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title: Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alf… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 341 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 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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# Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 341 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/341-pg18442-part1/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, did Alfred really have to hide on some random island?

- **1.** yeah, the Danes kicked him out of his place, for real — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah, he hid, no cap — no support
- **3.** yeah, the Danes chased him off his land, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** nah, the Saxons pushed him out of the town, fr — 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/341-pg18442-part1/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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so what did the king hand over to the beggar?

- **1.** half the loaf and half the wine — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** a quarter of the loaf and wine — no support
- **3.** all the food the household had left in the hall, bro — score 0
- **4.** the whole loaf, the wine, and a coin from his purse, lowkey — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 196, line 2: «When the wine "went into his head", Schacabac hits his host, who laughs and gives him a real supper.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «wine» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/341-pg18442-part1/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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wait, how much bread did they even have?

- **1.** a whole basket of bread, cheese, and plenty of wine, lowkey — no support
- **2.** like, one loaf, bro — no support
- **3.** one loaf and a little wine, lowkey — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** two fish and a jug of cold water, lowkey — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 15: «She shrinks, runs out, and sees Bill the Lizard being held up by two guinea-pigs, who give him something out of a bottle; the crowd rushes at her, but she esca…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the number the lesson gave for it (-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/341-pg18442-part1/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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did everybody just leave him there alone?

- **1.** nah, all of them went fishing except the king, queen and one servant — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** nah, everyone in the whole household went fishing on the boats, leaving only the king, queen, one servant and a dog behind — no support
- **3.** nah, all the men went off to sea except the old guard at the gate — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** nah, just the cook left — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 324, line 15: «Old word: "marooned" means left alone on a lonely place with no way to escape; today we use it for being stranded anywhere.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/341-pg18442-part1/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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how many boats full of fish came back, bro?

- **1.** four — no support
- **2.** three — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** two — no support
- **4.** three, bro, full of fish — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 341, line 4: «That afternoon the fishermen come back with three boats full of fish, and everyone feels more hopeful than ever.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the number the lesson gave for it (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «come back» (-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/341-pg18442-part1/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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what did the fishermen say about the catch?

- **1.** they caught more fish that day than ever before, legit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **2.** the catch was the biggest they had ever seen, legit — no support
- **3.** they caught more fish that day than ever before in all the years of their lives, legit — score 12
- **4.** they caught more fish that day than any crew had ever caught on this whole coast, legit fr — score 12

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 341, line 12: «The fishermen said: "We have caught more fish to-day than in all the other days that we have been on this island."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «catch» (+6); the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «more fish» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/341-pg18442-part1/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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okay, what did the king see in the night?

- **1.** a bright light like the sun that was super wild and filled the whole island with glowing gold — no support
- **2.** a bright star over the hill, super wild — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** a huge glowing light, brighter than the noonday sun, shining down over the water in a very wild way — no support
- **4.** a bright light like the sun, super wild — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 341, line 18: «Old word: "fancied" means imagined or thought, so the king "fancied that he saw" a light means he thought he saw one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/341-pg18442-part1/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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who was in the middle of the light, though?

- **1.** a tall old man with long black hair and a grey beard, lol — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** an old man with black hair — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** a young boy with red hair — no support
- **4.** an old man with black hair and a white staff, fr — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 341, line 18: «Old word: "fancied" means imagined or thought, so the king "fancied that he saw" a light means he thought he saw one.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same property (+1). 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/341-pg18442-part1/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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what was the old man holding, like in his hand?

- **1.** a sealed letter with a red wax seal, lol — no support
- **2.** a wooden staff — no support
- **3.** a sword — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** an open book — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 290, line 13: «Many young men go to the palace, but inside they are struck dumb and can only repeat "the last word they had uttered".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «men» (+1); the same thing acted on «last word» (+1). 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/341-pg18442-part1/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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how was he gonna call the army together?

- **1.** blow his horn three times, loud — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** send a rider to each town, quick — no support
- **3.** send a rider — no support
- **4.** beat his shield at dawn, very loud — 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/341-pg18442-part1/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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what did the old man call Alfred, like, to his face?

- **1.** brother — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** my son — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** my beloved son, Alfred of Wessex — score 2
- **4.** my dear son, the young king of England — score 2

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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 32, line 9: «For a moment the Rat felt like a ship's captain whose boat had been driven aground by reckless sailors — remembering what he used to shout at steam-launches wh…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «shout» (-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/341-pg18442-part1/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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so did Alfred get scared by the vision?

- **1.** nah, he was not afraid at all, he just stood there amazed and in awe of it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nah, he was not afraid at all — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yeah, he was totally scared at first, but then he got over it and felt fine — no support
- **4.** nah, he felt pretty brave — 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/341-pg18442-part1/t12/)

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

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Which of the following statements concerning the provisions available to the royal household on the island is correct?

- **1.** The household had one loaf of bread. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The household possessed one loaf of bread and a small quantity of wine. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The household had only some bread. — no support
- **4.** The household kept a few cakes and a jug of ale in storage. — 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/341-pg18442-part1/e1/)

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

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Which of the following accurately describes the instructions that the old man in the vision gave to King Alfred concerning the assembly of his army?

- **1.** He instructed the king to blow his horn three times at dawn. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** He ordered the king to send riders to every town by sunset. — score 5
- **3.** He told the king to light a fire on the hill at night before the army came. — score 5
- **4.** He told the king to blow his horn. — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 252, line 1: «A dying gentleman and his wife give their two little children to his brother and beg him to be kind to them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «dying gentleman» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/341-pg18442-part1/e2/)

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

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Which of the following is the most accurate account of the attitude that King Alfred displayed toward the vision he experienced during the night?

- **1.** He regarded the vision with wonder but without any fear. — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** He ignored the vision completely. — no support
- **3.** He regarded the vision with fear, though he hid it from his men. — score 6
- **4.** He regarded the vision with wonder and no fear, but he decided to tell no one about it for many years. — **← Mova's choice** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 254, line 10: «The first old man greets Jack with "Good morning, my king's son," and he knows the prince's business without being told.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+6); the same doer «jack» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/341-pg18442-part1/e3/)

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

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Which of the following statements concerning the number of soldiers promised to the king by the old man is correct?

- **1.** Three hundred men would be gathered around the king by eight o'clock. — score 4
- **2.** Five hundred men would be gathered about the king by nine o'clock. — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** A thousand men would come from every village in the region and be gathered around the king by nine o'clock sharp. — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Four hundred men would be gathered about the king by ten o'clock. — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 303, line 6: «Who: the learned man is "a young man, and seemed to be a clever man", who comes from the cold lands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «clever man» (+3). 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/341-pg18442-part1/e4/)

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