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title: Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and prag
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# Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit

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The 16 questions of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 92 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1702-pg640-part26/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t1/) — Mate, the miller was minted before, yeah? What happened when he got skint? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t2/) — Innit, the nixy came out the pond, right? What did she want for the riches? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t3/) — Proper gutted, the miller thought she meant a puppy. Wot did he actually say yes to? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t4/) — Bare dodgy deal, yeah? When did the miller realise he was in trouble? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t5/) — Gobsmacked, the Prince turned into a parrot! Wot did the Princess do then? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t6/) — Mardy Wizard King, innit. How did he react when he got to the wedding? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t7/) — Chuffed the Princess got her parrot back, yeah? Wot shape did the Prince take after the feather? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t8/) — Dead spooky the nixy was, right? Where did she come up from? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t9/) — Bruv, the miller went all sad at night. Why couldn't he get any kip? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t10/) — Wicked, the Fairy made the Wizard King's black liquid spill. Who got hit by it? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t11/) — Minging day for the miller, innit. What did the servant bring the miller at the door? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/t12/) — Mad that the Fairy built a massive palace, yeah? What did she bring into it? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/e1/) — Which of the following best describes the outcome of the miller's bargain with the nixy, as recounted in this part of the tale? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/e2/) — Identify the figure who rises from the mill-pond and proposes the arrangement to the miller in the course of this passage. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/e3/) — State the precise condition under which the nixy undertook to restore the miller's prosperity, as set out in the narrative. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/e4/) — Explain why the miller, upon learning the nature of his bargain, could find no remedy beyond keeping his child from the pond. — wrong ✗ · exam

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