--- title: Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1872 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 1 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/1872-pg7277-part9/) [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/) / 1872 # Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin **Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1872 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/1872-pg7277-part9/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Okay so the Caliph and Mansor are storks now, yeah? - **1.** Nah, they're storks and the Vizier is fine with it all — score 0 - **2.** Yeah, they're storks now — score 0 - **3.** Yeah, and they can't remember the magic word, proper stuck, and the Vizier is moaning about it all day long — score 5 - **4.** Yeah, and they can't remember the magic word, proper stuck — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1872, line 1: «The Caliph and his Vizier have been storks for days and still cannot remember the magic word.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «remember» (+3); the same doer «caliph» (+1); the same thing acted on «magic word» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1872-pg7277-part9/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Wait, who is this Mirza bloke everyone's cheering for? - **1.** He's the son of that magician Kaschnur, the Caliph's enemy, and he's a proper baddie — score 0 - **2.** He's the Caliph's nephew who got lost on his way home — no support - **3.** He's the son of that magician Kaschnur, the Caliph's enemy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** He's the son of that magician Kaschnur, the Caliph's enemy, and he's been crowned Lord of Bagdad today — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1872, line 10: «Mirza is a new lord in the city, and the crowd shouts "Hail, Mirza, the Lord of Bagdad!" as he rides past in a splendid procession.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «new lord» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «mirza» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1872-pg7277-part9/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Did the storks have a proper dinner or what? - **1.** They had dates, cos bread was not allowed — no support - **2.** They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross, and the Vizier made them eat dry bread and nuts anyway — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **4.** They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross, and they were properly starving — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1872, line 1: «The Caliph and his Vizier have been storks for days and still cannot remember the magic word.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «storks» (-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/1872-pg7277-part9/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Why did the storks fly off to Medina anyway? - **1.** To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **2.** To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell, cos the Vizier was going mad — score -1 - **3.** To visit the Caliph's old friend and beg help — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell before the Vizier gets too grumpy about it all — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 992, line 19: «Old word: a "sentry" is a guard who stands watch; the father stork pretended to be one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «one» (+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/1872-pg7277-part9/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Mansor was knackered after all that flying, wasn't he? - **1.** Yeah, he said he couldn't go on, he was proper wiped out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he was knackered — no support - **3.** Nah, he was fine — no support - **4.** Yeah, he stopped and had a nap in a tree — 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/1872-pg7277-part9/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} So where did they sleep, in a proper hotel? - **1.** Nah, in an old ruined castle with busted pillars — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, in a palace — **← Mova's choice** · score -4 - **3.** Nah, on a rooftop in the middle of a dusty town — no support - **4.** Nah, in a bit of old field by the river — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1824, line 2: «The grateful old eagles carry him to the palm garden of sleeping genii, where he knocks over six water pots and snatches the little green parrot.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same place «palm garden» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, 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/1872-pg7277-part9/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Hang on, what was the scary noise in the ruin? - **1.** Just a dog, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A sigh and a moan, and Mansor was properly freaked — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A bird, I think — no support - **4.** A distant drum, and the Caliph just laughed it off — 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/1872-pg7277-part9/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} The Caliph was well fed up about the magic word, wasn't he? - **1.** Yeah, he was dead grumpy — no support - **2.** Nah, he was chill — no support - **3.** Yeah, he kept chatting about the palace and his fine robes — score -2 - **4.** Yeah, he kept bowing and yelling Mu-mu-mu, mad as anything — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 221, line 6: «Who: the wise judge is a child, and the Caliph calls him "my son" and seats him next to his throne.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3). Against it: the same doer «caliph» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1872-pg7277-part9/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Why didn't they just go back to the palace and say who they were? - **1.** Cos nobody would believe a stork saying he's the Caliph, and they'd get chased off — no support - **2.** Cos nobody would believe a stork saying he's the Caliph, and the guards would just shoot them both with arrows — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** Cos the guards would chase off any silly stray bird — score -1 - **4.