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title: Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma run away,… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1612 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 14 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma run away, but a big dog splits them up

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**Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1612 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/1612-pg5615-part1/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Mate, who's the cat with the wise green eyes, innit?

- **1.** The tabby one — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Koma — no support
- **3.** The cat by the pond — no support
- **4.** Gon — **✓ 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/1612-pg5615-part1/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bare cool, where'd they first lock eyes, under a cherry tree or by a pond?

- **1.** On a crowded market street at noon — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Beside the river bank — score 2
- **3.** Inside the princess's garden shed by the wall — no support
- **4.** Under a cherry tree — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 95, line 12: «The Dog's bargain: «If you are not kind to the Baby while I am in the Cave ... I will hunt you till I catch you, and when I catch you I will bite you.» The Cat…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «teeth» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/1612-pg5615-part1/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Proper gutted, why wouldn't the lady sell Koma, like?

- **1.** She couldn't bear to part with her — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** She's just mean — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** She's too poor — no support
- **4.** She wants to keep her for mice — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1502, line 17: «Old word: "damosel" means a young unmarried lady, a word that today we would write as damsel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1612-pg5615-part1/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Innit wicked they ran off, but when did they bounce?

- **1.** One moonlight night — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** During the long summer afternoon when all were asleep — no support
- **3.** On a stormy night — no support
- **4.** The very next morning after the rain stopped — 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/1612-pg5615-part1/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Who got the big dog off them, a random or a servant?

- **1.** A brave knight who lives in the castle — score -2
- **2.** A stable boy from town — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** A servant of the princess — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** A servant of the princess's old aunt — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1575, line 11: «Why: Minnikin tells his men to pull the cable "like one man", so they can all be lifted up safely.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1612-pg5615-part1/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Is the park dead nice or proper scary, like?

- **1.** Soft grass and cool shade — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Full of bright flowers and loud market stalls — no support
- **3.** Tall trees and busy roads — no support
- **4.** Crowded with children and noisy dogs everywhere — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/1612-pg5615-part1/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Koma screamed her head off up that tree, yeah, but who heard her?

- **1.** A dog that came running from the palace yard — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** A nosy neighbour — no support
- **3.** The princess herself, who was walking nearby — no support
- **4.** A passing servant — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1246, line 19: «Old word: a "muff" was once a tube of fur for warming the hands, but here the cat wears it round his neck like a collar.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1612-pg5615-part1/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Nah mate, who does the princess cuddle now, Gon or the snake?

- **1.** The tabby one — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Koma — score 1
- **3.** The cat by the pond — score 2
- **4.** Gon — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1612, line 2: «Their owners refuse to sell or swap them, so the two cats run away one moonlight night.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «gon» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «owners» (-3). 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/1612-pg5615-part1/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Yo, where's the snake going, like, her cheek or her phone?

- **1.** Her ear — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Her cushion — no support
- **3.** Her paw — no support
- **4.** Her cheek — **✓ 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/1612-pg5615-part1/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Ngl, how'd Gon sort the snake out, did he chill or bite it?

- **1.** He pushed it away — no support
- **2.** He bit it and shook it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** He scratched and fled — score 5
- **4.** He ran off — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 1261, line 14: «The snake: the puma calls it "a lovely bracelet", but it "bit him", so the trick is cruel and the puma laughs at him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «snake» (+4); the same action «bite» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1612-pg5615-part1/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Bruv, what did the princess give Gon, the best grub or a new bed?

- **1.** Warm milk and some fish — score 0
- **2.** The nicest bits to eat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** A bowl of milk — score 0
- **4.** A silver collar and a bell for his neck — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1240, line 19: «who: The princess vows never "to eat or drink again if the youth was taken from her".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1612-pg5615-part1/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Fam, what's Gon missing most, his mates or Koma?

- **1.** Milo — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** His old family — no support
- **3.** The cherry tree — no support
- **4.** Koma — **✓ 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/1612-pg5615-part1/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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So at the end, what's Gon spotting, a big cat bullying a little one?

- **1.** A big cat bullying a little one — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** Two kittens playing in grass — no support
- **3.** A dog chasing a cat — score -1
- **4.** A cat sleeping by the wall — 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 1612, line 5: «Gon chases off a snake that tried to kiss the princess, then sees a big cat bullying a little one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1612-pg5615-part1/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Last one bruv, where's Gon chilling when he spots it?

- **1.** Behind the barn, in the long grass — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Under the window, in the warm shade — no support
- **3.** On the garden wall — no support
- **4.** Before the house door, in 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/1612-pg5615-part1/t14/)

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

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Which of the following describes the eyes of Gon, the cat?

- **1.** Wise and green — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Brown and sleepy — no support
- **3.** Dark green with flecks of gold — no support
- **4.** Blue — 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/1612-pg5615-part1/e1/)

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

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Where did the two cats first encounter one another?

- **1.** Beneath a cherry tree — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **2.** On a crowded market street at noon — score 11
- **3.** Beneath the old oak — score 11
- **4.** At the gate — score 11

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 677, line 7: «What: the old woman says she can find the maiden, and the eldest herald agrees because "the emperor's orders are clear".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «maiden» (+4); the same doer «woman» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1612-pg5615-part1/e2/)

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

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What was the outcome of the serpent's attempt to kiss the princess?

- **1.** He was scratched — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was bitten and then shaken hard — no support
- **3.** He was bitten, shaken and flung down — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He was clawed and tossed aside — 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/1612-pg5615-part1/e3/)

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

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In what manner did the cats depart from their owners' households?

- **1.** They crept out one stormy night — score 1
- **2.** They crept out of the house and ran off across the fields at dawn — score 1
- **3.** They quietly slipped away from their homes one bright moonlit night — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** They stole away one moonlight night — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1570, line 4: «The Eagle flies him to Farmer Weatherbeard's, where he sneaks out three bits of bread and plucks feathers from the snoring household.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «sneak out» (+3). Against it: the same doer «husband» (-1). 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/1612-pg5615-part1/e4/)

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