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# Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless princes promise their unborn brother to a witch to escape a storm

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1653 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/1653-pg5615-part42/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi, how did the princes even end up out at sea?

- **1.** they rowed out in a storm — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a sudden gale caught them — no support
- **3.** a witch had sent a magic wind to drive them away from land — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** they went out to sea to hunt for pearls and treasure — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1478, line 15: «Celia's answer, "I will not marry you," is brave, and she refuses even though he is a prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+3); the same thing acted on «prince» (+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/1653-pg5615-part42/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Mate, what was the old witch floating in?

- **1.** a dough-trough — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** an old barrel tied up with heavy ropes — no support
- **3.** a little wooden trough used for kneading bread — no support
- **4.** a wooden bowl — 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/1653-pg5615-part42/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Wait, what did the brothers swear to the witch?

- **1.** their brother — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** their kid brother — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** the youngest — score 2
- **4.** the youngest son — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1649, line 5: «An old man tells the brother to seize the witch by her hair, and she gives up the ointment that can wake his brother from stone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «brother» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Bruv, what was her first job for him?

- **1.** picking feathers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** plucking birds — no support
- **3.** sweeping — no support
- **4.** gathering wood — 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/1653-pg5615-part42/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Was the dove, like, what colour?

- **1.** black — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** red — no support
- **3.** white — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** grey — 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/1653-pg5615-part42/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Did the feathers get sorted in the end?

- **1.** yes, the dove sorted them — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** not really — no support
- **3.** no — no support
- **4.** yes, the witch sorted them — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1653, line 14: «The witch sets him to pick feathers, and he is told the work must be finished "before I come home in the evening".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «feathers» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What did the dove chop up for him?

- **1.** the timber — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the kindling — no support
- **3.** all of the old witch's firewood for the winter — no support
- **4.** firewood — **✓ 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/1653-pg5615-part42/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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What did the prince do with the dove at the end?

- **1.** he patted its wing gently — score -1
- **2.** he hugged it and let it go — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** stroked it and kissed its beak — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** he stroked it, kissed its beak, and carried it to the window — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1228, line 10: «The prince is sixteen and "had scarcely been allowed to walk alone beyond the palace gardens."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «allow» (+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/1653-pg5615-part42/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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What time was the witch due home, innit?

- **1.** at sunset today — no support
- **2.** at night — no support
- **3.** in the evening — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** in the late afternoon when the sun was low — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1645, line 2: «On the way down a few drops spill, and every stone they touch becomes a young man or maiden who follows her home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «home» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «young man» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Who was tapping at the window?

- **1.** a crow — score 1
- **2.** a bird — score 1
- **3.** a grey pigeon — score 1
- **4.** a white dove — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1418, line 3: «Now a new tale begins: a poor farmer has many children, and one stormy autumn night a great white bear taps three times on the window.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tap» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Why did the princes keep quiet for ages?

- **1.** they had forgotten the oath — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** they hoped the witch would forget the oath and leave them alone — score 2
- **3.** they never mentioned the promise — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** they feared their father would learn of the bargain and punish them all — score 2

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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 1644, line 8: «Why does the young man almost cut the princess in pieces? He has sworn an oath and says "I will keep my word," so he keeps his honour.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2). 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/1653-pg5615-part42/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Lol, what got lost right at the start?

- **1.** sails — no support
- **2.** the oars — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the rudder — no support
- **4.** boat — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1636, line 17: «Old word: "forfeited" means lost something by doing wrong; today we say they gave up their lives because of their debts.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+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/1653-pg5615-part42/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Dude, what did the witch's feathers do when the wind came?

- **1.** fell onto the ground — score 4
- **2.** were carried off by the wind into the far distance — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** got swept into a heap — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** were blown all the way into the sea and lost — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 99, line 2: «The king hides in a bush and watches the wind carry off Curdken's hat while the girl sings her charm.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wind» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «carry off» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/t13/)

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

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State the material of the vessel encountered by the princes and identify its occupant.

- **1.** A large wooden trough used for kneading bread, occupied by a very old and wicked woman from the forest. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A dough-trough, occupied by an old woman. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A wicker basket, holding an old fisherman. — no support
- **4.** A battered dough-trough, floating on the waves, with an old woman seated inside it and waving at the princes. — 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/1653-pg5615-part42/e1/)

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

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Specify the task assigned to the youngest prince on the first morning of his servitude.

- **1.** Splitting all the firewood in the yard into very small pieces before evening. — score 2
- **2.** Gathering berries in the forest. — no support
- **3.** Splitting firewood into small pieces. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Picking feathers from the dove and then splitting firewood into small pieces for the stove. — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1653, line 17: «Next morning the prince must split firewood, and the pile seems to grow bigger "in spite of what he took off it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «split» (+1); the same thing acted on «firewood» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/e2/)

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

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Identify the creature that aided the prince in the second task.

- **1.** A talking white dove that flew down from the roof and split every log in the yard with its strong beak. — no support
- **2.** A grey pigeon that sang sweetly. — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** A white dove that split the wood with its beak. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A white dove that split the wood with its beak and then sat on the prince's shoulder for the rest of the day. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1207, line 1: «At a feast the prince drinks the king's wine and sings so sweetly that everyone is charmed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, 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/1653-pg5615-part42/e3/)

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

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State the condition under which the princes were delivered from peril at sea.

- **1.** They promised her gold. — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** The princes promised the witch their youngest brother. — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** The princes swore that they would give the witch a servant. — score 1
- **4.** They gave her gold. — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1653, line 13: «The youngest prince is kind and obedient; he says "if you saved my brothers' lives, and they promised me to you, then I will go with you".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «promise» (+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/1653-pg5615-part42/e4/)

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