** Cos nobody would believe a stork saying he's the Caliph — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1166, line 5: «The brothers beat Jack and throw him out, so he goes back alone to the golden hall, and then a thunder shakes the castle.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+2). Against it: a different action (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/1872-pg7277-part9/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} What was the stork dancing for again? - **1.** Her dad's guests, and she was doing a proper posh balance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Her dad's servants, and she was showing off her wings — no support - **3.** Her dad's cook, and she was doing a fancy hop — no support - **4.** Her dad's guests, and she was doing a proper posh balance on one leg in front of the whole court — 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/1872-pg7277-part9/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Is the Caliph's enemy a total baddie or what? - **1.** Yeah, he wanted to get the Caliph, so proper nasty — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he vowed vengeance on the Caliph, so proper evil, and he's been plotting it for years and years — no support - **3.** Yeah, he vowed vengeance on the Caliph, so proper evil — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, he vowed vengeance on the Caliph, so proper evil and sneaky — 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/1872-pg7277-part9/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Did the Vizier say anything nice about the Caliph's new look? - **1.** Nah, he said the Caliph looked like a bit of a fool — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Yeah, he said the stork was sweet and very tall — score 2 - **3.** Yeah, he said the Caliph was handsomer as a stork — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Yeah, he said the Caliph was handsomer as a stork, and even said he'd look better on a throne as a bird — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1872, line 13: «The Vizier is tired after flying, and he says, "I can get on no longer; you really fly too quick for me."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). Against it: the same doer «vizier» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1872-pg7277-part9/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} What did the two of them do when the stork danced? - **1.** They laughed a bit — **← Mova's choice** · score -4 - **2.** They clapped and cheered the whole time, which was a mistake — no support - **3.** They laughed till they couldn't stop, which was the big problem — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** They cried a lot — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1872, line 1: «The Caliph and his Vizier have been storks for days and still cannot remember the magic word.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). 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/1872-pg7277-part9/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following best describes the reason the Caliph and his Vizier cannot resume human form? - **1.** They have forgotten the magic word Mutabor and the bowing sequence, and the laughing rule as well — score 1 - **2.** They have forgotten the magic word Mutabor and the bowing sequence — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** They cannot remember the spell and the powder's place — score 0 - **4.** They have lost their robes and the royal seal — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1872, line 1: «The Caliph and his Vizier have been storks for days and still cannot remember the magic word.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «caliph» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «magic word» (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1872-pg7277-part9/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which of the following accurately identifies the object of the storks' pilgrimage to Medina? - **1.** A holy market in Medina, where the spell might be sold — no support - **2.** The shrine of the Prophet, in the hope that the spell may be broken — no support - **3.** A famous palace garden, in the hope of a cure from the king — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** The tomb of the Prophet, in the hope that the spell may be broken — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 1870, line 19: «Old word: "condescendingly" means acting as if you are better than others; we still use this word today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1872-pg7277-part9/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following is the most accurate account of the warning given before the transformation? - **1.** The travellers were instructed not to laugh, lest the magic be lost and their forms become permanent — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The travellers were instructed not to laugh, lest the magic be lost, and not to speak a single word aloud — no support - **3.** The travellers were instructed not to laugh, lest the magic be lost — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The men were ordered to fast, lest the spirits return soon — 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/1872-pg7277-part9/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which of the following best explains the sound heard by Mansor at the close of this part? - **1.** An unseen presence in the ruin has wailed and groaned softly — no support - **2.** The wind through the broken walls was howling loudly — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** An unseen presence in the ruin has sighed and moaned audibly, frightening Mansor and making him pray all night — no support - **4.** An unseen presence in the ruin has sighed and moaned audibly — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1650, line 8: «Why: the elder brother killed his brother because "a great rage filled his heart" when he heard the young man's words.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (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/1872-pg7277-part9/e4/) - ← previous: [1871. Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1871-pg7277-part8/) - next →: [1873. Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the ow…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1873-pg7277-part10/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)