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title: Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shelters with… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1926 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 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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# Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shelters with a grumpy old man, a stag carries him underground, and he frees a maiden from a glass coffin

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1926 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/1926-pg7277-part63/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Yo, so what did the shuttle actually do, bruv?

- **1.** made a rug — no support
- **2.** wove a rug all alone — score 2
- **3.** wove a carpet by itself, all night long, without any help at all — score 5
- **4.** wove a carpet by itself — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 1926, line 1: «The girl sings to her shuttle and needle, and they weave a carpet and sew her room bright all by themselves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shuttle» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «weave» (+1); the same thing acted on «carpet» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wicked, which tool made the room look proper bright and gay?

- **1.** the awl — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** the needle — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** a pin — score 3
- **4.** the thimble — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1357, line 10: «The Princess expected the bowl to "make the room full of light," but "it did not shine at all."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «room» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Mate, who spotted the prince at the window?

- **1.** a boy — score 4
- **2.** a maid — score 3
- **3.** the tailor — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** the girl — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1701, line 2: «He spots a lovely Princess sitting on a barge, swoops down and carries her off before anyone can stop him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «king» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). 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/1926-pg7277-part63/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Bruh, what colour was the hat on the prince's head?

- **1.** white with plumes — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** blue with a band — score 0
- **3.** white — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** red — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 895, line 12: «Old word: "ineffable" means so great that it cannot be described in words.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+3). Against it: the same place «words» (-3). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Be honest, where did the tools end up, in the bin or the treasury?

- **1.** in the cellar — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** in the chest — score 2
- **3.** in the king's private treasury, a long way from the sea — score 2
- **4.** in the treasury — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 806, line 14: «Where it ends up: it is carried to a cellar, and the bottle thinks, "There's no place like home, even if it's a cellar."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end up» (+1); the same doer «word» (+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/1926-pg7277-part63/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Nah, what job did the poor young man have?

- **1.** a tailor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a tailor who had lost his way in the wood — no support
- **3.** a cook — no support
- **4.** a smith — 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/1926-pg7277-part63/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Dude, where did he kip the first night?

- **1.** up a tall oak tree in the middle of the dark forest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** high up a tall oak tree, hidden among the thick green leaves — no support
- **3.** under a thick hedge — no support
- **4.** up a tall oak tree — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1926-pg7277-part63/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Innit, what was he holding onto when the stag ran off?

- **1.** the bull's long tail — score -6
- **2.** the stag's great horns as it ran through the wood — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** the stag's great horns and a branch of the old tree — no support
- **4.** the stag's great horns — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1259, line 11: «The stag is beaten because the tortoise answers "Yes, of course, where else should I be?" and so the stag runs until he dies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stag» (+2). Against it: the same action «run» (-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/1926-pg7277-part63/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Sick, who won the fight outside, the bull or the stag?

- **1.** bull — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** the bull — score 6
- **3.** the stag — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** a bull — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 585, line 4: «At Miss Meadows's, the animals take turns hitting a flint rock with a sludge-hammer, to see who wins a girl.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «win» (+3); the same thing acted on «girl» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Lol, what did the voice from the rock tell him to do?

- **1.** enter now — no support
- **2.** stay outside and rest — no support
- **3.** step in without fear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** go inside — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1926, line 16: «Why: the voice says "Step in without fear, no harm shall befall you", and the tailor goes in because some power seems to impel him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «voice» (+2). Against it: the same action «say» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Mad, what happened when he stood on the stone?

- **1.** it sank down slowly beneath his feet into the dark — score 2
- **2.** it sank down slowly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** it sank down slowly, and a stair appeared in the floor below him — score 5
- **4.** it fell down quickly — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1465, line 8: «Where: a cavern whose entrance is blocked by a great stone, leading down to a flowery plain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «great stone» (+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/1926-pg7277-part63/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Bro, what was the girl in the coffin like?

- **1.** very sad and pale — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** very pale and quiet — no support
- **3.** super beautiful — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** pretty — 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/1926-pg7277-part63/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Chill, how did she get out of the coffin in the end?

- **1.** he pushed back the bolt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** she climbed out — no support
- **3.** she pushed the lid up — no support
- **4.** he opened it — 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/1926-pg7277-part63/t13/)

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

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With reference to the text, what was the occupation of the young man who lost his way in the wood?

- **1.** A baker — no support
- **2.** He was a tailor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** He was a baker — no support
- **4.** A tailor — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1916, line 6: «Who: Prince Vivien, a proud young prince who is used to getting his way at once.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «proud young prince» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/e1/)

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

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With reference to the text, what did the stag do with the tailor after the combat with the bull?

- **1.** It dragged him through the grass — score 3
- **2.** It bore him away upon its antlers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** It ran into the wood — score 5
- **4.** It threw him to the ground — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1926, line 5: «A bull and a stag fight, the stag carries the tailor off, and a rock door opens onto a hall with a maiden in a crystal coffin.», 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); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «carry off» (+1); the same thing acted on «tailor» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/e2/)

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

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With reference to the text, what was the condition of the maiden when the tailor first beheld her?

- **1.** She lay as though sleeping — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** She lay as though sleeping peacefully, untouched by time, in a glass coffin in the hall — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** She lay as though sleeping, with her hair spread across the silk cushion — score 3
- **4.** She sat quite still and quiet — score 3

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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 1926, line 10: «Who: the tailor is "a very bright active young tailor" who wants to get on in the world, and he sleeps in a tree out of "fear of wild beasts".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+2); the same doer «tailor» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/e3/)

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

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With reference to the text, what did the maiden say upon her deliverance from the coffin?

- **1.** Kind fate has sent you to me — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** You are kind — no support
- **3.** Kind heaven has led you to me — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Good luck has brought you 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/1926-pg7277-part63/e4/)

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