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title: Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero'… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1930 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 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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# Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a castle

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1930 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/1930-pg7277-part67/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, so Jack just chucked his own skin in the fire like it was nothing, yeah?

- **1.** Nah, mate, he kept it on and just grumbled. — score 3
- **2.** Yeah, bruv, it went up in flames and he was sorted. — no support
- **3.** Yeah, mate, he chucked it in the fire and it burnt right off, so he was free and well happy after that, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Yeah, mate, it burnt right off and he was free after that — **✓ 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 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1811, line 7: «What: the ogre's men are burnt because they "caught themselves on fire" when they flung themselves against the glowing tower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «men» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/1930-pg7277-part67/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, was the princess number one actually well mad when he stripped her and pricked her?

- **1.** Totally, mate, she was proper gutted and felt disgraced for the rest of her life back home — no support
- **2.** Totally, she was proper gutted and felt disgraced for life — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nah, she thought it was a right laugh and she told everyone at court about it the next day — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** Nah, she was dead chuffed about it, bruv. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+2). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-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/1930-pg7277-part67/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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So the old fisherman's wife got a cupboard full of grub, did she?

- **1.** Yeah, fam, bread, pies, veg and beer on show. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, fam, a whole cupboard of meat, cakes, fruit and wine, all laid out nice and ready on the table — no support
- **3.** Yeah, fam, meat, cakes, fruit and wine all laid out — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nah, bruv, the cupboard was full of bread and cheese and nothing else, not a scrap of meat or fruit at all — 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/1930-pg7277-part67/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Bro, why did the gold fish tell the fisher to keep it quiet?

- **1.** Cos if he blabbed, it would all vanish, mate — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Cos it's a secret, mate. — no support
- **3.** Cos it'd all go poof, innit. — no support
- **4.** Cos the neighbours would get jealous, bruv. — 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/1930-pg7277-part67/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Did Jack's dad even know it was his own son when he came back?

- **1.** Nah, he reckoned the lad was dead, bruv. — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Nah, he said he had no son, cos the lad was a hedgehog — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Nah, he told the lad he had no son at all, cos the boy was a hedgehog now and he didn't want him — score 5
- **4.** Yeah, he knew it was him, innit. — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1556, line 8: «What does the King say about the guards? He is told that his son is dead, and he blames the Princess for it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «son» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/1930-pg7277-part67/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Was the second King's welcome proper lush for Jack?

- **1.** Nah, mate, nobody came out to greet him, just a few guards with their backs turned, and the people went back indoors — score -1
- **2.** Nah, the guards ignored him and the people booed. — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Yeah, the guards all presented arms and the whole crowd cheered loud as he rode through the gates, bruv — no support
- **4.** Yeah, the guards presented arms and the people cheered loud — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1166, line 15: «Why do the brothers beat Jack? He tells them he "ate them myself", the bread and cheese they had left in the castle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «brothers» (+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/1930-pg7277-part67/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Like, did the guards just chuck him out when he showed up at the first palace?

- **1.** Nah, mate, they charged at him with their bayonets fixed, and then one of them actually tried to stab him — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Yeah, they let him in straight away, no bother, and took him to a room with a bath and fresh clothes — score 3
- **3.** Nah, they charged at him with their bayonets, mad — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Yeah, they shoved him off the step, bruv. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1930, line 15: «Old word: a "bayonet" was a blade fixed to the end of a gun, so when the guards "charged him with their bayonets" they were pointing their guns and blades at h…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «guards» (+2). 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/1930-pg7277-part67/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Bruh, why did the guards burn the hedgehog skin in the first place?

- **1.** To set Jack free from the enchantment, innit — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** To burn the skin and be rid of him, innit — score 0
- **3.** To set Jack free from the enchantment he was under, because the skin was what kept him a hedgehog, innit — score 0
- **4.** Because the King ordered them to destroy the hedgehog so no one would ever find out about him, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1556, line 8: «What does the King say about the guards? He is told that his son is dead, and he blames the Princess for it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+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/1930-pg7277-part67/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Did the King's girl actually fancy Jack at the start?

