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title: Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a ship saves th… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1238 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 13 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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# Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a ship saves the boy, and the king sets three tasks

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**Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1238 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/1238-pg3282-part39/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Mate, what was the lad about to get dunked in?

- **1.** oil — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** hot molten lead — no support
- **3.** pitch — no support
- **4.** boiling pitch — **✓ 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/1238-pg3282-part39/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Yeah, but did the king say the burning could wait?

- **1.** yeah, but only till the ship came into the harbour — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** nah, till the sun set — no support
- **3.** yeah, till the ship came in — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** yeah, till the fire died — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1238, line 9: «Why he is saved: a ship appears, and the king says he will not have the boy burned "before its arrival."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «arrive» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). 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/1238-pg3282-part39/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Why'd the lad shut his eyes, like?

- **1.** cos he didn't wanna see the pitch — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** cos the pitch was so hot it would melt his face right off — no support
- **3.** cos his mum told him not to look at the pitch ever — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **4.** cos he didn't fancy the view — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 11: «The princess ties "a diamond ring" in the lad's hair, and she says goodbye to him with sorrow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same receiver «lad» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-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/1238-pg3282-part39/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Bruv, what did he say when she asked if he knew her?

- **1.** "No, no, I dunno you, bruv." — no support
- **2.** "Nah, mate." — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** "No, no, I don't know you." — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** "Yeah, I know you, innit." — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1078, line 3: «A poor old woman asks for a drink, and the girl gives it kindly, holding the pitcher up so she can drink easily.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. 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/1238-pg3282-part39/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Gutted for him, but who was the bride, then?

- **1.** the Sister of the Sun — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the queen — no support
- **3.** the sun's young cousin — no support
- **4.** the princess — 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/1238-pg3282-part39/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Wicked, so what did the king go and do when he saw her star?

- **1.** fell on his knees — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** bowed — score 5
- **3.** knelt down — no support
- **4.** shouted for his guards — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1238, line 12: «Why the king falls to his knees: the cottage is filled with light, and he remembers the star on the princess's forehead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «fall» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1238-pg3282-part39/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Bruh, what did the king want her to do?

- **1.** rule alone — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** give up his crown — score 5
- **3.** marry him — score 0
- **4.** share his throne — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1220, line 9: «Why: The king sends the two young men away because he wants to be rid of them, as Geirald says, "The king only wants to get rid of us!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «want» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1238-pg3282-part39/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Proper unfair, how many jobs did the king give him?

- **1.** thirteen jobs in all — score 2
- **2.** eleven — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** three — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** twelve — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1055, line 13: «The count of the dead: eleven hundred of Fionn's people died, and eleven men and fifty women of Goll's people died, but the women died "through fright."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eleven men» (+3); the number the lesson gave for it (+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/1238-pg3282-part39/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Mum says job one was massive, so cut down what, exactly?

- **1.** a whole forest — **✓ the right answer** · score -6
- **2.** the trees — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** the palace garden — no support
- **4.** an oak — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1238, line 17: «The second task: join the fallen trees back to their roots with water, and say "So let all the trees of the forest stand upright."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «trees» (-2). The right option, 1, scored -6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1238-pg3282-part39/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What bit did he nick from the tree he chopped?

- **1.** a piece of bark — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** three chips — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** one twig — score -1
- **4.** a bit of root — score -1

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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 1178, line 5: «A new tale begins: a king at war sends his bored queen to a castle, she runs off in a chariot, and the horses crash her into a tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «horses» (-1); the same place «tree» (-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/1238-pg3282-part39/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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What do you reckon fixes the trees, like?

- **1.** sprinkle water — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** pray — no support
- **3.** use magic — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** rub some oil in — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 289, line 2: «explain: Using magic, she makes all the rose-bushes sink into the earth, so Gerda will forget Kay.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+3); the same thing acted on «magic» (+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/1238-pg3282-part39/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Lush, what's the scary thing living in the river?

- **1.** a sea monster — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a huge wolf — no support
- **3.** a seven-headed beast with fiery breath — no support
- **4.** a serpent — **✓ 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/1238-pg3282-part39/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Last one, what did the chips turn into?

- **1.** a ship — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** a silver horse — score -1
- **3.** a bird — score -1
- **4.** a boat — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1009, line 2: «When he says the single word "shoe," she turns as pale as a ghost, because he has guessed right.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-2). 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/1238-pg3282-part39/t13/)

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

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Which tool did the princess furnish to the bridegroom for the felling of the forest?

- **1.** an axe — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** a saw — score 5
- **3.** a heavy iron mallet — score 5
- **4.** a sharp axe — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 735, line 15: «What she offers: "all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world" if she gets her ball back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+3); the same action «offer» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1238-pg3282-part39/e1/)

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

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What did the king require before the marriage might be celebrated?

- **1.** three tasks to be performed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** three tasks and a ship to be sailed first — score 5
- **3.** a golden crown to wear — score 5
- **4.** the burning of the pitch to be finished at once — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 695, line 10: «The prince is given a baby, and the king is so pleased that "he commanded the ceremony to be performed without delay."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «perform» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1238-pg3282-part39/e2/)

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

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What was the response of the king upon perceiving the star upon the princess's forehead?

- **1.** he ran out of the hall — score 2
- **2.** he fell on his knees — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** he knelt — score 2
- **4.** he wept — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1238, line 12: «Why the king falls to his knees: the cottage is filled with light, and he remembers the star on the princess's forehead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1238-pg3282-part39/e3/)

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

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By what means did the bridegroom destroy the serpent's three heads?

- **1.** with one blow of the sword — **✓ the right answer** · score -5
- **2.** by burning all three heads with the princess's fire — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** with a spear thrust to his heart — score 3
- **4.** with one blow of the magic sword and the sun's light — score -5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 943, line 3: «She snaps that she has nerves too, eats her fill, and then bites the bird's head when he is only trying to help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bite» (+3); the same thing acted on «head» (+3). The right option, 1, scored -5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1238-pg3282-part39/e4/)

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