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title: English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his sister and the Elfin King, then Molly Whuppie tricks a giant three times

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1961 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/1961-pg7439-part20/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Bruv, did Childe Rowland actually scoff the bread and milk?

- **1.** Yeah, he gobbled the lot and then chucked the bowl at the giant's wife — score 5
- **2.** Yeah, he scoffed it all up — score -6
- **3.** Nah, he chucked the bowl on the floor — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Nah, he didn't eat a bite, he smashed the bowl on the ground — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1961, line 2: «He smashes the bowl, fights the Elfin King, beats him to his knees, and makes him free his sister and bring his brothers back to life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smash» (+3); the same doer «childe» (+2); the same thing acted on «bowl» (+1). 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/1961-pg7439-part20/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Was the giant's missus, like, actually nice to them?

- **1.** Nah, she shut the door right on them — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, she didn't — no support
- **3.** Nah, she chucked them out — no support
- **4.** Yeah, she let them in — **✓ 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/1961-pg7439-part20/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Who's the cleverest one in the bunch, innit?

- **1.** that Elfin King with the carbuncle — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the youngest of the three lassies — no support
- **3.** Molly Whuppie — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Childe Rowland — 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/1961-pg7439-part20/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Did the giant's daughters get sorted in the night?

- **1.** Nah, he kept them alive — score 6
- **2.** Nah, they got away — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** Yeah, he battered them by mistake — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Yeah, he chucked them out — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1685, line 13: «The miller's daughter fails because at dawn the voice says, "So you are a miller's daughter!" and sends her away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «daughter» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/1961-pg7439-part20/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Was the Elfin King well gutted when Rowland beat him?

- **1.** Yeah, he ended up on his knees — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, not really — no support
- **3.** Nah, he got away fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Yeah, he fell down flat — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 723, line 3: «Maria climbs into the king's garden on a rope to fetch fruit for her sister, and twice she gets away from the king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «get away» (+3); the same property (+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/1961-pg7439-part20/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Which bridge is the proper dodgy one?

- **1.** the bridge of seven planks — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** the bridge over the river — score -2
- **3.** the Bridge of one hair — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** the thin bridge of one hair over the chasm — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1940, line 16: «The river: there is no bridge or ferryboat, and even "the boldest swimmer" would not dare the roaring waters.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «river» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «bridge» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1961-pg7439-part20/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Was Burd Ellen all fancy with her gear?

- **1.** Yeah, velvet, silk and gold — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, she turned up in rags and a plain grey cloak — no support
- **3.** Nah, just rags and cloth — no support
- **4.** Yeah, silver and furs — 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/1961-pg7439-part20/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Did Molly nick the giant's sword off the back of his bed?

- **1.** Nah, she didn't — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, she did, proper — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yeah, she nicked the ring — no support
- **4.** Nah, she took the purse — 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/1961-pg7439-part20/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Bro, what did the Elfin King pull out of his chest?

- **1.** a red bottle — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** a golden cup of wine — score -2
- **3.** a blood-red liquor in a phial — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** a silver flask of ale — score -2

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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 1784, line 11: «How: she takes the knife "from the chest where he kept his treasures" while her father sleeps.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «chest» (+3). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1961-pg7439-part20/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Has Molly got the king's youngest son yet?

- **1.** Not yet, she's off for the ring — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Not yet, she's still off hunting the giant's ring for the king — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Yeah, she's got him, but she's still fetching the sword from the giant — score 0
- **4.** Nah, she's got the sword — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1957, line 11: «fact: Where is Jack's home? "in the county of Cornwall, a farmer who had one only son called Jack."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+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/1961-pg7439-part20/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Was the giant well strong, like a proper beast?

- **1.** Yeah, he was massive and had a huge iron club and a lot of rage — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, he had big fists — no support
- **3.** Nah, he was a skinny old bloke with a stick — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he had a great club — **✓ 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/1961-pg7439-part20/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Was the carbuncle mad shiny in that hall?

- **1.** Yeah, it lit the whole hall — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, it was dim — no support
- **3.** Yeah, it glowed — no support
- **4.** Nah, it was pretty dull — 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/1961-pg7439-part20/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Did Molly get well shook when she ran off?

- **1.** Yeah, she ran off quick — no support
- **2.** Nah, she just strolled off — no support
- **3.** Yeah, she was shaking like a leaf and ran off into the woods — no support
- **4.** Nah, she ran straight to the king — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1961, line 5: «Molly steals the giant's sword and then his purse, running over the Bridge of one hair each time, and sets off back for his ring.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3); the same doer «molly» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1961-pg7439-part20/t13/)

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

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With reference to the passage, state the object which illuminated the hall of the Dark Tower.

- **1.** a golden lantern — no support
- **2.** a large jewel that was constantly revolving — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **3.** a bright carbuncle hung high above the hall floor — no support
- **4.** a revolving carbuncle — **✓ 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 -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1912, line 14: «Old word: a "puddock" is an old Scottish and northern word for a frog or toad, and people today use "toad" instead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old scottish word» (-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/1961-pg7439-part20/e1/)

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

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By what means did the giant identify the necks of his own daughters in the darkness?

- **1.** by their voices — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** by feeling for the straw ropes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** by smelling the sweet hair — no support
- **4.** by listening to their breathing — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1956, line 18: «Old word: "spur up" means hurry, like pricking a horse with spurs to make it go faster.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «word» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-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/1961-pg7439-part20/e2/)

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

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State the condition upon which the king would bestow his youngest son upon Molly Whuppie.

- **1.** the giant's death — no support
- **2.** the retrieval of the giant's ring — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** bringing back the giant's sword — score 4
- **4.** the return of the golden ring — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1803, line 3: «The two eldest sons bring back linen spun by their chosen girls, but the youngest has no one to spin for him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring back» (+3); the same doer «two eldest sons» (+2). 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/1961-pg7439-part20/e3/)

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

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Explain the significance of the phrase "Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie".

- **1.** a warning — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a praise for her wit — no support
- **3.** a curse upon her — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a blessing — 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/1961-pg7439-part20/e4/)

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