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title: Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd kills Faf… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1584 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 7 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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# Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd kills Fafnir, learns the birds' speech, and wakes Brynhild

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**Tests:** 7 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1584 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/1584-pg540-part81/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, whose heart was Sigurd frying on a stick, innit?

- **1.** Odin's — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Andvari's — score 3
- **3.** Fafnir's — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Regin's — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1519, line 18: «Hard words: a "hag" was an ugly old woman, often a witch in tales, and today it is mostly used as an insult.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «ugly old woman» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same doer «hard words» (-1). 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/1584-pg540-part81/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Mate, what did Gram do to that iron block, proper?

- **1.** Broke it — no support
- **2.** Cut it apart — score 1
- **3.** Bent it — no support
- **4.** Split it in two — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1584, line 1: «Sigurd tests his new sword Gram by splitting an iron block and cutting a floating lock of wool in two.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «iron block» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «split» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Bruv, where did Sigurd chill to ambush the Dragon?

- **1.** By the river — score -3
- **2.** In a deep pit dug beneath the road — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** Behind a rock — no support
- **4.** In a pit — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1584, line 8: «Where: Sigurd "dug many pits" along the Dragon's track and waited in one of them "with his sword drawn".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dig» (+2); the same doer «sigurd» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «many pits» (-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/1584-pg540-part81/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Ngl, what did the birds reckon Regin was planning?

- **1.** To betray Sigurd — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** To steal gold — no support
- **3.** To steal the gold — no support
- **4.** To rob the king — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1584, line 11: «Regin wanted Sigurd to roast the heart and "let him taste of it", but the hero is the one who tastes it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «sigurd» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Wicked, what name got stuck on Sigurd after the kill?

- **1.** The Man Who Slew the Great Serpent Fafnir — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Fafnir's Bane — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The Slayer of Fafnir the Dragon — no support
- **4.** Serpent Slayer — 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/1584-pg540-part81/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Sus, who got his head chopped off by Sigurd?

- **1.** Regin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** The smith who forged Gram — no support
- **3.** Gunnar — no support
- **4.** Fafnir — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1584, line 4: «The birds warn that Regin plans to betray him, so Sigurd cuts off Regin's head and rides on.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Proper, what did that witch's cup make Sigurd forget?

- **1.** Gunnar — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** Sigrun — score 0
- **3.** Gudrun the fair maiden — score 0
- **4.** Brynhild — **✓ 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 1101, line 12: «The drum: he did not forget to take "his drum with the henchmen," which is the key to the ending.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «forget» (+2). Against it: the same doer «brother» (-2). 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/1584-pg540-part81/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Lol, which horse wouldn't budge for Gunnar?

- **1.** Grani — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** Sleipnir — no support
- **3.** Bay — no support
- **4.** Roan — 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 349, line 16: «Why the horse is wronged: the miser says he will "turn him out to shift for himself."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «shift» (-1); the same doer «horse» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Gutted, what has to break Brynhild's sleep?

- **1.** A hero who rides through the wall of fire — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** A knight through flames — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** A sword in flames — score 1
- **4.** A brave man's kiss — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 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: a different action (counts against) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «brother» (+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/1584-pg540-part81/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Fam, which ring did Sigurd give Brynhild?

- **1.** Andvari's last ring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** The cursed ring from the Rhine hoard — no support
- **3.** The ring Andvari gave to Regin long ago — no support
- **4.** Odin's gold ring — 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 1503, line 13: «The old woman who asks for "a bit of his bannock" is a fairy, and in return she gives him "a magical wand" and vanishes "in an instant".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). Against it: the same doer «woman» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Dead ugly, what was the Dragon's last curse about?

- **1.** The gold — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Sigurd — no support
- **3.** Revenge — no support
- **4.** Death — 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/1584-pg540-part81/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Innit, what helmet makes you invisible?

- **1.** The Helm of Dread from the dragon's cave — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** The Shield of Gold — score 5
- **3.** The Helm of Dread — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** The golden helmet that Fafnir guarded — score -2

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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 522, line 16: «What helmet did Aides own? It was made by the Cyclops and made the wearer invisible, and Aides often lent it out.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Oi, what ring did Sigurd give to Gudrun at the end?

- **1.** The dwarf's ring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The king's ring — no support
- **3.** Gold ring — no support
- **4.** Andvari's ring — 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/1584-pg540-part81/t13/)

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

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Which action did Sigurd perform immediately after the death of Fafnir?

- **1.** He took the sword and rode back to the king's hall — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** He carved up the dragon's great corpse — score -4
- **3.** He cut out the eyes and carried the hoard away — score -5
- **4.** He roasted the heart of the slain Dragon — **✓ the right answer** · score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1584, line 1: «Sigurd tests his new sword Gram by splitting an iron block and cutting a floating lock of wool in two.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «new sword gram» (-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/1584-pg540-part81/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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By what means did Sigurd acquire knowledge of the speech of birds?

- **1.** By reading runes — no support
- **2.** By tasting the heart of Fafnir — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** By drinking blood — no support
- **4.** By listening to the wind — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1584, line 3: «Fafnir dies cursing the gold, and Sigurd roasts his heart and tastes it, which lets him understand the birds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «taste» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/e2/)

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

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Through what agency did Sigurd come to resemble Gunnar in appearance?

- **1.** By a cloak — **← Mova's choice** · score -5
- **2.** Through Odin's gift of a cloak — score -5
- **3.** By a spell of the old gods — score -5
- **4.** By the magic of Gunnar's mother — **✓ the right answer** · score -5

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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 1584, line 19: «Old word "enchanted" means put under a magic spell, so Brynhild cannot wake until a brave knight comes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/e3/)

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

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What condition did Brynhild's father set before she would consent to marriage?

- **1.** That the suitor ride through the flames — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** That he defeat the wild Huns in battle — no support
- **3.** That the suitor first slay a great dragon and ride through the flames — no support
- **4.** That the suitor bring the whole hoard of Fafnir as a dowry and ride the wall of fire — **← Mova's choice** · score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 401, line 21: «OLD WORDS: a "gamecock" is a fighting cock; "patrimony" is the land and money a man inherits from his father; "bird-lime" is a sticky glue made from mistletoe…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). 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/1584-pg540-part81/e4/)

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