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title: Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63: the princ… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63: the prince tells his flight and dines with the princess

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**Tests:** 6 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 223 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/223-pg128-part63/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Who was up and nosy at the start, innit?

- **1.** The royal guards — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The princess's maids — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The palace cooks — no support
- **4.** The princess's maids and the chief eunuch — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/223-pg128-part63/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Where did they stick the prince for kip?

- **1.** A big posh room — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** A cosy little den — no support
- **3.** A fancy guest room — no support
- **4.** A shed — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 223, line 2: «They lead the prince to a big room, make his bed, and bring food from the kitchen.», 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 (+4); the same place «big room» (+3); the same property (+3). 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/223-pg128-part63/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Was the princess proper trying to get some more kip?

- **1.** Yes, she kept trying but it didn't work at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Nah, she just got up — score 3
- **3.** Yes, but it didn't work — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, she tried again and again but it didn't work in the end — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 205, line 1: «Princess Badoura spots Camaralzaman in his shabby clothes and keeps her secret for a while, so she can sort things out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same action «keep» (+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/223-pg128-part63/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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What did the maids reckon about the prince, honestly?

- **1.** He's a laugh, she should wed him — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He's mint, she should wed him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He's fit, she should marry him — no support
- **4.** He's rubbish — 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/223-pg128-part63/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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What bling did the princess put on?

- **1.** Emerald earrings and a silk scarf — no support
- **2.** Massive diamonds and a necklace of pearls — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** Earrings — no support
- **4.** Massive diamonds and a necklace — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**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 223, line 11: «She wears diamonds, a necklace, bracelets, and a girdle "all of precious stones".», 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 (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-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/223-pg128-part63/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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What did the prince say when she sent for him?

- **1.** I will come at once — no support
- **2.** I shall go to her now — no support
- **3.** Her will is my law — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **4.** Yes, madam — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 223, line 13: «The prince says "Her will is my law" and gives way when her messenger comes to his room.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/223-pg128-part63/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What was the prince's wicked story about?

- **1.** A flying horse from a festival in Persia — no support
- **2.** A flying horse from a festival in Persia that nobody believed — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** A flying horse from a festival — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A cruel king and his lost sons — 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 221, line 19: «The king wants the horse because he is interested in "every thing out of the common", and the Indian will sell it "on one condition".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «horse» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (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/223-pg128-part63/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Why was the Indian's price totally bonkers?

- **1.** He wanted the princess's hand — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He wanted the princess's hand and a palace — no support
- **3.** He wanted the princess's hand in marriage for his own son — no support
- **4.** He demanded a whole kingdom — 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/223-pg128-part63/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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How did the prince make the horse go up?

- **1.** He turned the peg — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** He pulled the reins — no support
- **3.** He turned the peg in the manner observed — score 5
- **4.** He kicked the flank — no support

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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 222, line 15: «How does he save himself? He finds a "tiny little peg" close to the right ear, and slowly drops back to the earth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tiny little peg» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/223-pg128-part63/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Where did the prince end up at midnight, like?

- **1.** On the roof of the palace, rather amazingly — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **2.** On the roof of the palace — **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** Beside the royal kitchen door — no support
- **4.** Over the western garden wall — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 223, line 18: «He lands on the palace roof, passes the sleeping eunuchs, and slips past the guards to the princess's doorway.», 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 (+4); the same doer «prince» (+3); the same place «palace roof» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/223-pg128-part63/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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What did the prince spot, all asleep?

- **1.** Eunuchs snoring on the floor of the hall — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Eunuchs snoring on the floor — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Maids gossiping by the fire — no support
- **4.** Servants dozing in the hall — 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/223-pg128-part63/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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What were the girls doing at dinner, mate?

- **1.** Singing to instruments — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Eating — no support
- **3.** Dancing — no support
- **4.** Serving food to the guests — 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/223-pg128-part63/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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What colour was that proper little room?

- **1.** Blue and gold — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Red — no support
- **3.** Pink — no support
- **4.** Green and yellow — 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/223-pg128-part63/t13/)

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

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Upon what grounds did the princess decline to receive the prince within her own apartments?

- **1.** The chief of the eunuchs possessed a right of unannounced entry at any hour of the day or night — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The chief of the eunuchs possessed a right of unannounced entry — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The chief of the eunuchs possessed a standing right of unannounced entry into every apartment of the palace — no support
- **4.** Custom gave the chief eunuch free access at all hours of the night — 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/223-pg128-part63/e1/)

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

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What condition did the Indian vendor stipulate as payment for the enchanted horse?

- **1.** The hand of his sister in marriage — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Silver coins — no support
- **3.** The hand of his sister in marriage and a royal dowry besides — no support
- **4.** A great sum and a royal title — 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/223-pg128-part63/e2/)

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

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Which precise action did the prince perform in order to effect the ascent of the horse?

- **1.** He rotated the peg as he had seen — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** He pressed the saddle in the usual way — score 4
- **3.** He turned the peg in the manner observed — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** He turned it — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 223, line 17: «The prince flies so high that he feels he might "hit my head against" the sky, then finds a second screw to bring the horse down.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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/223-pg128-part63/e3/)

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

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What was the princess's principal motive in arranging a meeting between the prince and her father?

- **1.** She hoped the king would wish to bestow her hand upon him after a long conversation — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She hoped the king would wish to bestow her hand upon him at the feast — no support
- **3.** She wanted her father to approve of his fine horse — no support
- **4.** She hoped the king would wish to bestow her hand upon him — **✓ 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/223-pg128-part63/e4/)

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