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title: Household Tales, The Twins and the Witch: the children flee, and the… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Household Tales, The Twins and the Witch: the children flee, and the witch's magic fails

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**Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1727 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/1727-pg640-part51/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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yo so why'd the doggo let them pass?

- **1.** cos they shared their lunch lol — no support
- **2.** cos they patted his head — no support
- **3.** cos they gave him bread, obvs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** cos he was hungry — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1727, line 1: «The twins run from the witch's hut, and the watch-dog lets them pass because they gave him bread.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bread» (+2). Against it: the same action «give» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1727-pg640-part51/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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bruh, what did the cat get given, for real?

- **1.** a bit of ham — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -4
- **2.** some cheese — no support
- **3.** a piece of pie — score -4
- **4.** some bread crust — no support

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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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1); the same doer «cat» (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1727-pg640-part51/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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was the witch well mad or what?

- **1.** so mad she flew off on her broom — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** proper furious — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** dead angry — no support
- **4.** really upset — 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/1727-pg640-part51/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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how'd the hazel-nut kid get to the village, lol?

- **1.** sitting in the stirrup the whole way — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** tied to the reins — no support
- **3.** wrapped in a cloak under the saddle — no support
- **4.** hid under the saddle — **✓ 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/1727-pg640-part51/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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wait, what did the sis chuck down to make a forest?

- **1.** the ash — no support
- **2.** the brush — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** the comb — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the cup — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. 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) (-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/1727-pg640-part51/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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so the witch just gave up, yeah?

- **1.** walked off slowly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** sat down to rest — no support
- **3.** went home — no support
- **4.** went back to her hut — **✓ 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/1727-pg640-part51/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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who was the hazel-nut kid's mum laughing at?

- **1.** the tiny horse — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the storks — no support
- **3.** her tiny son's big plan — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** her son's new hat — 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/1727-pg640-part51/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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how old was the hazel-nut kid when he left home?

- **1.** twenty — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** ten — no support
- **3.** eighteen — no support
- **4.** five — 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/1727-pg640-part51/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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where did the storks take him, like, which place?

- **1.** a warm southern land — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** far away — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** the south — score 5
- **4.** a wide sandy desert — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1354, line 5: «He searches for hermits who have the Elixir of Life, gets a puzzling answer from a hunter, and at Jofuku's shrine a paper crane carries him far over the sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «paper crane» (+3); the same action «carry» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1727-pg640-part51/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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what did the dad do with the robber, seriously?

- **1.** sent him to the prison in the city — no support
- **2.** sent him away — no support
- **3.** had him arrested — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** had him jailed — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1640, line 8: «Where: the robbers stop at a church to rest, and leave the sack by the roadside while they go in.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «stop» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1727-pg640-part51/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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how'd the dog react to the bread, honestly?

- **1.** sat down happily — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** licked their hands — score 5
- **3.** barked loudly — score 5
- **4.** wagged his tail — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1620, line 8: «Where: in the yard outside the kitchen window, where the housekeeper lives and a chained yard-dog sits.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «chained dog» (+5). 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/1727-pg640-part51/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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did the step-mum get to stay at home?

- **1.** no, she was sent away — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yes, she came back the next morning to the hut — no support
- **3.** no, she got kicked out — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** no, she was thrown out of the house by her husband — 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/1727-pg640-part51/t12/)

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

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Which object, when cast by the younger sister, caused an impenetrable forest to arise?

- **1.** The cup — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The needle — no support
- **3.** The comb — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The ash — 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/1727-pg640-part51/e1/)

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

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How did the witch respond upon discovering that the children had escaped her?

- **1.** She flew off on her broom to find them again. — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** She grew furious and struck the cat. — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** She fled into the dark woods. — score 5
- **4.** She grew furious and chased the children into the forest. — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 754, line 7: «What: the witch finds her own child in bed, "bathed in her blood", with her head cut off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+5). 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/1727-pg640-part51/e2/)

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

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Who was left in charge of the horse while the father went home?

- **1.** The Hazel-nut child — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** The eldest brother — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** The step-mother — score 6
- **4.** The village boy — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 428, line 11: «WHAT: Marya left Ivan in charge of the housekeeping and told him not to open the closet, but he "rushed to the closet" as soon as she left.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «ivan» (+2). 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/1727-pg640-part51/e3/)

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

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By what means did the Hazel-nut child travel to the southern land?

- **1.** Riding on a huge white stork's back across the sea — no support
- **2.** Flying in a basket tied under the wings of a bird — no support
- **3.** On the back of a stork — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** In a silver carriage — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1724, line 18: «Old word "odious" meant hateful or very annoying; today it still means hateful, but here it means being a nuisance to each other.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+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/1727-pg640-part51/e4/)

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