--- title: Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a mag… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1908 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 1 of 12 tests right, exam 0 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/1908-pg7277-part45/) [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/) / 1908 # Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground **Tests:** 1 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1908 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/1908-pg7277-part45/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} bro why did the king just agree to the creepy voice? - **1.** cause he figured the voice would let him go anyway — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** cause he thought it was a joke — score 1 - **3.** cause he didn't wanna fight — score 0 - **4.** cause he thought it was impossible — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1908, line 8: «Where: the King "drew his chin out of the water" after the claws let him go and then rode home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-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/1908-pg7277-part45/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} wait so the baby was a total surprise to the king, yeah? - **1.** yeah he was shocked lol — no support - **2.** yeah, totally — no support - **3.** nah he was ready for it — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** yeah he had no clue — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1839, line 16: «The King is "speechless with surprise" when he sees the seven Queens, because he thought they were in his own palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/1908-pg7277-part45/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} that old dude in the tree was sus, right? what did he want? - **1.** for the king to come back to the tree and pay up — no support - **2.** his son back in the tree — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **3.** his debt paid by the king — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** for the king to remember the debt he owed him — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1897, line 9: «Why: the gardener wants his snuff-box back, so he can send the King and Queen to the bottom of the 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 thing acted on «king» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). 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/1908-pg7277-part45/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} was milan scared of the magician or nah? - **1.** yeah he was scared stiff — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** nah he was scared at first but stayed chill — no support - **3.** nah he stayed chill — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** yeah, shook — 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/1908-pg7277-part45/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} how did the ducks turn into girls, like fr? - **1.** they swam to the shore — score 4 - **2.** they got a magic kiss — no support - **3.** they put on white clothes — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** magic dust — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1713, line 15: «The King steps among the servants, the duck flies into his hands, and she becomes his "dear wife" again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «become» (+2); the same doer «duck» (+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/1908-pg7277-part45/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} so hyacinthia had to be a bee to get in, no cap? - **1.** yep she flew to his window — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yep she turned into a bee and tapped the glass — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** yep she flew over the wall to his high window — no support - **4.** yep she tapped the door — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1834, line 10: «Where: the ogress turned into a bee and went "buzzing, and buzzing, and buzzing" over the country.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/1908-pg7277-part45/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} the magician wanted a golden palace by morning, that's insane right? - **1.** yeah sure — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** nah it's not that crazy — no support - **3.** nah it's fine — no support - **4.** yeah it's wild — **✓ 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/1908-pg7277-part45/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} what's the deal with the carbuncle thing, bruh? - **1.** a massive red gem that glowed in the dark all night — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** lots of gold — no support - **3.** a big green bush grew there — no support - **4.** a big red gem lit up the place — **✓ 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/1908-pg7277-part45/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} did the king cry when he saw the kid, or was he chill? - **1.** he just smiled and nodded — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** he got really mad at them — no support - **3.** nah he laughed — score 3 - **4.** he cried loads and was gutted — **✓ 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 1289, line 15: «Old word: "fain" means glad or eager, so "the king was fain to smile" means he wanted to smile at his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smile» (+2); the same doer «king» (+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/1908-pg7277-part45/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} milan was lowkey brave going down there, innit? - **1.** yeah he was mad brave — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yeah he was pretty bold — no support - **3.** nah he was scared — no support - **4.** yeah he was mad brave and totally went alone — 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/1908-pg7277-part45/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} what did the thirtieth duck do that the others didn't? - **1.** it was the only one who spoke to Milan out loud — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** it couldn't get to land — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** it could swim faster — no support - **4.** it stayed on the water — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1791, line 20: «Old words: "scullions" were the lowest kitchen helpers, who washed pots, and "humbug" meant to trick or fool someone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «lowest kitchen helpers» (+4). Against it: the same doer «old words» (-5). 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/1908-pg7277-part45/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} ok last one, did the magician like milan after the kneeling thing? - **1.** yeah he said he wouldn't be enemy, then made a deal with him — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** yeah he said he wouldn't be enemy and gave him a gift — score 2 - **3.** nah he said he'd still bury him — no support - **4.** yeah he said he wouldn't be enemy — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 92, line 1: «The Magician makes a deal: Pau Amma gets his hard shell back for eleven months of the year, but in the twelfth month it will go soft again, to keep him humble.…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+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/1908-pg7277-part45/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which object did the King undertake to surrender in exchange for his release? - **1.** Gold coins — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** A kingdom whose borders he had never seen before — score 1 - **3.** A treasure that his father had hidden in the hills — score 1 - **4.** Something of which he had no prior knowledge — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1719, line 13: «The King keeps his word and gives Martin the Princess, and Martin lives "in the greatest comfort and luxury."», 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 (+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/1908-pg7277-part45/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} What instruction did the old man in the lime tree give the Prince regarding his father? - **1.** To remind the King of an outstanding obligation — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** To ask the King to return to the lime grove — score 0 - **3.** To demand that the King come to the tree and pay his debt in full — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** To forgive him — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1908, line 11: «Why Milan goes on his journey: his father's debt "has long passed since it was due," so the King must now pay it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «debt» (+4); the same action «pay» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/1908-pg7277-part45/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What condition did the Magician set for Prince Milan's continued survival? - **1.** Finishing a golden tower and a silver bridge by dawn — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** Completion of a palace, garden and waterfalls by morning — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Completion of a golden palace, garden and waterfalls by the next morning without rest — no support - **4.** Completion of a palace, garden, waterfalls and a great stone wall by morning — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1498, line 14: «Why: the magician thinks the Sultan should ask for gifts until the Fairy "tires of him and sends him away".», 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 (+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/1908-pg7277-part45/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} By what means did Hyacinthia gain entry to Prince Milan's apartment? - **1.** By disguising herself as a servant and slipping through the open palace door — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** By transforming into a bee and tapping at the window — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** By turning herself into a tiny bee and knocking softly on the window glass — no support - **4.** By sneaking through a secret passage under the floor — 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/1908-pg7277-part45/e4/) - ← previous: [1907. 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