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# Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats seek the greatest husband

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1227 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/1227-pg3282-part28/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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bruh who got totally tricked by the wolverine?

- **1.** a cub — score -4
- **2.** the fox — score -4
- **3.** the wolf — score -4
- **4.** the bear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1227, line 9: «With her eyes full of juice, the bear is blinded, and the wolverine stabs her "to the heart" with a sharp knife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolverine» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1227-pg3282-part28/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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no cap, what did the wolverine smash up?

- **1.** raspberries — no support
- **2.** figs — no support
- **3.** berries — score -9
- **4.** cranberries — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -5, against -9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1227, line 1: «The wolverine sends the bear to pick cranberries, then makes her lie still so he can smash them into her eyes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same thing acted on «cranberries» (-4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1227-pg3282-part28/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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wait, which big guy did the rat mom want her kid to marry first?

- **1.** the powerful sun god above the clouds — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the moon — no support
- **3.** the cloud — no support
- **4.** the sun — **✓ 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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lowkey, what did the cloud say was stronger than it?

- **1.** rain — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** air — no support
- **3.** the wind — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the storm — 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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fam, what can the rat do that the wall can't?

- **1.** chew a hole right through the solid stone — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** reduce it to powder and sand very quickly — no support
- **3.** dig under the stone — no support
- **4.** gnaw right through it — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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ngl the girl was sobbing, who does she actually want?

- **1.** a young rat — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a fine suitor — no support
- **3.** a handsome young rat with a golden tail — no support
- **4.** a bird — **← Mova's choice** · score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1227, line 5: «The girl sobs that she loves only the handsome young rat, so the family goes home happy and the wedding is held; then a king sails off, leaving his worried que…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «king» (-1); 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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yo where did the wind chill at when he wasn't rushing around?

- **1.** a cave — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the sky — no support
- **3.** the hollow inside a great oak tree by the river — no support
- **4.** a deep cave in the mountains 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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bro what was the mom's whole vibe, reach for what?

- **1.** the stars — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** hills — no support
- **3.** the moon — no support
- **4.** the sky — 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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low key, what did the wolverine swipe from that tent?

- **1.** fire — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** a warm blanket from the tent — no support
- **3.** the hunter's knife and some dried meat — no support
- **4.** food — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1227, line 10: «He spots fire "hidden behind a rock" with his "sharp eyes," and he steals it from a tent to roast the meat.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «fire» (-1); 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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fr why did the bear jump up like that?

- **1.** a bird flew at her — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the wolverine threw sharp berries into her face — no support
- **3.** berries hit her eyes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the cold wind hit her — 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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dude, where is the king sailing off to?

- **1.** to the coast — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** to the north — score 1
- **3.** to the islands — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** across the stormy water to a faraway land — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 459, line 9: «Why: the sons want to find their mother, so they ask the king, "Where is our mother?"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4). Against it: the same property (-1); the same doer «mother» (-2). 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/1227-pg3282-part28/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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ok so what's the queen scared of, fr?

- **1.** ghosts at sea — score -1
- **2.** the king drowning in the stormy ocean — no support
- **3.** ill coming of it — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** the wild sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 750, line 2: «The little man turns down every name she tries, from Timothy to Bandy-Legs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1227-pg3282-part28/t12/)

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

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Which creature does the wolverine deceive into remaining motionless?

- **1.** the elk — no support
- **2.** the fox — no support
- **3.** the cub — no support
- **4.** the bear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1227, line 9: «With her eyes full of juice, the bear is blinded, and the wolverine stabs her "to the heart" with a sharp knife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolverine» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1227-pg3282-part28/e1/)

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

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Which object does the wind name as greater than himself?

- **1.** rock — score 2
- **2.** the wall — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** tree — score 2
- **4.** the great mountain beside the sea — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1227, line 4: «The sun names the cloud, the cloud names the wind, and the wind names the wall, which says only the rat is greater.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wind» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1227-pg3282-part28/e2/)

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

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What is the daughter's stated preference regarding a husband?

- **1.** the wealthy old rat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the handsome young rat — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the fine rich suitor — no support
- **4.** the handsome young rat from the wall — 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/1227-pg3282-part28/e3/)

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

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For what purpose does the king depart from his queen?

- **1.** to trade with merchants abroad — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** to hunt whales in cold seas — no support
- **3.** to sail far away and battle the rebels on faraway shores — no support
- **4.** to quell revolt on distant islands — **✓ 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/1227-pg3282-part28/e4/)

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