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title: Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio outwits t… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio outwits the Weasels, then grieves at the Fairy's grave and meets a Pigeon

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**Tests:** 1 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1399 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/1399-pg500-part12/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo did u see the watchdog thing?

- **1.** Nah, the Weasels got the chickens, sus — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Pinocchio totally tricked those Weasels, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** They got caught, lol — no support
- **4.** Weasels lost, fr — 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/1399-pg500-part12/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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wait so who even was Melampo?

- **1.** The Farmer's cousin, bro — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A weasel friend, no cap — no support
- **3.** Some dude, lol — no support
- **4.** The old dog that died, fr — **✓ 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/1399-pg500-part12/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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why did Pinocchio not take the chicken bribe?

- **1.** He wanted a bigger deal, ngl — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** He's a good boy and didn't want to betray the Farmer, no cap — score 4
- **3.** Too much bread, ugh — no support
- **4.** He's not for sale, no cap — **✓ 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 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1244, line 15: «The fox refuses the eel because "I should slip over your head and be drowned", so he chooses the salmon.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+3); a different thing acted on (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/1399-pg500-part12/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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ngl the Farmer was kinda W, right?

- **1.** Nah, he was mean, L — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, he yelled at Pinocchio, big L — no support
- **3.** Yeah, kinda, idk — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he let Pinocchio go, W move — **✓ 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/1399-pg500-part12/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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what happened at the Fairy's house?

- **1.** Nothing, ugh — no support
- **2.** Somebody flipped the house, no cap, big sad — no support
- **3.** It was gone, lol — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** It was gone, just a marble slab, sad fr — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1130, line 13: «At the end his house is gone, and "a heap of ashes stood where his house had been."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «house» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). 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/1399-pg500-part12/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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why was Pinocchio crying so hard?

- **1.** Geppetto was gone for real, ugh — no support
- **2.** The Fairy left him, super sad, ugh — score 4
- **3.** The Weasels caught him again and he was scared and sad, so yeah, ugh — score 3
- **4.** The Fairy died, he's heartbroken, ugh — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1399, line 15: «why: Pinocchio cries at the grave because the Fairy "died of grief when abandoned by her little brother."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+3); the same doer «fairy» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1399-pg500-part12/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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is the Pigeon big or small?

- **1.** Way bigger than a turkey, like a horse or something huge, bro — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Way bigger than a turkey, huge — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Small, idk — no support
- **4.** Super small, like a sparrow, ugh — 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/1399-pg500-part12/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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where is Geppetto looking?

- **1.** Searching the forest by the hill, ngl — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Looking at the stars, not sure, fr — score 7
- **3.** In the barn, ugh — no support
- **4.** Across the ocean, he's on a boat, fr — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1399, line 5: «Pinocchio finds the Fairy's house gone, weeps at her marble grave, and a Pigeon tells him that Geppetto is looking for him by the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «geppetto» (+5); the same action «look» (+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/1399-pg500-part12/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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how far is the sea?

- **1.** Way more than fifty miles across the hills and rivers and forests, super long trek, ngl — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** More than fifty miles, that's a trek, ngl — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Like a hundred miles over the mountains and across the big ocean, that's wild, ngl — no support
- **4.** Like a few miles, that's kinda far, ngl — 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/1399-pg500-part12/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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what's Geppetto building?

- **1.** A house, lol — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A little boat to sail, bet — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A tiny ship, bet — no support
- **4.** A little raft to float, bet — 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/1399-pg500-part12/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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did Pinocchio really want to die?

- **1.** Nope, he just wanted attention, fr — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** He said so, but he was super dramatic, lol — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Yeah, lol — no support
- **4.** Nope, ugh — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1398, line 9: «why: He wants to see his father and "his fairy sister with azure hair," so he races "like a greyhound."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «pinocchio» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1399-pg500-part12/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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what did Pinocchio wish for at the end?

- **1.** To turn into a fish so he could swim across the ocean to his dad, pls — score 0
- **2.** Pigeon wings to fly to his dad, pls — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A ride home to the village, pls — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** To be a real boy again so he could go home and hug Geppetto, pls — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 282, line 9: «Why: he wishes "Could I exchange my nature with any other creature, I fain would be such a happy little lark!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wish» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3). 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/1399-pg500-part12/t12/)

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

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Which of the following actions did Pinocchio undertake in order to prevent the Weasels from stealing the poultry?

- **1.** He ran away quickly — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** He barked, secured the coop with a stone, and summoned the Farmer — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** He hid in the hay and waited — score 2
- **4.** He stole the eggs, blocked the door, and called the Weasels — 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 1397, line 16: «Where he goes: He runs to the courthouse to report the robbery to the magistrate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+1); the same doer «pinocchio» (+1). 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/1399-pg500-part12/e1/)

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

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What was the reaction of the Farmer when he learned that the Weasels had been trapped in the coop?

- **1.** He praised Pinocchio as a fine boy and freed him from the collar — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** He yelled at Pinocchio for barking and kept the collar on — score 4
- **3.** He praised Pinocchio as a fine boy, freed him from the collar, and gave him a gold coin and a warm bed — score 5
- **4.** He blamed Pinocchio and locked him in the barn for the night — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1088, line 16: «Old word: "betimes" means early, so Little Thumb rose "betimes" to go and pick up pebbles.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1399-pg500-part12/e2/)

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

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Which inscription was discovered by Pinocchio at the site of the Fairy's former dwelling?

- **1.** A marble slab recording that the Weasels had stolen her house and gold — score -5
- **2.** A stone tablet naming the Fairy's brother as the one who buried her — score -4
- **3.** A marble slab recording that the Fairy died of grief after her brother abandoned her and the village forgot her name entirely — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** A marble slab recording that the Fairy died of grief after her brother abandoned her — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1282, line 14: «fact: The princess is found "half stifled" but is revived, and then she tells the prince her whole story.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «whole story» (-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/1399-pg500-part12/e3/)

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

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What did the Pigeon report regarding the whereabouts and intentions of Geppetto?

- **1.** That he had left the shore and would sail across the ocean to search for Pinocchio — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** That he was still waiting on the shore and would search the village tomorrow — no support
- **3.** That he had left the shore and would sail across the wide ocean to search for Pinocchio, though he was very sick — score 2
- **4.** That he had left the shore, built a boat, and would sail across the ocean to search for Pinocchio in the New World — 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 1399, line 5: «Pinocchio finds the Fairy's house gone, weeps at her marble grave, and a Pigeon tells him that Geppetto is looking for him by the sea.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1399-pg500-part12/e4/)

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