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title: Blue Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 1: a prince refuses a weddi… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Blue Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 1: a prince refuses a wedding and finds magic in his tower

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1554 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/1554-pg540-part51/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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test: Bruv, that Grandma was proper wicked with the sack, right?

- **1.** She dropped the Wolf in the well — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She trapped the Wolf in a sack and dropped it in the well — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** She tied the Wolf up and threw him down into the well outside — no support
- **4.** She drowned the Wolf in water — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1554, line 1: «The brave Grandmother traps the Wolf in her sack and drops him into the well, where he drowns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wolf» (+2); the same place «sack» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+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/1554-pg540-part51/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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test: So what did she give Blanchette to make her well again, innit?

- **1.** a bit of cake and wine — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** some soup — score 1
- **3.** just some bread — score 1
- **4.** a bit of bread and milk — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1229, line 16: «Why does the mermaid seize him? She "knew he was the boy who had been given her before he was born."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same thing acted on «boy» (+1). Against it: 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/1554-pg540-part51/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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test: Mate, what colour was Blanchette's hood?

- **1.** golden like the sun over the sea at dawn — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** golden like gold — no support
- **3.** pink — no support
- **4.** golden like the sun — **✓ 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/1554-pg540-part51/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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test: Yo, what did Blanchette swear to her mum she'd never do again?

- **1.** go into the woods alone when Mum says not to — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** listen to a Wolf — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** trust a stranger — no support
- **4.** listen to any wolf who talks to her in the woods — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1457, line 9: «Why: the boy "had sworn to bring the Terrible Head", and the lady says the oath was "foolish and hasty" but may still be kept.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «say» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1554-pg540-part51/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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test: Lol, what did his mum call the Prince?

- **1.** Spiraline — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Curlicue — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Corkscrew — no support
- **4.** Kiki — 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/1554-pg540-part51/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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test: Mate, how ugly was the Prince, like, for real?

- **1.** so ugly that the servants all hid from his gaze — no support
- **2.** crooked legs, a hunchback and a face covered in warts — score 5
- **3.** a crooked back and warts — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** crooked legs and a hunchback — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 463, line 3: «Katoma does the hard work, then tames the magic horse with iron chunks so it can carry the Prince to the wedding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «horse» (+4); the same thing acted on «prince» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1554-pg540-part51/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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test: Dude, why did Grumpy wanna marry his son to the lame girl?

- **1.** because the lame girl's father promised him a huge army — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** to gain more land — no support
- **3.** to get more powerful — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** to unite both kingdoms so he rules everything — 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/1554-pg540-part51/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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test: Bruv, why's the Prince chilling in the tower anyway?

- **1.** he got banned for kissing the wrong maid — no support
- **2.** he refused to marry the lame girl and was locked up — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** he refused the marriage — no support
- **4.** he said no to the wedding — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1554, line 5: «The King wants Curlicue to marry a lame Princess, Curlicue refuses, and he is locked in an old tower.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-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/1554-pg540-part51/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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test: Nah, how long had that tower been empty, like proper ages?

- **1.** about three hundred years — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a while — no support
- **3.** nearly two centuries — no support
- **4.** about two hundred years — **✓ 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/1554-pg540-part51/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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test: Innit, what did the painted windows show?

- **1.** the whole life story of a king from birth to death — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** scenes of a man's life — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** a city and some trees — score 1
- **4.** scenes of a man's life, his battles and his wedding — 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 256, line 5: «explain: The Princess's handkerchief test breaks the oldest son's leg, the prince passes it easily, and she shows that he is the one she has been looking for.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «test» (+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/1554-pg540-part51/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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test: Sick, what made the Prince faint in the end?

- **1.** the book talking to him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the book's strange voice — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** the words of an old book being read aloud — no support
- **4.** the voice of the painted figure speaking from the book — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1357, line 2: «The Second Knight pretends to be tired from a long journey and hands over a jeweled branch made by six jewelers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «jeweled branch» (+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/1554-pg540-part51/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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test: Wicked, what did the book ask him to do?

- **1.** give them back their Queen — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** return the lost Prince — no support
- **3.** rescue the Queen from the tower and restore order — no support
- **4.** go out and find their lost Queen in the forest — 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/1554-pg540-part51/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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test: Mate, what's the Princess's name, the one with the crutch?

- **1.** Cabbage-Stalk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Parsnip-Root — no support
- **3.** Radish-Head — no support
- **4.** Kale — 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/1554-pg540-part51/t13/)

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

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exam: In what manner did the Prince respond to the portrait of the Princess?

- **1.** with a disdainful air — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** angrily — no support
- **3.** with a sad glance — no support
- **4.** with a curious look — 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/1554-pg540-part51/e1/)

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

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exam: Into what receptacle did the Grandmother deposit the Wolf?

- **1.** the cellar — score -3
- **2.** the sea — score -3
- **3.** the well — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **4.** the river — **← 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 1530, line 5: «She builds a ladder from chicken bones, sticks her little finger on the top, and the Pig comes home, turns into a dove, and becomes a man.», 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: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). 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/1554-pg540-part51/e2/)

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

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exam: What was the Prince's sentence for refusing the marriage?

- **1.** lifelong imprisonment in the highest tower of the castle — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** being locked in a cell with no windows for many years — no support
- **3.** imprisonment in a tower — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** banishment to the forest — 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/1554-pg540-part51/e3/)

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

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exam: What object did the King hold before the Princess?

- **1.** a cup — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a painting — no support
- **3.** a lantern — no support
- **4.** a mirror — **✓ 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/1554-pg540-part51/e4/)

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