--- title: Fairy Book, Muffette, the dragon's dinner and the prince's sword: th… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1182 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1182-pg3027-part48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1182 # Fairy Book, Muffette, the dragon's dinner and the prince's sword: the princess is saved from a monster **Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1182 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. 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/1182-pg3027-part48/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Bruv, what was the dragon actually planning for Muffette? - **1.** to make her into a dinner for the whole court — score 0 - **2.** to make her his servant — no support - **3.** to fatten her up and then make her into a dinner — score 0 - **4.** to make her into a dinner — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 673, line 14: «Why: the old woman flattered the dragon, saying "I do wish you would tell me", to make him talk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Wait, so the king swore on his crown, yeah? - **1.** yeah, by his crown and sceptre and his whole kingdom — score 6 - **2.** nah, he swore by his crown and sceptre but then broke it — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **3.** yeah, by his crown and sceptre — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** yeah, by his sword and shield — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1182, line 7: «What: the king swears "by your crown and sceptre" to give the dragon a dinner, which is a very serious promise in this tale.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «swear» (+3); the same doer «king» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} That's well sus, innit, the giant turning up like that? - **1.** yeah, proper sus, he's the dragon's servant — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yeah, proper sus, he's the dragon's servant who guards the whole castle gate — no support - **3.** yeah, well dodgy, he's the dragon's mate — no support - **4.** yeah, proper sus, he's the dragon's servant and his nephew's uncle — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 184, line 17: «The other giants hurl "huge pieces of rock" at the escaping rafts and sink all but one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «other giants» (+2). The right option, 1, 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/1182-pg3027-part48/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Did the queen just stab monsters with glass? - **1.** yeah, she smashed glass and fought — no support - **2.** yeah, she broke glass and went for it with a knife and a shout — score 0 - **3.** yeah, she broke glass and went for it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** nah, she broke glass and stabbed the dragon and the giant both — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 194, line 9: «Why: the lady gives him gold because his glass is broken and he is weeping; the text says she told her attendant, "Give him whatever you have got with you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Mate, how did the frog get to the prince so quick? - **1.** by a horse — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** nah, she flew — no support - **3.** she rode a greyhound, lush — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** she rode a fast horse, mate — no support **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/1182-pg3027-part48/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Was the prince gutted when he heard about Muffette? - **1.** nah, he was proper chuffed and went for a drink — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** yeah, he was proper gutted and cried for ages — no support - **3.** yeah, he was dead upset — no support - **4.** yeah, he was proper gutted — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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/1182-pg3027-part48/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Did the prince actually kill the dragon with one go? - **1.** yeah, he stuck his sword down its throat — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, he stuck his sword down its throat and then ran off — no support - **3.** yeah, he stabbed its belly with a sword — no support - **4.** yeah, he stuck his sword down its throat after a long fight — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **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 1006, line 9: «why: John weeps because "He had no one in the wide world now; neither father, mother, brother, nor sister."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «john» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, 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/1182-pg3027-part48/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} So the dragon just opened his mouth and boom? - **1.** yeah, he went for a roar and got done — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, he went for a bite and got stabbed — no support - **3.** yeah, he tried a bite and got stuck — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** nah, he just sneezed — no support **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 651, line 1: «John the blacksmith hears a purring noise from the dungeon and tries very hard not to believe it.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+2); the same doer «john» (+1). The right option, 1, 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/1182-pg3027-part48/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Bruv, why did Muffette not just take the dowry and bounce? - **1.** she said she'd sell out the prince for gold — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** she said she would take the dowry and bounce it — score 2 - **3.** she said she won't buy her life with faithlessness — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** she just took the dowry — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1182, line 9: «Why: the king and queen beg the giant, and Muffette says "I will not buy my life with faithlessness", so she refuses to break her word.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1); the same doer «muffette» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Were the monsters proper scary at the entrance? - **1.** yeah, bats, owls and crows went mental — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, bats, owls and crows were proper mental but the king just walked past them — no support - **3.** nah, bats, owls and crows were chill — no support - **4.** yeah, bats, owls and crows went mental and attacked the king — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1182, line 2: «The king swears the oath, and the dragon flies him toward the castle, but monsters wake and fight them, and bats, owls and crows attack at the entrance.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «attack» (+4); the same doer «bats» (+2). The right option, 1, 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/1182-pg3027-part48/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Did the king get what he wanted in the end? - **1.** yeah, he got his wife and daughter back — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** yeah, he got his sword and crown — score 1 - **3.** yeah, he got his wife and daughter back after a long fight — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** nah, he lost his wife and daughter — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1008, line 5: «John falls in love with her at first sight, and the old king shows him the garden of dead suitors.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old king» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same receiver «john» (+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/1182-pg3027-part48/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} So they all lived happily ever after, yeah? - **1.** yeah, Muffette and her husband lived happy for ever — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, Muffette and her husband argued for ever more — no support - **3.** yeah, Muffette and her husband lived happy for ever in the castle with the king and queen — no support - **4.** yeah, Muffette and her king lived quite happily together — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 266, line 5: «Jack marries the princess that same day and they live happily for many years.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, 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/1182-pg3027-part48/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following accurately identifies the agreement by which the king secured passage to his family, namely the oath sworn to the dragon? - **1.** He swore by his crown and sceptre to provide a dinner of the food the dragon never tired of — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** He swore by his crown and sceptre to provide a dinner of the food the dragon never tired of, and to give his daughter as a bride — score 4 - **3.** He swore by his crown, sceptre and kingdom to provide a dinner of the food the dragon never tired of, sealed before all his court and the giant — score 4 - **4.** He swore by his sword and shield to offer a dinner of the food the dragon loved most — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1182, line 2: «The king swears the oath, and the dragon flies him toward the castle, but monsters wake and fight them, and bats, owls and crows attack at the entrance.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swear» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which of the following correctly describes the manner in which the prince destroyed the dragon, as reported in the passage? - **1.** He plunged his sword far down the dragon's throat as the creature opened its jaws, and then he rode off on the greyhound to rescue the princess — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** He stabbed the dragon's tail with his sword. — score -1 - **3.** He plunged his sword far down the dragon's throat as the creature opened its jaws — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **4.** He drove his spear deep into the dragon's belly after the creature closed its eyes — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 824, line 5: «Then a little child speaks up and says what everyone has been hiding: "But he has nothing on at all."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «child» (-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/1182-pg3027-part48/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following accurately states the reason the giant gave for refusing to protect the princess by his own power? - **1.** He claimed that his magic could not work against the dragon's power — score 0 - **2.** He had no power over the dragon. — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** He said the dragon's strength was far beyond what anyone could ever defeat — score 0 - **4.** He stated that he had no power to do anything against the dragon — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1182, line 13: «The giant is kind: he "was not at all hard-hearted", but he says he has "no power to do anything" against the dragon.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «power» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «giant» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which of the following correctly identifies the condition under which the giant offered his only assistance to the princess and her family? - **1.** He offered help only if the princess were given to the prince, who was a famous knight — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** He offered help only if the princess were married to his nephew, who was trained in magic — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** He offered aid only if the queen were handed over to his brother, who was a skilled healer — score 4 - **4.** He wanted a fair payment first. — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1057, line 12: «Why: The Carl offers to run Fionn's race, saying, "by this hand, I will be first at the post."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «offer» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «carl» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/e4/) - ← previous: [1181. Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1181-pg3027-part47/) - next →: [1183. Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Bro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1183-pg3027-part49/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)