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title: English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books
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# English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him

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The 18 questions of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 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/253-pg14241-part20/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t1/) — Mate, what's the daft lad after up at the wise woman's? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t2/) — Right, what did he have to kill to get his brains? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t3/) — Why'd everyone keep laughing at him, bruv? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t4/) — Hang on, what did the wise woman make him fetch first? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t5/) — What did the wise woman say when he brought his pig's heart? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t6/) — What was he doing when his mam died, like? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t7/) — Hold up, how's he carrying her up the hill? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t8/) — What riddle did she ask him after the sack, innit? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t9/) — Where did he sit when she slammed the door, mate? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t10/) — Who came over and found him, like? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t11/) — What did the lass offer, innit? — right ✓ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t12/) — What did she say she could do, bruv? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t13/) — Why'd she fancy him, then? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t14/) — The Hobyahs got done in at the end, yeah? What finished them? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/e1/) — In what manner does the fool's mother die? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/e2/) — What is the principal reason the fool wishes to acquire a pottle of brains? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/e3/) — Which creature is responsible for the final destruction of the Hobyahs? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/e4/) — What does the lass propose to offer the fool in return for his company? — wrong ✗ · exam

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