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title: Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a w… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1260 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 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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# Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure

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**Tests:** 6 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1260 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/1260-pg3282-part61/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, did the monkey really dodge the puma or nah?

- **1.** Yeah, he grabbed a creeper and swung up a tree — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Yeah, he grabbed a vine and climbed up — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Yeah, he grabbed a creeper that hung down and swung up into a tall tree — score 3
- **4.** Yeah, he grabbed a long creeper, swung up a big tree and escaped — 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 260, line 12: «The monkeys climb up after the boy, and he squeezes a cheese crud, saying "I'll squeeze your heart like the flint-stone".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb up» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1260-pg3282-part61/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bro, why was the monkey covered in leaves like a bush?

- **1.** He put on a bark coat for camouflage — no support
- **2.** He covered himself with mud and sticks — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** He hid in a bush — no support
- **4.** He smeared honey on himself and stuck leaves to it — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1260, line 3: «The monkey covers himself in honey and leaves, so he looks like a walking bush, and the animals call him Jack-in-the-Green.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkey» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «monkey» (-1). 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/1260-pg3282-part61/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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lowkey, what did the animals name the mystery creature?

- **1.** Jack-in-the-Green — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** The Mysterious Leafy Monster from the Hills — score 0
- **3.** The Strange Green Creature of the Forest — no support
- **4.** The Leafy Stranger — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1260-pg3282-part61/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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no cap, did the monkey get stuck to the waxy statue?

- **1.** Yeah, his whole body stuck fast to it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, his hands, feet and even his tail all got stuck to the waxy figure — no support
- **3.** Yeah, his hands and feet all stuck to it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, both his hands and both his feet got stuck fast to the big waxy statue — 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/1260-pg3282-part61/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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mate, did the rabbit get revenge for the ear pulling?

- **1.** Kinda, but the monkey scared him into a hole — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** Kinda, but the monkey scared him into a hole with a loud shriek and a jump — score -2
- **3.** Sort of, he tugged the monkey's tail back — score -2
- **4.** Not really, the monkey ran off to the pool — no support

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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 160, line 15: «What: in the Spring the Boy sees two rabbits, and thinks one looks "just like my old Bunny that was lost".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1260-pg3282-part61/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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dude, why was the puma so gutted about the monkey?

- **1.** The monkey was too fast — no support
- **2.** He had been humiliated by the monkey again — score 0
- **3.** He lost his lunch — score -1
- **4.** The monkey kept making him look like a fool — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1260, line 10: «How: he rubbed honey over himself and stuck on leaves, so he "looked like a walking bush," and a man "looked up wondering."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkey» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1260-pg3282-part61/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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wait, where did the monkey go after the rabbit thing?

- **1.** to a garden near the village road — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** to a garden on the edge of the forest — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** deep into the forest, toward the old abandoned temple by the stream — no support
- **4.** to a big vegetable garden on the far edge of the forest near the farmhouse — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1260, line 5: «In an orange garden he throws stones and kicks a waxen figure, gets stuck, and falls into thorns, groaning loudly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkey» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «orange garden» (+1). 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/1260-pg3282-part61/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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sus, why did the serpents skip the rabbit's afternoon?

- **1.** They were away at their own big meeting — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They were away at their own big meeting in the far cave beyond the hills — no support
- **3.** They had all been called away to attend a large meeting in the deep valley — no support
- **4.** They had gone to drink at the lake — 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/1260-pg3282-part61/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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fr, what did the monkey pull off with the stones?

- **1.** He hurled pebbles that clung to the wax — score 4
- **2.** He threw stones at the figure and every single stone stuck to the sticky wax — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** He threw stones and they stuck to the wax — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** He pelted the statue with stones until they all clung to the soft wax surface — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1260, line 13: «At the garden, the monkey's first stone "stuck to the soft wax," and then his leg "remained stuck" to the figure.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «first stone» (+3); the same action «stick» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). 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/1260-pg3282-part61/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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ngl, what was the monkey's biggest mistake at the garden?

- **1.** He punched the wax figure with both hands and got stuck fast to it — score 2
- **2.** He climbed the tall garden wall — no support
- **3.** He kicked the figure and got stuck — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** He kicked the waxen figure in anger and then found his foot stuck fast to it — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1260, line 5: «In an orange garden he throws stones and kicks a waxen figure, gets stuck, and falls into thorns, groaning loudly.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «kick» (+2); the same doer «monkey» (+1); the same thing acted on «waxen figure» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1260-pg3282-part61/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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bruh, what landed the monkey in the thorns?

- **1.** He fell straight backward into the thorny hedge when he finally yanked his arms free of the wax — score 3
- **2.** He fell into a patch of thorns after he yanked his stuck hands free from the figure — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** He fell when he yanked free from the figure — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** He jumped and landed in the bushes — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 297, line 5: «A king's son goes on alone, a poor boy in wooden shoes catches up, but they part, and the poor boy tears his hands and face on thorns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hands» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1260-pg3282-part61/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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honestly, what happened when the monkey got hurt?

- **1.** He groaned loudly so everyone knew — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** He let out a loud groan and the whole farm woke up and came running out — score 4
- **3.** He yelled loudly so the animals knew — score 4
- **4.** He groaned very loudly, so that everyone in the whole garden knew where he was — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 1195, line 17: «Why the king is hurt: he falls into "a rocky pit of brambles" while chasing boars.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); 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/1260-pg3282-part61/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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ok real talk, what made the puma so bitter?

- **1.** The monkey kept fooling him at every trap — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The monkey tricked him at each attempt — no support
- **3.** The monkey outsmarted him every single time — no support
- **4.** The monkey kept fooling him at every trap he laid out in the forest and garden — 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/1260-pg3282-part61/t13/)

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

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Which creature was the principal adversary of the monkey within the forest, according to the narrative?

- **1.** the puma — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** the owl — no support
- **3.** a fox — score 3
- **4.** the tiger — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1260, line 8: «Where: at "one small pool" in the forest, where the puma waits in a thicket for the monkey to come and drink.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+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/1260-pg3282-part61/e1/)

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

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What was the precise consequence of the prolonged drought upon the rivers and springs of the forest?

- **1.** They dried up completely — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They were almost all gone — no support
- **3.** They were drained of every drop of water until the forest floor was baked hard — no support
- **4.** They turned into dust — 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/1260-pg3282-part61/e2/)

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

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Why did the puma fail to capture the monkey at the pool on the occasion described?

- **1.** He struck late, and the monkey was gone — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** He moved too early at the pool and so the cunning monkey saw him coming and escaped — score 1
- **3.** He moved prematurely and alerted his quarry — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** He stirred the leaves before the right moment and the wary monkey heard him — score 0

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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 1260, line 9: «Why: the puma "moved a little too soon," so the monkey saw "two yellow, murderous eyes" and escaped by a creeper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «puma» (+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/1260-pg3282-part61/e3/)

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

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What was the name by which the animals of the forest came to know the strange creature in the honey-covered disguise?

- **1.** The Green Man — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Green Spirit Thing — no support
- **3.** The Mossy Creature — score 4
- **4.** Jack-in-the-Green — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1042, line 10: «fact: Fionn tells the poet his name is Deimne, but Finegas answers, "Your name is not Deimne, your name is Fionn."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «name» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1260-pg3282-part61/e4/)

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