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title: Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17: the geniu… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17: the genius is burned, and the third Calender begins his tale

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**Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 177 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/177-pg128-part17/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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bro what did the princess even turn that lion hair into?

- **1.** a sword — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** a shining sword of pure gold — no support
- **3.** a bow — no support
- **4.** a rod — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 73, line 1: «Alone in his bedroom before the Banquet, Toad locks the door, draws the curtains, sets the chairs in a half-circle like an audience, and sings «Toad's Last Lit…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hair» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «toad» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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so the genius came in as a giant what?

- **1.** giant lion with a golden mane — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** tiger — no support
- **3.** cat — no support
- **4.** lion — **✓ 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/177-pg128-part17/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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wait, who got burned to a total crisp?

- **1.** the head cook — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the chief eunuch of the palace — no support
- **3.** the chief eunuch — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the vizier — 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/177-pg128-part17/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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lowkey, who lost an eye from a random spark?

- **1.** the narrator — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** the Sultan's own eldest son — score 8
- **3.** the princess — score 8
- **4.** the young man who came from Baghdad — score -2

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**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 177, line 11: «The narrator loses an eye: "a spark deprived me of the sight of one eye".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «eye» (+6); the same action «lose» (+4). Against it: the same doer «narrator» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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what kinda liquid did the princess splash on the monkey guy?

- **1.** water — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** oil — no support
- **3.** wine — no support
- **4.** milk — 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/177-pg128-part17/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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bruh, how big did that pomegranate get?

- **1.** barrel size — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** pumpkin size — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** melon size — no support
- **4.** as big as a whole cart — 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/177-pg128-part17/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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so that last seed that rolled off turned into what?

- **1.** a turtle — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** a crab — score 3
- **3.** an eel — score 3
- **4.** a fish — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 40, line 11: «First it was «all down, down, down, gradually—ruin and levelling and disappearance», then «all up, up, up», as seeds grew to saplings and saplings to trees, an…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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how long did the fish and the pike go at it underwater?

- **1.** two hours — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** seven days — no support
- **3.** an hour — no support
- **4.** a day — 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/177-pg128-part17/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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why was the Sultan crying nonstop?

- **1.** she died — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** his daughter died — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** his son was lost — no support
- **4.** his only daughter had died suddenly — 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/177-pg128-part17/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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the princess said she was gonna die from what?

- **1.** a curse — score 4
- **2.** fire in her heart — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** a sickness — score 4
- **4.** a broken heart — **← Mova's choice** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 176, line 5: «The princess says the monkey is an enchanted prince, and she sets up a magic circle with a Hebrew-marked knife to break the spell.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+4); the same action «break» (+3). 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/177-pg128-part17/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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which fruit did the cat hide inside?

- **1.** a quince — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** pomegranate — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** a peach — score 5
- **4.** apple — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 93, line 2: «After a fine supper the Woman looks at a mutton blade-bone and makes the First Singing Magic. The wild animals see the fire and wonder. Wild Dog smells roast m…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+3); the same action «hide» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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what did the scorpion turn into when he was losing?

- **1.** an eagle — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** a huge bird that flew up over the palace walls — no support
- **3.** a sparrow — no support
- **4.** a great black eagle with iron talons — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 177, line 1: «The genius and the princess fight, and he turns into a lion, then a scorpion, then an eagle, while she becomes a serpent and then a bigger eagle.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «serpent» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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what color was that cat, like for real?

- **1.** grey and brown — no support
- **2.** black and white — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** white — no support
- **4.** black — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 170, line 5: «Zobeida whips two black dogs and weeps over them, then Amina faints and shows a neck covered in scars, and nobody understands why.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «two black dogs» (+6); the same property (+2). 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/177-pg128-part17/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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so the whole kingdom did what for seven days?

- **1.** slept — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** prayed daily — no support
- **3.** mourned — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** danced madly — 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/177-pg128-part17/t14/)

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

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To what form did the genius's head transform at the outset of the combat?

- **1.** a dragon — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a snake — no support
- **3.** a scorpion — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a giant bird with a scorpion's tail — 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/177-pg128-part17/e1/)

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

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What was the cause of the narrator's loss of sight in one eye?

- **1.** a coal — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a spark — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a flying ember — no support
- **4.** a stone chip — 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/177-pg128-part17/e2/)

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

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What was the final condition of the genius at the conclusion of the contest?

- **1.** a pile of smoking ashes on the floor — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a heap of ashes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** dust — no support
- **4.** a charred body lying in the palace hall — 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/177-pg128-part17/e3/)

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

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What was the cause of the princess's death?

- **1.** the fire she had in her heart — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a deep burning poison from the cup — no support
- **3.** a long illness — no support
- **4.** her burning — **✓ 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/177-pg128-part17/e4/)

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