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# Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge

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**Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 651 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/651-pg23661-part19/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Oi, what was John even making at the start?

- **1.** a bridle for some lord's horse — score 4
- **2.** a pair of golden shoes for some posh lady's pet goat and dog — score 4
- **3.** a new iron gate for some rich lady's garden and her goat — score 4
- **4.** a goat-shoe for some posh lady's goat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 651, line 7: «What: John is making a goat-shoe for a very rich lady, and it is "the only order John had had that week".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «john» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «goat shoe» (+1). Against it: the same action «make» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bruv, why did the couple keep pretending they heard nothing?

- **1.** cos they were too scared the dragon would hear them and come up the stairs — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** cos they both knew the dragon was purring and didn't want to say it out loud — no support
- **3.** cos they didn't want the purring to be real — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** cos they wanted to keep quiet — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 487, line 7: «What: he washes the pieces and breathes on them, but "still nothing comes of it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+1); the same doer «nothing» (+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/651-pg23661-part19/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Wait, what did John grab to go down the stairs?

- **1.** a spade, a torch and a bucket — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a shovel, a hammer and a lantern — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a hammer, a basket of coal, a rope and a candle lamp — no support
- **4.** a shovel, a sack of rivets and a heavy iron lantern — 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/651-pg23661-part19/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Did the dragon really say it would eat him last?

- **1.** yeah, it said it'd eat him now — score 5
- **2.** nah, it said it'd eat him after the baby and the chickens — score 5
- **3.** yeah, it said it'd eat him last — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** yeah, it said it'd eat him last, then the baby, then the cat — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 651, line 13: «The dragon offers to eat John last, but John says "I don't want to be eaten last, sir".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Mad, what did the dragon grab him by?

- **1.** his coat sleeve — score 4
- **2.** his leg — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** his arm — score 4
- **4.** his hat — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 651, line 3: «The dragon catches his leg and asks him to mend its loose wing, promising to eat him last.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «leg» (+1). Against it: the same action «catch» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Yo, what was broke on the dragon?

- **1.** its tail — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** its long neck — no support
- **3.** one of its wings — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** its left claw — 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/651-pg23661-part19/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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So what did the dragon want John to give as a pledge, like?

- **1.** his favourite anvil — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** something he values most — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** his house — score 2
- **4.** his hammer — 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 315, line 13: «Peter wants Wendy to come because "we have no female companionship," and he says girls are too clever to fall out.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). 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/651-pg23661-part19/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Lol, what did John try to hand over first?

- **1.** his hammer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** his tongs — score 5
- **3.** his boots — score 5
- **4.** his old anvil — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 317, line 12: «Michael "pressed her hand in gratitude" when Wendy said "tea first," showing he is glad not to fight yet.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wendy» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: 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/651-pg23661-part19/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Ngl, why did John say babies are poison to dragons?

- **1.** to stop it eating the baby — no support
- **2.** to stop it from licking the baby with its hot tongue and burning it — no support
- **3.** to stop it putting the baby in its mouth — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** because a baby might make it sick and then it would blame him — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 332, line 16: «old word: "virulent" means very strong or deadly, so it describes poison that can kill fast.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Wait, what made the baby stop screaming?

- **1.** the dragon purring at it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** the dragon's soft purr and its warm breath on the cold floor — score 3
- **3.** the dragon hugging it — score 3
- **4.** the dragon rocking it gently in its wings and humming softly — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 650, line 2: «The dragon drowns under the whirlpools, so Nigel and the Princess make a plan to deal with the griffin.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); 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/651-pg23661-part19/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Where'd John find the chains?

- **1.** in the forge — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **2.** in the heap of old iron — **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** under the broken wagon — no support
- **4.** by the door — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 646, line 9: «Why: the dwarfs fail because they "had gone the wrong way to work," since the fires made the dragon feel faint instead of warm.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+5); the same action «feel» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Bare rivets, how many did he count up to?

- **1.** thirty — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** two hundred and forty — no support
- **3.** four — no support
- **4.** forty — **✓ the right answer** · 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/651-pg23661-part19/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Where did John dash off to for more rivets?

- **1.** the mill — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** another forge — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the market stall — no support
- **4.** the shop — 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/651-pg23661-part19/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Dragon's under the armour, what's it covered in?

- **1.** scales — no support
- **2.** a thick layer of hard green scales — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** mud — score 1
- **4.** something furry — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 520, line 14: «The pirates wanted to sell Dionysus as a slave, but their ship was covered with "clustering vines and wreaths of ivy-leaves".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «ship» (+1). Against it: the same action «cover» (-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/651-pg23661-part19/t14/)

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

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Which item did the dragon demand from the blacksmith as a pledge?

- **1.** That which the blacksmith valued most — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** That which the king had given him — score 0
- **3.** That which the dragon wanted — no support
- **4.** His hammer — **← Mova's choice** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 651, line 4: «The dragon wants a pledge, so John offers the baby, the thing he values most.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+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/651-pg23661-part19/e1/)

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

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By what means was the dragon restrained, according to the passage?

- **1.** By a thick iron collar fixed to the wall and a pair of heavy chains — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** By a collar and a set of chains — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** By a magic amulet, a locked gate, and a sturdy wooden cage — no support
- **4.** By a spell and a locked gate — 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/651-pg23661-part19/e2/)

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

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What was the purpose of the blacksmith's departure from the dungeon?

- **1.** To fetch tools — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To collect more iron — no support
- **3.** To procure additional rivets — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** To repair the dragon's wing — 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/651-pg23661-part19/e3/)

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

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To what cause does the author attribute the infant's cessation of weeping?

- **1.** The purring of the dragon — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The dragon's loud roar — no support
- **3.** The dragon's song — no support
- **4.** The sound of the hammer — 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/651-pg23661-part19/e4/)

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