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title: Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, ta… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 634 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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# Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament

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**Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 634 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/634-pg23661-part2/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, the Dragon just nicked the whole soccer lot, innit? What happened to the ball?

- **1.** It was snatched up by the beast — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It got carried off, goal-posts and all — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It flew off with the Dragon's claws — no support
- **4.** It was taken by the Dragon — 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/634-pg23661-part2/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruh, what was the book even called?

- **1.** The Tale of Monsters — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Book of Dragons — no support
- **3.** The Book of Beasts — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A book — 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/634-pg23661-part2/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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did the butterfly actually fly out the window?

- **1.** Yeah, straight out the window — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, it flew into the lamp — no support
- **3.** Yeah, it flapped right out through the open window and vanished into the sky — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Nah, it actually flew out through the cracked door and onto the windowsill — 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 212, line 18: «Old word: "lattices" are criss-cross frames over windows, and "jasper" and "agate" are kinds of stone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same place «windows» (+2). 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/634-pg23661-part2/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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was Lionel gutted when the Dragon went?

- **1.** Yeah, he was properly upset — no support
- **2.** Yeah, he was bawling his eyes out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** Yeah, sort of — no support
- **4.** Nah, not really — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 634, line 13: «The Dragon came out in the garden when "the sun shone full on the page".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «dragon» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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who got slapped, mate?

- **1.** The Chancellor got slapped by the Nurse in the hall — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Lionel, by the Nurse — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** Lionel, by the Chancellor — no support
- **4.** The Nurse, by the King — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 634, line 15: «The Nurse punished him: "she slapped the King" and sent him to bed without tea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «slap» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «nurse» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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why'd he sneak to the library at night?

- **1.** Because he wanted to steal the book and sell it to the Chancellor — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To find out about the Dragon — no support
- **3.** To borrow a book for school — no support
- **4.** To have another look at the book — **✓ 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/634-pg23661-part2/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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did the Dragon really take the whole game, like for real?

- **1.** Nah, the Dragon left the players behind and only took the goal-posts and nets — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Yeah, every single player, the ball, the umpires and all the goal-posts on the common — no support
- **3.** Nah, only the goalkeeper stayed — no support
- **4.** Yeah, players, ball and goal-posts — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 634, line 4: «On Saturday the Dragon swoops on the common and carries off the soccer players, the ball and all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+2); the same thing acted on «soccer players» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/634-pg23661-part2/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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did they get rid of Parliament in the end?

- **1.** Nah, the Members all came back — no support
- **2.** Nah, actually they elected a whole new Parliament with new Members on Monday morning — no support
- **3.** Basically, yeah, no Members left — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, the King dissolved it entirely and sent every single Member home to their farms — **← Mova's choice** · 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 328, line 16: «Who: Slightly tries a story, but says "it is a dull beginning" and asks everyone to pretend it is the end.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «story» (+2); the same thing acted on «end» (+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/634-pg23661-part2/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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so the Dragon just went back to sleep?

- **1.** Nah, it actually stayed awake all week and kept terrorising the village people — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Yeah, it dozed off again — no support
- **3.** Nah, it woke up on Saturday — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Yeah, it crawled back into the book and slept for a hundred years in the cellar — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 534, line 15: «fact: The spring lies in a wood and is guarded by a "fierce dragon", which kills the men.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fierce dragon» (+2); the same thing acted on «men» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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what's the old word for never being wrong?

- **1.** Infallible — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Wise — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** Immortal — no support
- **4.** Perfect — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 509, line 15: «Old word: "oracle" meant both the holy place and the god's answer; today it can also mean a wise person who predicts things.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+1); the same property (+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/634-pg23661-part2/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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was it mad that the Prime Minister played noughts and crosses?

- **1.** Yeah, while the Chancellor did his sums — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, totally mad, the Prime Minister was furious and sent a letter to the Chancellor about it — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **3.** Yeah, while the Nurse did her knitting — no support
- **4.** Nah, he was doing crosswords — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 168, line 9: «Why: the Sultan wants to "clear up this mystery," so he goes out alone at night instead of sending his ministers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). 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/634-pg23661-part2/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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what did the Nurse reckon would happen next?

- **1.** The Dragon will be back one day — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It will return to haunt us all — no support
- **3.** It will come back — no support
- **4.** You haven't seen the last of the Dragon — **✓ 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/634-pg23661-part2/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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did anyone want to be a Member after all that?

- **1.** Nah, nobody would get elected — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, a few folk volunteered — no support
- **3.** Nah, nobody would even stand, so the King had to hand-pick the Members himself at dawn — no support
- **4.** Yeah, loads of people put themselves forward for the job the very next morning — 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/634-pg23661-part2/t13/)

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

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Which object did the young sovereign first open upon the study table?

- **1.** The large brown book that lay on the study table — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** The Tale of Monsters — no support
- **3.** The Book of Beasts — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** The Book of Dragons — 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 4, line 9: «The little door is shut again and the golden key lies on the glass table as before, so "things are worse than ever".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lie» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the same place «glass table» (-3). The right option, 3, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/e1/)

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

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Upon what day of the week did the Red Dragon descend upon the common?

- **1.** Sunday — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Saturday — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Early on the first weekend day of the week — score 6
- **4.** Tuesday — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 634, line 3: «Next day a Red Dragon flies out into the garden and away to the far hills, and Lionel cries.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «red dragon» (+4); the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/e2/)

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

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What was the consequence, as recorded in the text, of the Dragon's second visitation?

- **1.** Chaos — no support
- **2.** Parliament was sent home for a week — no support
- **3.** No Members — no support
- **4.** Parliament was left with no Members — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · 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 634, line 5: «Parliament meets, the Dragon wakes, and afterwards there are no Members left to elect.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «leave» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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By what term did the narrator describe the King's judgement once he sat upon his throne?

- **1.** Infallible — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Wise — score 2
- **3.** Just — score 2
- **4.** Unquestionably correct and never ever mistaken in any judgement — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 89, line 1: «Tegumai wants to write a whole message: «Shu-ya-las, ya maru», sky-water ending, come to the river. «Las» is a teaser; Taffy remembers that las also means brok…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «draw» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/e4/)

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