--- title: Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan ste… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 716 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/716-pg2435-part56/) [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/) / 716 # Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend **Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 17 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 716 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/716-pg2435-part56/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Yo, did Sigurd's stick trick actually kill that giant or what? - **1.** Nah, the giant survived the hail and chased Sigurd all the way back to the king's hall — no support - **2.** Yeah, the hail flattened him on the spot — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **3.** Nah, the hail just stunned him for ages — score -1 - **4.** Yeah, the hail flattened him, then Sigurd rode off and the giant's cave collapsed behind him — 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 554, line 21: «Old word: To be "immolated" meant to be killed as a sacrifice, and today the word is used only for burning people as sacrifice.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: 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/716-pg2435-part56/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Wait, so the giant was like, right behind him? - **1.** Yeah, he was right on his heels — no support - **2.** Yeah, the giant was so close he could have grabbed Sigurd's cloak from the saddle — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Nah, he was far back at first but then the giant sprinted up behind and nearly caught them both — score 6 - **4.** Yeah, he nearly touched Gullfaxi's tail — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 709, line 5: «A giant catches Niels, forces him over a high wall, and he shoots the guard dog and finds an empty lit hall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+3); the same doer «giant» (+3). 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/716-pg2435-part56/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Bro, why did Sigurd turn round before hitting the stone? - **1.** Cos he wanted to hit the rock harder — no support - **2.** Cos the giant had shouted something at him that made him turn and look back — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Cos the hail would've smashed his face — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Cos he wanted to see whether the giant was still chasing him over the hills — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 667, line 9: «Why: the king is angry at first, but he keeps his promise because he gave "my royal word" to spare the thief.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5). Against it: 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/716-pg2435-part56/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Did the king think his son was dead? - **1.** Nah, he thought the boy ran off — score 6 - **2.** Yeah, he reckoned the queen had done it — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Yeah, he was sure the queen had poisoned his son in secret at the feast — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **4.** Yeah, he thought the queen did it — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 716, line 11: «The king is "sick with sorrow" because he thinks the queen has killed his son, so he is "hardly" able to believe his eyes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «son» (+4); the same doer «queen» (+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/716-pg2435-part56/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Mate, what was up with that little dog? - **1.** It had a sad look on its face — no support - **2.** It had tears running down its face like a sad old man at a funeral — score 2 - **3.** It was covered in tears — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** It had tears pouring down its face — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 95, line 4: «And so, says Kipling, cats catch mice and are kind to babies, but at night they go out to the Wet Wild Woods and the Wet Wild Roofs, waving their wild tails an…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dog» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-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/716-pg2435-part56/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Is Labakan really a tailor or what? - **1.** Nah, he works for a bad master — score 8 - **2.** Yeah, he's a tailor but he dreams of being a prince and lies about it all day long — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **3.** Nah, he's a cook who once trained as a tailor in a faraway city across the sea — score 0 - **4.** Yeah, he works for a clever master — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 226, line 11: «What: the prince whispers "Look at me, princess" and tells her he is the Prince of Persia who has come to set her free.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Why did Labakan put on that fancy robe? - **1.** He felt like a proper prince — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** He wanted to pretend to be a prince so that the merchants would trust him with their money — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** He had been told by the sultan that a fine robe would make him stand out at the mosque — score 1 - **4.** He wanted to look rich — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 226, line 11: «What: the prince whispers "Look at me, princess" and tells her he is the Prince of Persia who has come to set her free.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Ngl, did the robe fit him or not? - **1.** It was tight across the shoulders — no support - **2.** It fitted like it was made for him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** It fitted him quite badly really — score 3 - **4.** It was a bit tight round the middle but he didn't mind because it looked so grand — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 716, line 13: «The robe fits him "as though it had been made for him," and he feels that he must be the son of some unknown monarch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «robe» (+4); the same action «make» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Was Labakan being a bit extra or nah? - **1.** Yeah, he was acting very proud — no support - **2.** Yeah, he was well full of himself — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah, he was strutting about the workshop like a king and bragging to every single customer — score 4 - **4.** Nah, he was just trying on a robe, nothing more, and then he went back to work — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 716, line 4: «Labakan, a tailor in Alexandria, tries on a sultan's brother's royal robe and decides he is a prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+3); the same doer «labakan» (+3). 