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 172, line 5: «There they see the dead prince and his lady, and then the vizir attacks the city, so the narrator disguises himself as a calender and flees to Bagdad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «narrator» (+4); the same thing acted on «vizir» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/172-pg128-part12/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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deadass the executioner just let him go, lowkey wholesome, right?

- **1.** yeah, he sent him to the galleys — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah, he told him to forsake the kingdom — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** nah, he dragged him back to the vizir in chains and sold him — no support
- **4.** yeah, he freed him from the cell — 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/172-pg128-part12/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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fr where did the prince and his lady end up at the end?

- **1.** in an underground tomb — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** in a palace — no support
- **3.** back in his uncle's hall — no support
- **4.** at home — 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/172-pg128-part12/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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wait why wasn't the uncle around at first, was he just chilling?

- **1.** he had been summoned to a council in the capital city — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he was busy in the market — no support
- **3.** he was off on a hunting trip — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he had gone to hunt a rare beast in the far eastern forests — 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/172-pg128-part12/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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ok bet, what did the army do to the old king?

- **1.** they put him on trial and crowned the vizir king of all lands — no support
- **2.** killed him — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** they locked him up and crowned a prince — no support
- **4.** killed him and made the vizir king — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 164, line 17: «Old word: "sire" was a polite word for a lord or king; today we might say "your majesty" or "sir."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «polite word» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/172-pg128-part12/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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so how'd the narrator hide his face, like was it a mask or what?

- **1.** he shaved his beard and eyebrows — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he dyed his beard black — no support
- **3.** he rubbed mud on his whole face — no support
- **4.** he wore a hood and veil — 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/172-pg128-part12/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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bruh what even is a calender in this story, is it a clock?

- **1.** a wandering holy man — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a travelling merchant — no support
- **3.** a king's messenger who carries a sealed letter to the caliph — no support
- **4.** a dervish who lives in a wooden shack by the river — 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/172-pg128-part12/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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no cap, what did the army look like coming in?

- **1.** a sea of bright banners — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a long column of armed soldiers on horseback with flags — no support
- **3.** a row of glowing torches — no support
- **4.** a thick cloud of dust — **✓ 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/172-pg128-part12/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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lowkey the city just opened the gates huh, why'd they give up?

- **1.** the vizir had bribed the commander with a great fortune — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the king had surrendered — no support
- **3.** the walls were broken — no support
- **4.** resistance was useless — **✓ 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/172-pg128-part12/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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bro who showed up at the gate right after sunset?

- **1.** an old tailor named Yusuf — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the second calender — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a beggar — no support
- **4.** a merchant from Cairo — 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/172-pg128-part12/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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so how'd they get into the shelter, did they pick the lock?

- **1.** they bribed the doorman with a large silver coin — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** they picked the lock quietly — no support
- **3.** they knocked and asked nicely — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** they broke down the wooden door with their shoulders — 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/172-pg128-part12/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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ngl what did Zobeida say at the end, was she mad?

- **1.** I am sorry, but you must stay here tonight — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** you can go when you like — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** you may leave — no support
- **4.** leave whenever you choose — 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/172-pg128-part12/t13/)

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

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By what means did the narrator's right eye come to be lost?

- **1.** A sword blow in battle — no support
- **2.** The vizir ordered it removed in prison — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** It was cut out by the guards during a hunt — score 5
- **4.** It was torn out by the vizir while he was imprisoned — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 168, line 2: «The angry Sultan asks the fisherman where the fish came from, and the fisherman names a lake among four hills.», 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 «angry sultan» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/172-pg128-part12/e1/)

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

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What was the principal motive of the uncle upon discovering the bodies in the chamber?

- **1.** Fury that his son had broken a sacred oath to the crown and the gods — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Sorrow at the loss of the prince's favourite horse — no support
- **3.** Disgust at the lady's low birth and the foreign customs she had brought to court — no support
- **4.** Anger at his son's attachment to a woman he could not wed — **✓ 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/172-pg128-part12/e2/)

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

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Which course of action did the narrator undertake after his uncle's kingdom had been conquered?

- **1.** He disguised himself as a calender and travelled to Bagdad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** He sent a letter to the Caliph asking for an army and waited at the border — no support
- **3.** He stayed in the ruined city and hid for many years — no support
- **4.** He gathered loyal men and marched on the capital to retake his lands — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 172, line 5: «There they see the dead prince and his lady, and then the vizir attacks the city, so the narrator disguises himself as a calender and flees to Bagdad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «disguise» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+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/172-pg128-part12/e3/)

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

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At what hour did the narrator arrive at the gates of the city of Bagdad?

- **1.** At sunset — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** At dusk — no support
- **3.** At midnight — no support
- **4.** Noon — 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/172-pg128-part12/e4/)

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