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# Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1925 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/1925-pg7277-part62/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi, which lot got dressed up as huntsmen, proper?

- **1.** the Lion and his twelve brothers — score -3
- **2.** the King's guards — score -3
- **3.** the Princess with her maids — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **4.** the Princess and her eleven maids — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1925, line 2: «The Lion says they are girls, so the King strews peas on the floor, but they tread so firmly that not one pea moves, thanks to a kind servant's warning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «girls» (-1); the same circumstance (-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/1925-pg7277-part62/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, what was the Lion on about, innit?

- **1.** the huntsmen were the Princess and her maids in disguise — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** they were twelve girls in disguise, not men at all — no support
- **3.** they were twelve men in masks — no support
- **4.** they were twelve girls in disguise — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1646, line 1: «The girl hides in a tree and watches a lion vanish into the forest each morning and a young man walk into a rock by evening.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+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/1925-pg7277-part62/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Why didn't the huntsmen slip on the peas?

- **1.** they tread very firm and wore spiked iron boots — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** their feet were wrapped in thick woollen cloths — no support
- **3.** they walked quite slowly — score 3
- **4.** they tread dead firm — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**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 1925, line 2: «The Lion says they are girls, so the King strews peas on the floor, but they tread so firmly that not one pea moves, thanks to a kind servant's warning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tread» (+2); the same doer «huntsmen» (+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/1925-pg7277-part62/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Who snitched on the plan, like a proper grass?

- **1.** a maid — no support
- **2.** a kind servant — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** the old cook — score -9
- **4.** a stable boy — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1532, line 2: «The Prince sees through their plan, ties the rope to a stone, and the brothers cut that instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «plan» (+2). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1925-pg7277-part62/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Did the huntsmen even look at the spinning-wheels?

- **1.** no, not once, for they were well controlled and disciplined — no support
- **2.** no, never — no support
- **3.** yes, they stared at each one closely — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** no, not once, they were well controlled — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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 1925, line 15: «The rich girl "made him a low curtsey", but the poor girl blushes and "span on" at her wheel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «poor girl» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+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/1925-pg7277-part62/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Mad, what did the King start to reckon about the Lion?

- **1.** that the huntsmen were girls and the Lion was lying — score 1
- **2.** that the Lion was lying — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** that the Lion was telling the truth after all — score 1
- **4.** that the Lion was a fool — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1818, line 13: «Why he goes: he lies in bed for "four or five days" and says, "I must go; I must see what she is like."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). Against it: the same action «lie» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1925-pg7277-part62/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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How did the Princess feel when the bride news came, like, gutted?

- **1.** as if cold iron struck her — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** as though the whole palace had fallen on her head — score 3
- **3.** as if a knife hit her heart and cut her in two — score 4
- **4.** as if a knife hit her heart — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1273, line 19: «Old word: a "crier" was a man who called news aloud through the camp, and "gala-day dress" meant fine clothes for a festival.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «news» (+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/1925-pg7277-part62/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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How did the King finally twig it was her?

- **1.** he spotted the ring he gave her at the wedding feast — score 5
- **2.** he spotted the ring he gave her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** he noticed the locket she wore — score 3
- **4.** he saw the ring she had kept — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 1925, line 4: «When the real bride is found fainting, the King sees the ring he once gave her, kisses her, and the wedding is held; then a new tale begins with a poor girl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «ring» (+2); 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/1925-pg7277-part62/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Yeah, the King's son wanted a bride who was what?

- **1.** both the poorest and the richest bride in the land — score 4
- **2.** the wisest and the bravest — no support
- **3.** a bride who was poor in coin but rich in heart — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** the poorest and the richest — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 113, line 6: «Who: Bearskin, a poor old Soldier, and the youngest daughter of a poor man, who is the bride.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «poor man» (+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/1925-pg7277-part62/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What did the poor girl do when the Prince looked in, like, shy?

- **1.** smiled and span on — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** blushed deeply and kept span on at her wheel — score 5
- **3.** blushed and span on without once looking up — score 5
- **4.** blushed and span on — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1361, line 3: «After the mother dies, the lonely girl looks into the mirror and sees her mother young and smiling again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lonely girl» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «smile» (+1). 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/1925-pg7277-part62/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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What did the poor girl sing to the spindle?

- **1.** Spindle, dance and bring my love near — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Spindle, go and see if my love will come — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Spindle, go and see if my true love will come for me — no support
- **4.** Spindle, go and see if my love will come to me here — 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/1925-pg7277-part62/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Where did the spindle go, mate?

- **1.** dancing through the fields and over the hill — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** dancing through the fields — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** dancing through the golden fields of the valley — score 0
- **4.** skipping across the river — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1925, line 5: «She sings to her spindle, which dances off through the fields dragging a golden thread, and the King's son turns his horse and follows it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «spindle» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same place «fields» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1925-pg7277-part62/t12/)

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

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Upon what material did the Lion propose that the King should test the huntsmen's gait?

- **1.** peas — no support
- **2.** beans spread on the stone — no support
- **3.** peas strewn upon the floor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** rice on the floor — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1925, line 2: «The Lion says they are girls, so the King strews peas on the floor, but they tread so firmly that not one pea moves, thanks to a kind servant's warning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1925-pg7277-part62/e1/)

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

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By what means did the implements of the godmother pass to the orphan girl?

- **1.** through a sale at the village fair — no support
- **2.** by inheritance at the godmother's death — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** by theft — no support
- **4.** by purchase from a passing merchant — 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 1875, line 13: «The fairies are born to live long, but they can "die" and they must spend one day each week as an animal.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+2). Against it: the same doer «fairies» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1925-pg7277-part62/e2/)

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

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What did the King's son resolve regarding the qualities of his prospective bride?

- **1.** that she should be the poorest maid and the richest lady of the land — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** that she should be both the poorest and the richest in the realm — no support
- **3.** that she should be the poorest and the richest — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** that she should be the wisest and the bravest — 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/1925-pg7277-part62/e3/)

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

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Which object conveyed the King's son towards the dwelling of the girl?

- **1.** the spindle, dancing ahead and dragging its long golden thread — no support
- **2.** the wheel, trailing its silver cord — no support
- **3.** the spindle, dragging its long golden thread behind it across the fields — **← Mova's choice** · score -6
- **4.** the spindle, dragging its golden thread — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1529, line 19: «"Dwelling" is an old word for a home or house, so "the dwelling of the Sun" means the Sun's house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-5). 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/1925-pg7277-part62/e4/)

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