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title: d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wedding is sp… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1423 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 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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# d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wedding is spoiled and Bellissima is stolen

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1423 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/1423-pg503-part10/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi, what was the King actually doing in them gardens with the Princess?

- **1.** Dancing round the fountain, mate — score 8
- **2.** Playing cards, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **3.** Listening to sweet music, innit — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** Chatting about the war, innit — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1289, line 6: «Who: the young king, who is playing a dangerous game with the Gruagach, a magic enemy with a crop-headed creature under his power.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «young king» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «play» (+2); the same thing acted on «dangerous game» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1423-pg503-part10/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Mate, who was that minging old biddy with the crutch?

- **1.** The Fairy of the Hills, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** The Dwarf, bruv — no support
- **3.** The Queen, mate — no support
- **4.** The Fairy of the Desert, bruv — **✓ the right answer** · score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1423, line 7: «The old Fairy says: "you shall marry the Yellow Dwarf. If you don't, may I burn my crutch!"», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old fairy» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1423-pg503-part10/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Wait, how many diamonds was she rocking on her shoes?

- **1.** Loads, all over them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Like a whole load of them, all over them, mate — no support
- **3.** Heaps, on the toes — no support
- **4.** Hundreds, all down them — 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/1423-pg503-part10/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Was the wedding bare posh or what?

- **1.** Dead boring, nothing much — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Dead posh — no support
- **3.** Dead posh, gold everywhere — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Not bad — 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/1423-pg503-part10/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Who nicked the Princess right off her mum's arms?

- **1.** Some ugly little Dwarf, riding off on his huge cat — score 0
- **2.** The Yellow Dwarf, riding off on his massive cat — score 0
- **3.** The Yellow Dwarf, on his cat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** The Yellow Dwarf, on foot — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1290, line 2: «He follows the horse tracks, and a yellow dog, a grey hawk and an otter each warn him and send him on his way.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «way» (+2); the same property (+1); 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/1423-pg503-part10/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Why'd the Fairy get so mad, like?

- **1.** Cos the King went back on the deal for the Princess — no support
- **2.** Cos the wedding was held without her invitation at all — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **3.** Cos somebody ignored her warning, like — score -2
- **4.** Cos the promise to the Dwarf got broke — **✓ the right answer** · score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1247, line 7: «The prince was enchanted by "a wicked fairy" and "condemned to keep the shape of a ball."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «wicked fairy» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1423-pg503-part10/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Did the King keep his cool when the sun went blood red?

- **1.** Yeah, he got dead scared, mate — score 1
- **2.** Nah, he kept fighting on, bare brave, right through the night — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** Nah, he stayed really brave, bare brave, even when it went red — no support
- **4.** Nah, he stayed brave, bare brave — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1159, line 12: «For a year she keeps Manus "fast", which means locked up tight, so his own mother cannot speak to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+1); the same doer «sun» (+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/1423-pg503-part10/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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What was the Dwarf riding, yeah?

- **1.** A mule, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A Spanish cat, massive — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A cat, yeah — no support
- **4.** A massive Spanish horse — 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/1423-pg503-part10/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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What came out of the basilisks' mouths and ears?

- **1.** Fire and smoke, proper flaming, bare nasty, innit — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Sparks, bare heat — no support
- **3.** Steam, proper hot — no support
- **4.** Fire, proper flaming — **✓ 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/1423-pg503-part10/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Was the Princess hurt, or what?

- **1.** Yeah, bruised — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, fine — no support
- **3.** Yeah, bleeding and out cold — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, bleeding a bit, mate — 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/1423-pg503-part10/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Why'd the King stop fighting, like?

- **1.** Cos he saw Bellissima get hurt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Cos she told him to stop — score -1
- **3.** Cos his horse got tired out — no support
- **4.** Cos he saw Bellissima get hit by the Fairy's lance — 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, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1423, line 16: «Why the King stops fighting: he sees the Fairy's lance strike Bellissima, and he rushes to save her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same thing acted on «lance strike» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1423-pg503-part10/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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What did the King call the Dwarf, proper rank?

- **1.** A hideous, wretched little monster of the marshes — score 2
- **2.** A wretched little monster — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** A dreadful dwarf — score 2
- **4.** An ugly little creature — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 21: «Lesson: the Prince learns too late the goodness of his wife, and his "bitter cry" shows his regret.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1423-pg503-part10/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Who was the King facing in the courtyard, mate?

- **1.** The Yellow Dwarf — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The Yellow Knight — no support
- **3.** The Grey Sorcerer — no support
- **4.** The Fairy — 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/1423-pg503-part10/t13/)

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

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What, according to the text, was the Fairy's principal demand of the royal household?

- **1.** The Princess's hand — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** That the Princess be wed to the Yellow Dwarf — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** That the Princess be sent to the desert — no support
- **4.** That the royal guard be sent away at once — 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/1423-pg503-part10/e1/)

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

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By what means did the Yellow Dwarf remove the Princess from the palace?

- **1.** He snatched her from the Queen's arms — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** He lifted her out of the palace window — score 1
- **3.** He grabbed her — score 1
- **4.** By force, on a cat — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1422, line 12: «The Dwarf says "I flatter myself" when he kneels, which means he is proud and hopes she will be pleased.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dwarf» (+2). Against it: the same doer «dwarf» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1423-pg503-part10/e2/)

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

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Which phrase best characterises the King's conduct when confronted by the Fairy?

- **1.** Brave and defiant, threatening her with his sword — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Brave, defiant, and refusing to bow to her even when hurt badly — score -1
- **3.** Calm and wise, offering her a seat — score 1
- **4.** Frightened but quietly polite about it — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1228, line 6: «Who: a mermaid rises from the waves and says "give me your solemn word" to the king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «solemn word» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1423-pg503-part10/e3/)

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

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Why did the Fairy become hostile toward the royal wedding party?

- **1.** Because the King broke his promise — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** Because the Princess had broken her promise to the Yellow Dwarf and to the Fairy — score -2
- **3.** Because the Princess broke her promise to the Yellow Dwarf — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** Because the King refused her gift and insulted her at court — 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 1422, line 16: «"Insensible" is an old word meaning unconscious, so the Princess has fainted and cannot feel or know anything.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+2). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1423-pg503-part10/e4/)

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