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title: Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples a… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 679 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 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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# Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 679 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/679-pg2435-part19/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, so the ship just smashes into a rock and sinks, right?

- **1.** Yeah, the ship hits a rock, the crew panics, and the captain lets everyone down into the cold water — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Yeah, the ship smashes into a reef, the sails tear, and the whole crew jumps into the sea right away — no support
- **3.** Yeah, it hits a rock and sinks slowly — score 7
- **4.** Yeah, it cracks open and starts filling up — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 357, line 4: «His ship strikes the rock and begins to sink.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «strike» (+4); the same thing acted on «rock» (+2); the same doer «ship» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/679-pg2435-part19/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruh, how does Tiidu even stay up in the water?

- **1.** He grabs a floating oar — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He grabs a big floating oar that some sailor had dropped in the water earlier — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** He holds a wooden plank — no support
- **4.** A passing dolphin lifts him up while he rests on its back in the waves — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 357, line 14: «Old word: "pilot" meant the sailor who steered a ship through dangerous water near the coast; today we say a pilot is someone who flies a plane.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «dangerous water» (+4); the same doer «sailor» (+1). 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/679-pg2435-part19/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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lowkey, what's the deal with that island?

- **1.** Streams and fruit trees, no people, but also a strange old hut hidden deep — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Sand, birds, and rocky hills — no support
- **3.** Streams and fruit trees, plus a village of friendly fishermen nearby on the coast — no support
- **4.** Streams and fruit trees, no people — **✓ 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/679-pg2435-part19/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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wait, what does Tiidu chill and think about on the island?

- **1.** How he ignored his mother's warnings — no support
- **2.** How he ran away from his family to become a rich sailor in the big city — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** How he treated his mum and dad — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** How he had ignored his mum and dad's warnings before sailing away from home — 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, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 446, line 13: «The mouse warns him: "Save yourself, Prince. Run away quick!" because his sister wants to eat him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «run away» (-1). 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/679-pg2435-part19/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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no cap, which fruit makes his nose go super long?

- **1.** The yellow plums — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** The nuts — score 6
- **3.** The green pears — score 6
- **4.** The red apples — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 29, line 21: «Old words: «implored» = begged; «heartiness» = warm eagerness; «make his acquaintance» = meet him; «mellowed» = softened and warm-coloured with age; «shipped h…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old words» (+3); the same action «make» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/679-pg2435-part19/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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so how long does that nose get after one bite?

- **1.** Long as his chin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Short — score 4
- **3.** Long as a stick — score 4
- **4.** Long as his arm — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 26, line 19: «The Mole «had started his spring-cleaning at a very early hour that morning» and had «not paused for bite or sup» (= had eaten and drunk nothing).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «mole» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/679-pg2435-part19/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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and what fixes the nose, the nuts or the apples?

- **1.** The sweet pears — no support
- **2.** Apples — no support
- **3.** The brown nuts — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Figs — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 679, line 3: «He eats a red apple, his nose grows long, then a brown nut shrinks it back again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «nose» (+2); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «brown nut» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/679-pg2435-part19/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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ngl, why does he gulp down a nut in a panic?

- **1.** He's scared the nose will keep growing — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He remembers that the old man warned him about apples and nuts before — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** He thinks nuts taste better than apples — no support
- **4.** He saw his nose grow again and feared it would soon touch the clouds — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 327, line 5: «Peter comes home with nuts and the right time, and the children coax him into dancing on a "Saturday night".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+1); the same circumstance (+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/679-pg2435-part19/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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bro, what does the old man give him in the dream?

- **1.** A brand new set of pipes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** A fine silver cup — no support
- **3.** A brand new set of pipes plus a magic ship to take him home — no support
- **4.** A bright new sail — 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 679, line 15: «the dream: the old man says "I will give you a new set" of pipes, because Tiidu mourned only his pipes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same thing acted on «new set» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/679-pg2435-part19/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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wait, why does the old man give him pipes again?

- **1.** Because Tiidu was a good boy who always shared his food with the poor — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Because Tiidu cared more about the treasure — no support
- **3.** He liked the pipes — no support
- **4.** He cared more about the pipes than the money — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 668, line 9: «Why: The king wants to marry the princess, but his wise men say nothing, so the Court Fool gives the plan of sending the seventh Simon.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wise men» (+3). 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/679-pg2435-part19/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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so what's Tiidu staring at, the sea or the sky?

- **1.** The sky — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The island — no support
- **3.** The sea, hoping for a sail — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The trees, hoping for fruit — 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/679-pg2435-part19/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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fr, how does he feel when he sees the nose in the water?

- **1.** Slightly worried — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Totally horrified — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Calm and content, as if the nose were perfectly normal — no support
- **4.** Very surprised — 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/679-pg2435-part19/t12/)

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

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Which object enabled Tiidu to remain afloat after the shipwreck?

- **1.** A wooden barrel — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A floating oar — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The chest of treasures he had carried out of the ship — no support
- **4.** A broken mast — 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/679-pg2435-part19/e1/)

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

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Which fruit caused Tiidu's nose to elongate excessively?

- **1.** A nut — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** A fig — score 7
- **3.** A red apple — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **4.** A green pear — 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 89, line 4: «They draw all the other signs that day. The T is a family group, Tegumai holding hands with Taffy and Teshumai, drawn so often that it becomes a thin line with…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); the same thing acted on «twiddle» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/679-pg2435-part19/e2/)

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

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What did Tiidu fashion from rushes after discovering the island?

- **1.** A basket — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A rope — no support
- **3.** A cloak — no support
- **4.** A chair — 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/679-pg2435-part19/e3/)

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

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What did the old man promise to bestow upon Tiidu in the dream?

- **1.** A brand new flute — score 5
- **2.** A boat — no support
- **3.** A new set of pipes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** A shiny new harp — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 679, line 4: «He weaves a basket, and in a dream the old man promises him a new set of pipes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «promise» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same property (+1); 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/679-pg2435-part19/e4/)

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