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title: Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 9: the Dwarf claims Bellissima,… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1422 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 13 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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# Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 9: the Dwarf claims Bellissima, and she agrees to marry the Gold King

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1422 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/1422-pg503-part9/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, so the Dwarf wanted to marry Bellissima, right?

- **1.** no, not really — no support
- **2.** nah, he said the Queen lied — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** yeah, he said the Queen promised — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** yeah, he said the King promised — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1379, line 10: «He is so sure of his strength that he says "I do not need my sword for a serpent."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «monster» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1422-pg503-part9/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Bruv, what did the Dwarf say she'd eat in his house?

- **1.** frogs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** eels — score -3
- **3.** figs — score -3
- **4.** snails — 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, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1422, line 1: «The Yellow Dwarf shows off a tiny house where he says Bellissima would eat frogs and ride a donkey.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «frogs» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1422-pg503-part9/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Mate, why did she bring cake?

- **1.** to calm the lions — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** to please the dogs — score 2
- **3.** to calm the lions and the Dwarf — score 2
- **4.** to calm the hungry lions in the forest — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 984, line 10: «The Lapland woman has "no paper", so she writes her few words on a dried stock-fish.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lapland woman» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1422-pg503-part9/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Dude, where did her basket go?

- **1.** it floated away — no support
- **2.** it just vanished — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** it fell down — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **4.** it broke — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 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 194, line 7: «What: the basket "fell into the street and was instantly broken into a thousand pieces", and the tailor laughed at the sight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «basket» (+5); the same action «fall» (+4). 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/1422-pg503-part9/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Lol, what was she wrapped up in?

- **1.** a long white veil with gold stars sewn on it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a long white veil — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a silver gown — no support
- **4.** a long white veil of silk — 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/1422-pg503-part9/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Wait, what was the lace thing the Queen woke up wearing?

- **1.** a lace nightcap with ribbons — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a lace nightcap — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a fine lace nightcap trimmed with pearls — no support
- **4.** a velvet crown — 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/1422-pg503-part9/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Mum wouldn't say what was up, right? What did she say?

- **1.** she was sad — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** sad — no support
- **3.** she was ill — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** ill — 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/1422-pg503-part9/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Mate, how many mouthfuls would the lions need?

- **1.** four — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** two — no support
- **3.** three — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** three mouthfuls each night — 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/1422-pg503-part9/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Innit, what was on her finger?

- **1.** a ring of red gold — no support
- **2.** a ring of old thread — no support
- **3.** a ring made of red hair from the Dwarf — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** a ring made of red hair — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1093, line 4: «He finds the tiny emerald ring, and his father sends heralds to test it on every finger in the land.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «tiny emerald ring» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/1422-pg503-part9/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Dead, who did she say she'd marry to get rid of the Dwarf?

- **1.** the Lord of the Red Hills — score -2
- **2.** the Prince — score -2
- **3.** the King of the Silver Mines — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** the King of the Gold Mines — **✓ 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 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1334, line 14: «The spinning women say, "The men of the town are so silly that we can make them believe anything we please."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «men» (-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/1422-pg503-part9/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Lush, who had been in love with her for years?

- **1.** the King of the Gold Mines from the north — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the Lord of the Mines — no support
- **3.** the King of the Gold Mines — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the Prince — 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/1422-pg503-part9/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Proper, what got sent off to France?

- **1.** soldiers — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** gifts — no support
- **3.** messengers — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** merchants — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1195, line 3: «Andras kills the Stalo's dog, takes the gold and jewels from the boat, and sends the boy off to drift.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send off» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «boy» (-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/1422-pg503-part9/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Sick, what did the ships bring?

- **1.** money — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** jewels — score -2
- **3.** gold — score -2
- **4.** treasure — 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 1051, line 18: «Old word: "dowry" is the money or goods a bride brings to her husband when she marries; Becfola had none, so she is "the Dowerless".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1422-pg503-part9/t13/)

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

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What did the Princess set down before she began to eat the oranges?

- **1.** her basket — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** her golden basket — score 5
- **3.** her lantern — score 2
- **4.** her basket of cakes and oranges — 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 1422, line 4: «At the orange tree she eats oranges, loses her basket, and cries until the Dwarf appears and claims the Queen promised her to him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «basket» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1422-pg503-part9/e1/)

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

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What reason did Bellissima give for seeking the counsel of the Fairy?

- **1.** the Queen's sadness and whether to marry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the Queen's illness and the wedding — no support
- **3.** her father's health and a dream — no support
- **4.** the Queen's sadness — 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/1422-pg503-part9/e2/)

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

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In what condition did the Princess find herself upon her second awakening?

- **1.** dressed finely with a loose golden ring on her hand — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** dressed in plain white with a ring — no support
- **3.** dressed finely with a tight red-hair ring — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** dressed finely in a lace cap with a tight red-hair ring and a veil — 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/1422-pg503-part9/e3/)

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

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Whom did the Princess select as her future husband?

- **1.** the King of the Gold Mines — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** the King of the Gold Mines from far away — score 2
- **3.** the King of the Silver Mines — score 2
- **4.** the Prince of the Desert — 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 1403, line 5: «Then Pinocchio is caught in a net and carried to a cave, where a green Fisherman takes him for a crab.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «take» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1422-pg503-part9/e4/)

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