--- title: Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favo… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1772 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 12 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/1772-pg641-part23/) [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/) / 1772 # Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes **Tests:** 7 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1772 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/1772-pg641-part23/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Innit, what did the gazelle bag in the grass, like? - **1.** a giant dusty pebble — no support - **2.** a massive shiny diamond — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** a bloomin' great sparkly diamond that's worth loads — no support - **4.** a massive shiny diamond, dead expensive — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1772, line 1: «The gazelle finds a huge bright diamond in the bitter grass and carries it far away to a great sultan's palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «bitter grass» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «huge bright diamond» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Mate, where'd the gazelle take the rock, like? - **1.** to the big sultan's gaff — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** to the posh market — score 2 - **3.** to the sultan's massive gaff up the road — score 2 - **4.** to the sultan's yard — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1772, line 1: «The gazelle finds a huge bright diamond in the bitter grass and carries it far away to a great sultan's palace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «gazelle» (+2); the same action «carry» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Was the sultan well chuffed with the gazelle, or nah? - **1.** yeah, he was well made — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** yeah, he was dead chuffed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** yeah, he was dead chuffed, proper happy, like — no support - **4.** yeah, he was dead chuffed and gave him loads of cash — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1757, line 11: «The robber sends her for three bottles: an ointment for his chin, a drink to make him well, and one to make him "stronger than I ever was."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «prince» (+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/1772-pg641-part23/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Dude, what was the gazelle's sneaky lie to the sultan? - **1.** bandits did it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a fox nicked the gold — no support - **3.** robbers jumped the bro — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** soldiers nicked his stuff — 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/1772-pg641-part23/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Why'd the gazelle beat its bro in the forest, bruv? - **1.** cos it was sorting him out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** cos he nicked its food — no support - **3.** cos he was rude — no support - **4.** cos it was well angry — 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/1772-pg641-part23/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} What fit gear did the sultan send for the bro, like? - **1.** a tunic and a turban — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** a fancy tunic, turban, belt and posh shoes — no support - **3.** a silk tunic, a gold turban and matching sandals — no support - **4.** a shirt and a cap — 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/1772-pg641-part23/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Who was the bloke rolling up at the palace, innit? - **1.** a whole squad of the sultan's royal soldiers — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** some proper knights — no support - **3.** loads of soldiers — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** a load of guards — 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/1772-pg641-part23/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} What's the bro's new name, then? - **1.** Darai — no support - **2.** Sultan Darai — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **3.** Sultan Darai, the golden one, innit — score -2 - **4.** Sultan — score -2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1699, line 2: «A drop of the fountain's water writes on the sand, and the name it shows is Prince Flame, Gnome's own brother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «name» (-1); the same thing acted on «name» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Was the bro allowed to chat at the palace, or nah? - **1.** nah, only soldiers talk — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** nah, only greetings and news — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** yeah, he could chat — no support - **4.** yeah, he can chat to anyone he fancies, like — 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/1772-pg641-part23/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} What's the gazelle's wheeze for the clothes, like? - **1.** hang them off the saddle — score -2 - **2.** lash the whole lot to the back of the horse — no support - **3.** tie them to the horse's back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** tie them tight to the horse's back, innit, and go — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1772, line 4: «The sultan sends a horse and fine clothes, and the gazelle rides off with them tied to the horse's back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tie» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Did the gazelle need the soldiers to come, or nah? - **1.** yeah, bring them — score 1 - **2.** yeah, it's needed now — no support - **3.** yeah, it needs them all — score 2 - **4.** nah, it's enough on its own — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1772, line 16: «The gazelle refuses soldiers, saying "I am enough by myself, my lord."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} What did the bro have to do before the clothes, like? - **1.** have a rest and sleep — no support - **2.** have a wash and rub earth — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** have a long bath with oil and then sit by the fire — no support - **4.** have a proper wash, get dressed and then rub earth — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1772, line 5: «The master washes, dresses, and is given a new name, Sultan Darai, just before they reach the palace.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «dress» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/1772-pg641-part23/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which object did the gazelle convey to the sultan as a pledge? - **1.** a huge bright jewel from the cave — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** a precious shining diamond wrapped in cloth — score -1 - **3.** a small golden coin — score 2 - **4.** a large bright diamond — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1647, line 1: «The brothers meet a shrivelled old man in a lonely cottage, who asks them to bring him a pretty young bride too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «bring» (-1); the same receiver «man» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} What reply did the sultan give regarding the proposed marriage? - **1.** He declared himself angry — score -1 - **2.** He declared himself content — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **3.** He declared himself furious and banished the poor man — score -1 - **4.** He said he was pleased — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1772, line 11: «The sultan orders "cushions and a carpet" and milk and rice so the gazelle can rest after its long journey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+4). Against it: the same doer «sultan» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} On what condition did the gazelle instruct the master to remain silent? - **1.** Save for greetings and enquiries made by the sultan's court — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Save for greetings and enquiries — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Save for greetings and enquiries, and never mention the robbers — no support - **4.** Save for the sultan's orders — 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/1772-pg641-part23/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} By what means did the gazelle transport the garments to the palace? - **1.** Strapped to the saddle — no support - **2.** Fastened upon the horse's rear — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** On the horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** Fastened upon the horse's rear by a long rope of woven grass — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1574, line 11: «The word "raiment" is an old word for clothing, so "silver raiment" means a shining silver cloak or garment.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same thing acted on «shining silver cloak» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/1772-pg641-part23/e4/) - ← previous: [1771. Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1771-pg641-part22/) - next →: [1773. Arabian Nights, Sultan Darai and the Gazelle, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1773-pg641-part24/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)