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title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza flies over t… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza flies over the sea and waits on a tiny rock

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1022 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.

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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/1022-pg27200-part233/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo so wait, the swans are her bros right, like for real, why are they birds?

- **1.** they chose to be birds for fun — no support
- **2.** they were born that way cause the forest is magic and the old lady made them birds — score 0
- **3.** cause their stepmother cast a spell on them long ago that turned them into swans forever — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** cause a spell turned them into swans — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1021, line 4: «An old woman tells her about eleven swans, and Eliza follows a river down to the open sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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ok but where do they even crash for the night, like is there a hotel out there?

- **1.** a big castle on the far shore with warm beds and food — no support
- **2.** a tiny rock in the middle of the sea — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** a little island with a big tree — no support
- **4.** some soft grass near the beach — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 357, line 18: «Old word: "breakers" are waves that crash and break over rocks or shallow water near the shore.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «rocks» (+2). 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/1022-pg27200-part233/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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bruh the rock is tiny, so how did they all fit on it?

- **1.** they sat on the rock one by one — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** some stood on each other's shoulders while the rest hovered above them in the wind all night — no support
- **3.** they slept in a heap of feathers — no support
- **4.** they stood close, arms linked together — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 715, line 7: «Where: the giantesses sit on "high rocks," and the ball stops at the foot of each rock, so Sigurd knows where to go.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «high rocks» (+2); the same action «sit» (+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/1022-pg27200-part233/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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lol so the net is like a hammock made of what, mud and sticks?

- **1.** willow and rushes, super bendy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** twigs and mud, pretty strong — no support
- **3.** wool and moss, very soft — no support
- **4.** mud and sticks — no support

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**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/1022-pg27200-part233/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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no cap, what's the Fata Morgana thing, is it like a theme park in the sky?

- **1.** a strange bird that sings — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a theme park — no support
- **3.** a cloud palace that is not real — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a real castle floating in the sky — no support

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**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/1022-pg27200-part233/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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wait so Eliza sees ships and churches and it's all just fog, right?

- **1.** yeah, it was a fog of the marsh — no support
- **2.** no, the churches are real — no support
- **3.** no, the churches were real towers far off, but the fog hid them until the evening — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** yeah, it was a sea mist all along — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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 357, line 12: «Why is Ralph lost? The fog hides the rock and the bell is gone, so no warning sounds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same doer «fog» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/1022-pg27200-part233/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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so what does the old lady in her dream tell her to grab, dude?

- **1.** a stinging nettle from a churchyard — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** some bread — score 1
- **3.** a sprig of thorn from a hedgerow — score 1
- **4.** a flower — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 944, line 10: «The General's lady is proud: "thou art born to wed a prince," she tells her daughter.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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ngl the fairy says water has no soul, so why compare it to Eliza?

- **1.** water makes stones smooth but feels joy — score 0
- **2.** water carves rock but has no sadness — no support
- **3.** water polishes stones and wears them down, so Eliza should be as strong as the water — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** water polishes stones but can't feel pain — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 462, line 8: «Vikhor always drinks the Strong Water, and he keeps it "on the right-hand side".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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bro why did the swan put its wings over her head, was it cold?

- **1.** to shade her from the sun — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** because it was cold and the wind was blowing hard off the sea that night — no support
- **3.** to hug her gently at night — score -1
- **4.** to hide her from the hunters — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 908, line 16: «At dawn he rises and flies towards the rising sun, but he flies "alone, with a longing in his breast".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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so the brothers only get home once a year, that's rough, how many days?

- **1.** eleven days, then they fly off again across the ocean to the far land where they live — score 3
- **2.** two weeks, then they fly away — score 1
- **3.** eleven days, then they fly off — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** just one day — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 939, line 5: «The third brother, who has a keen nose and loves change, mounts an ostrich and then a wild swan, and flies off over the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly off» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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lowkey the swans nearly crashed at sunset, why was Eliza so stressed?

- **1.** she thought they'd lose their wings — no support
- **2.** she was scared of birds — no support
- **3.** she thought they'd turn to men and drown — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** she feared the storm would hit them — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1022, line 10: «Why: Eliza fears the swans will "fall into the sea and be drowned" when the sun sets.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fear» (+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/1022-pg27200-part233/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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fr, what did the youngest swan do when they got to the cave?

- **1.** fed her berries — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** showed his sister her bedroom — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** sang a song — score 4
- **4.** gave her a warm blanket — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1016, line 4: «A servant-maid gives him roses, and church music makes him think of home in Kjoge.», 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 action «give» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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/1022-pg27200-part233/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following was the means by which the brothers conveyed their sister across the ocean?

- **1.** A basket carried by hand — no support
- **2.** A rope of twisted bark tied around their wings in the wind — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** A boat made of wood — no support
- **4.** A net woven of willow and rushes, carried in their beaks — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 127, line 6: «fact: Who: Snow-White married the Prince, and Rose-Red married his brother, as "Snow-White married the Prince, and Rose-Red his brother."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). 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/1022-pg27200-part233/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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What, according to the fairy, is required of Eliza in order that her brothers may be released?

- **1.** Gold coins from the king — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Silence and patience only — score 3
- **3.** Prayer and faith, together with the gold coins hidden beneath the old oak in the forest — no support
- **4.** Courage and perseverance, together with the nettles gathered from churchyard graves — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1021, line 15: «God makes the wild apples grow so that Eliza can eat; she takes her "noonday repast" beneath a bough loaded with fruit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+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/1022-pg27200-part233/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Which phenomenon did Eliza observe in the sky, and how did she come to understand it?

- **1.** A rainbow over the water — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** A cloud palace, which she later perceived to be a sea mist — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A storm at sea — score 3
- **4.** A fleet of ships, which she later took to be a dream — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 313, line 11: «Where: the Darlings live at No. 27, and the stars are "watching them" from the sky above the snowy street.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «watch» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same place «sky» (-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/1022-pg27200-part233/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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For what reason did the youngest swan remain behind with Eliza during the day?

- **1.** He was hungry and tired — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** He was too weak to fly across the wide ocean again — score 1
- **3.** He wished to lay his head in his sister's lap and be near her — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** He wished to sing a song to his sister for the night — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1021, line 3: «She washes in a clear lake until her white skin returns, eats wild apples, and rests in the dark, silent woods.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/e4/)

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