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title: Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns blac… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns black after the old man steals the ring

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1415 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/1415-pg503-part2/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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ngl, did the gardener's son really ask a ring for a gold ship?

- **1.** Yeah, he asked for a golden ship from the old bronze ring first — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Nope — no support
- **3.** Nah, a wooden raft — no support
- **4.** Yeah, a golden ship — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 668, line 3: «The seventh Simon asks for a ship full of rich cloth and jewels, and his brothers sail to the island.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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/1415-pg503-part2/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruh, who is steering the golden ship?

- **1.** Nobody — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** St. Nicholas — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The King — score 3
- **4.** The gardener's son — score 3

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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 792, line 18: «Hard words: a "dram" is a small measure of strong drink, and the "helm" is the wheel or tiller used to steer a ship; both words are still used at sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «ship» (+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/1415-pg503-part2/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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no cap, what was the minister's son hauling around?

- **1.** Stones and sand — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Gold — no support
- **3.** Bags of salt — no support
- **4.** Dust and rubbish — **✓ 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/1415-pg503-part2/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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wait, so the King just gave the ring away?

- **1.** No, he kept it — score 4
- **2.** Yeah, he did it — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** Yeah, he gave the bronze ring to the old man for red fishes — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Yeah, he sold it — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1186, line 15: «What: the king says he "would give half my kingdom" to the man who brings the princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same receiver «man» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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lowkey sus, what did the old man want for his fish?

- **1.** The bronze ring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** A silver crown — score 6
- **3.** Gold — score 6
- **4.** The bronze ring that the gardener's son had asked for first — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1289, line 15: «Old word: "fain" means glad or eager, so "the king was fain to smile" means he wanted to smile at his wife.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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fr, where was the ring hiding in the princess's room?

- **1.** Under the carpet — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **2.** Under a cushion — **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** On the bed — score 9
- **4.** In the drawer — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1325, line 13: «The ring: it hides the wearer "as long as thou dost conceal it", so Owen can move unseen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ring» (+5); the same action «hide» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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ok but why did the golden ship turn black?

- **1.** The old man used the ring — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The King ordered it — no support
- **3.** The old man used the bronze ring to command it to turn black — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Because the gardener's son left the ring with the old man at sea — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1213, line 5: «The water rises to the youths' waists, and they are turned into black swans that can never become men again.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «become» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). 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/1415-pg503-part2/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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bro, where did the captain end up stuck?

- **1.** In a dark harbour — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** On a distant island where the cats had been turned into beasts — no support
- **3.** On an island full of mice — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** On an island full of mice who spoke and ruled a whole kingdom — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 826, line 8: «Where: the tree ends up in a garret, "in a dark corner, where no daylight shone".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end up» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same property (-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/1415-pg503-part2/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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no way, did the mice actually want to talk to him?

- **1.** They sent a single scout — no support
- **2.** They sent a team of bravest — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, they sent their queen's best messenger to speak with him at dawn — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** They sent a team of bravest mice to meet him and ask him questions — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 400, line 16: «The Country Mouse is "almost famished" when at last he speaks his mind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+2); the same doer «mouse» (+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/1415-pg503-part2/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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mid ngl, what did the cats get to eat?

- **1.** Only dry bread — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Nothing at all for several days, and then the mice were thrown to them — score -5
- **3.** Nothing for days, so they turned on the mice in a fury — no support
- **4.** Nothing for days — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1411, line 20: «Old word: "crackers" here means hard, dry biscuits to eat, not the fireworks or snack packs we know today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). 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/1415-pg503-part2/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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lol, how was the captain dressed when he came to the palace?

- **1.** Like a prince in silk, with gold rings and a sword at his side — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Like a prince in silk — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** In a plain brown coat — no support
- **4.** Dressed in fine silk and velvet like a rich merchant from the sea — 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/1415-pg503-part2/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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yo, who is that old guy with the red fishes?

- **1.** A sailor from the south — no support
- **2.** A man who studied black arts — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -5
- **3.** A friend of the King — no support
- **4.** A fisherman — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1415, line 13: «The princess recognizes him: "you are the gardener's son whom I have always loved, and it is you I wish to marry."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «son» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/t12/)

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

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By what means did the old man acquire the bronze ring?

- **1.** By winning a bet — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** By theft — no support
- **3.** By trading red fishes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** By force — 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/1415-pg503-part2/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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What was the fate of the golden ship after the old man's command?

- **1.** It became black wood — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **2.** It became black wood and sank beneath the waves with all the cargo — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** It turned to stone — no support
- **4.** It became black wood and its crew fled onto the island of mice — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 341, line 17: «Old word: "bidden" means told or ordered, so "as he was bidden" means the servant did what the king commanded.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/e2/)

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

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What did the queen of the mice resolve to do concerning the captain?

- **1.** She resolved to hold a council and then decide whether to send a deputation — score 0
- **2.** She resolved to send a deputation — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** She resolved to send a deputation of her bravest mice to the captain — score 0
- **4.** She ordered his capture — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 24, line 15: «The Queen: «Sentence first—verdict afterwards.» A verdict decides if someone is guilty; a sentence is the punishment. Alice: «Stuff and nonsense! The idea of h…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «decide» (+1). Against it: the same doer «queen» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/e3/)

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

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What condition did the minister's son accept in order to be carried home?

- **1.** He asked for a boat — score 0
- **2.** He accepted it willingly after the King promised him gold and a ship — score 2
- **3.** He begged for mercy — no support
- **4.** He accepted it willingly — **← 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, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1378, line 15: «What she said: "I will take the place of His Augustness, Yamato Take." She leaps into the sea to save him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3). Against it: the same doer «yamato» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/e4/)

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