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title: Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boots and gold… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1090 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 14 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boots and gold and becomes rich

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**Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1090 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/1090-pg29021-part15/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Oi, who did Little Thumb tell to bolt home first, fam?

- **1.** His bros — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Bros — no support
- **3.** Dad — no support
- **4.** His dad — 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/1090-pg29021-part15/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Bruv, what were those boots, like seriously?

- **1.** Seven-league boots that grew to fit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** Boots that were magic and fast — no support
- **3.** Seven-league boots that grew to fit whatever foot wore them — score 8
- **4.** Massive seven-league boots that grew and shrank to fit any leg — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1090, line 2: «He pulls off the Ogre's magic boots and puts them on, and they grow to fit his small legs.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «boots» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Was the Ogre's missus, like, crying or chilling?

- **1.** Crying over her seven daughters who were slain — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Crying over her daughters — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Crying bitterly over her daughters' deaths at dawn — no support
- **4.** Weeping for her girls — 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/1090-pg29021-part15/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Did Little Thumb actually get the gold, or what?

- **1.** Yeah, she gave him all of it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, she handed him every coin and every ring she had — no support
- **3.** Yeah, she gave him all of it and then wept again — no support
- **4.** Yeah, she handed over the lot — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/1090-pg29021-part15/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Who was well chuffed when he got home?

- **1.** The King — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** His dad — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** His dad and his brothers — no support
- **4.** His bros — 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/1090-pg29021-part15/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Some folks reckon he never robbed nobody, innit?

- **1.** They reckon he never robbed the Ogre — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** He never robbed nobody — no support
- **3.** They say he's innocent — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** They reckon he robbed no one at all — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 467, line 19: «The townspeople say that "folks say there's no getting hold of him", so they choose a trick rather than force.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «folks» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What was the King's whole thing with the army?

- **1.** He wanted to win battles — no support
- **2.** He wanted news from far off lands — **← Mova's choice** · score -5
- **3.** He wanted news from two hundred leagues off — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He wanted a battle won at some distance away — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1071, line 10: «Why: Mongan keeps his word because "the man that makes a bargain keeps a bargain," even though it breaks his heart.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mongan» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); 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/1090-pg29021-part15/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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How did Little Thumb get the King to like him, yeah?

- **1.** By running news to the army — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** By running news to the army across the great and dangerous land — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** By running news to the army and back to the court every day — score 4
- **4.** By fighting the enemy king — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1090, line 15: «At Court he promises the King news "before night" from an army "two hundred leagues off".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «king news» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Who paid him to carry lover news, mate?

- **1.** Married women — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** Nobles — no support
- **3.** The ladies of the court — score -1
- **4.** Ladies — **✓ the right answer** · 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, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 952, line 5: «The sculptor carries the news to the palace, where the grand hall dazzles him and the lady wants to see him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «sculptor» (-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/1090-pg29021-part15/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Why did the married women not pay him much?

- **1.** They paid badly — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** They paid him rubbish — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** They paid little — score 1
- **4.** They gave him few coins — 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, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1090, line 17: «Married women paid him "so ill that it was not worth his while", so he scorned their letters.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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What did he sort out for his fam then?

- **1.** Posts for his dad and bros — no support
- **2.** Jobs at court for dad and bros — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Jobs at court for his dad and all his bros, with a house — score 3
- **4.** Jobs at court for his dad and bros, plus a title for each — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 663, line 13: «The prince answers the question "Tell me, what sort of man are you?" by saying he is "not dumb," which is an old word for unable to speak.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sort» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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The verse says the little one gets honour, yeah?

- **1.** Yeah, through unforeseen events that nobody could predict — no support
- **2.** Nah, through wicked tricks — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Yeah, through sudden events — no support
- **4.** Yeah, through unforeseen events — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**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 870, line 6: «Who: Great Claus and Little Claus, two neighbours in a Danish tale, where the wicked trick has a sad and silly end for the one who is fooled.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «wicked trick» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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In the wish story, what did Harry wish for by the fire?

- **1.** A black pudding — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** A roast goose — score 3
- **3.** A pork pie — score 3
- **4.** A plate of ham — score 3

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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 237, line 4: «Her sweetheart comes through the crowd with the golden ball, says he has come to set her free, and takes her home, while in the next tale a naughty boy and a f…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same place «next tale» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); the same circumstance (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Who got proper mad and shouted at Harry?

- **1.** Ann — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Fanny — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Mum — no support
- **4.** Martha — 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/1090-pg29021-part15/t14/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which item did Little Thumb obtain from the Ogre's wife through a falsehood?

- **1.** All the gold and silver she possessed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** All the gold and silver she possessed, hidden under the bed — no support
- **3.** All the gold and jewels she kept — no support
- **4.** Her coins — 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/1090-pg29021-part15/e1/)

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

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Which of the following was the destination of Little Thumb after leaving the Ogre's house?

- **1.** The woodcutter's hut — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** His father's dwelling — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** His father's dwelling in the village at the edge of the forest — no support
- **4.** The dwelling of his father and his brothers far away — 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/1090-pg29021-part15/e2/)

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

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What was the distance, as stated in the narrative, to the army whose battle the King awaited?

- **1.** Ten leagues — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Two hundred leagues — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A hundred leagues — no support
- **4.** Three hundred leagues — 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/1090-pg29021-part15/e3/)

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

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What quality did the magic boots possess that enabled them to fit Little Thumb's feet?

- **1.** The power to change their size to fit any foot — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** The power to change their size and run very fast over land — no support
- **3.** The power to change their size — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** They could shrink and grow — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 278, line 16: «The shoes are so soft and supple that they fit his feet "as though they had been made for him."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fit» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «feet» (+2). 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/1090-pg29021-part15/e4/)

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