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title: English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 244 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 13 tests right, exam 2 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, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest

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**Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 244 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/244-pg14241-part11/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, was Jack's wife proper clever or what?

- **1.** Dead sus, like — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Mint and wicked, bruv — no support
- **3.** Bare boring, mate — no support
- **4.** Proper clever, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 102, line 3: «Their father is sad and alone, his wife is dead, and the pearls and stones roll out of the apron and pocket onto the floor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+1); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/244-pg14241-part11/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bruv, why'd she chuck the prince in the chest?

- **1.** Cos it was raining, like — no support
- **2.** Cos he was grabbing for the tool — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Cos she was bored, mate — no support
- **4.** Cos the king said so, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 232, line 16: «Feeling: The Sultan says of the house, "I am no longer astonished that you do not wish to leave it."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «sultan» (+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/244-pg14241-part11/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Did the king reckon Jack would finish the castle?

- **1.** Yeah, he was dead keen — no support
- **2.** Nah, he was just bare sleepy — no support
- **3.** Yeah, he was well chill — no support
- **4.** Nah, he wanted them dead — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 221, line 19: «The king wants the horse because he is interested in "every thing out of the common", and the Indian will sell it "on one condition".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/244-pg14241-part11/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Ain't that trap well peak, though?

- **1.** Nah, bare rubbish — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Totally peak, mate — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Ngl, proper dull — no support
- **4.** Pure boring, bro — 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/244-pg14241-part11/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Jack's dad got well salty, didn't he?

- **1.** Yeah, he were bare chill — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, he were mint and calm — no support
- **3.** Nah, he were dead happy — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he were right gutted — **✓ 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/244-pg14241-part11/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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So what's the vibe with the housekeeper?

- **1.** She's mad bored, innit — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She's a good 'un, grassed the king — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** She's proper lazy, like — no support
- **4.** She's a right sneak, bruv — 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/244-pg14241-part11/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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How long was the castle job, then?

- **1.** A bit of a fortnight — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A whole twelvemonth, mate — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Like, a day or two — no support
- **4.** A quick week, bruv — 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/244-pg14241-part11/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Did the wife do something proper sus?

- **1.** Nah, she was dead smart — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, she was bare lazy — no support
- **3.** Yeah, she was well bad — no support
- **4.** Yeah, she was mint shady — 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/244-pg14241-part11/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Why'd Jack's dad get salty with him?

- **1.** Cos Jack ate his lunch — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Cos Jack was well late — no support
- **3.** Cos Jack wouldn't shorten the road — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Cos Jack broke his tools — 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/244-pg14241-part11/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Was the king's son a bit of a plank?

- **1.** Nah, he was mint at chess — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, he was a proper legend — no support
- **3.** Yeah, he was dead strong — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he got well caught out — **✓ 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/244-pg14241-part11/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Did Jack's wife get the last laugh, though?

- **1.** Nah, the king got her — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, she totally did, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nah, she got grounded — no support
- **4.** Yeah, Jack got grounded — 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/244-pg14241-part11/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Wait, what was the chest thing about?

- **1.** A cupboard for shoes — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A bed for the king — no support
- **3.** A secret stash of gold — no support
- **4.** Holes so the lad could breathe — **✓ 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/244-pg14241-part11/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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So was the tale worth the walk, or what?

- **1.** Nah, it made the road longer — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Nah, it was dead dull — no support
- **3.** Yeah, it shortened the whole road — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, it was just a rubbish story — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 219, line 2: «Then a new tale begins: the merchant Ali Cogia dreams three nights running that he must make his pilgrimage to Mecca.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); the same doer «tale» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/244-pg14241-part11/t13/)

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

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Which statement most accurately describes the effect of the tale Jack told on the journey to the foundation-stone?

- **1.** It lengthened the road beyond all expectation — no support
- **2.** It caused the travellers to lose their way — no support
- **3.** It delayed the arrival until the following morning — no support
- **4.** It shortened the road as the wife had predicted — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 14, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 244, line 10: «Jack tells a story on the road, and "the road was shortened as his wife had said."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «road» (+6); the same action «shorten» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/244-pg14241-part11/e1/)

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

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Which option correctly identifies the purpose of the wife's advice concerning the servants of the castle?

- **1.** It was intended to reduce the number of workers — no support
- **2.** It was intended to conceal the king's intentions — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** It was intended to delay the completion of the work — no support
- **4.** It was intended to foster friendly relations — **✓ 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 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 244, line 3: «The housekeeper warns them that the king plans to kill them so they cannot build another castle.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+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/244-pg14241-part11/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which option accurately states the means by which the wife secured the king's son within the chest?

- **1.** She locked him in with a silver key — score 5
- **2.** She struck him upon the head with a tool — score 5
- **3.** She persuaded him to enter of his own accord — score 5
- **4.** She seized him by the two heels and confined him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 244, line 15: «The wife catches the king's son "by the two heels" and throws him into the chest, then fastens it down.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/244-pg14241-part11/e3/)

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

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Which option best explains the king's eventual decision to release Gobborn Seer and Jack from the palace grounds?

- **1.** He was overcome with remorse for his intended treachery — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He received an unexpected gift of great value — no support
- **3.** He was persuaded by the entreaties of the housekeeper — no support
- **4.** He saw his son's letter and accepted the completed building — **✓ 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/244-pg14241-part11/e4/)

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