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title: Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes

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**Tests:** 6 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 6 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 278 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/278-pg1597-part5/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Bro, was the Councillor totally wasted at that party?

- **1.** Yeah, the punch got him real bad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, the wine hit him hard, bro — no support
- **3.** Nah, mate, he was sober as a judge but the lieutenant's wine had him doing silly things all night long — no support
- **4.** Yeah, the punch got him proper bad and he ended up asleep on someone's doorstep in East Street — 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/278-pg1597-part5/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, what lingo did they reckon he was spitting?

- **1.** Swedish, bruv, nobody could follow it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Russian, mate, total gibberish to them — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Dutch, I reckon — no support
- **4.** Russian, mate — 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/278-pg1597-part5/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Lol, what did the Councillor think the plague of 1484 was?

- **1.** Typhus, like the stuff on the telly — no support
- **2.** Plague, I think — no support
- **3.** Cholera, like the fuss on the news — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -4
- **4.** Smallpox, the thing from the papers — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 278, line 7: «He thinks the pestilence of 1484 means the cholera, "which people made so much fuss about," but the others mean a different plague.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «cholera» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/278-pg1597-part5/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Dude, who's the Bachelor, the one going on in Latin all day?

- **1.** The fat one who ordered the mead — score -3
- **2.** The worthy one who loved old books — no support
- **3.** The worthy one who was too ignorant — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** The clergyman, innit — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 6: «Badger asks «How's old Toad going on?» The Rat: «Oh, from bad to worse … Another smash-up only last week, and a bad one.»», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old toad» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/278-pg1597-part5/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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So what made the Councillor's whole magic thing stop?

- **1.** His coat got stuck under the door — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** His shoes came off under the table when he tried to creep out, and then the whole party laughed — no support
- **3.** His hat fell off on the stairs — no support
- **4.** His shoes came off under the table — **✓ 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/278-pg1597-part5/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Mate, whose galoshes were chilling by the door?

- **1.** Some watchman who lives next door — score 6
- **2.** Some lieutenant who lives over the way, the one who never rings his bell after midnight — score 7
- **3.** Some guest from the party, I reckon — no support
- **4.** Some lieutenant who lives over the way — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ 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 4 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 278, line 14: «Later, the watchman sees a pair of galoshes close to the door and thinks they belong to the lieutenant who lives over the way.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+2); the same thing acted on «lieutenant» (+2); the same place «way» (+2); the same doer «lieutenant» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/278-pg1597-part5/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Why didn't the watchman ring the bell, bruv?

- **1.** He reckoned the bell was broken, mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** He didn't wanna wake folks in their beds — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** He didn't fancy waking the lieutenant — score 4
- **4.** Couldn't find the bell — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 278, line 15: «He is kind and does not ring the bell, because he "did not like disturbing the other people in their beds."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «watchman» (+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/278-pg1597-part5/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Gutted for the watchman? What did he wish for, then?

- **1.** To swap places with the lieutenant, cos he reckons the lieutenant's got it made up here — score 5
- **2.** To swap places with the lieutenant and live in his warm room with the rich wine and the fire — score 5
- **3.** To trade jobs with the lieutenant — score 5
- **4.** To swap places with the lieutenant — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 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 278, line 14: «Later, the watchman sees a pair of galoshes close to the door and thinks they belong to the lieutenant who lives over the way.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/278-pg1597-part5/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Hang on, what was on that rose-coloured paper?

- **1.** Some poem called Oh, Were I Rich — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A map, mate — no support
- **3.** Some list — no support
- **4.** Some verses about the sea trip — 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/278-pg1597-part5/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Lowkey, what did the lieutenant wish for when he was tiny?

- **1.** To be rich — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To be posh, like a proper lord — no support
- **3.** To be rich, like really rich — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** To be tall — 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/278-pg1597-part5/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Who gave the lieutenant a kiss in that poem?

- **1.** A little girl of twelve — score 6
- **2.** His mum — no support
- **3.** A cat — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **4.** A little maid of seven years — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 263, line 13: «The little lord gives money to a beggar woman's child, who "leant forward and kissed the little lord," and the cook mocks it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «cook» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). 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/278-pg1597-part5/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Bro, what's a hackney-coach anyway, like a taxi?

- **1.** Yeah, a horse-drawn cart for hire — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, a hired carriage off the street — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yeah, a carriage for rent, mate — no support
- **4.** Yeah, a taxi — 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/278-pg1597-part5/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Serious question, what kind of drink is claret?

- **1.** A red wine they poured at the party, made from grapes grown in the south and shipped north — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A red wine they poured at the party — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A strong ale the old sailors drink — no support
- **4.** Some sort of beer — 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/278-pg1597-part5/t13/)

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

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Which beverages were proposed by one of the guests during the gathering?

- **1.** Claret, Madeira, mulled ale and a barrel of cold water from the well — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Port, cider and Rhine wine — no support
- **3.** Claret, mead, Bremen beer and a jug of hot punch with sugar and lemon — no support
- **4.** Claret, mead and Bremen beer — **✓ 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/278-pg1597-part5/e1/)

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

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By what means did the Councillor's period of confusion come to an end?

- **1.** Pulling the galoshes off his feet — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Removal of the shoes from his feet — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Removal of the shoes from his feet, which slipped away under the table as he tried to creep out — no support
- **4.** Removal of the shoes from his feet by the other guests, who pulled them off while he was singing — 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/278-pg1597-part5/e2/)

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

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Which author is named in the conversation as the writer of a novel not yet read?

- **1.** Holberg — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Hans — no support
- **3.** Ewald — no support
- **4.** Heiberg — **✓ 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/278-pg1597-part5/e3/)

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

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In which year does the account place the war of the buccaneers?

- **1.** In the year after the great fever swept the town, in the late autumn of 1491 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 1490 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** In the fourteen-nineties, the decade after the great plague and the flood of the river — no support
- **4.** 900 — 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/278-pg1597-part5/e4/)

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