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title: Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escape… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1191 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1191 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/1191-pg3027-part57/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, so the mink basically got away by diving, right?

- **1.** He swam under the canoes and came up on the far side of the beach behind the big grey stones — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** He dived down and hid behind a rock — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He jumped onto the beach — no support
- **4.** He swam away out to sea — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1190, line 7: «Where: the wolf goes fishing "just where the river runs into the sea", where the mink is fishing in a canoe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mink» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/1191-pg3027-part57/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Bro, did the wolves really think the dance was lit?

- **1.** They sat quietly on the rocks, wondering whether the mink was a spirit who could fly — score 0
- **2.** They howled with pleasure at the dance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** They cheered loudly for the mink — score 1
- **4.** They threw their paddles down and howled with pleasure as the mink spun around the canoes — 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 1191, line 7: «fact: The wolves are fooled because they are dazzled: "the wolves forgot they were going to put him to death, and howled with pleasure."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolves» (+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/1191-pg3027-part57/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Wait, the mink's jokes about snapping the cedar bands were sus, weren't they?

- **1.** He said that with one quick twist of his arms he could snap every cedar band they had brought — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** He claimed they were made of kelp — score 0
- **3.** He said he could snap them in a moment — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** He boasted that he had been trained by the sea spirits to break anything made of wood or bark in an instant — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1190, line 14: «The mink's rudeness: he tells her she had better make her noise "outside" as he likes to be quiet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mink» (+2). 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/1191-pg3027-part57/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Ngl, how did the dad's body become a plank?

- **1.** The body drifted past the rapids and the fields until it became a plank lying in the mud beside the hut — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** It changed into a log while floating — no support
- **3.** It turned into wood as it floated down — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He floated down the river on the strap until he reached the bank, where he turned into a flat piece of wood — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1191, line 5: «The drowned man becomes a plank, then a baby who grows into a man, and he lures his own son up a magic tree to a maize land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «become» (+3); the same thing acted on «plank» (+3); the same doer «drowned man» (+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/1191-pg3027-part57/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Lol, the washerwoman's stew totally vanished, didn't it?

- **1.** Her stew and spoon disappeared — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Her stew and pot both vanished at once — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** The pot broke — no support
- **4.** The stew vanished — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1161, line 3: «Pinkel salts the witch's stew, and while her daughter fetches water he pushes her into the well and takes the lantern.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stew» (+3); the same doer «witch» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Hang on, what did the plank turn into in her hut?

- **1.** A baby boy who grew into a man — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** A young boy who became a hunter — score -3
- **3.** A baby boy — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** A baby — score 3

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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 22, line 18: «A sleepy voice says «Treacle»; the Queen shrieks «Collar that Dormouse! Behead that Dormouse! Turn that Dormouse out of court! Suppress him! Pinch him! Off wit…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «court» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Dude, why did the dad want revenge on his son?

- **1.** His son had stolen his place by the fire — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** His son had been given his father's name — score 2
- **3.** His son had taken his seat in the hut when the old man was away hunting and refused to move — score 3
- **4.** His son had taken his seat in the hut — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1079, line 3: «Her kind sister flees into the forest, where a King's son marries her when pearls and diamonds fall from her lips.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «son» (+1); the same thing acted on «word» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+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/1191-pg3027-part57/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Bruh, what did the dad turn his tears into?

- **1.** Birds that sang in the trees — no support
- **2.** Birds that gathered in the forest and sang to the son as he walked home along the river — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Songs that flew to the sky — no support
- **4.** Birds that waited in the forest — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1159, line 5: «At the harbour his twelve foster brothers have turned to the queen, so he walks home alone until a man in a red tunic offers him a sword for a promise.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «walk» (+4). 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/1191-pg3027-part57/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Be real, what was the magic tree actually doing?

- **1.** It stopped — no support
- **2.** It grew taller and taller — score 3
- **3.** It carried the son up through the clouds until he saw the whole world spread out beneath him — score 3
- **4.** It kept rising higher and higher — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1190, line 19: «Old words: "precautions" means things done in advance to keep safe, and "avenge" means to take revenge for a wrong.», 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 action «keep» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Okay, what did the son find on the other side up there?

- **1.** A green land full of rivers — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** A yellow land full of maize fields — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** A forest — score 2
- **4.** A land of golden grain — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1173, line 9: «Why: the prince leaves because his sorrow is so great, and the king finds "a letter lying by his bed" saying his son had gone, "he knew not whither."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Real talk, what did the son do when the blind women were eating?

- **1.** He sat and watched them eat — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** He ate — score 5
- **3.** He took a bite of the food — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** He left — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1110, line 14: «fact: The serpent wants to eat him, but the labourer is calm: "eat me if thou hast a mind to!"», 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 action «eat» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Okay, what did the mink do before the dance started?

- **1.** He asked for one last dance — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He asked the wolves to let him have one last dance before they bound his hands with the kelp — score 3
- **3.** He asked to be allowed to take one final look at the sea before the wolves bound him — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** He asked for one more song — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1190, line 18: «The mink's bargain: he promises to carry the mouse "every night for a week" to the patch of maize.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); 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/1191-pg3027-part57/t12/)

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

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Which action did the mink perform immediately before he dived beneath the surface of the water?

- **1.** He leaped and dived down headfirst — no support
- **2.** He leaped high into the air, twisted around once, and then came crashing down head-first into the cold water — **← Mova's choice** · score -3
- **3.** He spun around the canoes several times, shouted at the wolves, and then sprang into the air and dived — score -3
- **4.** He sprang into the air and came down head-first — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1190, line 16: «The mink's answer: he sends word by a white hare that he would be "delighted to be present".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «mink» (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-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/1191-pg3027-part57/e1/)

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

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Which material did the elder wolves carry wound about their bodies, and how did the mink respond to it?

- **1.** Cedar bands, which the mink scorned — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **2.** Cedar bands, which the mink loved — no support
- **3.** Woven kelp ropes that the mink first laughed at, then offered to carry for the wolves — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** Thick cedar bands, which the mink mocked loudly and claimed he could break with one quick breath — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1190, line 8: «Why the wolf wants in: he shouts "I wish you would take me into your boat!", louder and louder.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+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/1191-pg3027-part57/e2/)

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

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What was the principal cause of the father's death in the river according to the narrative?

- **1.** The strap broke and he fell — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The river froze — no support
- **3.** The rope snapped and he drowned — no support
- **4.** The strap broke and he was swept into rapids — **✓ 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/1191-pg3027-part57/e3/)

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

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What did the young brave do to his father after the transformation into a baby and man?

- **1.** He persuaded his father to follow him deep into the forest, up a steep tree, and then left him to starve — score 3
- **2.** He lured his father to a high tree and then made him climb to the top where the birds were waiting — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** He lured him up a tree and made him climb — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **4.** He tricked him into climbing a tree — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 468, line 4: «The fool orders the tub onto the shore, then orders a marble palace built right across from the King's.», 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 action «build» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/e4/)

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