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title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1748 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 13 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a crow, a shoe and mud

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1748 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/1748-pg640-part72/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, what's Hans even riding to the palace?

- **1.** a goat — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** an ox — score -3
- **3.** a horse — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **4.** his brothers' fine white horse from the stable — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1560, line 5: «Now Dapplegrim is ready, and the lad rides him to the palace, where jealous courtiers trick the King into demanding the Princess's rescue.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «dapplegrim» (-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/1748-pg640-part72/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bruh, why'd his dad say no to a horse?

- **1.** Hans can't ride well yet — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Hans can't talk smooth — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** he's lazy — no support
- **4.** Hans is slow — 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/1748-pg640-part72/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Lowkey random, what did Hans grab first off the road?

- **1.** a muddy boot — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** a lost glove — no support
- **3.** a dead crow — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** a stick — 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 31, line 4: «On the third afternoon they come out on their first high-road. A faint hum like a bee, a little cloud of dust, a sad «Poop-poop!» — and suddenly a huge, glitte…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «first high road» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/1748-pg640-part72/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Wait, what was the brothers' vibe riding ahead?

- **1.** thinking up fancy lines — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** planning which horse to steal from the palace yard before dark — no support
- **3.** arguing about the road — no support
- **4.** quarrelling over who gets the Princess first on the road — 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/1748-pg640-part72/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Ngl, how were the suitors lined up at the gate?

- **1.** rows of six — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** in one line — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** packed in tight rows of ten, each pressed against the next — score 2
- **4.** rows of six standing close together by the gate wall — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1339, line 19: «Old word: "passed in" means he went through the gate and into the castle, so it is not a coin or a password.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+5); the same circumstance (+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/1748-pg640-part72/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Dude, what happened to the dictionary bro?

- **1.** read the book aloud — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** forgot every word he knew and could only nod at the Princess — no support
- **3.** forgot every word — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** tried to read the whole dictionary aloud and then fainted — 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/1748-pg640-part72/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Lol, what was the ceiling made of?

- **1.** glass mirrors — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** polished copper sheets set in heavy iron frames — no support
- **3.** gold leaf — no support
- **4.** oak beams — 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/1748-pg640-part72/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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How many reporters were by each window, fr?

- **1.** three — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** seven — no support
- **3.** fourteen reporters all writing down the words — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **4.** twelve reporters, each with a pencil — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1747, line 12: «The word "passport" was an official paper that a traveller had to show to cross a border or pass a checkpoint, and it was checked at gates.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «official paper» (-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/1748-pg640-part72/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Why was it so hot in there, like, really?

- **1.** the fire was made huge by the cook all morning — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** they had no windows — no support
- **3.** fire was made huge — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the fire was made huge so the king could roast the chickens — 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/1748-pg640-part72/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What did Hans cook the crow in, bro?

- **1.** the copper pan on hook — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a clay bowl — no support
- **3.** the old wooden shoe — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the big iron pot from the palace kitchen — 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/1748-pg640-part72/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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So what's the soup made of, no cap?

- **1.** the crow — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a stew of old leaves — no support
- **3.** mud from his pocket — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the dead crow and the old shoe he picked up on the road — 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/1748-pg640-part72/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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What'd Hans do to the editor, lol?

- **1.** threw the whole pot of hot soup over the editor's head — score 1
- **2.** kicked him — no support
- **3.** chucked mud in his face — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** sent him to the wall — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1748, line 5: «Hans makes the Princess laugh, wins her, becomes King, and throws mud at the editor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «mud» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «hans» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1748-pg640-part72/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Okay, so what's Hans at the end?

- **1.** Fool — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Duke — no support
- **3.** King — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Ox — 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/1748-pg640-part72/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following objects did the third son first discover upon the highway?

- **1.** a dead crow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** a lost glove — no support
- **3.** a muddy boot — score 6
- **4.** an old horseshoe with the nails still in — no support

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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 1115, line 18: «Old word "tsarevich" means a tsar's son, a prince; "ducats" were gold coins used across Europe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «son» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1748-pg640-part72/e1/)

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

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By what means did the youngest son ultimately secure the hand of the Princess?

- **1.** by throwing mud at her father in front of the whole hall — score -4
- **2.** by answering her remarks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** by bringing her a gift — score -1
- **4.** by answering her remarks with wit and a bold speech at court — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1157, line 3: «The king is so impressed that he fixes the wedding for the next day.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1748-pg640-part72/e2/)

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

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In what manner did the brothers conduct themselves upon the road to Court?

- **1.** in silence — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** singing old songs loudly — no support
- **3.** in loud arguments — no support
- **4.** in silent meditation — **✓ 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/1748-pg640-part72/e3/)

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

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Which vessel did the Princess permit the third son to employ in preparing the fowl?

- **1.** the big iron pot from the palace kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** a copper bowl — score -1
- **3.** the wooden shoe — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** the old wooden shoe that had been thrown into the ditch — score -3

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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 1723, line 9: «Why: the King "will never consent to let the Princess marry a poor peasant."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+2). Against it: the same doer «king» (-3). 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/1748-pg640-part72/e4/)

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