--- title: Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books description: The 22 test and exam questions of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… # Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work The 22 questions of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 118 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/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t1/) — Noah: «the Moon pulls the tides cos a Fisherman's up there with a line, that's science innit.» (innit = isn't it) Put it right. — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t2/) — The story calls the Man's children «the laziest people in the world». What should we think of that today? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t3/) — Why does the Magician refuse a shell for all twelve months? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t4/) — What would happen if the Fisherman pulled the sea much too hard? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t5/) — Which is TRUE in this part? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t6/) — Real life: what really makes the tides? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t7/) — Real life: when do the biggest tides, spring tides, come? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t8/) — Real life: about how many high tides do most coasts get in about 25 hours? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t9/) — Real life: what is the coconut crab famous for? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t10/) — Sam from Pittsburgh: «yinz should take crabs home in jars, they love it.» (yinz = you lot) What does Kipling say? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t11/) — Looking back: which earlier tale also ended with the hero getting a useful new body part, though he did not ask for it in that way? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t12/) — Looking back: who in Kipling's book is called a «Tidy Pachyderm» who picked up melon rinds? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t13/) — Looking back: in part 2, why couldn't soft Pau Amma leave Pusat Tasek? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t14/) — Looking back: in part 1, what did the Man say the sea did to his canoe when it ran out? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t15/) — Dara from Melbourne: «stopped at the servo, saw the tide out, it's the crab's fault.» (servo = petrol station) What is the real reason? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t16/) — ★★★ Pau Amma's shell is soft one month in twelve. If he lived ten years, for how many months was he soft in all? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t17/) — ★★★ Careful: the Man first says the sea comes «once a day and once a night»; the Magician tells the Fisherman to pull «twice a day and twice a night». Which is closer to real tides? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t18/) — ★★★ «Spring tide». Which word in English uses «spring» in the SAME sense as in «spring tide»? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/e1/) — Identify the arrangement concluded by the Eldest Magician in respect of Pau Amma's shell. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/e2/) — Ascertain the agent who, according to the narrative, conveyed the canoe back into the Perak river. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/e3/) — It is given that tides of exceptional height occur periodically. Select the response consistent with the established scientific facts. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attribution of laziness to an entire people in this tale? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [91. Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the S…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell/) - next →: [93. Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/)