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title: English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1970 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1970 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/1970-pg7439-part29/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Man, was the queen a proper witch or just a bit sly?

- **1.** A cruel queen — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Neither a real witch nor a queen but a cunning stepmother — score 5
- **3.** A wicked witch who had dealt in curses for years — score 3
- **4.** A proper witch — **✓ 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 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 693, line 3: «Soon after he dies, the queen marries a cruel noble who starves the boy and dresses him in rags.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «queen» (+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/1970-pg7439-part29/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Howay, what kind of spell turned Margaret into a worm, like?

- **1.** A dark charm — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** A kiss — score 4
- **3.** A nasty spell — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** A curse — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 177, line 2: «A black and white cat runs from a wolf, turns into a worm and hides in a pomegranate that grows as big as a pumpkin and smashes in the court.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+5). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1970-pg7439-part29/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Did wor Childe Wynd get his sister back, like?

- **1.** Aye, he gave her three kisses and then the spell broke at dawn — score -1
- **2.** He hugged her and wept — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** He kissed her three times and she was changed back to a lass — score 5
- **4.** He kissed her three times — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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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 265, line 14: «The Childe cries "The vow! the vow!" and blows another blast on his horn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «childe» (+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/1970-pg7439-part29/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Was the worm dead hungry or just being a pain?

- **1.** Naughty — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Very hungry too — no support
- **3.** Dead hungry — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Sleepy — 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/1970-pg7439-part29/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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What did the warlock say to feed the worm, pet?

- **1.** Seven cows' milk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Seven ewes' milk — score 5
- **3.** Seven cows' milk poured into a golden bowl by the door — score 0
- **4.** Milk from seven cows, given each morning at dawn — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1970, line 4: «A warlock says seven cows' milk will feed the worm, and Childe Wynd sails home in a ship with a rowan-wood keel.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feed» (+8). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); the same thing acted on «worm» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1970-pg7439-part29/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Hinny, what wood was the boat's keel made of?

- **1.** Ash — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Rowan — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Hard seasoned oak timber — no support
- **4.** Oak — 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/1970-pg7439-part29/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Was the lad Childe Wynd well brave, or just lucky?

- **1.** Well brave — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Bold — no support
- **3.** Brave — no support
- **4.** Very lucky — 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/1970-pg7439-part29/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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How many kisses did it take, the bairn?

- **1.** One — **← Mova's choice** · score -6
- **2.** Two — no support
- **3.** Three — **✓ the right answer** · score -9
- **4.** Seven — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -6, against -9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1783, line 12: «What happens to the gardens after the kisses? "The flowers were lovelier, the streams ran quicker, the sunbeams shone brighter," so the three kisses have chang…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «three kisses» (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). The right option, 3, scored -9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1970-pg7439-part29/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Did the witch get her comeuppance, or did she get away wi' it?

- **1.** She was turned into a toad by Childe Wynd's rowan twig — score 0
- **2.** She got turned into a hideous toad and banished for ever — score 5
- **3.** She got turned to a toad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** She escaped to France — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1912, line 1: «The three princes fight over the beautiful Parsley until a witch turns her into a toad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3); the same doer «witch» (+2); the same thing acted on «her» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1970-pg7439-part29/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Where did the lad land his ship, like?

- **1.** In the sheltered creek beneath Bamburgh Castle — no support
- **2.** The beach — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Budle Creek — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Bamburgh — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1719, line 14: «The Princess uses "flattering, caressing words" and a potion to make Martin reveal his secret.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «words» (+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/1970-pg7439-part29/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Gan on, what did the cat do wi' the mouse's tail?

- **1.** Ate it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Chewed it up — no support
- **3.** Bit — no support
- **4.** Bit it off — **✓ 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/1970-pg7439-part29/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Man, how many folk did the mouse go round, like?

- **1.** Two — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Six — score 2
- **3.** Four folk — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Five cats — 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 1961, line 13: «Old word: a "phial" is a small glass bottle, and "widershins" means going round in the wrong direction, against the sun, which is why Burd Ellen never goes rou…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). 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/1970-pg7439-part29/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Did the spell last till the world ends, or what?

- **1.** Till the world ends — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Until the end of time itself and beyond the sky — no support
- **3.** Until the seas dry up and the mountains fall — no support
- **4.** Forever — no support

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**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 1457, line 8: «Where: the Gray Sisters live in "a blue cave of the ice" in a land "where the world ends", far to the north.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1970-pg7439-part29/t13/)

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

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Which material was the keel of the vessel constructed from, as stated in the narrative?

- **1.** Hard seasoned oak timber from the old forest — no support
- **2.** Rowan timber — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Ash wood — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **4.** Pine planks — 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 58, line 17: «His last voyage began with «Family troubles, as usual. The domestic storm-cone was hoisted», so he shipped on a small trading vessel bound from Constantinople…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «rat» (-1); 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/1970-pg7439-part29/e1/)

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

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Upon what condition was the transformation of the Laidly Worm reversed?

- **1.** A promise of gold and three kisses from Childe Wynd's own lips — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Three gifts from his mother — no support
- **3.** Three kisses from Childe Wynd given at the castle gate — no support
- **4.** Three kisses from Childe Wynd — **✓ 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/1970-pg7439-part29/e2/)

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

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By what means did Childe Wynd render the witch-queen into a toad?

- **1.** By striking her three times with a rowan branch and a prayer — no support
- **2.** By touching her with rowan — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** By cursing her with salt — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** By touching her face with a rowan twig from the hill — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 55, line 9: «The driver hears something: «we're the last train running in this direction to-night, yet I could be sworn that I heard another following us!»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swear» (+5); the same thing acted on «toad» (+3). 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/1970-pg7439-part29/e3/)

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

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What was the nature of the warlock's counsel regarding the Laidly Worm?

- **1.** Provision of milk from seven cows — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Advice to feed it the milk of seven cows at dawn each day — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** Instructions to supply the worm with milk from seven black cows every morning — no support
- **4.** Supply of bread from nine ovens — 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1886, line 20: «Old word: "feigned" means pretended or made up, so a feigned voice is a fake voice that hides who is speaking.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «fake voice» (-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/1970-pg7439-part29/e4/)

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