- **1.** Nah, she was a bit scared but she said she had to leave — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Nah, she was a bit startled but she said she had to go — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Yeah, she fancied him right from the start and kissed him at the gate, bruv, then said she had to leave — score 5
- **4.** Nah, mate, she was a bit startled by him at first, but she said she had to go home to her father anyway — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 906, line 3: «In Rome, a little girl carrying a pitcher of water drops it on the palace steps and is too scared to ring the bell.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «little girl» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/1930-pg7277-part67/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Was the wedding night a bit dodgy then, or what?

- **1.** She was scared he'd kiss her and prick her with his spines, but he promised her that no harm would come to her that night — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She was scared he'd bite her, but he said it'd be fine — no support
- **3.** She feared he'd kiss her, but he said no harm would come — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nah, mate, nothing happened, she was happy with him right away and they had a lovely long chat about their families — 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/1930-pg7277-part67/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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So that golden fish thing, did the fisher get rich or what?

- **1.** Nah, he just got a bigger cottage, bruv. — no support
- **2.** Yeah, he got a palace and some gold, mate. — no support
- **3.** Yeah, he got a castle and a cupboard full of food — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** Yeah, he got a big stone castle and a cupboard that filled up with every kind of food, mate — 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 1365, line 14: «Why: the fisher secretly plans to "usurp his place as ruler of Japan," because he "had always hated his brother."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fisher» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «place» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1930-pg7277-part67/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Wait, so did Jack's dad end up living with him in the end?

- **1.** Nah, he kept his own cottage in the village. — no support
- **2.** Yeah, he went to live at the castle, mate. — score 0
- **3.** Yeah, he came back to live in the kingdom with Jack — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, he came back to live in the kingdom with Jack and was given his own room in the palace, bruv — **← 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, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1533, line 13: «The girl's mother says "I would give you finer ones", so she is not upset about the lost golden circlet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+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/1930-pg7277-part67/t12/)

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

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Which of the following describes the fate of the first Princess after Jack's treachery at the roadside?

- **1.** She was stripped of her gowns, pricked with bristles and exiled in shame — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** She was stripped of her fine garments, pricked with bristles, and sent back to her father in disgrace — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** She was stripped and sent home. — no support
- **4.** She was robbed of her jewels, marked with thorns and banished from court. — no support

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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 1930, line 2: «The Princess agrees to go with Jack, but far from the town he strips off her fine clothes, pricks her with his bristles and sends her home in disgrace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «prick» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). 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/1930-pg7277-part67/e1/)

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

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Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the fisherman's wife declined to ask further about the source of their wealth?

- **1.** She respected his wish to stay quiet, as it would lose their riches. — score 7
- **2.** She accepted her husband's refusal, because telling would ruin their wealth — score 7
- **3.** She accepted her husband's refusal to disclose the secret, since its revelation would destroy their fortune — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** She pressed him again and again for the truth, but eventually she gave up and told the whole village, who then ruined their fortune through greed — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1337, line 4: «Out hunting, he sees a briar with two blossoms on the grave, so he takes a new wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1930-pg7277-part67/e2/)

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

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Which of the following correctly states the purpose for which the four guards were stationed outside the bedroom door?

- **1.** To guard Jack while he slept, thereby keeping him safe. — score 3
- **2.** To burn the hedgehog skin as soon as Jack had removed it, thereby releasing him from his enchantment — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** To guard the door and burn the skin when removed, thus ending the spell. — score 2
- **4.** To burn the hedgehog skin once Jack took it off, thereby freeing him — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1651, line 3: «He hides inside the lion, which the old woman carries to the king, who takes it through seven locked doors to the hall where the princess and her friends are p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1930-pg7277-part67/e3/)

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

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Which of the following most accurately describes the condition the golden fish attached to its offer to the fisherman?

- **1.** He must never speak of the fish's gifts to anyone, on pain of ruin. — score 7
- **2.** The fisherman must reveal to no one the source of his good fortune, on pain of its vanishing — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** The fisherman must hide from everyone how he got rich, or lose it all — score 5
- **4.** The fisherman may tell his wife and family the source of his good fortune, but must reveal it to no stranger, on pain of its vanishing at once. — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1436, line 12: «the King says "You have freed the castle from its curse," and offers his daughter in marriage.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). 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/1930-pg7277-part67/e4/)

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