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title: Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies: a foolish family, three simple… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1547 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 13 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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# Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies: a foolish family, three simpletons and a magic cloth

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**Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1547 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/1547-pg540-part44/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, what did the dude snatch outta the barber's hand, innit?

- **1.** the scissors — no support
- **2.** the hot towel — no support
- **3.** the barber's silver shaving blade — **← Mova's choice** · score -7
- **4.** the razor — **✓ 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 -7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 892, line 13: «What: Helga snatches her knife from her girdle and rushes at the priest, crying "Let me get at thee!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the same thing acted on «knife» (-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/1547-pg540-part44/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Mate, where did that bloke end up after he legged it?

- **1.** into a ditch — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** down a precipice — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** over a fence — no support
- **4.** off a roof — 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/1547-pg540-part44/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Be real, why'd the girl park herself on the cellar stairs?

- **1.** to read a big book — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** to think up baby names — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** to wait for her dad — score 3
- **4.** to cry alone — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1521, line 14: «The goose-girl: she says "I only look after the Governor's geese", and she calls the geese "the little fiends".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «goose girl» (+2); the same action «say» (+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/1547-pg540-part44/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Lol, what was the beer doing while they were all faffing about?

- **1.** hopping on the table top — no support
- **2.** rolling under the bench — no support
- **3.** running all over the floor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** spilled on the floor — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1547, line 2: «Next, a girl of thirty-seven is too silly to marry, and when her suitor comes, she and her parents sit on the cellar stairs while the beer runs over the floor.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «floor» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1547-pg540-part44/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Sus, what did the lover say he'd do once he found three sillier peeps?

- **1.** come back — no support
- **2.** return to the king — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** wed the cook's daughter — no support
- **4.** come back and wed her — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1293, line 1: «The two eldest sisters' lovers come back to life, and Seven Inches gives each sister a set of crowns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lovers» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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/1547-pg540-part44/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Real talk, what did the walnut crew try to chuck into the cart?

- **1.** the cart with the mule — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** the walnuts with a fork — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the walnuts into the cart with a rope and a long pole — no support
- **4.** the walnuts into the wooden cart using a big wooden fork and spade — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1528, line 19: «Old word: "woo" means to court someone and try to win their hand in marriage; today we say "ask out" or "propose".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). 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/1547-pg540-part44/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Dead, what did the pig-bloke want his pig to nosh?

- **1.** acorns — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** grass — no support
- **3.** hay — no support
- **4.** barley — 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/1547-pg540-part44/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Ngl, what was the trouser guy trying to do with a tree?

- **1.** hang the trousers on the oak and climb up after them — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** hang the pants on the highest branch and then jump down into the grass — no support
- **3.** hang the pants on it and jump — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** pull the trousers up — 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/1547-pg540-part44/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Bro, what was the blue bull's secret?

- **1.** a key in his right ear — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a cloth tucked under his collar and hidden by his mane — no support
- **3.** a cloth in his left ear — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a small cloth hidden deep inside his left ear behind the fur — 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/1547-pg540-part44/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Yeah nah, what did the cloth conjure up when opened?

- **1.** dishes, meat and bread — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** dishes, wine and cake — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** dishes, wine, cake and a whole roast pig on silver plates — score 1
- **4.** dishes, wine and cake served on a long table of gold — no support

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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 385, line 19: «Old word: "beseeching" means begging very earnestly; today we would say pleading.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «beseech» (+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/1547-pg540-part44/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Mad, how did the stepmum and her scraggy daughter look when the girl got plump?

- **1.** green with envy and spite — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** red and furious at the news — score 0
- **3.** blue and white with vexation — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** very angry indeed — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 435, line 2: «She looks into the water, sees his head floating, and knows her mother has drowned him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. 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/1547-pg540-part44/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Ayo, what did the girl's mum and dad keep saying?

- **1.** the names are all taken — **✓ the right answer** · score -5
- **2.** the names are all taken and the baby has none — score -5
- **3.** the girls were all named — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **4.** the names were all chosen — score -5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1543, line 19: «Impostor: a person who pretends to be someone else; today we'd say fake or a fraud.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, scored -5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1547-pg540-part44/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Wicked, what's the old word for a servant girl who watched her?

- **1.** stepdaughter's watchful attendant — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** chambermaid — no support
- **3.** governess — no support
- **4.** handmaiden — **✓ 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/1547-pg540-part44/t13/)

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

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Which object did the man seize from the barber before fleeing the house?

- **1.** the razor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** a coin — score 1
- **3.** the scissors — score 1
- **4.** a comb — 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 1307, line 5: «At dawn the poor brother climbs the city wall meaning to die, but he lands on a sick old man, and two young men seize him and take him to the court-house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: 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/1547-pg540-part44/e1/)

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

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What was the fate of the man who ran from the barber?

- **1.** he fell down a steep rocky precipice and was never found again — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** he tumbled off a cliff and landed in a thorn bush below — score 0
- **3.** he was caught by guards — score -3
- **4.** he fell down a precipice — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1547, line 8: «What: the man "fell head foremost down a precipice, and never was seen again."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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/1547-pg540-part44/e2/)

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

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What did the King's daughter receive from the blue bull's left ear?

- **1.** a bell that rang loudly — no support
- **2.** a cloth that supplied food — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a horse that flew fast — score -3
- **4.** a golden ring — **← 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 -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1474, line 4: «Later the children find a dwarf whose long beard is stuck in a split tree.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+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/1547-pg540-part44/e3/)

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

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What did the young suitor resolve upon leaving the cellar?

- **1.** to search for three wiser people — score 0
- **2.** to find three wiser men — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** to seek three persons more foolish — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** to visit the king's great court and ask for advice — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1546, line 7: «Why he goes: he felt "it would be a terrible thing to die and leave all his possessions behind."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+2). Against it: the same doer «man» (-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/1547-pg540-part44/e4/)

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