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title: Nine Unlikely Tales, The Dragon of Rotundia: the dragon is wound up… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 639 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Nine Unlikely Tales, The Dragon of Rotundia: the dragon is wound up on the pillar, the island spins, and everyone changes size

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 639 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/639-pg23661-part7/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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wait, who actually tied the dragon's tail up?

- **1.** Uncle James — no support
- **2.** the Princess — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Tom, innit — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** Tom — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 639, line 11: «The Princess runs, and the dragon chases her, so he never notices Tom tying his tail to the rock.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/639-pg23661-part7/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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ngl, so the dragon got wound up like what?

- **1.** like a big wool ball on a spinning wheel — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** like a ball of string — no support
- **3.** cotton on a reel — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** like a long rope wound on a wooden drum — 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/639-pg23661-part7/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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so what did the island do when the tail came loose?

- **1.** spun — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** drifted out to sea — no support
- **3.** span like a top — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** spun round and round the sea forever — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 639, line 13: «The dragon pulls his tail so hard that the island spins "exactly like a top."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «island» (+2). Against it: the same action «spin» (-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/639-pg23661-part7/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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bro, what did everybody have to hold on to?

- **1.** each other — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** their hats and bags — no support
- **3.** the rock and rails — no support
- **4.** themselves, tight — **✓ 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/639-pg23661-part7/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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so what did Uncle James forget to do?

- **1.** tie the dragon's tail to a rock — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** count all the hares in the warren — no support
- **3.** tie the rope — no support
- **4.** hold on tight — **✓ 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/639-pg23661-part7/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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wait, what present did the Princess take home?

- **1.** the small horse — score 6
- **2.** the tiny newt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **3.** the little purple newt with wings — score 11
- **4.** a golden egg — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 639, line 16: «The Princess says, "I will take it for a birthday present," and she keeps the newt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «newt» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/639-pg23661-part7/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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lol, did Uncle James wear the gold snake vest?

- **1.** yeah, his best one — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** no, the blue one — no support
- **3.** no, not him — no support
- **4.** yeah, his red hat — 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/639-pg23661-part7/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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what's the paper called that wrote about the wedding?

- **1.** the Rotundia Morning Court Chronicle — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the Daily Herald — no support
- **3.** the Royal Gazette — no support
- **4.** the Rotundia Times — **✓ 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/639-pg23661-part7/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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bruv, what does K.C.D. even mean?

- **1.** Clever Conqueror of the Dragon — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Clever Captain of the Dragons — no support
- **3.** Knight Who Conquered Every Dragon in Rotundia — no support
- **4.** Kindly Clever Champion of the Dragon Kingdom — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 639, line 18: «"K.C.D." is a joke in the story: it means "Clever Conqueror of the Dragon."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/639-pg23661-part7/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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so who got to ride the elephant on the honeymoon?

- **1.** the two servants — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the pony — no support
- **3.** the happy pair — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the palace guards — 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/639-pg23661-part7/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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was the Princess well chill about the dragon?

- **1.** she ran off screaming and hid for a week — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** she was not scared — no support
- **3.** she fainted right onto the palace floor — no support
- **4.** she was like, "Yah" — **✓ 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/639-pg23661-part7/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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fam, what does testimonial even mean?

- **1.** a token of thanks — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a formal statement written by the court clerk — no support
- **3.** a kind of letter — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** a long speech given at a grand dinner — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 636, line 20: «old word: "Gambols" means playful leaps and jumps; today we would say "messing about".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-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/639-pg23661-part7/t12/)

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

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Upon what object was the dragon's tail secured by the boy named Tom?

- **1.** the rock — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** a tree — score 7
- **3.** the cliff — score 7
- **4.** the sea — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 582, line 14: «Old word: "bob-tail" means a tail cut short, so today we would say a short-tailed rabbit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+4); the same thing acted on «tail» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/639-pg23661-part7/e1/)

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

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By what means did the island come to spin?

- **1.** the dragon's pulling of its tail — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** by tying the rope to a boat — no support
- **3.** by the boy's loud singing — no support
- **4.** by the tide — 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/639-pg23661-part7/e2/)

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

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What became of Uncle James at the moment the dragon shrank?

- **1.** he turned into a small frog — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** he was turned into a tiny rabbit and fled the stage — no support
- **3.** he was hidden under a cloth — no support
- **4.** he became a very small magician — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 639, line 5: «The dragon shrinks into a newt, gives himself to the Princess, and years later she marries Tom.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «dragon» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/639-pg23661-part7/e3/)

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

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Which newspaper reported the wedding of the Princess?

- **1.** the Rotundia Times — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the Times — no support
- **3.** the Royal Gazette — no support
- **4.** the Daily Herald — 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/639-pg23661-part7/e4/)

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