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title: Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks the iron s… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1631 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks the iron staffs, and threshes the squire's grain

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1631 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/1631-pg5615-part20/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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ok so did Hans really scoff a whole loaf like, in one go?

- **1.** nah he ate it in two slices with butter and cheese — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** nah just a bit of bread — no support
- **3.** yeah he ate it all with a jug of ale — score 4
- **4.** nah he munched it all with a pot of jam — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1150, line 12: «The oven says, "Eat as many loaves as you like, but do me no harm, little maiden," and the girl says she never hurts anything.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same thing acted on «many loaves» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1631-pg5615-part20/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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wait how many flails did he snap, proper loads?

- **1.** every single one at the first swing — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **2.** a couple of them, nothing major — no support
- **3.** two of them, one after the other — no support
- **4.** every single one at the first swing, the whole lot — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1577, line 11: «Why: the King is "forced to take her" because "the wedding feast was all prepared," so the guests were already waiting.», 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 «king» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1631-pg5615-part20/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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why'd the squire go all bricking it about Hans?

- **1.** cos Hans had a big flail and was dead grumpy — score 1
- **2.** cos the lads told him Hans was way too strong to argue with and mad — score 3
- **3.** cos Hans was proper scary and loud — no support
- **4.** cos Hans was way too strong to argue with — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1631, line 8: «Where: Hans goes to a large estate, where the squire hires him to thresh the grain.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «squire» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1631-pg5615-part20/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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what did Hans do with the chaff, like the rubbish bit?

- **1.** blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile for the pigs to eat — score 6
- **3.** dumped it in a massive heap by the old gate — score 6
- **4.** blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile then went back for more — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 1526, line 20: «Old word: a "gaoler" was the man who guarded prisoners, which today we call a jailer; "summer-saults" is an old spelling of somersaults.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+3); the same thing acted on «old spelling» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1631-pg5615-part20/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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how'd he get the corn all clean then, dead easy?

- **1.** he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer over the whole pile — no support
- **2.** he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer till the barn was clear — no support
- **4.** he sieved it through a giant basket on the floor — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1150, line 19: «OLD WORD: to sift corn means to shake it through a sieve so the fine grain falls and the rubbish stays; today we still sift flour the same way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sift» (+2); the same thing acted on «corn» (+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/1631-pg5615-part20/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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so was the squire's plan to get rid of him sorted?

- **1.** yeah, he got rid of him for good — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nah, Hans drove off fine — no support
- **3.** nah, Hans just slept in and got the rubbish cart — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** nah, Hans just slept in and got the rubbish cart with a wheel off — 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/1631-pg5615-part20/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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what's the deal with the old hacks, are they dead good?

- **1.** yeah they're lovely young horses — **← Mova's choice** · score -5
- **2.** yeah they're fast horses but the cart's the knackered bit — score -5
- **3.** nah they're knackered old horses that can barely pull — score -5
- **4.** nah they're knackered old horses — **✓ 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 416, line 20: «Old word: a hack is a worn-out working horse; today the word also means a tired, poorly paid writer or worker.», 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 «horse» (-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/1631-pg5615-part20/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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did Hans get up early for the wood trip, bruv?

- **1.** yeah he got up really early and walked to the forest with the men — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** nah he lay in bed and slept on — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** nah he lay in bed and slept on while the lads were gone — no support
- **4.** yeah he got up early and went — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 579, line 1: «Brer Wolf walks home from a fishing trip with a string of fish on his shoulder, and a partridge flutters right at his nose.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+2). 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/1631-pg5615-part20/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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why'd all the lads go off to the forest without him?

- **1.** cos they grabbed all the best carts and horses — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** cos they had a race to the forest — score 0
- **3.** cos they left before dawn for the wood — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** cos they were rude — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 753, line 15: «When the door falls with "such a clatter" the thieves cry "Murder!" and run off, leaving the gold for the couple to pick up.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3). Against it: the same doer «thieves» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1631-pg5615-part20/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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did Hans have a proper cart to go with, like a flash one?

