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title: Gutenberg 3027, Ian and the Grey Horse: Ian wins the bride, the spel… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1143 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 14 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Gutenberg 3027, Ian and the Grey Horse: Ian wins the bride, the spells break, and the false brothers are shamed

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**Tests:** 6 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1143 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/1143-pg3027-part9/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Whit wis the horse's advice aboot drinkin'?

- **1.** ale an' mead wi' honey — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** jist ale an bread — no support
- **3.** jist milk — no support
- **4.** jist whey an watter — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Did Ian no fa' asleep at the wrong time?

- **1.** aye, he nodded aff tae sleep — no support
- **2.** nae, he stayed awake — no support
- **3.** aye, he nodded aff — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** aye, he fell asleep — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1143, line 6: «Who: Ian is warned by the horse, "Beware lest you fall asleep, and let slip the chance of getting home again."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same property (+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/1143-pg3027-part9/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Who gied Ian a cauld kick tae wake him?

- **1.** the hag — no support
- **2.** the horse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** the raven — score 1
- **4.** a groom — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1143, line 2: «Ian also nods off, so the horse kicks him awake, and he cuts off the grooms' heads before riding back to the raven.», 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 «horse» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1143-pg3027-part9/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Whit did the raven ask fur as thanks?

- **1.** the cap — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the silver cap — no support
- **3.** gold — no support
- **4.** the gold cap — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Whit did the raven say tae tell fowk aboot where ye came fae?

- **1.** say ye're fae ahint — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** say ye came fae — no support
- **3.** say ye came fae ahint ye — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** say naething ava — 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Whit did the smith say he'd be if he failed?

- **1.** hanged from the highest tree at the gate — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** drowned in a loch — no support
- **3.** hanged on a tree in the square — no support
- **4.** hanged on a tree — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Whit did Ian wish fur when the key turned?

- **1.** the cap — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the hag — no support
- **3.** a horse — no support
- **4.** the raven — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Did the sixteen grooms dae the drinkin'?

- **1.** aye, they did — no support
- **2.** nae, they didnae — no support
- **3.** aye, they drank it aw up wi' glee — score 1
- **4.** aye, they drank it aw — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 477, line 3: «The groom jumps in and drinks three cups, and each cup swallows a hundred, two hundred, then three hundred years.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1143-pg3027-part9/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Whit does "greet" mean in the story?

- **1.** go — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** sleep — no support
- **3.** ye — no support
- **4.** cry — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Whit did the lassie say when she saw the cap?

- **1.** He speaks false — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** This is no cap, he speaks false! — score 5
- **3.** He lies — no support
- **4.** He is a fool — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1143, line 15: «What: The youngest daughter cries, "He speaks false", when she sees the cap and doubts the smith.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+4); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1143-pg3027-part9/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Whit did the lassie say she'd dae tae the smith?

- **1.** burn him — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** hang him on the tree — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** hang him — no support
- **4.** bury him in the wood — 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Whit kind o' helper wis the horse?

- **1.** a magic horse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** a talking beast — no support
- **3.** a dog — no support
- **4.** a horse — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1142, line 17: «Where: the water that frees the men must come from the island of Big Women, which Ian reaches on the magic horse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1143-pg3027-part9/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Whit did the wife gie Ian tae drink?

- **1.** a cup o' milk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** milk — no support
- **3.** a cup o' water — no support
- **4.** a jug o' ale — 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14}

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Whit did Ian's brithers dae efter the wedding?

- **1.** fled the country — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** stayed home — no support
- **3.** fled — no support
- **4.** sailed away — 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/1143-pg3027-part9/t14/)

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

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Which drink did the horse prescribe for Ian during his watch in the stable?

- **1.** whey and water — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** only whey and cold spring water — score 3
- **3.** ale and bread — score 3
- **4.** whey and water with honey — 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 1143, line 10: «What: The raven orders Ian to "make the heroes to live again" and to slay the old hag before she casts spells.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1143-pg3027-part9/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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What became of the sixteen stable-boys after they consumed the drinks?

- **1.** they fell into a deep stupor and snored — score 1
- **2.** they fell asleep soundly — score 1
- **3.** they all fell into a heavy stupor at once — score 1
- **4.** they fell into a stupor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 809, line 18: «Old word: "confirmed" meant a church ceremony where a young person affirms their faith; the elder daughter is about to take it.», 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 «elder daughter» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1143-pg3027-part9/e2/)

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

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By what means did the raven instruct Ian to identify himself to strangers?

- **1.** by a secret sign — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** by singing a loud song — no support
- **3.** by naming the place behind him — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** by naming the town where he lived — score -2

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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 1127, line 19: «fact: Old word: "Tsarevich" means a tsar's son, or prince, and "thou" and "thy" are old words for "you" and "your."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/1143-pg3027-part9/e3/)

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

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What was the eventual fate of the two elder brothers following the wedding festivities?

- **1.** they departed the country in great shame — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** they fled — no support
- **3.** they departed the country — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** they sailed 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/1143-pg3027-part9/e4/)

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