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title: Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 36: the king's son… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 2017 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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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 36: the king's son and the magic bundle

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

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Lesson 2017 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/2017-pg7885-part36/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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So the wren gets hired, yeah?

- **1.** Yeah, the miller hired him, bruv — no support
- **2.** Yeah, the farmer took him on, mate — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Nah, he got sacked — no support
- **4.** Yeah, the lord took him on, mate — 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 1718, line 2: «A rich peasant hires Martin for a year without wages, and at payday Martin takes the sack of sand, not the silver.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2017-pg7885-part36/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, what's the wren's mad tool for threshing?

- **1.** a spade, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a hoe, innit — no support
- **3.** a stick, innit — no support
- **4.** a flail, innit — **✓ 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/2017-pg7885-part36/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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How many birds has the wren brought to the scrap?

- **1.** ten, bruv — no support
- **2.** fifteen, mate — score -2
- **3.** twelve, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** six, bruv — 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 1684, line 5: «At two tournaments the Prince throws apples to his wife, she blurts out his secret, and her mother burns his shell; then an old man finds twelve eagles turn in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «twelve eagles» (+1). Against it: the number the lesson gave for it (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2017-pg7885-part36/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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So the mouse's lot got absolutely battered, right?

- **1.** Yeah, the cat ate the mouse — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, not really — no support
- **3.** Yeah, the wren broke her leg — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, the wren broke his wing — 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/2017-pg7885-part36/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Who was the mad snake fighting, then?

- **1.** a wild grey hawk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a huge black raven with a broken wing — no support
- **3.** a big black raven — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a huge white heron — 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/2017-pg7885-part36/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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How many Bens did the raven drag him over on day one?

- **1.** nine, ridiculous — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** nine Bens, which is ridiculous, honestly — no support
- **3.** seven, ridiculous — score 2
- **4.** nine, absolutely ridiculous, mate — score 1

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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 1950, line 5: «At the feast the food has no salt, so her father tastes it, cries, and finds out that his daughter was the one who loved him best.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2017-pg7885-part36/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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The raven's a lad after, yeah?

- **1.** Nah, a proper big bird with gold feathers — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Yeah, a right fit lad with gold rings — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Yeah, a sound old man with silver rings — score 2
- **4.** Yeah, a right fit lad with gold rings and a massive horse and a sword — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1503, line 2: «A raven warns him that his water is leaking, so he patches the can with clay and brings home enough water for a big cake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «raven» (+1); the same property (+1). 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/2017-pg7885-part36/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Who put the raven under a spell, like?

- **1.** some really bad druid from the north, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** some cruel king, innit — score 7
- **3.** a jealous giant, innit — score 6
- **4.** some bad druid, innit — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 2017, line 12: «The raven says a bad druid put him under spells, and the king's son's help set him free.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «bad druid» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: the same place «spells» (-1). 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/2017-pg7885-part36/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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So the bundle's basically a cheat code?

- **1.** Yeah, don't open it till you reach the right spot near home, trust me — no support
- **2.** Yeah, don't open it till the castle — score 1
- **3.** Yeah, it's basically a cheat code, don't open it till the right spot, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Yeah, don't open it till the right spot — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2017, line 5: «The king's son helps a raven, is carried home over the hills, and then opens a magic bundle that makes a castle appear.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «open» (+3); the same thing acted on «magic bundle» (+1); a different doer (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/2017-pg7885-part36/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Where'd he finally open the bundle, then?

- **1.** in a dark wood far away — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** in a dark close wood on the edge of the king's land — score 4
- **3.** in a close wood near home — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** in a close wood right next to his own house, mate — 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 1533, line 18: «Old word: "rival" means to equal or match someone, so "no one on earth could rival her" means no one was as lovely.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «one» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+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/2017-pg7885-part36/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Oh my days, what popped out of it?

- **1.** a grand castle, with an orchard and a stable and a river — no support
- **2.** a fine palace, with a garden — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** a tall tower, with a well — no support
- **4.** a grand castle, with an orchard — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1130, line 3: «The rich brother comes to visit, is shown the coffers, and grows envious, so he digs up a water-skin and the Unlucky Days pop out.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pop out» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «unlucky days» (+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/2017-pg7885-part36/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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And the giant's like, the house is bad?

- **1.** Yeah, that's a really bad place to build a castle, so ridiculous — score 4
- **2.** Yeah, cursed ground to build — no support
- **3.** Yeah, bad place to build it — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Yeah, bad place to build it, the giant says, and then he leaves — **← 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 1057, line 15: «What: The Carl fells twenty-four couples of timber and builds a house "well thatched and snug" in one load.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+3); the same doer «carl» (+1); the same thing acted on «house» (+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/2017-pg7885-part36/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Andrew's kip ends where, then?

- **1.** on the hillside by his horse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** on the road by his tall horse — no support
- **3.** under a bush — no support
- **4.** on the hillside by his horse, half asleep, in the rain — 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/2017-pg7885-part36/t13/)

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

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State the number of birds the wren assembled for the contest.

- **1.** thirteen — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** twelve — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** thirty-six birds in all — no support
- **4.** twenty-four birds — 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/2017-pg7885-part36/e1/)

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

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Identify the creature whom the king's son assisted in combat.

- **1.** the badger — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the raven — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the big black raven — no support
- **4.** the fox — 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/2017-pg7885-part36/e2/)

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

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Specify the circumstance under which the bundle was to be unfastened.

- **1.** in the place of his greatest wish — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** in the field of his deepest sorrow — no support
- **3.** when he reaches the place of his greatest wish and is ready — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** only in the place of his greatest wish, far from home — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2017, line 5: «The king's son helps a raven, is carried home over the hills, and then opens a magic bundle that makes a castle appear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «magic bundle» (+1); the same thing acted on «castle» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2017-pg7885-part36/e3/)

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

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Describe the response of the giant to the situation of the dwelling.

- **1.** it was badly built — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** it was wrong — no support
- **3.** it was ill-situated — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** it was lost — 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/2017-pg7885-part36/e4/)

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