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title: Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 76: Gulliver pulls th… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1489 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 76: Gulliver pulls the enemy fleet, then escapes to Blefuscu

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1489 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/1489-pg503-part76/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Bro, what did Gulliver stick on his nose so the arrows didn't get his eyes?

- **1.** a hat — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** his specs — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** a mask — score 4
- **4.** his glasses — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 742, line 14: «The unicorn runs at the tailor, but he jumps behind a tree, and the beast "stuck its horn so fast in the trunk that it had not the strength enough to draw it o…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stick» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1489-pg503-part76/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Ngl, how many ships did he drag behind him?

- **1.** one hundred and fifty — no support
- **2.** fifty — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** ten — no support
- **4.** more than seventy ships — score -6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1489, line 2: «He cuts the anchor cables and drags fifty big warships behind him, while the Blefuscudians wail in despair.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same action «drag» (+2); 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/1489-pg503-part76/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Lowkey, what did the Emperor wanna do after the big win?

- **1.** seize the whole navy — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** destroy every Blefuscudian city and village — no support
- **3.** take all the enemy ships — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** steal the enemy boats — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1489, line 10: «Why: He wants to save Lilliput from the enemy fleet, but he refuses to help the Emperor conquer Blefuscu.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). 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/1489-pg503-part76/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Be real, why did Gulliver say no to the Emperor?

- **1.** no way he'd enslave folks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he felt it wasn't fair — no support
- **3.** he wanted to go back to England with his friends — no support
- **4.** he was too honest to lie — 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/1489-pg503-part76/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Wait, who was the dude who hated him the most?

- **1.** Bolgolam — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Flimnap — no support
- **3.** Hurgo — no support
- **4.** Skyresh — 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/1489-pg503-part76/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Deadass, who was the secretary who saved his eyes?

- **1.** the old lord Golbasto Momaren — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Reldresal — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Bolgolam — no support
- **4.** Skyresh Bolgolam the admiral — 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/1489-pg503-part76/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Bruh, where did the lord hide when he visited?

- **1.** in his coat pocket — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** under his bed — score 2
- **3.** in a silver cup on the table — score 2
- **4.** inside his boot — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1222, line 3: «The servant hides in the bushes at the fork, and when only two brothers come by, the youngest's bow snaps.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1489-pg503-part76/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Fam, how many ambassadors rolled up from Blefuscu?

- **1.** 1 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** ten — no support
- **3.** 0 — no support
- **4.** six — **✓ 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/1489-pg503-part76/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Sus, how did the Emperor feel about Gulliver's no?

- **1.** he never forgave him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he laughed — no support
- **3.** he forgave him quickly — no support
- **4.** he was glad — 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/1489-pg503-part76/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Yo, what honour did Gulliver get when he landed?

- **1.** Grand Admiral of the whole empire — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a Glumdal — no support
- **3.** a Nardal — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a Hurgo — 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/1489-pg503-part76/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Mate, how long till the secretary came to read the charge?

- **1.** until the next full moon arrived — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** two days — no support
- **3.** as soon as the Emperor's council had finally met again — no support
- **4.** three days — **✓ 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/1489-pg503-part76/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Bet, what did Gulliver do at the end?

- **1.** sailed to England — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** fled home — no support
- **3.** swam to Blefuscu — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** sailed off — 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/1489-pg503-part76/t12/)

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

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Which implement did the narrator affix to the prow of each vessel?

- **1.** a chain — **← Mova's choice** · score -5
- **2.** a hook — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a nail — no support
- **4.** a bolt — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 629, line 16: «Old word: "dole" means a share of food handed out, and "plowter" means to wander about in the mud, a word the narrator uses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «narrator» (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-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/1489-pg503-part76/e1/)

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

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What sentence was pronounced upon the narrator by the council?

- **1.** being thrown into the dungeon for life without trial — no support
- **2.** the loss of his hands — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** the loss of his eyes — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** being burned alive before the palace — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1439, line 16: «In her dream a Prince says, "Only be grateful," and warns her "do not trust too much to your eyes."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). 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/1489-pg503-part76/e2/)

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

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Through whose intercession was the sentence mitigated?

- **1.** Reldresal, the secretary — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the Emperor's trusted secretary of state — no support
- **3.** Hurgo, the chief judge — no support
- **4.** Flimnap, the Treasurer — 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/1489-pg503-part76/e3/)

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

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Where did the narrator proceed after wading through the channel?

- **1.** the royal court of the Emperor of Lilliput — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** the palace of Blefuscu — score 2
- **3.** the capital of Blefuscu — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** the great harbour where the enemy fleet was anchored — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1281, line 7: «What: the king says "You swore to marry her if she saved your life", so the prince must keep his promise.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+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/1489-pg503-part76/e4/)

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