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# Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the true bride wins her king

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1577 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/1577-pg540-part74/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, so the step-mom just lied to the girl about her brother the whole boat trip?

- **1.** nah, she only said it once — score 0
- **2.** fr, she made stuff up the whole time — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** fr, she made up the whole thing about the brother — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** idk, maybe she was scared — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1311, line 5: «Her husband recognises her, she tells how her brother lied, and she asks that he be sent out of the town.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «brother» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/1577-pg540-part74/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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wait, why did the king keep the ugly bride?

- **1.** cause the feast was already cooked and everyone was waiting — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** cause the party was already set up — score 2
- **3.** cause the food was already made — score 2
- **4.** cause he had no other choice then — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 854, line 11: «Why: the men keep Rudy awake during the storm, because they "told Rudy that he must not dare to sleep."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «men» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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is the brother actually cooked in the snake pit?

- **1.** yep, but the dog pulled him out before the snakes could bite him — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** nah, the snakes got scared and left him alone the whole time — score 0
- **3.** nah, he was pulled out early — score -1
- **4.** nah, the snakes never touched him — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1247, line 6: «The cat is the lion's little brother, and the text says he is "patient, like most cats."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+2). 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/1577-pg540-part74/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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how did the true bride get her gold?

- **1.** it fell out of her hair as she brushed it in the kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** she was given it by the cook — score 2
- **3.** the cook gave her a bag of gold for her brushing work — score 2
- **4.** it dropped out of her hair when she brushed it — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1577, line 5: «On three Thursday nights the true bride sneaks into the kitchen, brushes gold from her hair, and sings her sad rhyme; on the third night the guards make the Ki…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «brush» (+2); the same doer «true bride» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «gold» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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why did the king fall asleep every time?

- **1.** the bushy bride's crooning knocked him out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** she put him under a spell — score 2
- **3.** her singing made him drowsy — score 4
- **4.** her crooning and a sleepy potion from the cook knocked him out cold — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1577, line 16: «Old word: "crooned" means sang softly and gently, and the Bushy Bride's crooning makes the King fall asleep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «croon» (+4); the same doer «bushy bride» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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what was the rhyme about?

- **1.** the girl's sad bed of sand and stones beneath the waves — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** her sad bed on sand and stones — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** her cold bed in the sea — score 5
- **4.** a sad song about a lost girl and her broken casket at sea — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1577, line 15: «Her rhyme tells the story: "On sand and stones my bed I make, And my brother sleeps with the cold snake."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «rhyme» (+1); the same thing acted on «stones» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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what got the true bride freed?

- **1.** the King kissed her hand gently — score 2
- **2.** her brother came back and the King cut her finger till it bled — score 6
- **3.** the King finally cut her finger until blood flowed out — score 6
- **4.** the King cut her finger till it bled — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 1577, line 5: «On three Thursday nights the true bride sneaks into the kitchen, brushes gold from her hair, and sings her sad rhyme; on the third night the guards make the Ki…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cut» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1); the same thing acted on «finger» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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where did the wicked step-mom and step-sister end up?

- **1.** locked up in the cellar — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** flung into the snake pit with the wicked sister — no support
- **3.** flung into the snake pit to be eaten by snakes — no support
- **4.** flung into the snake pit — **✓ 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/1577-pg540-part74/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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how did the King feel about getting rid of the bushy bride?

- **1.** super happy, like finally — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** super happy and totally relieved, like finally free — score 4
- **3.** he cried tears of joy when she was gone for good — score 1
- **4.** happy to be rid of her — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1562, line 4: «The King sets one more test: the Princess hides twice, and then the youth must hide and be found.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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how big was the bushy bride's nose?

- **1.** three ells, kinda long — no support
- **2.** as long as a whole cloth roll, really massive — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** five ells, like huge — score 3
- **4.** four ells, like massive — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1396, line 14: «How his nose grows: each lie makes it longer, and after the third one it is "so long that he could not even turn around."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «nose» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same property (-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/1577-pg540-part74/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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what does the word wroth mean?

- **1.** sad and hurt, like crying over something lost forever — score -3
- **2.** super angry and raging, like really furious at someone — score -3
- **3.** kind of tired, honestly — score 4
- **4.** super angry, like furious — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1577, line 12: «Old word: "wroth" means very angry, and today we would just say "angry" or "furious."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same property (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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what did the girl throw first into the sea?

- **1.** her golden comb, the ring — score 5
- **2.** her casket and the little wooden box she kept — no support
- **3.** the little dog named Little Snow in the water — score -2
- **4.** her casket, the little box — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1577, line 2: «The girl obeys and throws her casket into the sea, then her dear dog Little Snow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «throw» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «girl» (+1); the same thing acted on «casket» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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how did the real wedding go?

- **1.** everyone talked about it for ages and the bells rang all day — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** the guests all went home early — no support
- **3.** the King slept through it — score 0
- **4.** everyone talked about it for ages — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 919, line 2: «A mother takes her small son back to Marbach, and they stand in the churchyard looking at the bell that once rang for weddings and funerals.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bell» (+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/1577-pg540-part74/t13/)

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

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Which object did the girl throw into the sea upon the first instruction, as reported by the step-mother?

- **1.** The golden comb she carried — no support
- **2.** Her little silver dog bell — score 5
- **3.** The casket, a small box of her own, with a lock — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **4.** The casket, a small box of her own — **✓ the right answer** · score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1577, line 2: «The girl obeys and throws her casket into the sea, then her dear dog Little Snow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «throw» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «girl» (+1); the same thing acted on «casket» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/e1/)

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

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Describe the manner in which the true bride ultimately regained her rightful place in the palace.

- **1.** The King saw blood and let her go — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** She was freed by the blood of her finger, and the King learned the truth — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** She just walked free — no support
- **4.** Her brother came and saved her — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1577, line 9: «Where: the wedding happens at a palace, and the King sees the ugly bride "with a nose that was four ells long."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+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/1577-pg540-part74/e2/)

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

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Identify the punishment imposed upon the step-mother and step-sister at the conclusion of the narrative.

- **1.** They were thrown into the snake-pit in place of the brother and then the palace gates were sealed forever — score 2
- **2.** They were locked in the tower for life — no support
- **3.** They were flung into the snake-pit in place of the brother — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** They were flung into the snake-pit in place of the brother, who was freed — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1577, line 19: «The step-mother and step-sister are flung into the snake-pit "instead of him," so the wicked women get the punishment they deserved.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «fling» (+2); the same thing acted on «step mother» (+1); the same place «snake pit» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/e3/)

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

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State the meaning of the archaic term "ell" as it is employed in the description of the Bushy Bride.

- **1.** An old unit of measure for cloth, roughly forty-five inches — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** An old unit of weight for gold, about three pounds — score 3
- **3.** The length of a king's arm, a measure of cloth used at court for weddings — score 0
- **4.** An old unit of measure for cloth, roughly forty-five inches long and used by tailors — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 592, line 20: «Old word: when Remus calls the day "raw," he means it is cold and damp, a meaning that is still used today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1577-pg540-part74/e4/)

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