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title: Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1455 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/1455-pg503-part42/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi, what did the witch actually chuck in that magic ball?

- **1.** Mint and sugar, yeah — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nightshade and salt, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Some herbs and a bit of pepper — no support
- **4.** Honey, 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/1455-pg503-part42/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Yo, so the horse just went mental on the bridge?

- **1.** Yeah, the ball flew past and it reared — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, the magic ball whizzed right past its nose and the poor horse went totally bonkers — no support
- **3.** Nah, the rider just fell off it — no support
- **4.** Yeah, a bird flapped and it jumped — 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/1455-pg503-part42/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Bro, why did they not hear the birds talking?

- **1.** They were too busy staring at each other — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Cos the birds were chatting in some weird language that nobody round here speaks, innit — score 2
- **3.** They were asleep, mate — score 2
- **4.** Cos they were just too into each other — no support

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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 1171, line 19: «Old word: "dumb with terror" means so frightened that she cannot speak; "implore" means to beg very earnestly.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1455-pg503-part42/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Wait, how long did the Prince mope about, like proper gutted?

- **1.** Like absolutely ages, bruv, he locked himself in his room and wouldn't come out for nothing — score 1
- **2.** Proper ages, mate, he was stuck in his room with the curtains shut the whole time, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Six weeks, bruv, shut in a room — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Like three weeks, locked up tight — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 1442, line 3: «In the fourth room he finds the Master-maid, a beautiful king's daughter, who teaches him clever tricks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same place «fourth room» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1455-pg503-part42/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Mate, who even told the King to get the Finland wizard?

- **1.** Some random courtier, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Loads of people said it but mainly the wind wizard's son, the one who knew everything, innit — score 0
- **3.** The wind wizard's son, innit — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** I reckon it was the Prince's mate who was always hanging round the stables, innit — no support

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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 1419, line 2: «The mother gives her a candle end and tells her to look at him while he sleeps, without letting any tallow drop.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+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/1455-pg503-part42/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Is the lily actually the maiden, or what?

- **1.** Nah, she's a tree, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, the old witch zapped her into a flower floating on the river, proper mean — no support
- **3.** Yeah, she turned into a bird — no support
- **4.** Yeah, she got zapped into a flower — **✓ 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/1455-pg503-part42/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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So the eldest sister gave him a magic cake, yeah?

- **1.** Nah, it was a massive cake with loads of honey, but then she slipped him a potion too, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Yeah, a cake of herbs, proper magic — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yeah, a bit of soup, proper tasty — no support
- **4.** Nah, a pie with some apples — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1020, line 18: «The wicked queen gives the children "sand in a tea-cup" and tells them to pretend it is cake.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sand» (+1); the same thing acted on «cake» (+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/1455-pg503-part42/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Bruh, what does the crab spell say, like the exact words?

- **1.** From a man into a crab, fam — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** From a king into a frog, bruv — score 0
- **3.** From a dog into a cat, fam — score 0
- **4.** Be a crab, fam — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 770, line 2: «In the wood he meets a fox, who tells him to lie down stiff and pretend to be dead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «fox» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1455-pg503-part42/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Did the swallows actually deliver the message, though?

- **1.** Yeah, they went to the wizard, bruv — no support
- **2.** Yeah, they flew off to Finland, sorted — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Nah, they got lost — no support
- **4.** Nah, they just sat on the roof — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1455, line 16: «The birds: a thrush and a magpie say that men "cannot understand the simplest thing," and the swallows carry his message to Finland.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «swallows» (+2); the same receiver «finland» (+2). Against it: 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/1455-pg503-part42/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Hang on, why does the eagle show up with the instructions?

- **1.** Cos the wizard in Finland had sent it on purpose to help the Prince, so it knew the whole plan, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** Cos the wizard sent it, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Cos the eagle just flew past the castle and happened to see the Prince crying, mate, the whole way — score -1
- **4.** Cos the king sent it, innit — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1127, line 1: «The eagle drops the archer twice more, then says they are quits and carries him on to its master.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «eagle» (-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/1455-pg503-part42/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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So the crow basically says hurry up and dry her tears?

- **1.** Yeah, get on with it, mate — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, mate — no support
- **3.** Nah, go back to sleep, bruv — no support
- **4.** Nah, just wait — 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/1455-pg503-part42/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Why does the Prince finally just go for it, then?

- **1.** Cos the swallows told him the maiden was gone and there's no point living now, so he's off, mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Cos death beats endless sadness, bruv — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** Cos he reckons dying is better than being sad forever, and he can't stand it any more, bruv, innit — score 2
- **4.** Cos he got fed up of waiting, mate — 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 1294, line 2: «The eldest prince gets a shower of mud when he opens the door, so the smith's prince finally rides in full style.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2). 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/1455-pg503-part42/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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So he smears himself in mud and jumps in, yeah?

- **1.** Nah, he smears mud all over his face and then goes to the bridge and tells the crows all about it, innit — no support
- **2.** Yeah, he covers himself in mud and then turns into a crab and jumps in the river, proper dramatic — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** Yeah, he rubs mud on and dives in — no support
- **4.** Yeah, as a crab, straight in the river — **✓ 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 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1451, line 21: «The brothers carry "two such tiny, fragile dogs" in baskets, while the Prince shows them a dog that got "so covered with mud" that it can hardly be seen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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/1455-pg503-part42/t13/)

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

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Which magical substance did the old witch employ in the composition of the enchanted sphere?

- **1.** Some nightshade — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Twelve sorts of hemlock root, with black pepper and sour wine — no support
- **3.** Nine varieties of enchanters' nightshade, together with salt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Three kinds of wolfsbane mixed with dried frogs and honey — 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/1455-pg503-part42/e1/)

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

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Upon what grounds did the Prince resolve to restore the maiden to her original form?

- **1.** Fearing that his life would be empty without her, he chose the danger — no support
- **2.** Death being preferable to unending sorrow, he resolved to act — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** For love alone — no support
- **4.** He wanted to die — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1257, line 13: «The king decides "this man wants to marry you", so he and the princess plan to pay Wali Dâd a visit in person.», 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 «man» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1455-pg503-part42/e2/)

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

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In what manner did the maiden's transformation into a water-lily become known to the Prince?

- **1.** From a bird — score -1
- **2.** By a letter — no support
- **3.** By the song that issued from the flower, heard twice upon the bridge — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** By the wind carrying a note from the far shore — **← Mova's choice** · 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, against 0 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» (+2); the same action «carry» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1455-pg503-part42/e3/)

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

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Which of the following accurately describes the instructions conveyed by the eagle?

- **1.** Bathe in the river, become a swan, and pull the lily's petals — no support
- **2.** Wash in the mill stream, transform into a frog, and cut the reeds — no support
- **3.** Smear oneself with mud, become a crab, and loosen the lily's roots — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** Smear oneself with mud, become a crab, creep into the river at night, and loosen the lily's roots with your claws before dawn — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1455, line 17: «The wizard's way: an eagle brings the instructions, "From a man into a crab," and the Prince must smear himself with mud first.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «smear» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); 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/1455-pg503-part42/e4/)

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