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title: Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1443 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 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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# Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant

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**Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1443 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/1443-pg503-part30/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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yo, what did the giant say he'd do if the prince chatted with the Master-maid?

- **1.** burn him — no support
- **2.** cut his head — no support
- **3.** wring his neck — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** wring his neck and throw the body out — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 1443, line 4: «Next day the giant takes him to the Master-maid, who fools the giant with rags, shoe-soles and three drops of blood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «giant» (+1); the same thing acted on «prince» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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no cap, what did the prince ask the sparkle guy for?

- **1.** as much gold as the horses could pull — no support
- **2.** all the silver in the hall — score 4
- **3.** every coin on the floor of the cave — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** as much as he could carry — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 111, line 19: «Old words: a "nosegay" was a small bunch of flowers, a "night-cap" was a cap worn in bed, and "fuel" meant wood for burning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old words» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+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/1443-pg503-part30/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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lowkey, what stopped the giant from crossing the sea?

- **1.** a big salt mountain — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** a big salt mountain built by the Prince — score 0
- **3.** a stone bridge — score 3
- **4.** a wall of ice — 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 246, line 15: «Old word: "quell" meant to put down or crush, as with a rebellion; today we say stop it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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bruh, how many drops of blood did the Master-maid drop on the stool?

- **1.** three — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** four — score 7
- **3.** two — score 7
- **4.** one — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1443, line 11: «What: the Master-maid fills the cauldron with "old rags, and shoe-soles" and drops the Prince's blood on a stool.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drop» (+3); the same place «stool» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). 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/1443-pg503-part30/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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fr, what was in the cauldron when the giant checked it?

- **1.** bones and stones — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** shoe-soles and rags — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a mess of shoe-soles, rags and bones — no support
- **4.** a pot of broth and shoe-soles — 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/1443-pg503-part30/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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wait, which creature did the giant call to suck up the water?

- **1.** the sea-swallower — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** the cloud-drinker — score 3
- **3.** the river-sucker — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** the great sucker from the northern river — 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 1167, line 6: «Who: Jack is a poor young man who tricks everyone, and the giant calls him "little worm" when he is caught.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «giant» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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ngl, who bored through the mountain?

- **1.** the mole — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** the borer — score 4
- **3.** the rock-digger — score 4
- **4.** the hill-borer — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1443, line 15: «Who: the hill-borer is called to bore through the mountain so the river-sucker can drink again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bore» (+2); the same place «mountain» (+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/1443-pg503-part30/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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so which bit of the prince did the Master-maid cut?

- **1.** his little finger — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** his left hand — no support
- **3.** his thumb — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **4.** his right ear — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 812, line 7: «What: the girl cuts off the tulips, and the boys cut out a square of turf with the daisy inside it.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «boys» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). 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/1443-pg503-part30/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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dude, what did she take with her in that chest?

- **1.** bags of salt — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** gold dust — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** a chest full of gold dust — score 0
- **4.** silver coins — 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 1114, line 8: «Where: the old woman takes the ox out to graze in the steppe and sits down "by a mound" to spin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «old woman» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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bro, what did the prince throw out to refill the sea?

- **1.** a jug from the well — score -5
- **2.** a lot of water from the cellar barrels of the palace — no support
- **3.** a couple drops from the flask on the rock — score 0
- **4.** a couple drops from the flask — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 1303, line 1: «Ian the fisher's son climbs the steps of the gallows, and the princess sees her own name written under his arm.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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lowkey, where did the prince want to go for the horses?

- **1.** to the king's village — no support
- **2.** home to his father's palace — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** to his mother's castle — no support
- **4.** home to his father's palace to fetch the horses — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 226, line 4: «They make a plan together, and the Sultan, delighted, agrees to bring the enchanted horse to the big square.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); the same thing acted on «enchanted horse» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). 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/1443-pg503-part30/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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so did the Master-maid wait for him on the shore?

- **1.** yes, by the sea-shore — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** yes, by the sea-shore where he had left her — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** no, she walked home along the road with the prince — score 2
- **4.** yes, by the old mill — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 223, line 2: «They lead the prince to a big room, make his bed, and bring food from the kitchen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «maids» (+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/1443-pg503-part30/t12/)

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

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By what means did the Master-maid deceive the giant regarding the fate of the Prince?

- **1.** by dropping the Prince's blood upon a stool and lying to the giant about it — score 1
- **2.** by dropping the Prince's blood upon a stool — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** by hiding the Prince in a barrel — score 1
- **4.** by burying the Prince's clothes and swearing the boy had died in the sea — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1443, line 11: «What: the Master-maid fills the cauldron with "old rags, and shoe-soles" and drops the Prince's blood on a stool.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «blood» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/e1/)

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

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What substance was the Prince directed to cast forth in order to raise a mountain across the sea?

- **1.** the bag of gold — no support
- **2.** a sack of sand and salt from the shore — no support
- **3.** the lump of salt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the piece of bread — **← Mova's choice** · 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1442, line 16: «The Prince throws the bit "straight into its mouth," and the horse stands "as quiet as a young lamb."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «bit» (-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/1443-pg503-part30/e2/)

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

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What quantity of gold did the Prince request from the creature of the rock as his recompense?

- **1.** as much gold as the horses could pull — no support
- **2.** all the silver in the hall — score 1
- **3.** as much as he could carry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** the gold he could find in a whole week of searching — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1443, line 7: «What: the Prince gets gold, "a load that was as large as he was able to carry".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1443-pg503-part30/e3/)

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

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What did the Master-maid warn the Prince would befall him should he return to the King's palace?

- **1.** he would lose his crown — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** he would go mad — no support
- **3.** he would sleep — score 3
- **4.** he would forget her — **✓ 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 1173, line 5: «The prince shoots at the doe in a clearing and misses, and the next morning he searches the wrong part of the forest because she has gone the other way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3). 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/1443-pg503-part30/e4/)

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