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# Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1891 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/1891-pg7277-part28/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Mate, who nicked the Princess's heart?

- **1.** Gorgonzola — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Fadasse — no support
- **3.** Kinbras — no support
- **4.** Mousta — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1890, line 14: «fact: Why: the Fairy Gorgonzola is angry because she was not invited properly, so she steals the little Princess's heart.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence 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/1891-pg7277-part28/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Dead cool, but how many Princes snuffed it in the snow?

- **1.** more than a thousand brave Princes — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** five hundred and twelve in all — score 5
- **3.** five hundred — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** three hundred — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1223, line 2: «Their father and mother follow the trail in the snow, and both fall into the bear's pit and die.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «snow» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+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/1891-pg7277-part28/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Was the Princess fancying the whole lot of them, innit?

- **1.** nah, she was just bored — no support
- **2.** nah, she was not bothered at all, honest — score 1
- **3.** nah, she was not bothered at all — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** yeah, she fancied one lot — **← 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, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1807, line 7: «Who tricks whom? The genius and his mother set traps to prove their guest is a woman, and the princess keeps seeing through them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+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/1891-pg7277-part28/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Did the gobby prince get what was coming to him?

- **1.** yeah, he got a bruise — no support
- **2.** nah, Mannikin let him off — score 3
- **3.** yeah, Mannikin spear-ed him off his horse — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** yeah, Mannikin nabbed him in the dust — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 197, line 15: «What: the king orders the prince "arrested and locked up in an old tower," after the prince speaks angrily in full council.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «arrest» (+1); the same thing acted on «prince» (+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/1891-pg7277-part28/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Was Fadasse proper knackered after the joust?

- **1.** he was furious and humiliated and left the court at once — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he was furious and humiliated — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** he was bored and unhurt — no support
- **4.** he was chuffed and proud — 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/1891-pg7277-part28/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Who's the little bloke Mannikin brought along?

- **1.** Mousta — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Fada — no support
- **3.** Kin — no support
- **4.** Fadasse — 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/1891-pg7277-part28/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Did the Princess want Mousta for herself, like?

- **1.** nah, she sent him back to Mannikin with a gift — score 1
- **2.** yeah, she begged him off Mannikin and kept him close — score 4
- **3.** yeah, she begged the King — score 3
- **4.** yeah, she begged him off Mannikin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1758, line 18: «Old word: "besought" means begged earnestly, so the princess begged her husband's brother to search the wood; today we say "asked very hard."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Did the big boss Brandatimor's letter go down well?

- **1.** nah, they just shrugged — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nah, it made them all raging — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yeah, it made them all cheer and celebrate — no support
- **4.** nah, it made them all raging and furious at once — 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/1891-pg7277-part28/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Is the Ambassador dead sure of himself, or what?

- **1.** yeah, he reckons he's a fool — no support
- **2.** yeah, he's dead proud — no support
- **3.** yeah, he reckons nobody can beat him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** nah, he reckons he's beaten — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1387, line 16: «The Sun and Moon "still hesitated", which means they were not sure yet and held back.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «sun» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Mannikin's bang on, so what should the Princess do?

- **1.** tell them nothing — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** stall them with a promise until the grand entry — no support
- **3.** attack them at dawn — no support
- **4.** stall them with a promise — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1296, line 3: «The princess goes home to her family, where the wise egg-wife tells her to burn the bear's skin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wise egg wife» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). 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/1891-pg7277-part28/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Did Mannikin fancy the Princess or was he just chatting?

- **1.** he was just being mates and entertaining her at the feast — score 3
- **2.** he was just being mates and entertaining her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** he fancied her a lot but was just being mates and entertaining her — score 3
- **4.** he was just being rude and boasting — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1237, line 11: «How: the fox dances with the giants, and in the dark "had borne the princess to the gate."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bear» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Was the Ambassador's bragging going to hit the town hard?

- **1.** yeah, he wanted to show off his power to the whole town — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nah, he just wanted some tea — no support
- **3.** yeah, he wanted to pay off debts — no support
- **4.** yeah, he wanted to show off his power — **✓ 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/1891-pg7277-part28/t12/)

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

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Which person did the eldest Fairy's Book of Magic reveal as the thief of the Princess's heart?

- **1.** Gorgonzola — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** the young Prince Fadasse of the north — score -1
- **3.** Brandatimor — score -1
- **4.** the Ambassador's squire Brandatimor — 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 1641, line 19: «Old word: "in service" means working as a servant in someone's house; today we say "working for" a family.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/e1/)

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

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Which measure did the King and Queen request from the Fairy upon learning of the theft?

- **1.** the locking of the Princess's chambers — score -2
- **2.** the hiding of the portrait — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** the summoning of the royal physician — score 2
- **4.** the sending of the Princess's portrait abroad — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1883, line 16: «What: the Fairy hides from Featherhead the Princess's true beauty, making her look "quite ugly and awkward" to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+1); the same doer «fairy» (+1). 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/1891-pg7277-part28/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which dignitary's letter, delivered to Farda-Kinbras, caused the court to deliberate in secrecy?

- **1.** the Ambassador Brandatimor's sealed letter from the East — no support
- **2.** the Ambassador Brandatimor's — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** the Queen's chamberlain's — score 2
- **4.** the letter of the Ambassador Brandatimor's chancellor — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 89, line 4: «They draw all the other signs that day. The T is a family group, Tegumai holding hands with Taffy and Teshumai, drawn so often that it becomes a thin line with…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). Against it: the same doer «hands» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/e3/)

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

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Which advice did Prince Mannikin tender to the Princess in response to the Ambassador's demand?

- **1.** to send the Ambassador home early — score -6
- **2.** to delay her answer until the feast — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** to refuse her answer — score 2
- **4.** to defer her answer until after the grand entry — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1891, line 20: «Mannikin advises the Princess to promise her answer after the Ambassador's grand entry, to "gain a little time".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «answer» (+1); the same doer «princess» (+1). 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/1891-pg7277-part28/e4/)

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