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title: Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daughter hides… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1903 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 14 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daughter hides in rags, works as a shepherdess, and wins a Prince with a lost ring.

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**Tests:** 4 of 14 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1903 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/1903-pg7277-part40/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Mate, what did the King reckon he'd hand over to whichever daughter loved him best?

- **1.** his whole kingdom — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **2.** his whole empire — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** his big old kingdom — score -3
- **4.** the whole kingdom, castle, and all his gold mines, mate — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1706, line 2: «The King recognises his long-lost brother, kisses his hand, and gives him the crown in the palace before the whole court.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Innit, what did the younger princess reckon she loved her dad like?

- **1.** sugar, like — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** salt in her food — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **3.** honey on her bread — score -2
- **4.** as much salt as she could put on her chips, innit — no support

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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 1892, line 6: «Who: Mannikin is the hero, a Prince who loves Princess Sabella, and Genesta is the kind Fairy who helps him in a dream.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2). Against it: the same action «love» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Wait, why did her dad chuck her out of the castle?

- **1.** she wouldn't say what he wanted — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** she never said she loved him enough — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** she'd been plotting to steal the crown from her dad — score 2
- **4.** she married a stable lad without asking him first, mate — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Bruv, what did she dress up as to hide from everyone?

- **1.** a scruffy old beggar — no support
- **2.** a mucky shepherdess — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** rags — no support
- **4.** a dirty maid — **← Mova's choice** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1427, line 17: «Thick trees and brambles, "twining one within another", grow up and hide the palace from everyone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «one» (-1). 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/1903-pg7277-part40/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Lol, what job did she get at the farm?

- **1.** running the whole farm's dairy and bakehouse, lol — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** feeding pigs — no support
- **3.** minding sheep — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** looking after every cow and horse on the estate — 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/1903-pg7277-part40/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Gutted for the Prince, how did he end up face first in the mud?

- **1.** slipped on wet leaves — no support
- **2.** he got knocked off his horse by a runaway stag in the wood — no support
- **3.** his horse bolted and dumped him in a muddy pond nearby — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** tripped on a tree root — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1455, line 6: «Who: the maiden is the youngest of three sisters who spin gold for an old woman, and she is the one who runs off with the Prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «one» (+3); the same action «run off» (+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/1903-pg7277-part40/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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What did he ask the farm for, cos he was roasting?

- **1.** a drink of cider — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** some cold water — no support
- **3.** a jug of cold cider and a bite to eat, mate — no support
- **4.** a bucket of cold cider and a hot bath, please — 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/1903-pg7277-part40/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Proper spooky, what did the farm folk reckon was going on?

- **1.** black magic — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** a fairy spell — no support
- **3.** witchcraft — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a curse — 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 1816, line 20: «Old word: "elfin" means belonging to elves, the small magic folk we now mostly meet in stories.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-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/1903-pg7277-part40/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Hang on, what got lost in the dough?

- **1.** the golden ring from her finger — score -1
- **2.** her hair pin — no support
- **3.** her ring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** the ring the King had given her — 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 1903, line 13: «The ring "slid into the dough" while the Princess was baking, and the Prince found it when he cut the loaf.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «loaf» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Mad, what did the girl say she really was?

- **1.** a maid — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** a queen — score 1
- **3.** a noble child — score 1
- **4.** a princess — **✓ 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 1850, line 9: «The girl says the laughing of the fish "indicates that there is a man in the palace who is plotting against the king's life," and that news saves the vizier.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2). Against it: the same action «say» (-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/1903-pg7277-part40/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Seriously, what did she ask for before getting all glam?

- **1.** water and a room alone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -4
- **2.** food and a warm fire — score -4
- **3.** a warm bath, silk gowns, and a private room alone — score -4
- **4.** all her jewels returned and a room of her own — 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 1567, line 14: «The Witch asked for "the child your wife will shortly bring into the world" as the price of the rampion.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «ask» (-2); the same doer «witch» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Bare cheeky, what did her dad get to eat at the wedding?

- **1.** bread with no salt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -9
- **2.** sweet cake with cream — score -9
- **3.** roast meat, no sauce — no support
- **4.** plain bread — score -9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -9, tied with another option at -9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 265, line 20: «Old word "vow": a solemn promise; today we still use it, but it is often said in weddings and oaths.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same place «weddings» (-2); it fills the role the question asks for (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Yo, what reward did Peter pick from the King?

- **1.** a silver ring — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** a piece of land — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** the title of lord and a manor by the sea — no support
- **4.** half the royal estate and a seat at court — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1528, line 11: «Where: the good old man "spent the rest of his days in the palace" after he was "splendidly rewarded".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «reward» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Wicked, what did the swan do when the Princess stroked it?

- **1.** it screamed — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** it bit her hand and flew away over the river — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** it hissed hard — no support
- **4.** it flew off and sank into the cold water quickly — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 895, line 3: «The Viking's wife kisses the frog-child on the forehead, the frog-skin falls off, and Helga flies away as a swan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «fly away» (-1); the same property (-1). 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/1903-pg7277-part40/t14/)

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

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Which of the following describes the reason the King dismissed his younger daughter from the court?

- **1.** She chose to marry a man he had forbidden her to see — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** She insulted the King at court — score 4
- **3.** She declined to express her affection in the manner he desired — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** She refused to speak the praise he sought of her — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1879, line 8: «What: the Queen hides her daughter because she fears that "she would be more admired than herself."», 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); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «queen» (+1); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/e1/)

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

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Identify the substance in which the Princess's ring was discovered during the preparation of the loaf

- **1.** the mixture of the cooking pot — no support
- **2.** the dough of the small loaf — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the batter of the great cake — no support
- **4.** the warm dough of the large loaf baked for the royal feast — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1808, line 19: «Old word "betrothal ring" means an engagement ring, given before a wedding, and it is important in the story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). 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/1903-pg7277-part40/e2/)

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

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What does the bride's instruction concerning the wedding meal reveal about her attitude towards her father?

- **1.** a playful jest about her father's appetite — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a sly attempt to humiliate him in front of the guests — no support
- **3.** a deliberate rebuke of his earlier harshness — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a plan to punish the servants for their earlier disrespect — 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/1903-pg7277-part40/e3/)

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

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Which quality of the Prince is most evident in his resolve to marry the shepherdess?

- **1.** fierce pride in his rank — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** quick wit — no support
- **3.** great courage — no support
- **4.** constancy of his affection — **✓ 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/1903-pg7277-part40/e4/)

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