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title: English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a stolen look… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1974 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 12 tests right, exam 1 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, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a stolen look that costs an eye

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1974 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/1974-pg7439-part33/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Mate, what was the ointment even for?

- **1.** to rub the baby's feet — no support
- **2.** to cover the imps' whole faces and hands — no support
- **3.** to heal the cook — no support
- **4.** to stroke the baby's eyes — **← 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 1974, line 8: «What: the mother gives her "a box of ointment" and tells her to stroke the baby's eyes with it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stroke» (+4); the same thing acted on «eyes» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1974-pg7439-part33/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Wait, where did the pixy nick the fruit and eggs?

- **1.** in the cellar of the lady's house — no support
- **2.** at the market — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -5
- **3.** from the hen-house behind the cottage — no support
- **4.** at the stall — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1789, line 6: «Who: Jem, a little boy, and his mother, who sells fruit and cabbages at the market.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same place «market» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1974-pg7439-part33/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Proper weird, innit: who had the squinny eyes?

- **1.** the baby — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** the pixy father — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** the old mother — score 5
- **4.** the baby's grandmother and the cook — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1972, line 19: «How: the tale ends with "they all lived happy and died happy", the sick son marrying the well sister and the well son marrying the sick one.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «words» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1974-pg7439-part33/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Bare grim, so how did she get blinded?

- **1.** a strike on her right eye — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the ointment burned her eye when she rubbed it — no support
- **3.** a bite from a dog — no support
- **4.** a knock on the head — 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/1974-pg7439-part33/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Did she tell anyone about the imps, like?

- **1.** she told everyone in the market the next day — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** she told her husband at once — score 0
- **3.** she said nothing to nobody — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** she told the village elders and the king — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1773, line 11: «The snake smells the scent and asks "what smell is that I smell inside", but the old woman tells him it is perfume.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1974-pg7439-part33/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Yeah but what kind of horse was it, bruv?

- **1.** a tall black stallion with a silver bridle — no support
- **2.** a bay horse, tall — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** an enormous coal-black horse with a flowing mane — no support
- **4.** a coal-black horse — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1560, line 13: «How: the grown horse is so tall that the lad "could not reach up to it" to feel its neck.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «grown horse» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1974-pg7439-part33/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Was the lady in bed actually posh then?

- **1.** she was a fine lady dressed in silk and lace from the city — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** she was a kind old nurse — no support
- **3.** she was the richest lady in the whole county — no support
- **4.** she was a beautiful lady — **✓ 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 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1927, line 5: «The lady keeps her promise and marries the tailor that very day, and then a new tale begins about a soldier-king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lady» (+3); the same thing acted on «tailor» (+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/1974-pg7439-part33/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Why'd the old fella pay her so much, then?

- **1.** for such service — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** for the eggs — no support
- **3.** for her good work — no support
- **4.** for nothing — 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/1974-pg7439-part33/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Ain't it dead sad she went blind?

- **1.** blind on one side until the day she died — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** blind for a year — no support
- **3.** blind for many a year — no support
- **4.** blind till she died — **✓ 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/1974-pg7439-part33/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Was the next day market-day or what?

- **1.** next day was market-day — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** no, it was not — no support
- **3.** yes, it was — no support
- **4.** the next day was Sunday — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1154, line 14: «The stepmother and her daughter visit the palace while the prince is away on a hunt, so the princess is "alone all day."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1); the same thing acted on «day» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1974-pg7439-part33/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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What's the old lady's real name then, innit?

- **1.** Mother Goody — no support
- **2.** Dame Goody of the Green Cottage — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** Dame Goodwin — score -1
- **4.** Dame Goody — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1825, line 20: «OLD WORDS: "Dom" and "Hadi" were names of low castes in old India, and today we do not judge people by caste, so such words sound unfair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old words» (-1); the same thing acted on «names» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1974-pg7439-part33/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Mad that she rubbed her own eye, weren't it?

- **1.** she rubbed her eye — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** she rubbed her left eyelid — no support
- **3.** she rubbed her right eyelid — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** she rubbed her right eyelid when no one looked — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1227, line 6: «The wolverine says his own eyes were weak "till my father smashed a pailful of cranberries, and rubbed my eyes with them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rub» (+4); the same thing acted on «eyes» (+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/1974-pg7439-part33/t12/)

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

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Pursuant to the narrative, upon which eyelid did Dame Goody apply the ointment?

- **1.** her own right eyelid — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** the old pixy's eyelid — score 6
- **3.** the baby's eyes — score 6
- **4.** her own left eyelid — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1934, line 19: «Old word: "bridle" is the set of straps used to control a horse's head; people still use the word for this today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+5); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1974-pg7439-part33/e1/)

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

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In what manner did the pixy respond upon discovering her observation?

- **1.** he struck her left eye — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he struck her right eye with his iron staff — no support
- **3.** he slapped her left cheek — no support
- **4.** he struck her right eye — **✓ 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/1974-pg7439-part33/e2/)

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

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Subsequent to the market visit, for what duration did her affliction persist?

- **1.** for the rest of the year — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** until the day of her death — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** for the rest of her life and every day after — no support
- **4.** until the end of all her days and beyond — 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/1974-pg7439-part33/e3/)

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

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Upon what grounds did the old fellow censure Dame Goody?

- **1.** for spying on his family and stealing his ointment — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** for meddling with his affairs and his household secrets — no support
- **3.** for meddling with his affairs — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** for spying on his market — 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/1974-pg7439-part33/e4/)

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