--- title: Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret an… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1663 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1663-pg5615-part52/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1663 # Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end **Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1663 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. 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/1663-pg5615-part52/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Okay so who even shoves someone into the sea, like, what is wrong with her? - **1.** Her stepsister, the ugly one — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Her older stepsister — score 3 - **3.** Her mother — score -2 - **4.** A wicked old witch — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1663, line 7: «what: The stepsister does what her mother told her, and she gives Bright-eye "a push" at sea.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «stepsister» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1663-pg5615-part52/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Wait, the duck just waddled into the kitchen to chat to a dog? Proper bizarre, innit? - **1.** Yeah, a goose — no support - **2.** Nah, a cat — no support - **3.** Yeah, her little dog — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Yeah, the king's cook — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1592, line 3: «Toto barks at the Lion, and Dorothy slaps the Lion's nose and scolds him for trying to bite a poor little dog.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «poor little dog» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1663-pg5615-part52/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Bro, how did the cook actually catch her? - **1.** He trapped her with a box — no support - **2.** He chased her round the yard with a long wooden pole — no support - **3.** He nabbed her with a net — **✓ the right answer** · score -3 - **4.** He waited by the drain and caught her with a big cloth sack — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1663, line 3: «After three evenings a clever cook catches the golden duck in a net.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «catch» (+2); the same doer «clever cook» (+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/1663-pg5615-part52/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} So the brother had a dream about the duck's beak, yeah? Wild stuff, mate. - **1.** Yeah, the duck was cut — no support - **2.** Yeah, the beak had to be cut — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah, he dreamed the duck's whole face had to be cut off — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **4.** Nah, he dreamed the king was chasing the duck through the palace halls — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 939, line 2: «The eldest brother and his brothers dream the same dream, that each will ride out to find the philosopher's stone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. 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/1663-pg5615-part52/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Hold up, the king just chopped the duck's beak? That's harsh, man. - **1.** Yeah, the top of the head — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, the tail — no support - **3.** Nah, it was his feathers — no support - **4.** Yeah, the point of the beak — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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/1663-pg5615-part52/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Did the wicked sister get off easy or what? - **1.** Yeah, she was sent to the mines — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** Nah, a spiky cart, four horses — score 1 - **3.** Nah, a spiky barrel, six horses — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** Nah, she was dragged through the streets in a cart of thorns by ten horses — no support **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 1457, line 2: «They give him the Shoes of Swiftness, and he flies north to the Three Gray Sisters, who share one eye between them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «three gray sisters» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «one eye» (-2). 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/1663-pg5615-part52/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} So Bright-eye ends up as the queen, right? Fair dues to her. - **1.** Yeah, she's the queen — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Nah, she ends up as a duck again forever in the pond — score 1 - **3.** Yeah, a servant — no support - **4.** Nah, she's the cook's wife — score 2 **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 1009, line 15: «The court jumps about, "as they had seen the king do the day before."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: 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/1663-pg5615-part52/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Her brother got the top job, didn't he? Like prime minister? - **1.** Yeah, prime minister — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Yeah, a knight — no support - **3.** Nah, just a soldier — no support - **4.** Nah, the cook — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 233, line 17: «Old word: "vizir" (or vizier) means a chief minister who serves a sultan; today we might say prime minister.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «prime minister» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1663-pg5615-part52/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Why'd the duck even bother with the posh rooms if she hated the ugly sister? - **1.** The fine chambers were locked and she had no key to enter — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** She was told by the king to stay in the kitchen with the cook — score 1 - **3.** She wanted the drain — score -2 - **4.** She couldn't stand her — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 762, line 12: «fact: The ants find the pearls, and the ducks bring up the key, so the dwarf does not have to do these jobs alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «key» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1663-pg5615-part52/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} The king was raging about the brother, wasn't he? Proper mad? - **1.** Yeah, he was enraged — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Nah, he laughed — score -1 - **3.** Yeah, he cried — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **4.** Nah, he was calm — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1649, line 17: «The brother checks the fig-tree, rides to the town, and the princess calls him her husband.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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/1663-pg5615-part52/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Why was the cook so keen to catch her, though? Nosy or what? - **1.** He had been told by the king to bring the duck to the palace — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He wanted her for dinner — no support - **3.** He wanted to see her up close — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** He wanted to take her home and keep her as a pet forever — no support **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/1663-pg5615-part52/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} What colour were her feathers, fam? Like, were they actually gold? - **1.** Nah, they were actually silver but looked gold in the light — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** Yeah, they were golden and shone like the sun in the morning — score -2 - **3.** Brown and grey, mostly — no support - **4.** Golden, loads of them — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 114, line 11: «The hazel-tree bird brings her a gold and silver dress and slippers of spangled silk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «gold» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «tree bird» (-3). 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/1663-pg5615-part52/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following is the punishment inflicted upon the wicked sister at the conclusion of the narrative? - **1.** A barrel bristling with spikes, dragged by six wild horses — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **2.** Hanged from the palace gate in full view of the whole crowd — no support - **3.** Thrown into the serpent-pit for the rest of her days — no support - **4.** She was made to walk barefoot across burning coals in the square before the whole court and crowd — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1117, line 18: «The guilty brother is tied to a wild horse, a punishment in which he is dragged until his bones are scattered.», 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/1663-pg5615-part52/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which object did the cook employ in order to secure the duck upon her third appearance? - **1.** A hook, dropped into the water by the palace wall — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** A sack, thrown over her near the kitchen door — score 2 - **3.** A cage — score 2 - **4.** A net, cast over her as she emerged from the drain — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 785, line 12: «The cook sends the boy away and the gardener takes him, so he is passed from one job to another.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cook» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «send away» (-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/1663-pg5615-part52/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What did the king command to be removed from the duck in order to restore Maiden Bright-eye's human form? - **1.** The entire upper half of the beak and the tongue — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** All of the golden feathers from its back and wings — score 2 - **3.** The tip of the tail — score 2 - **4.** The point of the beak — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **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 695, line 10: «The prince is given a baby, and the king is so pleased that "he commanded the ceremony to be performed without delay."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «command» (-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/1663-pg5615-part52/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} What was the relationship between the stepmother's daughter and Maiden Bright-eye when the ship was at sea? - **1.** She was a kind older sister who tried to help her — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** She was the stepsister who pushed her into the water — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Her stepsister — no support - **4.** She had been her cruel sister all along — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1642, line 6: «fact: The rich man's three sons each try to build a ship that floats on land and sea, because "whoever could build a ship that should float both on land and se…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+3); the same doer «three sons» (+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/1663-pg5615-part52/e4/) - ← previous: [1662. Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1662-pg5615-part51/) - next →: [1664. Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a child…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1664-pg5615-part53/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)