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title: Blue Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 40: Graciosa tricks the… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Blue Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 40: Graciosa tricks the Queen with the thread, then faces a barrel of mixed-up feathers

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

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Lesson 1543 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/1543-pg540-part40/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Bruh, where did Percinet take her to look at the town?

- **1.** Up a super high tower — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** A hill — score 8
- **3.** The roof — score 8
- **4.** Up the big old hill — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1534, line 1: «The Prince takes the witch's daughter home as his bride, but the kitchen girl whispers that he must not rob her of her gold.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+3); 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/1543-pg540-part40/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Lowkey, what did Graciosa stick in her mouth?

- **1.** The tip of her little finger, dipped in honey — no support
- **2.** A sweet sugared almond she had hidden in her pocket — no support
- **3.** Her little toe — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** Her pinky tip — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 583, line 17: «All the hair stays in Bear's mouth, which is why the Possum's tail is bare, and his children's tails are bare too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1543-pg540-part40/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Wait, what did the Queen tell the King?

- **1.** Graciosa is dead, no big loss — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** Graciosa is gone, who cares — score 1
- **3.** Graciosa ran off, good riddance — no support
- **4.** Dead, no loss — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1543, line 9: «What the Queen says: "That miserable Princess is dead, and no great loss either."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+8); the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «miserable princess» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1543-pg540-part40/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Fr, what got buried in that hole?

- **1.** A bag of coins — **← Mova's choice** · score -3
- **2.** A chunk of wood wrapped in the royal cloak — no support
- **3.** A chunk of wood — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **4.** A wooden doll made to look like her — no support

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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 1212, line 15: «The gold runs all over the world, and the bridge is buried in a very small but very deep hole so no one can cross seas easily.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bury» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). 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/1543-pg540-part40/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Yo, how did the palace end up?

- **1.** It turned to glass sand — no support
- **2.** It exploded into splinters — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** It exploded into a thousand tiny splinters and fell — score 6
- **4.** It melted into the ground — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1371, line 5: «The monkey climbs onto the jelly fish's back, and they set off into the sea with the jelly fish promising to keep him safe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «palace» (+4); the same action «set off» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1543-pg540-part40/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Ngl, where did they lock Graciosa up?

- **1.** In a cold cellar — score 8
- **2.** In a dark cellar beneath the kitchen with no windows — score 2
- **3.** In a dusty garret — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **4.** In a dusty garret at the very top of the house — score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 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 1543, line 4: «Back at the castle the King believes her, but the Queen arrives, calls her an impostor, and locks her in a garret.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lock» (+3); the same thing acted on «graciosa» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1543-pg540-part40/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Mate, why was the Queen so mad at her?

- **1.** Graciosa was the real princess and the Queen knew it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Graciosa was the real princess — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Graciosa had stolen her crown — no support
- **4.** The Queen hated her new maid — 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/1543-pg540-part40/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Mad, what did the thread look like?

- **1.** Knotted and very thin — no support
- **2.** Very messy — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** Super tangled and fragile — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Wound up and easily broken — 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 412, line 3: «The thread leads her to the church, where she climbs a ladder, looks through a window, and sees him eating a dead body.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «thread» (+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/1543-pg540-part40/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Bro, who untangled the skein?

- **1.** The old Fairy — **← Mova's choice** · score -6
- **2.** The old Fairy with her enormous skein — score -6
- **3.** The Queen — score -6
- **4.** Percinet — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -6, tied with another option at -6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 855, line 16: «Old word: "cooper" is a man who makes wooden barrels; Rudy learned this trade, but did not like it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). 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/1543-pg540-part40/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Real talk, what did the Queen slap?

- **1.** Graciosa's cheeks with both hands — score -3
- **2.** The cheeks of Graciosa and her old nurse — score -3
- **3.** Graciosa's cheeks — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **4.** Her servant's arm — **← 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, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 15: ««The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. "Off with his head!"», which she says about the Cat «without even looking round».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «one way» (-2). 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/1543-pg540-part40/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Sus, what birds were in the barrel?

- **1.** Nightingales and owls — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Ravens and crows — no support
- **3.** Parrots and swans — no support
- **4.** Nightingales, owls, and a few peacocks — 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/1543-pg540-part40/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Fam, what did Graciosa find out about the feathers?

- **1.** Impossible to tell apart — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Hard to tell apart — no support
- **3.** Too alike to separate — no support
- **4.** Very colourful — **← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1542, line 8: «Graciosa is not hurt, but she pretends to be ill, and the Duchess is so pleased that she "recovered twice as fast".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «graciosa» (+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/1543-pg540-part40/t12/)

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

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With reference to the narrative, in what location does the Prince conduct the Princess to observe the town?

- **1.** A lofty tower constructed of rock-crystal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** A lofty tower constructed of rock-crystal with a golden roof and many windows — score -1
- **3.** A lofty tower of rock-crystal beside the sea in the garden — no support
- **4.** A high tower of glass in the old garden — no support

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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 884, line 13: «The flower-prince is "as white and transparent as if he had been made of crystal", with a gold crown.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1543-pg540-part40/e1/)

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

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Which object was interred by the Queen's command in place of the Princess?

- **1.** A stone — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A sack of flour — no support
- **3.** A log of wood — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A bag — 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/1543-pg540-part40/e2/)

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

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By what agency was the tangled skein finally disentangled?

- **1.** By a knife — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** With a silver comb — no support
- **3.** By the old Fairy's hand — no support
- **4.** By the Prince's wand — **✓ 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/1543-pg540-part40/e3/)

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

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Of what fault does the Queen falsely accuse the Princess concerning the skein?

- **1.** Its broken thread — no support
- **2.** The soiled condition of the whole skein and its ends — no support
- **3.** Its tangled colour — **← Mova's choice** · score -3
- **4.** Its soiled condition — **✓ the right answer** · 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1311, line 17: «Her charge: she says her brother "had tried to persuade the king to slay her" after accusing her of being a witch.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «accuse» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-4). 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/1543-pg540-part40/e4/)

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