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title: d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked Kin… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1540 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked King's ruin and Grumbly's crown-filled casks

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1540 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/1540-pg540-part37/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, did you see the Wicked King's face when the mouse went nibbling his ears?

- **1.** Nah, he just sat there, innit. — score 1
- **2.** Proper gutted, he was screaming murder like a total muppet — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** Yeah, mate, he was proper scared. — no support
- **4.** Nah, the Prince was the one who got nibbled, lowkey hilarious. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1127, line 19: «fact: Old word: "Tsarevich" means a tsar's son, or prince, and "thou" and "thy" are old words for "you" and "your."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old words» (+2); the same doer «fact» (+1). 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/1540-pg540-part37/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, so Delicia was just chilling in the poultry-yard in a crown?

- **1.** Yeah, she sat with the turkeys all day in a massive golden crown with diamonds, and the Duchess had her cleaning feathers off the floor for years. — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** Yeah, fam, dressed like a queen with diamonds, proper bling — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** Nah, she was in the cellar with the casks and the Duchess, with a thousand crowns and loads of rubbish jewels, proper dodgy scenes all round. — no support
- **4.** Nah, she was in the palace in a silk dress, proper posh. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1540, line 2: «He threatens to tar and feather her, but she begs for two or three days to think.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «delicia» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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/1540-pg540-part37/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Bruv, what did the King even call her?

- **1.** He called her a fat cow, a total disgrace, bruv. — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** Nothing, he didn't say. — no support
- **3.** Just "you", innit. — no support
- **4.** Little fright, little toad, like a proper insult — **✓ 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 1527, line 21: «The story shows that the King's anger melts once he truly looks at the Princess and hears her name.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «name» (+2). Against it: the same doer «story» (-1). 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/1540-pg540-part37/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Was Duchess Grumbly actually fit or what?

- **1.** Nah, bruv, not really. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, she had a massive nose and a bad temper, innit. — no support
- **3.** Yeah, she was dead fit, lovely face, lots of hair. — no support
- **4.** Nah, bruv, one eye, no teeth, face like a massive full moon — **✓ 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/1540-pg540-part37/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Did the King and Prince actually get out of the river?

- **1.** Yeah, they came back. — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** Nope, they were gone for good, never seen again — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** Nope, they drowned. — score 1
- **4.** Nah, they came back the next day, proper annoyed. — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1301, line 17: «Why: The king comes back "very humble and apologetic", and promises never to make war again and to pay a large sum of money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1). 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/1540-pg540-part37/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Did Graciosa get loads of sweets then?

- **1.** Innit, the Fairy gave her a golden cart full of sugar-plums and twenty pots of jam, plus the keys to the palace kitchens, proper sweet. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Innit, bowls of sugar-plums and twenty pots of jam and a whole barrel of honey-cakes from the Duchess's private kitchen, bare sweet. — no support
- **3.** Innit, bowls of sugar-plums and twenty pots of jam, bare sweet — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, a big bag of toffees and a few chocolates, bare nice. — 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/1540-pg540-part37/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What did the King choose from the wine list?

- **1.** Champagne, obviously, the fizzy one from the far cellar, and he made the Duchess bring a whole crate, cos he's dead posh. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Some old Burgundy, obviously, the dark red one from the bottom shelf, cos he thinks he's proper dead posh and clever. — no support
- **3.** Ale, obviously, the strong one, he's dead rough. — no support
- **4.** Champagne, obviously, the fizzy one, he's dead posh — **✓ 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/1540-pg540-part37/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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What came out when the Duchess tapped the cask?

- **1.** A thousand crowns, proper loads of money, sick — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** Loads of rats, mate. — score 0
- **3.** Some old wine, bruv, proper gross, sick. — score 0
- **4.** A thousand toads, mate, proper gross, innit. — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1502, line 11: «What: at the washerwife's house the stains will not come out until the stranger damsel washes the shirts, "and whenever she began the stains came out pure and…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come out» (+2). Against it: the same property (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1540-pg540-part37/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Why did the King stop at the castle?

