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title: Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the sna… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 185 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the snake, is rescued, gets his goods back, and meets cruel islanders

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**Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 185 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/185-pg128-part25/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, did the snake literally swallow his bro up the tree?

- **1.** yeah, he chewed it — no support
- **2.** yep, whole, no chew — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** nah, he hid up top — no support
- **4.** nah, it sat on the tree and waited for hours before leaving — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 121, line 7: «Where: she hides under a bed in a rough-looking hut, then sits in a tree in the forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+1); the same place «tree» (+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/185-pg128-part25/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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wait, so Sindbad hid in a tent of sticks all night?

- **1.** yeah, a hut of sticks, too — no support
- **2.** yeah, he built a big wall of stones and slept behind it all night long — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** nah, he slept in a tree and built a fire to keep warm till morning — score 4
- **4.** yeah, faggots, like a mouse — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 185, line 2: «Sindbad builds a tent of sticks, survives a second night of the snake, and is rescued by a passing ship.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «build» (+3); the same doer «sindbad» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, 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/185-pg128-part25/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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bruh, how did the ship even see him?

- **1.** he climbed the highest tree and screamed at the sky for hours — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** he shouted and waved his turban — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** he yelled and waved his hat — no support
- **4.** he built a huge bonfire on the beach and waited for dawn — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 182, line 15: «WHERE: He climbs "a tall tree" to look for a way out and sees the white object on land.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «climb» (+4); the same thing acted on «tall tree» (+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/185-pg128-part25/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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lol, the captain sold stuff for a dead guy named Sindbad?

- **1.** nope, it was his brother — no support
- **2.** yeah, the goods of a sailor — no support
- **3.** yeah, a dead pirate — no support
- **4.** yeah, and it was Sindbad himself — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 185, line 3: «The captain sells goods for a dead passenger named Sindbad, and Sindbad reveals that he is that very Sindbad.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «captain» (+3); the same thing acted on «sindbad» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/185-pg128-part25/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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why'd they leave Sindbad on the island, mate?

- **1.** he wandered off, missed boat — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** he was drunk and the crew forgot him on the beach — score 5
- **3.** he hid, nobody saw him — score 5
- **4.** he fell asleep, got left — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 178, line 2: «A metal boat rows him for nine days, but when he shouts "Allah be praised!" it sinks and he is left to swim.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/185-pg128-part25/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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what was the island name again, the one with sandal wood?

- **1.** the one where the tortoise lived by the lake, fam — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Salahan, mate — no support
- **3.** Cocoa isle — no support
- **4.** Salahat, fam — **✓ 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/185-pg128-part25/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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how big was that tortoise, for real?

- **1.** twenty cubits, bro — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** thirty cubits, bro — no support
- **3.** bigger than a house and taller than the trees, fam — no support
- **4.** as long as the whole ship and its sails, mate, no joke — 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/185-pg128-part25/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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did the fish look like a cow or what?

- **1.** yeah, a cow, fr — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** a horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** nah, a bird — no support
- **4.** yeah, an ox, fr — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 93, line 16: «Real life: horses were tamed much later, about 5,500 years ago on the grasslands of Central Asia, after cows, sheep, goats and pigs, which were tamed about 10,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «horses» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/185-pg128-part25/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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how many sequins did Sindbad give Hindbad, tho?

- **1.** a hundred, easy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** every sequin he had from the sale, no problem at all — no support
- **3.** ten, easy — score 4
- **4.** a thousand, sure — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 181, line 4: «Sindbad makes him sit at his right hand, feeds him, and asks what he said in the street, and Hindbad apologises.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feed» (+2); the same receiver «hindbad» (+1); 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/185-pg128-part25/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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so the islanders were fattening them up to eat, bruh?

- **1.** yeah, for their tribe — no support
- **2.** nah, for the king's sale — no support
- **3.** yep, for their own dinner — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** yep, they were fattening them for a big feast they'd throw at the moon — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 185, line 5: «The islanders fatten his crazed friends for eating, and Sindbad runs into the forest and finds white men.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fatten» (+2); the same doer «islanders» (+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/185-pg128-part25/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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what did the herbs do to his mates, though?

- **1.** made them sleep — no support
- **2.** made them sick — no support
- **3.** made them proper mad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** made them go bald — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 185, line 17: «The herbs drive Sindbad's companions "perfectly mad," and the rice with cocoanut oil is meant to fatten them up for eating.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «herbs» (+1); the same property (+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/185-pg128-part25/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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how long was he walking in the forest, like forever?

- **1.** a day, mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** seven days, no lie — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** more like a whole month of walking, no lie — score 5
- **4.** five days, honest — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 185, line 18: «Sindbad walks for "seven days" through the forest, living on cocoanuts, which give him "both meat and drink."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «forest» (+5); the same action «walk» (+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/185-pg128-part25/t12/)

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

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Which island did the ship reach after its long voyage, and what commodity was abundant there?

- **1.** An island far to the east, where sandal wood and cloves grew in great abundance everywhere — score 5
- **2.** Serendib, where cinnamon grew in plenty — no support
- **3.** Salahat, where sandal wood and ginger grew in great abundance on the hills — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Salahat, where sandal wood grew abundantly — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 185, line 13: «Salahat is the island where "sandal wood grows in great abundance," and the ship anchors there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «great abundance» (+3); the same action «grow» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, 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/185-pg128-part25/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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By what name was the deceased merchant's cargo registered upon the ship's manifest?

- **1.** In the name of Sindbad the Sailor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** Listed to the old dead merchant — score 6
- **3.** Sindbad's name — no support
- **4.** Under the name of Hindbad the Porter — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 185, line 12: «The captain says the goods are registered "in the name of Sindbad the Sailor," and he returns them to Sindbad with the profit.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «name» (+5); the same thing acted on «sindbad» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/185-pg128-part25/e2/)

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

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What measure of gold coin did the narrator bestow upon his companion Hindbad?

- **1.** The full purse of a thousand sequins that he had carried from the island — no support
- **2.** Two hundred dinars — no support
- **3.** All the sequins he had earned from selling the goods of the dead merchant — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** One hundred sequins — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 183, line 20: «Old word: "sequins" were gold coins, and today a sequin is a shiny little disc sewn onto clothes.», 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 doer «sequin» (+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/185-pg128-part25/e3/)

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

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Which means of escape did the narrator employ to alert the passing vessel?

- **1.** He yelled and waved his shawl — no support
- **2.** He shouted and waved his turban — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He built a signal fire on the shore and then shouted to the crew — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** He called out and waved his cloak — no support

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**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 184, line 3: «The narrator makes a plan: build rafts, then blind the giant with red-hot spits while he sleeps.», 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 doer «narrator» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/185-pg128-part25/e4/)

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