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title: Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 213 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 12 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home

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**Tests:** 7 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 213 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/213-pg128-part53/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Mate, did the Sultan really order Aladdin's head chopped off?

- **1.** yeah, he told the executioner to cut it off — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** nah, he wanted him to pay a fine instead — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** yeah, the executioner had already blindfolded him and raised the sword over his neck — no support
- **4.** nah, he just sent him off to the desert — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 2: «He pays the merchant 10,000 gold pieces, names her The Fair Persian, and orders her to rest and bathe before the king sees her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+5); the same doer «vizir» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/213-pg128-part53/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Was the crowd proper mad, climbing the walls and that?

- **1.** nah, they were rioting in the streets and burning every shop in the market square — no support
- **2.** yeah, they were cheering — no support
- **3.** nah, they were sitting quietly in the square — no support
- **4.** yeah, they were scaling the walls to save him — **← 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 49, line 11: «A weir is a low wall built across a river; the water pours over it fast and foaming, which is dangerous for a small swimmer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «weir» (+3); the same thing acted on «low wall» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/213-pg128-part53/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Why'd Aladdin rub the ring by the river, innit?

- **1.** he was about to jump in and wanted help — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** he was hungry and wanted some food — score 6
- **3.** he was lonely and wanted a friend — score 6
- **4.** he had found the ring on the bank and was testing whether the genie would answer his call — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 213, line 3: «Aladdin has forty days to find the palace and the princess or he will die, so he wanders the town for three days, and then he kneels by a river, ready to jump…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «aladdin» (+6); the same action «jump in» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/213-pg128-part53/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Did the genie fix the whole palace thing for him?

- **1.** nah, he said only the lamp could help — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** nah, he said only the lamp slave could — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** yeah, he fixed the whole palace and also gave him a fortune in gold and jewels — score 5
- **4.** nah, he said he could do nothing at all because the lamp had already been taken by the magician — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 213, line 4: «The genie of the ring says he cannot bring the palace back, so he sends Aladdin to Africa, under the princess's window.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «genie» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/213-pg128-part53/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Where did the genie dump Aladdin, like, after that?

- **1.** in Africa, under the princess's window, where he fell asleep in the sand — no support
- **2.** in Africa, under the princess's window — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** in a far desert, somewhere in Africa, with no idea how he had got there — no support
- **4.** in Africa, beside the city gate — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 213, line 13: «Why: Aladdin rubs the ring, and the genie tells him, "I am only the slave of the ring," so he must ask the slave of the lamp.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «genie» (+3); the same receiver «aladdin» (+2). 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/213-pg128-part53/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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The princess slipped the powder in the magician's cup, yeah?

- **1.** yeah, she dropped it in the bowl — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** nah, she gave the magician a cup and then threw the powder at the guards — score 5
- **3.** nah, she poured it in the fire — score 5
- **4.** yeah, she put it in her own cup — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 213, line 16: «What: The princess drops the powder into her cup, and the magician "drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drop» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/213-pg128-part53/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Did the magician just drop dead after one drink?

- **1.** yeah, he fell back lifeless — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** nah, he laughed — no support
- **3.** yeah, he fell asleep quickly — no support
- **4.** nah, he just felt sleepy — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 213, line 16: «What: The princess drops the powder into her cup, and the magician "drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/213-pg128-part53/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Did the palace really zoom back to China?

- **1.** nah, it stayed — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah, it was back in a flash — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yeah, it did — no support
- **4.** yeah, it went back slowly — 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/213-pg128-part53/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Was the Sultan buzzing when he saw his palace again?

- **1.** nah, he did not believe it and ordered his guards to search every room in the city for the magician — no support
- **2.** yeah, he rubbed his eyes and went straight there — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** nah, he stared at it and sent for his vizir at once — score 0
- **4.** yeah, he rubbed his eyes, called for his horse, and rode out to the palace with the whole court — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 213, line 18: «What: The Sultan rubs his eyes when he sees the palace "as before," and then he goes to the hall of four-and-twenty windows.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «eyes» (+3); the same action «rub» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/213-pg128-part53/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Who's the false Fatima then, bro?

- **1.** the magician's younger brother in disguise — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the magician's younger brother, who had come from Africa dressed as a holy woman to trick the princess — no support
- **3.** the magician's elder son in disguise — no support
- **4.** the magician himself in a veil, who had come back after his death to take the princess — 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/213-pg128-part53/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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What was the princess moaning about at the end?

- **1.** the palace was gone again today — no support
- **2.** that the palace had been taken away again and no roc's egg hung anywhere in the hall of four-and-twenty windows — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** no roc's egg hanging from the dome — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** no roc's egg hanging from the dome, and the magician's brother had vanished without a trace — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 205, line 10: «Why: Camaralzaman does not know the mystery of his position, because the princess "had taken his name" and few people remember her first name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+6); the same doer «princess» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/213-pg128-part53/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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What did Aladdin do when the princess hugged him?

- **1.** he left her and went to the Sultan — score 0
- **2.** he kissed her hand and left the room — score 0
- **3.** he pushed her away, he had more to do — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** he smiled at her — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 213, line 17: «Why: Aladdin "put her away" when she hugs him, because "he had more to do."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «aladdin» (+4); the same thing acted on «more» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/213-pg128-part53/t12/)

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

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Upon what condition did the Sultan grant Aladdin his prayer for a respite?

- **1.** forty days — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** forty nights to bring the princess back home — no support
- **3.** forty days in which to find the lamp — no support
- **4.** forty days in which to find the princess — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 202, line 2: «Badoura hears his fear, and next morning she asks the king for leave to visit King Schahzaman, which he grants for one year.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). 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/213-pg128-part53/e1/)

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

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By what means did the princess render the magician insensible?

- **1.** a sleeping draught in the jug — no support
- **2.** a powder mixed into his drink — no support
- **3.** a powder placed in her cup — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** a powder poured in wine — 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 213, line 16: «What: The princess drops the powder into her cup, and the magician "drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «powder» (+2); the same place «cup» (+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/213-pg128-part53/e2/)

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

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Which person did the false Fatima impersonate in order to gain entry to the palace?

- **1.** the holy woman Fatima, daughter of the prophet, who lived in a far-off desert shrine — no support
- **2.** the holy woman Fatima, the Sultan's own sister who had been kept hidden in the palace — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** the holy woman Fatima — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the princess — score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 212, line 14: «What: the Sultan rubs his eyes because the palace "was gone," and he sends for the vizir.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «eyes» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). 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/213-pg128-part53/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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What did the Sultan demand of Aladdin concerning his daughter?

- **1.** that he search the whole kingdom for her and never return to the city without her — score 4
- **2.** that he find her within forty days or else lose his head to the executioner — score 6
- **3.** that he return her within a month — score 2
- **4.** that he find her or lose his head — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 176, line 15: «Why does the Sultan send for the writer? He is "anxious to find a similar talent in his successor".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+6); the same doer «sultan» (+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/213-pg128-part53/e4/)

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