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# Arabian Nights, Sultan Darai and the Gazelle, part 24: the gazelle slays the seven-headed snake

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1773 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/1773-pg641-part24/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi, who spotted the posh dude first, innit?

- **1.** The bride's dad — no support
- **2.** Sultan — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** The master — score -1
- **4.** The gazelle — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1701, line 2: «He spots a lovely Princess sitting on a barge, swoops down and carries her off before anyone can stop him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spot» (+3). Against it: the same doer «king» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bruv, what was the snake's house made of, like proper bling?

- **1.** Pure marble from the far mountains — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Solid gold with loads of diamonds — no support
- **3.** Sapphire and turquoise — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Rubies and jade stone — 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/1773-pg641-part24/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Wait, how many heads did the snake have, mate?

- **1.** Seven — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** Like, seventeen heads — score -1
- **3.** Eight — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** Loads of heads, dozens — score -5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1486, line 11: «The shore: the narrator reached land "about eight o'clock in the evening" and then lay down on the grass to sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Was the gazelle proper scared or what?

- **1.** It ran off to hide quick — score 3
- **2.** It said it was fine now — score 3
- **3.** Not really — score -3
- **4.** It said "if I die, I die" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1773, line 10: «The gazelle says "If I die, I die, and if I live, I live", so it is brave even though it has no plan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same doer «gazelle» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Who actually killed the snake, for real?

- **1.** The old woman — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** The bride's brave brother — score 4
- **3.** The master's loyal servant boy — score 4
- **4.** The gazelle — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1657, line 9: «WHAT: The witch's daughters are killed because the witch feels her way in the dark and hacks "the heads off all the sleepers who had the men's night-caps on."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3); the same thing acted on «daughters» (+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/1773-pg641-part24/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Which bit did the old woman do, sick?

- **1.** Took the gazelle to the palace garden — no support
- **2.** Fanned the gazelle — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Sprinkled some scent — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **4.** Sprinkled fresh scent all over herself — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1536, line 19: «Tit-bit is an old word for a tasty little piece of food, and today we would say a titbit or a treat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «tit bit» (-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/1773-pg641-part24/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What did the snake smell that was a bit dodgy?

- **1.** Fresh scent — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Blood — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** The gazelle's sweaty fur and blood — score 3
- **4.** Rose water — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1773, line 11: «The snake smells the scent and asks "what smell is that I smell inside", but the old woman tells him it is perfume.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smell» (+4). Against it: the same doer «snake» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Lol, how long did the gazelle chill in the house?

- **1.** Three days — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Four days — no support
- **3.** Two days — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** One 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/1773-pg641-part24/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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What did the gazelle munch on while it was chilling?

- **1.** Milk and rice — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Water — no support
- **3.** Lamb and bread — no support
- **4.** Honey and figs — 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/1773-pg641-part24/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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What did the master say he couldn't do without the gazelle?

- **1.** Sleep — score 2
- **2.** Pray — no support
- **3.** Eat or drink — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Speak or sing — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1765, line 14: «The master wants the prince to give him his hand, and the maiden says "He means to eat you", so the shovel must be red hot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «eat» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Got it, how long till the bride dips off home?

- **1.** Soon — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Four days — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Three days — no support
- **4.** Nine whole days, maybe more — 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/1773-pg641-part24/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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How did the master feel when the gazelle came back, mate?

- **1.** Like a child given a new horse — no support
- **2.** Like a man whose prayers were granted — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Like a man who had lost everything and then found it all again — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Like someone who had waited forty years for a miracle at last — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1249, line 14: «His second master was a "hard man" who "begrudged him his well-earned wages", which means he grudged paying them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «second master» (+5); the same circumstance (+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/1773-pg641-part24/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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By what means did the gazelle dispatch the serpent?

- **1.** By cutting its body into many pieces at dawn while it slept — no support
- **2.** By cutting off its tail with an axe — no support
- **3.** By severing its seven heads with a sword — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** By stabbing it through the heart with a spear and then burning the remains — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1679, line 19: «Old word: "dumb" here means unable to speak, not stupid; today it can also mean silly, which the King does not mean.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). Against it: 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/1773-pg641-part24/e1/)

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

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What number of days did the gazelle request before the couple's departure?

- **1.** Two — no support
- **2.** Ten — no support
- **3.** Three days — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **4.** Four days — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 21, line 5: «The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter. He, the March Hare and the Dormouse each give a different date for when the tea…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «knave» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/e2/)

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

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What was the principal reason the gazelle entered the house?

- **1.** To escape from the hunters — no support
- **2.** To see the people within it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** To find food — no support
- **4.** To find the sultan's gold — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1609, line 7: «What: they see houses, barns, cows and people, all made of china, and the tallest person "was no higher than Dorothy's knee."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «houses» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/e3/)

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

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How did the master respond upon the gazelle's return?

- **1.** He praised it and bowed low — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** He fed it and let it sleep — score 5
- **3.** He embraced and kissed it — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** He wept, held it tightly and thanked God forever — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 913, line 13: «The music-master praises the bird because "with this bird everything is settled", meaning every note is planned in advance.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «music master» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/e4/)

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