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title: Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: the Caliph… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 209 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 12 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: the Caliph disguised as a fisherman

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 6 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 209 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/209-pg128-part49/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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bruh, how many candles did the old dude say to light, for real?

- **1.** two, he said — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** three or four, he said — score 5
- **3.** Nine, he said — no support
- **4.** five or six, he said — **✓ the right answer** · 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 172, line 4: «He walks at night to his uncle's kingdom, breaks his oath, and the two men find the secret tomb.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the number the lesson gave for it (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). 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/209-pg128-part49/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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wait, who's the fisherman dude actually?

- **1.** the Caliph in disguise — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the king of Balsora's son — no support
- **3.** the Caliph's own vizir Giafar in a disguise — no support
- **4.** a poor boatman from the coast — 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/209-pg128-part49/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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so why'd the Caliph get mad at Giafar, like how many oopsies?

- **1.** two faults — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** four mistakes, I think — no support
- **3.** one fault — no support
- **4.** three faults, he said — **✓ 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/209-pg128-part49/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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yo, what did the Caliph swap with the fisherman?

- **1.** clothes, shoes, and turban — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** his clothes, shoes, turban, and the boat he rowed — no support
- **3.** his cloak and his staff — score 9
- **4.** his rings and belt too — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 209, line 4: «He swaps clothes with a fisherman, brings two fish, and is invited in to share the feast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swap» (+6); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/209-pg128-part49/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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ok, who got the Persian lady in the end?

- **1.** the fisherman Kerim — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Noureddin, who had been the king's guest all night — score 1
- **3.** the guard captain — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** the old sheikh — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 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 a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «captain» (+2). 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/209-pg128-part49/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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dang, what did Noureddin hand over to the Caliph?

- **1.** a purse of copper — no support
- **2.** ten coins — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** a silver cup — no support
- **4.** thirty gold pieces — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 151, line 2: «From now on, the word "humph!" means "hand me the sling quick!" and the lad must obey.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «word» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/209-pg128-part49/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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yo, what's the king's name in the letter, bro?

- **1.** Mohammed Zinebi the Second of Balsora — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Mohammed Rashid — no support
- **3.** Haroun-al-Raschid, Caliph of Bagdad — no support
- **4.** Mohammed Zinebi — **✓ 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/209-pg128-part49/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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so the old man threw a cup, and then what?

- **1.** he laughed — no support
- **2.** called for his guards — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **3.** he sat down — score 10
- **4.** went to grab a stick — **✓ the right answer** · score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 189, line 6: «Who: Sindbad, a sailor who tells the king, "I am Sindbad," and says men call him "the Sailor."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+5); the same doer «men» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 10. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/209-pg128-part49/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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what's the secret signal for the slaves outside?

- **1.** Wave a cloth — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** clap his hands — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Whistle twice — no support
- **4.** Stamp on the floor — 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/209-pg128-part49/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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wait, what was the lake for in the garden, fish-wise?

- **1.** fishing was strictly forbidden — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** nothing, it was empty — no support
- **3.** fish for guests — no support
- **4.** it was only for the vizir — 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/209-pg128-part49/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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what do you call those big hanging lights full of candles?

- **1.** lustres — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Braziers — no support
- **3.** Chandeliers of hanging glass — no support
- **4.** Great hanging brass candelabras — 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/209-pg128-part49/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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lol, how'd the Caliph get the fish to the table, what's his move?

- **1.** brought two big fish, said he's a fisherman — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** brought two big fish from the lake, said he's a fisherman by trade — score 5
- **3.** walked into the kitchen with a basket of fish and claimed he was the cook's cousin — no support
- **4.** hid the fish under his cloak quietly — score 4

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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 209, line 14: «He calls himself "the fisher Kerim" and says he brings fish "seeing that you are feasting with your friends".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); the same thing acted on «fish» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/209-pg128-part49/t12/)

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

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Which of the following did the Caliph instruct the vizir to bring to the pavilion?

- **1.** Four servants with fresh robes and wine — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Two slaves with water — no support
- **3.** Four guards for the door — no support
- **4.** Four slaves bearing a change of raiment — **✓ 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/209-pg128-part49/e1/)

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

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What did Scheih Ibrahim propose to do with the purse, should it contain gold?

- **1.** Share the coins equally with the poor fisher — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Take all of it and give the fisher copper — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Hand the fisher only one small silver piece — no support
- **4.** Give it back to the slave — 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/209-pg128-part49/e2/)

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

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By what means did the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid conceal his identity on entering the pavilion?

- **1.** By hiding in a cupboard — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** By disguising himself as a citizen — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** By wearing a mask — no support
- **4.** By wearing a plain cloak and beard — 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/209-pg128-part49/e3/)

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

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What was the consequence when Scheih Ibrahim threw the cup at the Caliph?

- **1.** It hit the Caliph on the shoulder — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It shattered against the wall — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nothing happened — no support
- **4.** It landed harmlessly on the carpet — 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/209-pg128-part49/e4/)

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