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/716-pg2435-part56/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} So Omar thought he was a nephew, right? - **1.** Nah, he's a stranger — no support - **2.** Yeah, he thought Elfi Bey was his uncle — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -3 - **3.** Yeah, he claimed Elfi Bey was a cousin — no support - **4.** Nah, he thought Elfi Bey was his brother — score -3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 626, line 9: «Why Big Toomai scowls: he says his son "will end in a jail", which he does not really believe.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «believe» (+2); the same doer «son» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Did Labakan actually stab Omar in his sleep? - **1.** Nah, he didn't, because the dagger slipped from his hand and he ran out of the tent — no support - **2.** Yeah, he stabbed Omar once in the arm but then ran off when he heard footsteps outside — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** Nah, he didn't, he couldn't do it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, he tried but he missed — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 716, line 16: «Labakan steals the dagger and the swift horse, but "he shrank from the idea of murder" and does not hurt Omar.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «omar» (+4); the same doer «labakan» (+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/716-pg2435-part56/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} Mate, did Labakan nick the horse too? - **1.** Yeah, he took Omar's swift horse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **2.** Nah, he bought his own mule from a farmer, because a horse would have been too expensive — score 7 - **3.** Yeah, he rode out of Alexandria on Omar's fastest horse before dawn broke over the city — score 2 - **4.** Yeah, he stole Omar's grey mare — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 224, line 13: «How fast: the prince guides the horse so well that in "two hours and a half" he sees Persia's capital.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «horse» (+4); the same action «guide» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} Was Omar well fed up when he woke up? - **1.** Yeah, he found his purse gone — no support - **2.** Yeah, he realised he'd been robbed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Nah, he slept on until noon and only then did he notice that his belt had been cut — no support - **4.** Nah, he was fine and happy — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 716, line 14: «Omar says he is a nephew of Elfi Bey, but the dead man has told him he is "the son of a great king" hidden away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «son» (+4); the same doer «omar» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following describes the immediate consequence of Sigurd's decision to strike the stone after turning in his saddle? - **1.** The hail struck the giant instead, so Sigurd was unharmed in his saddle — no support - **2.** He was spared injury from the hailstorm, which destroyed his pursuer — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He was saved by a sudden wind that lifted the giant's axe, which then fell and killed his pursuer on the spot near the cliff edge — no support - **4.** He avoided the stone, which then crushed the giant beneath falling ice — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 714, line 18: «Ingiborg "implored" Sigurd to go hunting, which meant she begged him very hard, a stronger word than simply asking.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stronger word» (+4); the same doer «sigurd» (+3). 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/716-pg2435-part56/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal motive that compels Labakan to revisit the workshop and attempt the royal garment in the evening. - **1.** A strong need to prove he was better than his employer — no support - **2.** An overpowering longing to possess the status symbolised by the robe — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A wish to be taken seriously by the wealthy men of the city — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Fear of his workmates — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 646, line 10: «The grouse says: "You've got a warm nest, and we'll see that no one takes it from you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same doer «one» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). 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/716-pg2435-part56/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} State which object Labakan removes from Omar's possession and the reason he gives himself for not using it against the sleeping prince. - **1.** the dagger, because he felt pity for Omar, who had been kind to him on the road from the desert town — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** the purse, because he wanted money for the journey — score 1 - **3.** the dagger, since he feared the sultan's guards — no support - **4.** the dagger, because he shrank from the idea of murder — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 716, line 14: «Omar says he is a nephew of Elfi Bey, but the dead man has told him he is "the son of a great king" hidden away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «son» (+4); the same doer «omar» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/716-pg2435-part56/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Explain the significance of the twenty-second birthday in the instructions Elfi Bey gave to Omar regarding his true father. - **1.** It marks the day Omar's father will finally acknowledge him — no support - **2.** It is the date on which Omar's father promised to receive him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** It is the date when Omar must present himself to his true father — score 7 - **4.** It is the day Omar must leave Elfi Bey's house — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 647, line 5: «Years later the Princess turns eighteen, and when her father insults her mother she speaks up to him for the first time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «mother» (+4); the same doer «father» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/e4/) - ← previous: [715. Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beat…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/715-pg2435-part55/) - next →: [717. Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labaka…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/717-pg2435-part57/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)