- **1.** nah he had four wheels of different sizes on an old cart — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** nah he had a cart with two odd wheels and no seat — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** nah he had four wheels of different sizes on an old cart with no brakes at all — no support
- **4.** yeah he had a flash new cart but the squire gave him the old one with four odd wheels and a loose seat — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1487, line 2: «Five hundred workers build a wooden cart on twenty-two wheels, and nine hundred strong men haul him into it with ropes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wooden cart» (+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/1631-pg5615-part20/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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so what was the actual punishment if you got home last?

- **1.** you got hanged on the gallows — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** you got hanged on the gallows in front of the whole village — score 2
- **3.** you got sent to the mill — no support
- **4.** you were whipped — no support

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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 1631, line 18: «Old word: a "gallows" was a wooden frame on which criminals were hanged.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «wooden frame» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1631-pg5615-part20/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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did the squire fancy Hans as a worker in the end?

- **1.** yeah he was dead keen on him — no support
- **2.** nah he just sent him home — no support
- **3.** nah he was dead scared of him and paid him off — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** nah he was dead scared of him — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1631, line 13: «Old word: "durst" means "dared", so "he durst not give him his leave" means he did not dare to dismiss him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «squire» (+2); the same thing acted on «squire» (+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/1631-pg5615-part20/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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did Hans finish all the threshing that day, swear down?

- **1.** nah, by midday only some was done — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah, before midday the whole lot was done and he got off early — no support
- **3.** yeah, before midday the whole lot was done — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** nah, before midday the whole lot was done but the squire wasn't happy about it — 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/1631-pg5615-part20/t13/)

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

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Which of the following describes the quantity of food which Hans consumed upon his first morning at the estate?

- **1.** He ate a bowl of bread before asking for work. — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** He consumed a pot of porridge, which he swallowed entirely before requesting his duties. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He drank a pot of ale before leaving for the barn. — no support
- **4.** He consumed a pot of porridge, which he swallowed entirely, before requesting his duties from the steward at dawn. — 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 1119, line 19: «Old word: "husbandman" means a farmer, and "overseer" means a man who runs the work on an estate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «man» (-1); 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/1631-pg5615-part20/e1/)

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

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Which of the following accurately records the method by which Hans separated the chaff from the corn in the barn?

- **1.** He opened both barn-doors and blew. — score 3
- **2.** He opened one barn-door and fanned the chaff with a sieve. — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** He opened both barn-doors and lay at one end, blowing the chaff to the far end of the barn. — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** He closed the barn-doors and swept the chaff into a pile. — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1631, line 5: «He threshes all the grain together, blows the chaff away, and then the squire plots against him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «chaff» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «hans» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1631-pg5615-part20/e2/)

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

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Which of the following correctly identifies the plan devised by the squire and his wife to dispose of Hans?

- **1.** A test of strength at the mill. — no support
- **2.** A contest in which the man who lost would be fined. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** A contest, in which the man returning last from the forest with his load would be hanged. — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** A bet, in which the man returning first would be paid. — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 598, line 2: «Then he scolds a boy on Whitehall Street for flinging watermelon rinds under his feet, and he tells how he ate a whole melon on Miss Sally's back porch.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «boy» (-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/1631-pg5615-part20/e3/)

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

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Which of the following best describes the vehicle with which Hans was finally obliged to set out for the forest?

- **1.** An old wagon fitted with two wheels and a single horse. — no support
- **2.** An old cart fitted with four wheels of unequal size and drawn by a pair of old hacks from the stable. — **← Mova's choice** · score -3
- **3.** An old cart fitted with four wheels of unequal size and drawn by a pair of old hacks. — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **4.** An old cart fitted with four wheels of unequal size, a loose seat, and drawn by a pair of tired old hacks. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1513, line 20: «Old word: "arraying himself" meant dressing himself in fine clothes, a word people rarely use now.», 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 «word» (-2). 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/1631-pg5615-part20/e4/)

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