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title: Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 25: swim to shore, the… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1412 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 14 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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# Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 25: swim to shore, the Fox and Cat beg, milk for a penny

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**Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1412 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/1412-pg500-part25/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Bruh, was the Tunny actually crying when Pinocchio smooched him?

- **1.** Yeah, he wept like a child — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Nope, the Tunny was just splashing and laughing like a happy child at the sea — score 4
- **3.** Yeah, he wept like a child and then fell asleep right there on the shore — score 4
- **4.** Yeah, he was just sleepy — 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 1412, line 8: «Why does Pinocchio cry out? He cries, "Help me, Father! Help, for I am dying!" because he is exhausted and the shore is still far away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+2); the same doer «pinocchio» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1412-pg500-part25/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Lowkey, who was the one saying "I see the shore" in the dark?

- **1.** the Talking Cricket himself — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Pinocchio the Marionette — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Farmer John of the farm — no support
- **4.** the Talking Cricket — 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/1412-pg500-part25/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Fam, why did the Fox look so cooked?

- **1.** He gave his nice coat away at the inn — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He sold his old red hat for bread — no support
- **3.** He sold his fluffy tail for food — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He was just tired — 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/1412-pg500-part25/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Wait, did the Cat really go blind or was he faking?

- **1.** He faked it for years, then really went blind — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** He pretended to sleep at the inn all night — score 4
- **3.** He faked it for a few weeks, then he was really blind after a fight at the inn — score 4
- **4.** He just closed his eyes for a while — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1158, line 12: «The cat is told to "shut your eyes or you may get giddy" during the flight, and she obeys.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shut» (+2); the same doer «cat» (+2); the same thing acted on «eyes» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1412-pg500-part25/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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No cap, what's the Cricket's big moral?

- **1.** be kind, and kindness comes back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** lying is never the answer — no support
- **3.** work hard, be good — no support
- **4.** obey your elders and stay in school — 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/1412-pg500-part25/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Ngl, what colour was the goat's hair?

- **1.** tan — no support
- **2.** turquoise — no support
- **3.** red — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** blue — **✓ the right answer** · 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 836, line 6: «Who: Peter, the drummer's son with the red hair, who is now a famous violinist and was once a drummer for the dancers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «famous violinist» (+4); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/1412-pg500-part25/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Dude, what did the farmer want for a full glass?

- **1.** a bowl of silver coins from the purse — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** a dollar — score 3
- **3.** a nickel — score 3
- **4.** a penny — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 793, line 12: «Why she goes: she wants "to press him to my heart," and she believes he still loves her as he did when he said "Anne Liz."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+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/1412-pg500-part25/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Bro, how many buckets did Pinocchio have to haul?

- **1.** two — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** forty-nine — no support
- **3.** eight — no support
- **4.** one hundred — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1144, line 14: «Two buckets hang "on a pole that were used, in former days, to draw up water," so the fox can ride down in one.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). Against it: the same doer «two buckets» (-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/1412-pg500-part25/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Lol, who asked "Are we too heavy?"

- **1.** the Talking Cricket on his shoulder — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Pinocchio — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the Fairy with the blue hair and the goat — no support
- **4.** the Tunny — 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/1412-pg500-part25/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Is it true the Tunny was like a horse?

- **1.** Yep, as big as a two-year-old horse and even heavier than the cart — score 4
- **2.** Nope, more like a lazy old goat — no support
- **3.** Yep, as big as a two-year-old horse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Nope, he was really about as big as a large whale in the deep blue sea — score 3

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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 1407, line 14: «Old word "marionette" means a puppet moved by strings, and Pinocchio calls himself "heedless and heartless."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1412-pg500-part25/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Yo, what did the Goat say about Pinocchio?

- **1.** She'd forget him by morning — score -2
- **2.** He'd be back soon — no support
- **3.** She'd never see him again — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** She'd bring him milk later — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1396, line 16: «The Fairy's kindness: when she sees him pale with fright, "she began to feel sorry for him and clapped her hands together."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «pinocchio» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1412-pg500-part25/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Okay, so what did Pinocchio make for Geppetto?

- **1.** a comfy bed with a frame and a wool quilt — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** a soft mattress filled with goose feathers — no support
- **3.** a warm blanket — score 0
- **4.** a bed of straw — **✓ 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 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1411, line 5: «Pinocchio wants to swim out with his father riding on his back, so they sneak up the monster's throat to escape.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/1412-pg500-part25/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Lol, what did the Fox and Cat beg for?

- **1.** alms — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** fee — score 5
- **3.** tea — score 5
- **4.** bread — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1244, line 4: «The fox tricks a boatman into tossing him onto an island, then begs the fish to carry him across.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+3); the same action «beg» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1412-pg500-part25/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Bruh, what proverb did Pinocchio fling at the Cat?

- **1.** Lies have short legs — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Crime never really pays in life — no support
- **3.** Crime does not pay — no support
- **4.** Stolen money never bears fruit — **✓ 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/1412-pg500-part25/t14/)

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

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To what did the Tunny compare the weight of his passengers?

- **1.** a whole cargo of anchors and sand — no support
- **2.** rocks — no support
- **3.** the seaweed — no support
- **4.** sea-shells — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1412, line 18: «Old word: "perspiration" means sweat, so when the text says Pinocchio is "dripping with perspiration" it means he is soaked in sweat from hard work.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1412-pg500-part25/e1/)

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

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What did the Cricket say the Goat had declared about Pinocchio?

- **1.** that she would never see him again — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** that he would become a real boy soon — score -3
- **3.** that he was lost — score -1
- **4.** that he should go home now — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 366, line 15: «Where they meet: on a fallen tree trunk, the only crossing, where they "met horn to horn" in the middle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1412-pg500-part25/e2/)

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

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What was the sum Farmer John required in exchange for a full glass of milk?

- **1.** a single nickel — no support
- **2.** a single penny — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -4
- **3.** one copper — no support
- **4.** a silver florin — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1412, line 5: «For a glass of milk Farmer John wants a penny, so Pinocchio agrees to draw one hundred buckets of water and is worn out.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «penny» (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1412-pg500-part25/e3/)

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

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What did Pinocchio call the Fox and the Cat when he refused their plea?

- **1.** false friends — **✓ the right answer** · score -5
- **2.** bad neighbours — no support
- **3.** dishonest and cruel thieves who lie for money — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** the wicked false friends of the village — score -5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1412, line 15: «Why does Pinocchio send them away? He says, "You cheated me once, but you will never catch me again," and quotes "Stolen money never bears fruit."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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/1412-pg500-part25/e4/)

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