--- title: Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Wa… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 230 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 13 tests right, exam 3 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/230-pg128-part70/) [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/) / 230 # Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water, part 70: Parizade wins the bird and the Golden Water **Tests:** 8 of 13 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 230 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/230-pg128-part70/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} yo did the princess actually cheat with the cotton or nah? - **1.** nah, it was fair, she just blocked the noise — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** nah, she just gave up early — score 3 - **3.** yeah, the bird let her win — score 2 - **4.** yeah, she cheated big time — no support **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 226, line 13: «Why she lied: she pretended to be mad to escape a marriage the Sultan forced on her, one he did not even ask her consent for.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «one» (+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/230-pg128-part70/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} ngl the dervish was kinda sus, right? - **1.** not really, he just wanted to save her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yeah, he was a total fraud — no support - **3.** yeah, he turned into stone — no support - **4.** nah, he was a bird in disguise — 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/230-pg128-part70/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} bruv how did Perviz end up as a rock tho? - **1.** he got bored and sat down — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** he ate a magic pearl — no support - **3.** he forgot the warning and got distracted — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** he fell asleep on his horse — 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/230-pg128-part70/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} wait, so the pearls just stuck, innit? - **1.** yeah, that was her sign something was wrong — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nope, they got wet — no support - **3.** yeah, they were glued — no support - **4.** nah, they were always stuck — 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/230-pg128-part70/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} lol the bird wanted to get out, right? - **1.** nah, it was scared of trees — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** nah, it loved being caged — no support - **3.** yeah, it didn't want to be caged — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** yeah, it wanted a snack — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 230, line 5: «The bird promises to serve her, she fills a silver flask with Golden Water, and she finds the Singing Tree, which is too strong to uproot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bird» (+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/230-pg128-part70/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} did the princess look back once? - **1.** nope, she kept her eyes forward — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** yeah, but only at the horse — no support - **3.** nah, she ran off the path — no support - **4.** yeah, twice, loads of times — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. 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). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/230-pg128-part70/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} bro what's the golden stuff she got? - **1.** a big gold coin — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the Golden Water in a little flask — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** a golden ball — no support - **4.** some shiny sand — 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/230-pg128-part70/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} that tree was massive, could she chop it down? - **1.** yeah, the bird helped her — no support - **2.** yeah, with one swing — no support - **3.** nah, it was way too strong — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** she set it on fire — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 79, line 19: «Real places and creatures: the Limpopo is a real river in southern Africa; fever trees are real yellow-barked trees of wet ground, named long ago because peopl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fever trees» (+2); the same thing acted on «real barked trees» (+2); 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/230-pg128-part70/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} so basically the bird was on her side now? - **1.** nah, it flew straight home — no support - **2.** yeah, it swore to serve her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** yeah, it was her pet snake — no support - **4.** nah, it hated her — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 230, line 5: «The bird promises to serve her, she fills a silver flask with Golden Water, and she finds the Singing Tree, which is too strong to uproot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «serve» (+1); the same receiver «bird» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/230-pg128-part70/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} how long did it take her to get there? - **1.** just one night — score 3 - **2.** three days, super quick — score 3 - **3.** a whole year — score 3 - **4.** twenty days, same as her brothers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 194, line 11: «Why the old woman refuses his money: she is offended that he takes her for a beggar, and she says, "I am thankful to say I do not need it."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «woman» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/230-pg128-part70/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} was she scared of the voices at all? - **1.** yeah, she cried the whole way — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** yeah, she screamed loudly — no support - **3.** nope, she just laughed at them — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** nope, she ran back — 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/230-pg128-part70/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} what did the dervish say, like, the real deal? - **1.** don't go, it's deadly, turn back — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** go fast and don't stop — no support - **3.** take the bird and run — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** bring him a pearl — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 230, line 10: «What: The dervish says the first pearl sticking means "my brother's fate has befallen me."», 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 thing acted on «bird» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). 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/230-pg128-part70/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} wait, did the princess get the cage in the end? - **1.** nah, it was a dream — no support - **2.** yeah, but she dropped it — score 1 - **3.** nah, the bird flew off — no support - **4.** yeah, she grabbed it and kept it — **← 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 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 230, line 4: «She stops her ears with cotton, laughs at the rough shouts, and grabs the cage without looking back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cage» (+2); the same action «grab» (+1). Against it: 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/230-pg128-part70/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following most accurately describes the condition under which the Princess Parizade succeeds in obtaining the Talking Bird? - **1.** She gives the bird her silver flask — score 1 - **2.** She stops her ears with cotton and does not look behind — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** She offers the dervish a chaplet of pearls — score 3 - **4.** She rides at night and sings loud songs — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 230, line 4: «She stops her ears with cotton, laughs at the rough shouts, and grabs the cage without looking back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «ears» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «parizade» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/230-pg128-part70/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which statement correctly identifies the sign by which the princess knew that her brother had perished? - **1.** The first pearl of the chaplet remained fixed in its place — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The dervish informed her in writing — no support - **3.** The silver flask was found empty — no support - **4.** The horse returned alone to the palace — 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/230-pg128-part70/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following accurately states the reason the bird gave for its willingness to serve the princess? - **1.** Her gift of a golden bell — score 3 - **2.** Her constancy, which it judged more noble than a cage — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Her command given by the dervish — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** Her promise to release it at dawn — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 79, line 2: «One morning he asks the one question nobody dares to answer, "What does the Crocodile have for dinner?", and the Kolokolo Bird tells him to go and find out at…», 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 «child» (+2). 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/230-pg128-part70/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Which of the following correctly describes the outcome of the princess's attempt to obtain the Singing Tree? - **1.** The tree was too tall and strong to be uprooted — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** The tree sang and she carried it home — score 0 - **3.** The tree was given freely by the dervish — score 3 - **4.** The tree was felled with the silver flask — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 230, line 5: «The bird promises to serve her, she fills a silver flask with Golden Water, and she finds the Singing Tree, which is too strong to uproot.», 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 «singing tree» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/230-pg128-part70/e4/) - ← previous: [229. Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/229-pg128-part69/) - next →: [231. Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/231-pg128-part71/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)