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title: Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 21: the animals chase… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 2002 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 13 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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# Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 21: the animals chase the robbers out of their house

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 2002 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/2002-pg7885-part21/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, what was the poor ass stuck up to, like?

- **1.** his back in the marsh — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** his shoulders and head in a deep bog — no support
- **3.** his shoulders in a bog — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** his shoulders stuck in the wet black bog — 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/2002-pg7885-part21/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Sound, what did the dog have tied to his tail?

- **1.** a bucket — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a tin kettle full of hot water — no support
- **3.** a heavy iron cooking kettle — no support
- **4.** a kettle — **✓ 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/2002-pg7885-part21/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Gas, what did the fox run off with?

- **1.** the black cock with his feathers — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** a duck — score 7
- **3.** a brown hen — score 7
- **4.** a black cock — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1409, line 2: «Pinocchio bows, trots, gallops and runs, then spots his Fairy in a box, but he can only bray.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+5); the same doer «pinocchio» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Yer man, how many robbers were in the gaff?

- **1.** six — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -4
- **2.** seven — score -4
- **3.** two — score -4
- **4.** four — score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 303, line 1: «A learned man from the cold lands visits a hot country, where the sun is so strong that everyone stays indoors by day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «learned man» (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Bro, what did Jack share with the dog?

- **1.** half his bread and all his meat and wine — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** his bread, meat and a bit of cake — score 1
- **3.** his milk and cake — score 1
- **4.** his bread and meat — **✓ the right answer** · 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 2001, line 17: «Jack: a poor widow has one son, and a "very scarce summer" means they do not know how they will live.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: the same doer «jack» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/2002-pg7885-part21/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Boss, who kicked the captain back out?

- **1.** the stubborn grey mule — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** the ass — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** the cock — score 8
- **4.** the poor old donkey — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1059, line 4: «The Carl ties Cael up and makes him swear to send Fionn the rent of Thessaly every year, then kicks his boat seven leagues out to sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «kick» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Like, who clawed yer man's face?

- **1.** the cat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** the cock — no support
- **3.** the cock from the yard — no support
- **4.** the big grey farm cat — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 808, line 1: «A butterfly meets a pea-blossom, asks who her sister is, and flies off because the sister has a long, sallow face.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «long sallow face» (+1). Against it: the same doer «sister» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Grand, where'd yer man end up, yeah?

- **1.** on the big dunghill by the wall — score 4
- **2.** in the stable — score 4
- **3.** back in the yard on the dunghill heap — score 4
- **4.** on the dunghill — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 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 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» (+2); the same doer «word» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Yo, where did the robbers skelp off to?

- **1.** the very heart of the dark wood — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** the old stone bridge — no support
- **3.** the heart of the wood — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** the edge of the village — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1640, line 8: «Where: the robbers stop at a church to rest, and leave the sack by the roadside while they go in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «robbers» (+1). Against it: the same place «church» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Sound, what did the robbers blow out?

- **1.** the candles and the fire together — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** the lanterns — score -1
- **3.** the candles — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** all the candles on the table — 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 913, line 19: «Old word "wafts": to blow gently through the air; the elder-tree "wafts its perfume on the breeze".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «blow» (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Like, what did the captain feel like, bro?

- **1.** dizzy — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** sore in the knee — score -1
- **3.** sore — score -1
- **4.** thick in the head — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1837, line 3: «The hind leads him into a narrow ravine, where he finds a hovel and a girl who is the hind herself.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-2). 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/2002-pg7885-part21/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Mad, how did the ass feel about the captain?

- **1.** he ran off — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** he gave him a kick — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** he gave him a shove — score 4
- **4.** he knocked him down — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 404, line 7: «What: the ass "suddenly started off and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice" and tried to throw himself over.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ass» (+4). 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/2002-pg7885-part21/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Yo, how did he get to the wood, in the end?

- **1.** crawled, one foot after another — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he crawled on his hands and knees all the way — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** he stumbled off the step — no support
- **4.** he walked slowly by the wall — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1908, line 10: «Who is the old man? He has "green eyes and chin" and crept out of a lime tree in a dark wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same place «dark wood» (-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/2002-pg7885-part21/t13/)

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

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Upon re-entering the room, which creature first attacked the captain?

- **1.** the dog — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** the cat — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** the black farm cock — no support
- **4.** the big old grey cat — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 2002, line 9: «The cat attacks first: he "flew in his face, and tore him with teeth and claws."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/2002-pg7885-part21/e1/)

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

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After the cock's assault at the street door, where did the captain stagger?

- **1.** into the house — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** into the dark stable at the back — score 4
- **3.** into the stable — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** back into the stable and out again — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 579, line 11: «Brer Wolf takes him at his word and drives up the cattle, and kills Brer Rabbit's best cow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «word» (-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/2002-pg7885-part21/e2/)

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

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Where did the robbers flee after the animals' attack?

- **1.** into the field — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** down the long road home — score 4
- **3.** across the wide dark moor — score 4
- **4.** into the heart of the wood — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 142, line 14: «Old word: "fain" in the Soldiers tale means "glad" or "forced", so "the Robber was fain to fly" means he had to run.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+2); the same doer «robber» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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What did the captain do once he had recovered his senses?

- **1.** he crawled slowly away to the dark wood — score -1
- **2.** he walked to the bog — score -1
- **3.** he limped to the gate — no support
- **4.** he crawled away to the wood — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 1415, line 4: «The captain sails away, and an old sorcerer trades red fishes to the princess's slave for the ring that was left under a cushion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2002-pg7885-part21/e4/)

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