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title: Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince wins back the… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince wins back the princess, and the couple escapes the witch

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**Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1654 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/1654-pg5615-part43/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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yo so the witch turned the princess into a dove, right?

- **1.** nope, a grey hawk — no support
- **2.** yeah, a white dove — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** nah, she turned her into a dove and a stone — score 2
- **4.** nah, a little mouse — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 16: «The white dove comes in through the window and says nothing in the text except its soft offer, "Let me in, and I will help you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «white dove» (+1); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1654-pg5615-part43/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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bruh, what did the prince tie on her finger?

- **1.** red silk thread — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** blue silk ribbon — score 2
- **3.** a gold chain — score 2
- **4.** a little gold ring with a red stone — 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 1649, line 9: «Why: the slave wants to marry the princess, so he steals the glory from the true hero.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1654-pg5615-part43/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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wait, did the prince drink the wine at the feast?

- **1.** no, he only sipped it — score 1
- **2.** yeah, he drank it all — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** yeah, he totally did — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** nah, he didn't — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1654, line 4: «At the wedding he drinks wine and forgets the warning, so the princess pushes his arm, and the couple slips out through the window.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+1); the same thing acted on «wine» (+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/1654-pg5615-part43/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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lol the witch got so mad, what did she smash?

- **1.** the bridal bread — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** all the silver goblets and the candles — score 1
- **3.** the wooden tables and the great benches — score 1
- **4.** plates and dishes — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 444, line 17: «Her broken teeth: The witch gnaws at the oak until she "smashed two front teeth".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «smash» (+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/1654-pg5615-part43/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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okay, so what did the two bits of wood do?

- **1.** answered the witch for them — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** threw them in the fire — score 2
- **3.** carried the couple out of the hall — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** answered the witch and then fell silent — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 780, line 8: «Why the witch wants him: she says "There is a young man coming out of the wood who carries a wonderful prize."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wood» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «carry» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/1654-pg5615-part43/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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so how'd they get out, like which way?

- **1.** over the wall — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** the back way — score 2
- **3.** out the window — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** down the stairs — 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 721, line 12: «The second youth also "took the big bit at once and soon ate it up," so the prince left him in the same way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+1); the same circumstance (+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/1654-pg5615-part43/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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dude, what made the forest pop up?

- **1.** a flower — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** the flower-pot — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** the glass of water — score 5
- **4.** a wooden bucket — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1123, line 6: «Who: a brave Prince, a Princess, a Tsar, and a wicked coachman who later "had been made a Prince".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «brave prince» (+3); the same action «make» (+2). 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/1654-pg5615-part43/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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ngl, how did the witch get over that lake?

- **1.** on foot around it — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** by swimming it — no support
- **3.** with her dough-trough — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** in a small wooden boat she built — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 489, line 3: «An old man rises out of the ground, leads him to a lake, and takes him down into a white-stone palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «lake» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/1654-pg5615-part43/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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fr, what happened to her at the castle window?

- **1.** she turned to ash — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** she turned into a dove — no support
- **3.** she turned to flint — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** she turned into a large grey flint stone — 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/1654-pg5615-part43/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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lowkey, who knelt to the prince at the end?

- **1.** the brothers — score 3
- **2.** the servants — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** his two elder brothers — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** the old king — 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 1654, line 5: «A flower-pot makes a forest and a glass of water makes a lake, the princess blows doves at the witch until she turns to flint, and the prince's brothers kneel…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kneel» (+2); the same receiver «prince» (+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/1654-pg5615-part43/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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bro, what even is a troll?

- **1.** a huge monster from old stories — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a huge hairy monster who lives in caves and eats children — no support
- **3.** a rich merchant who buys land in the forest — no support
- **4.** a kind old farmer — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1575, line 18: «Old word "quit": free or rid of something, so "he was quit of the whole of them" means the trolls were all gone.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same property (+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/1654-pg5615-part43/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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yo, how long does the lad have to work for the troll?

- **1.** seven years — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** until the lad has paid back his father's debt in full — no support
- **3.** until the next harvest of three summers — no support
- **4.** three years — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 236, line 19: «Old words: "bonny" means pretty, and "bogles" means goblins or ghosts, which is why the lads in the next tale fear them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lads» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1654-pg5615-part43/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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wait, what's the deal with the animals the next day?

- **1.** they get no food that day — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** they are let out to hunt — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** they are given only water from the lake and then sent to the forest — score 2
- **4.** they get no food that day but the lad must still feed them tomorrow — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1023, line 7: «What: she must make eleven coats, and "The first word you utter will pierce through the hearts of your brothers."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «utter» (+1); the same thing acted on «first 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/1654-pg5615-part43/t13/)

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

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By what means did the prince identify the true princess among the three disguised figures?

- **1.** by the way she walked to the door — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** by the gold ring upon her hand — score 1
- **3.** by her silver voice — score 1
- **4.** by the red silk thread upon her finger — **✓ 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 1652, line 12: «The princess is called "ugly" in the text, and she has not "been able to find any man to wed her."», reached through a sentence linked to the one 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/1654-pg5615-part43/e1/)

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

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In accordance with the text, from what did the princess instruct the prince to abstain at the marriage feast?

- **1.** from drinking wine — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** from speaking any word whatsoever — score 8
- **3.** from eating any food whatsoever — score 6
- **4.** from drinking any beverage whatsoever — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1654, line 4: «At the wedding he drinks wine and forgets the warning, so the princess pushes his arm, and the couple slips out through the window.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+5); the same thing acted on «wine» (+2); the same action «drink» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1654-pg5615-part43/e2/)

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

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Upon what occasion did the witch become transformed into flint, and where does the stone remain?

- **1.** upon the princess blowing on her as she stood in the courtyard at dawn, beside the castle gate — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** when the princess blew on her three times, and the stone lies by the old garden wall — score 0
- **3.** when the lovers fled from the hall — no support
- **4.** upon the princess blowing on her, outside the window — **✓ 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 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1625, line 20: «Old word: "enchanted" meant put under a magic spell, and it is a "witch, but not a wicked witch" in the text.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-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/1654-pg5615-part43/e3/)

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

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Which two objects did the lovers cast behind them to produce the forest and the lake?

- **1.** the bread and the knife — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** the flower-pot and the comb — score 0
- **3.** the golden comb and the brush — score 0
- **4.** the flower-pot and the glass of water — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1628, line 16: «Old word: "Powder my black kettles" meant the Snow-queen was making volcanoes such as Etna and Vesuvius smoke and burst, which is what she called them.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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/1654-pg5615-part43/e4/)

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