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title: Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a cursed son, and… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 488 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 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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# Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a cursed son, and a soldier who never washes end in devils outwitted by devils.

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 488 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/488-pg22373-part80/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, who even bought the old dude's dog in this story?

- **1.** the well-dressed stranger, obvs — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the beggar, bro — score 1
- **3.** the soldier, lol — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** the merchant, fam — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 478, line 5: «The villagers stake the corpse, reward the moujik, and then the tale turns to two more stories about vampires.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «two more stories» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «tale» (+1); 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/488-pg22373-part80/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, so the devil's house was on what mountain?

- **1.** the Onega cliff, fam — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the Mian mountain, mate — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the Novgorod peak, dude — no support
- **4.** the Ural hill, bruh — 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/488-pg22373-part80/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Bro, why did the wife jump in the ice-hole?

- **1.** to grab the horse, dude — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** cause she was bored, lol — no support
- **3.** to find the priest, bro — score 4
- **4.** to save her hubby, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+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/488-pg22373-part80/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Ngl, what did the mom yell at her son?

- **1.** "Get lost, you goof!" — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** "Stop, you little rat!" — no support
- **3.** "Go away, you pest!" — no support
- **4.** "The devil take thee!" — **✓ 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/488-pg22373-part80/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Okay, what did the devil boss get in the end?

- **1.** two souls, bro — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** a golden crown, lol — no support
- **3.** a new house, mate — no support
- **4.** a bag of cash, dude — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 488, line 5: «Last, a rich soldier who never washes wins a princess by a painted picture, and the devil who hired him gets two souls instead of one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «devil» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/488-pg22373-part80/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Real talk, why did the soldier never wash?

- **1.** he hated soap, fam — no support
- **2.** he made a deal with the devil — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** he had no water, dude — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** he was too lazy, bruh — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 355, line 2: «The kind old man calls for a boy to bring water so they can wash their hands before supper.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «water» (+2). 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/488-pg22373-part80/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Bruh, which sister said she'd sooner marry the devil?

- **1.** the little devil — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** the eldest one — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** the king's wife — no support
- **4.** the youngest one — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 488, line 15: «The grandfather devil orders the grandchild "flung into boiling pitch" for losing the soldier.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «grandfather devil» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/488-pg22373-part80/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Yo, what did the soldier look like in the picture?

- **1.** a prince with a crown — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** a monster with messy hair — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** a knight in shining armour — no support
- **4.** a cute kid in a hat — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 84, line 18: «In the picture the black-handled spear «looks as if it was sticking in Daddy's back», because the tooth slipped and the bark was too small.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «look» (+1); the same circumstance (+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/488-pg22373-part80/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Lol, what did the devil boil the soldier in?

- **1.** a bathtub — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a soup pot — no support
- **3.** a frying pan — no support
- **4.** a cauldron — **✓ 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/488-pg22373-part80/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Wait, who was on the bath-room duty at the devil house?

- **1.** the young man — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the old beggar — no support
- **3.** the merchant's wife — no support
- **4.** the king's cook — 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/488-pg22373-part80/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Dude, who was watching the stove in the hut?

- **1.** the young wife — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** the old beggar — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** the horseman — score 8
- **4.** the merchant — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 100, line 1: «The King follows the Fawn to the forest hut and asks the Sister to be his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «follow» (+4); the same place «forest hut» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/488-pg22373-part80/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Bro, what did the grandfather devil want to throw his grandchild in?

- **1.** a lake — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** a dungeon — score 1
- **3.** a snowdrift — score 1
- **4.** boiling pitch — **✓ 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 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 419, line 11: «Why the moujik comes back is simple: he wants his copeck, and Marko says "I've come for my copeck" is what the moujik says at the gate.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+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/488-pg22373-part80/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Ngl, how did the youth get the old man's family to be happy?

- **1.** the devils gave them gold — no support
- **2.** the merchant took them in — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** the king gave them land — no support
- **4.** the priest blessed them — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 479, line 14: «At dawn the Warlock "fell lifeless to the ground," and the soldier takes the phials to the family.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+5); the same doer «soldier» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/488-pg22373-part80/t13/)

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

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Which of the following options correctly identifies the sum of the events concerning the hunter's dog?

- **1.** A well-dressed stranger purchased the dog. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** An old beggar purchased the dog. — no support
- **3.** A tired soldier purchased the dog. — score 3
- **4.** A passing merchant purchased the dog. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 488, line 1: «An old hunter sells his dog to a well-dressed stranger and later finds that the stranger is a devil who lives in a city on a mountain.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dress» (+3); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/488-pg22373-part80/e1/)

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

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Which of the following options correctly identifies the outcome of the wife's pursuit of her husband?

- **1.** She married the horseman in the hall. — score 5
- **2.** She rescued her husband from the devils. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** She returned home alone to her parents. — score 7
- **4.** She was taken by the devils. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 488, line 4: «Next, a young husband vanishes into an icy river, and his young wife follows him down, leaving her cross behind to save him from the devils.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «young wife» (+1); 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/488-pg22373-part80/e2/)

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

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Which of the following options correctly identifies the fate of the soldier's rich employer?

- **1.** He was cleansed and given a crown. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was flung into the cauldron. — no support
- **3.** He was tricked and booked two souls. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He was rewarded with the princess. — 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/488-pg22373-part80/e3/)

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

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Which of the following options correctly identifies the moral conveyed by the Satan episode?

- **1.** Devils cannot enter a church. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Hasty words should never be spoken. — no support
- **3.** Wealth is the root of all evil. — no support
- **4.** Married folks must not be sundered. — **✓ 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/488-pg22373-part80/e4/)

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