- **1.** Cos the Duchess invited him, innit, so he came — score 4
- **2.** Cos he had a massive bill to pay, mate — score 4
- **3.** Cos the horses were all lame and the river had flooded the bridge, so he was forced to stop there. — score 5
- **4.** Cos it was boiling hot and he was knackered — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1540, line 12: «WHY: The King stops at Grumbly's castle because "it was very hot weather" and he is tired.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «castle» (+4); the same property (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1540-pg540-part37/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Did the people actually dance after Delicia got sorted?

- **1.** Nah, they went home. — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** Yeah, mate, they all held hands and danced round like a massive party — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** Yeah, they all cheered and shouted and sang, like a right do. — score 1
- **4.** Nah, they all just stood there clapping, quite awkward, innit. — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 557, line 15: «The lotus was "sweet as honey," but it made people forget home, so some of Odysseus's men did not want to leave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «people» (+1). 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/1540-pg540-part37/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Did the Fairy have a massive dress or a tiny one?

- **1.** Massive, its train was at least ten ells long, bare long — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Small, actually, its train was only a few feet, mate. — no support
- **3.** Massive, mate, the train was so long it swept the whole hall clean and had to be carried by six servants at once. — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** Tiny, its train was barely a yard long, quite small, innit. — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1171, line 4: «They build a palace with no windows, lit by tapers, and send the princess's portrait to the courts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «palace» (+2); the same doer «fairies» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1540-pg540-part37/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Was the Duchess's castle close by or miles away?

- **1.** Miles away, bruv, a whole day's ride through the forest and over the hills, past the river and the ruined mill. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Dead far, mate, a long trek over the marshes. — no support
- **3.** Far away, bruv, a long way through the forest hills. — no support
- **4.** Close, not far off, like just round the corner — **✓ 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/1540-pg540-part37/t12/)

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

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In the passage, what is the principal reason given for the guards binding the hands and feet of Delicia?

- **1.** The guards bound her for fear that she might attempt to escape. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** To stop her escaping. — no support
- **3.** They feared she would try to run off. — no support
- **4.** She was a prisoner. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1540, line 7: «WHAT: The guards tie Delicia up because the King wants her to love his son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «guards» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1540-pg540-part37/e1/)

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

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According to the narrative, by what means did the Fairy effect the downfall of the Wicked King?

- **1.** She summoned an army of rats and mice, turned herself into a little mouse, and gnawed the King's ears during the feast before the whole court. — score -2
- **2.** She transformed herself into a mouse, crept into his bedchamber, and nibbled his ears while he slept, until he fled screaming through the palace. — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** She drowned him in the river with a magic storm. — score -6
- **4.** She transformed herself into a mouse and tormented him in his sleep. — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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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 1539, line 15: «old word: a "league" was about three miles, so "for leagues round" means people came from far away.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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/1540-pg540-part37/e2/)

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

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Which of the following accurately describes the Duchess Grumbly as presented in the opening of the story of Graciosa?

- **1.** She was extremely ugly, having one eye and no teeth, and was cross with the court. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She was a wealthy widow who was extremely ugly, having one eye and no teeth, and who had locked her cellar of two hundred casks. — no support
- **3.** She was beautiful, with two bright eyes and a kind smile, and was loved by the court. — no support
- **4.** She was extremely ugly, having one eye and no teeth, a face like a full moon, and was cross with the court, the King, and the whole kingdom. — 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/1540-pg540-part37/e3/)

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

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What is the significance of the cellar of two hundred casks within the narrative?

- **1.** It reveals the Duchess's hidden wealth, as the casks yield a thousand crowns. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It shows the Fairy's power, since the casks hold a spell of sleep. — no support
- **3.** It reveals the Duchess's hidden wealth and her cruel nature, since she tricked the King into tapping the casks, which yielded a thousand crowns each. — no support
- **4.** It reveals the Duchess's hidden wealth, which the King eventually drinks away, as each of the two hundred casks yields a thousand crowns and a fortune. — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/1540-pg540-part37/e4/)

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