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title: Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack tricks, slays giants, break… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1501 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 14 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack tricks, slays giants, breaks the spell and wins the duke's daughter

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**Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1501 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/1501-pg503-part88/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Oi, what did Jack stuff in his coat so the giant would think he was eating loads?

- **1.** hasty-pudding in a bag — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** hot hasty-pudding hidden in a leather bag — score -1
- **3.** porridge in a sack — no support
- **4.** a big pot of hasty-pudding and milk in a bag — score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1501, line 12: «Jack hides the pudding in a "leathern bag" inside his coat and pretends to eat it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «pudding» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1501-pg503-part88/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Mate, whose legs got chopped off, like proper?

- **1.** the giant — score 6
- **2.** the first giant — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **3.** the second giant — score 10
- **4.** Jack — score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1501, line 16: «Jack's first blows miss the giant's body, so he cuts off both his legs, then stabs him through the body.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «legs» (+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/1501-pg503-part88/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Wicked, what did the giant say was gonna happen to Jack's brains?

- **1.** pulled out and thrown on the floor — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** smashed on rocks — no support
- **3.** dashed out completely from his head — no support
- **4.** dashed out quite — **✓ 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/1501-pg503-part88/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Gutted, what did the giant stab himself with?

- **1.** the knife — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** a sword — score 4
- **3.** his own club — score 4
- **4.** the axe — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1500, line 15: «Jack uses "a strong cord" with a slip-knot at each end, choking the giants and then stabbing them "to the heart".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+3); the same action «stab» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1501-pg503-part88/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Innit, what was the giant dragging along by the hair?

- **1.** a knight and his lady — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a maiden — no support
- **3.** a fat cook — no support
- **4.** a monk and his wife — 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/1501-pg503-part88/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Bare sick, what was the duke's daughter turned into?

- **1.** a cat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a white swan — no support
- **3.** a fox — no support
- **4.** a deer — **✓ 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/1501-pg503-part88/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Proper, what guards the castle gate?

- **1.** two lions — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** a dozen armed guards with swords — score 3
- **3.** two fiery griffins — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** two iron serpents — 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 1339, line 16: «Old word: a "porter" is the man who guards a gate or door; today we would say a doorkeeper or gatekeeper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «guard» (+2); the same thing acted on «gate» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). 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/1501-pg503-part88/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Mate, what blew the castle gates open?

- **1.** a shrill blast from the golden trumpet — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** a shrill blast — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** the strong wind blast — score 3
- **4.** a sudden loud wind — 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 773, line 2: «He rides the stolen horse up the glass mountain, and his stick blows the castle gate wide open.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «blow» (+2); the same thing acted on «castle gate» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1501-pg503-part88/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Dead cool, where did the magician end up?

- **1.** carried high into the sky and never seen again — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** burned to ash — no support
- **3.** whirled off by a whirlwind — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** whirled off by a great whirlwind over the hills — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1433, line 8: «Why: the Princess was tricked into swapping the old lamp, so the magician took the lamp and the palace with it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «magician» (+3); the same action «take» (+1). 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/1501-pg503-part88/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Ta, what did the magic cap give Jack?

- **1.** wealth — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** knowledge — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** the power to fly over the castle walls — no support
- **4.** courage — 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 1415, line 12: «The minister's son's old ship had "a black battered hull" and "infirm and crippled" sailors, the sad ship that the captain gave him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1501-pg503-part88/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Ace, who got Jack's big reward?

- **1.** the king's own brother and his sons — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** a lord — score -3
- **3.** the duke — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the knight Sir Peter — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 487, line 5: «The old man revives the Princess, shares the King's reward, and gives the Pope the third share meant for the thief.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «reward» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old man» (-1). 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/1501-pg503-part88/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Oi, what did the giant's own hand do at the end?

- **1.** it grabbed the knife and turned it on him — score -7
- **2.** stabbed him in the gut — **✓ the right answer** · score -6
- **3.** his own hand stabbed him in the stomach and gut — score -6
- **4.** it stabbed his own leg — **← 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 -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1463, line 10: «What is a cabinet? In the story it is a small box for valuables, while today a cabinet is usually a cupboard with shelves or doors.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «small box» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1501-pg503-part88/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Mate, who got the giant's nose sliced off, like, by accident?

- **1.** the giant who lay on the wooden block of timber — no support
- **2.** the giant on the block — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **3.** the giant standing beside the stone well at the castle gate — no support
- **4.** the giant at the table — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1501, line 4: «Jack, in his magic gear, kills a giant who is dragging a knight and lady, then cuts off another giant's nose.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «nose» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same doer «jack» (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1501-pg503-part88/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Innit, what did the old man at the mountain house give Jack?

- **1.** a cloak and a horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** a bed — score 4
- **3.** a bed and a lesson — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** food — 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 1462, line 2: «The merchant, Mr. Fitzwarren, takes pity, feeds the boy, and sets him to work, and Miss Alice makes the servants kind to him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «feed» (+2). Against it: the same receiver «boy» (-1). 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/1501-pg503-part88/t14/)

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

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Which object did the first giant use to strike the bed during the night?

- **1.** a stick — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** a rusty axe — score -1
- **3.** a club — score -1
- **4.** a bludgeon — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1463, line 17: «What is "genteel"? In the story it means well-bred and polite, a word people rarely use now, when we might say "smart" or "refined."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2). Against it: the same doer «word» (-3). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1501-pg503-part88/e1/)

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

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By what means did Jack deceive the giant regarding his capacity to consume food?

- **1.** a leathern bag concealed beneath his coat — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a leathern bag secretly hidden under the great coat he wore — score -1
- **3.** a wooden box tucked within his cloak — score 1
- **4.** a bag of pudding hidden in his sleeve — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1501, line 12: «Jack hides the pudding in a "leathern bag" inside his coat and pretends to eat it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same thing acted on «pudding» (+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/1501-pg503-part88/e2/)

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

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To whom did Jack present his account of the battles upon returning to the court?

- **1.** to the queen — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** to the King — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** to Arthur — score 7
- **4.** the King — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask whom it is for. 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 1457, line 12: «He keeps the eye until they tell him the way, and then he gives it back, so the sisters can look out for "the old times coming back".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give back» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1501-pg503-part88/e3/)

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

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What was the consequence of the enchanter's defeat?

- **1.** He was borne away by a violent whirlwind over the hills — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was thrown into the deep sea — no support
- **3.** He was borne away by a whirlwind — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He was struck by lightning — 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/1501-pg503-part88/e4/)

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