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title: Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold an… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1212 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 13 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1212 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/1212-pg3282-part13/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, that robin is a total legend, right?

- **1.** Yeah, it talks back and feeds them — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, it hides from the boys — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Nah, it flew away before feeding the girl at all — score 4
- **4.** Yeah, it talks back to them and feeds them every day — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1211, line 5: «Later the family is poor, and the girl finds a hut full of food with a robin watching her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «robin» (+3). Against it: a different action (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/1212-pg3282-part13/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bro, why did the husband fake being sick?

- **1.** He wanted more food — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** He wanted the roast bird — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** He hoped for the bird — score 0
- **4.** He wanted the roasted bird for himself — 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 1212, line 10: «The husband says he is ill, but he has a plan: "this was only a presence so that he might get what he wanted."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «husband» (+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/1212-pg3282-part13/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Was the wife actually sad about the bird?

- **1.** Nah, she was glad and cooked the bird right away — score 3
- **2.** Yeah, she cried and wrung her hands — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Yeah, she cried and wrung her hands for hours — score 4
- **4.** Nah, she cooked it anyway — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1212, line 11: «His wife weeps and wrings her hands, which means she twists them together in grief and worry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+2); the same action «wring» (+1); the same thing acted on «hands» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1212-pg3282-part13/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Lol, what did the brothers do when they saw the dead robin?

- **1.** They ran off — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** They cried at the door — score 7
- **3.** They ran from the hut — score 7
- **4.** They bolted out of the hut — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 1212, line 3: «His wife kills the bird, her brothers run off in horror, and the bird is thrown out of the window.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «run off» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1212-pg3282-part13/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Okay, the witch put on a fox skin, right?

- **1.** Nah, she only put on a fox skin hat for the feast — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Yeah, witches do that — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yeah, the witch did that — no support
- **4.** Nah, not really — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 744, line 8: «What: the old woman "was in reality a wicked witch, who lay in wait for children."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wicked witch» (+3); the same action «lay» (+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/1212-pg3282-part13/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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So where did the gold end up, mate?

- **1.** Buried in the earth — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Buried deep in the earth under the hut — no support
- **3.** Hidden underground — no support
- **4.** Hidden in the earth where people must dig — 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/1212-pg3282-part13/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Wait, why did the witch hide the bridge?

- **1.** To stop boats sailing — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** To stop people from crossing the sea easily — score 1
- **3.** To stop people crossing easy — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** So the brothers cannot cross the water to the other side — no support

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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 471, line 14: «Where: the witch ends "stretched out flat on the road" when the cocks begin crowing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+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/1212-pg3282-part13/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Dude, did Ball-Carrier actually have the gold stuck to him?

- **1.** Nah, in his hair — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, in his left arm-pit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yeah, in his right arm-pit — no support
- **4.** Yeah, in his hand — 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/1212-pg3282-part13/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Is the grandmother the boss witch or what?

- **1.** Yeah, she runs the whole show and everyone obeys her — no support
- **2.** Yeah, she leads the group — no support
- **3.** Yeah, she runs the whole show — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nah, she's just an old woman who lives alone — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1122, line 18: «fact: Why: the old woman is "a pagan witch", and she turns the elder brother and his dog to stone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «pagan witch» (-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/1212-pg3282-part13/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Bruh, what's a boomerang anyway?

- **1.** A weapon that comes back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A spear that flies — no support
- **3.** A curved wooden weapon that comes back — no support
- **4.** A throwing stick that flies away and returns to the hand — 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/1212-pg3282-part13/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Okay, what did the young men do on the way?

- **1.** Ran and threw stones — score 7
- **2.** Raced and threw spears — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** Raced across the plain and threw spears — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** Walked on and rested, then raced and threw spears — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 1034, line 22: «Old word: "bewilderment" means confusion or puzzlement; people still use the word today in the same way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «people» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1212-pg3282-part13/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Ngl, what grows in those pools?

- **1.** Moss on the stones — score -2
- **2.** Tall bulrushes growing all around the pools — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** Lilies all around — score -2
- **4.** Bulrushes all around — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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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 1212, line 19: «"Bulrushes" are tall reedy water plants, which grow in the pools of the flood plain where the young men arrive.», 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, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1212-pg3282-part13/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Be real, did the husband really get sick?

- **1.** Yes, he was sick — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Yes, really sick — no support
- **3.** No, he was lying — score 3
- **4.** No, he was faking it — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 371, line 5: «A Stag starves after the Animals eat his food, Wild Goats refuse a Goatherd's offer, a Spendthrift sells his clothes too early, and a thin Cat puts on spectacl…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «thin cat» (+3); the same property (+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/1212-pg3282-part13/t13/)

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

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What is the name of the witch's grandson, and what is he called to do at the end of this part?

- **1.** Ball-Carrier, sent away — no support
- **2.** Ball-Carrier, who is sent home to his parents — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Ball-Carrier, sent to the hills — no support
- **4.** Bad One, sent to his parents — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1091, line 12: «Why the King goes wrong: "instead of coming to a decision he brooded over his sorrow until in the end his reason left him."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1212-pg3282-part13/e1/)

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

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Which object did the witch hide in the earth, and for what stated reason did she do so?

- **1.** The gold, so people must work for it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The gold, so people must dig and work hard for it — no support
- **3.** The bridge, so people cannot cross the sea easily to reach them — **← Mova's choice** · score -3
- **4.** The bridge, so people cannot cross — 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 821, line 12: «Where he is buried: "under the linden-tree", hidden in the soft earth.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). 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/1212-pg3282-part13/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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What did the husband ask his wife to prepare, and how did she respond to the request?

- **1.** A roasted redbreast, which she killed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A roast bird, which she cooked — no support
- **3.** A roasted goose, which she plucked — no support
- **4.** A boiled hare, which she caught — 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/1212-pg3282-part13/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Describe the activity of the young men in the closing passage of this part.

- **1.** They fought for the gold there — no support
- **2.** They hunted on the plain — no support
- **3.** They sang songs by the fire — score -1
- **4.** They ran races and threw spears on the plain — **← 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, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 727, line 12: «The countryman says the pig may be "the squire's pig," and that the squire's men might "throw you into the horse-pond."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «men» (+2); the same action «throw» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1212-pg3282-part13/e4/)

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