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title: Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a snow-white… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 2055 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 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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# Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a snow-white bull into the sea

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 2055 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/2055-pg976-part14/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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yo what colour was the bull, like for real

- **1.** snow-white, fr — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** pure white, ngl — no support
- **3.** snowy, no cap — no support
- **4.** white — 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/2055-pg976-part14/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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so why'd Europa even hop on the bull

- **1.** cuz she wanted to see the sea up close — no support
- **2.** cuz the bull was so big and she was super curious about the whole thing — score 4
- **3.** cuz she wanted to ride him all the way to the far end of the world — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** cuz it was the fastest way back to her bros — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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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 2055, line 11: «Why she rides: she thinks it is "the quickest way of rejoining" her brothers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+3); the same doer «europa» (+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/2055-pg976-part14/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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was the bull actually dangerous or nah

- **1.** yeah, he bit a bit at first — no support
- **2.** nah, he was chill and gentle — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yeah, dangerous — no support
- **4.** yeah, he was kinda wild — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 704, line 1: «The herdsman sends the youth to mind forty oxen, and the wild golden-horned bull runs off, so he uses his father's cow to lead the herd home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wild horned bull» (+2); the same property (+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/2055-pg976-part14/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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what did the bull munch from her hand tho

- **1.** some sweet clover — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** blades of grass — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** fresh green leaves — no support
- **4.** grass blades from the meadow near the sea shore — 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/2055-pg976-part14/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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wait, did her bros catch her in time

- **1.** nope, they ran after her but the bull was much too fast for them — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah, they grabbed her arm — no support
- **3.** nope, they stood far back and could only scream helplessly — no support
- **4.** nope, they were too far off — **✓ 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/2055-pg976-part14/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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what did the bull do when she yelled come back

- **1.** came trotting back home — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** turned around and galloped — no support
- **3.** he knelt — no support
- **4.** came running and knelt — **✓ 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/2055-pg976-part14/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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how did the bull jump, was it hard or what

- **1.** softly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** very high in the air — no support
- **3.** light as a feather — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** very high — 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/2055-pg976-part14/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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where'd he take her in the end

- **1.** the sea — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** to the palace — no support
- **3.** to sea — no support
- **4.** into the sea — **✓ 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/2055-pg976-part14/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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were her bros like, scared for her

- **1.** yeah, they screamed and cried and ran after him down the hill — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah, they shouted and wept — no support
- **3.** yes, they were very worried — no support
- **4.** yeah, they screamed and cried — **✓ 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/2055-pg976-part14/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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what did the king do when he heard, like

- **1.** he got really mad and sad and started yelling at the guards — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** he got really upset — no support
- **3.** went super mad and sad — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he went super mad, then cried for ages and shouted at everyone — score 5

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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 1994, line 5: «Deirdre lets him in, he tells King Connachar about her, and the king sets out at dawn to fetch her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set out» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). 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/2055-pg976-part14/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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did Europa scream while they were riding

- **1.** yeah, but with delight — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** yeah, she screamed loudly with fear the whole way out — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** nope, she was silent, but she waved to her brothers all the way — no support
- **4.** yeah, but happily — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1491, line 14: «The brothers refuse to take Cinderlad to the hill and call him "such an oaf," so he goes all alone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. 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/2055-pg976-part14/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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what did her bros yell as she waved

- **1.** Good-bye, all in one breath — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Goodbye, we all said together — no support
- **3.** Farewell, all — no support
- **4.** Good-bye — 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/2055-pg976-part14/t12/)

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

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Which quality does the bull display towards Europa throughout the passage?

- **1.** a fierce protectiveness over her — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** a playful, wild and mischievous nature — score -1
- **3.** affection — score -1
- **4.** gentleness — **✓ 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 238, line 11: «Why she loses the Bull: when everything turns blue, she is glad and crosses one foot over the other, so he cannot find her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-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/2055-pg976-part14/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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What reason does the narrator give for Europa's initial alarm?

- **1.** the bull had been running across the field toward the water — no support
- **2.** the bull's loud, sudden noise — no support
- **3.** the suddenness of her perception — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** her fear of the strange animal — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2055, line 9: «Why she is scared: "the suddenness with which she had perceived the bull" frightened her more than his looks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «perceive» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «europa» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2055-pg976-part14/e2/)

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

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What is the immediate consequence of Europa mounting the bull's back?

- **1.** he rises into the air and then gallops off to her brothers in the field — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** he leaps and gallops to her brothers — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** he gallops toward the sea — no support
- **4.** he kneels, lifts up, and then races across the whole meadow to the boys — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 501, line 8: «WHERE: Europa is playing "in a meadow near the sea-shore" in Phoenicia when the white bull comes up to her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come up» (+3); the same doer «white bull» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2055-pg976-part14/e3/)

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

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How does King Agenor respond when his sons bring him the news?

- **1.** he is overcome with grief and rage — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** he sends his guards out to search the entire coast for her immediately — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** he is filled with sorrow and fury — score -1
- **4.** he falls to the ground and cries out to the gods for help and mercy — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1989, line 3: «Conall's sons grab the brown horse, and he kicks up such a racket that the king sends men to look.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2055-pg976-part14/e4/)

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