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title: Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the pa… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 680 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 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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# Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 680 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/680-pg2435-part20/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Dude, did Tiidu get stranded on a desert or what?

- **1.** In a huge empty forest — no support
- **2.** On a totally empty island — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** On a desert — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** On a lonely sandy shore — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 122, line 15: «The punishment: she takes Rapunzel to a desert where she must live "in great grief and misery".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «desert» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/680-pg2435-part20/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Yo, so the apple guy, how did he get out of the palace so fast?

- **1.** He ran like a mad bull was after him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He slipped out quietly when no one looked — no support
- **3.** He bolted out like the guards were chasing — no support
- **4.** He sprinted out the back door — 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/680-pg2435-part20/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Bro, what happened to the king's nose?

- **1.** It turned blue — no support
- **2.** It fell off — no support
- **3.** It got really red and sore — no support
- **4.** It grew over a yard long — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 680, line 3: «Soon the king, the queen and their children have noses growing longer and longer, and no doctor can help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «grow» (+2). Against it: 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/680-pg2435-part20/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Wait, why did the whole town keep rubbing their noses?

- **1.** They wanted to copy the king's style — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They were bored — no support
- **3.** They itched badly — no support
- **4.** They feared the sickness was catchy — **✓ 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/680-pg2435-part20/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Was the cure man a total fraud or what?

- **1.** Nope, he tricked everybody — no support
- **2.** Yep, he was a complete con — no support
- **3.** No, he really fixed them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Yeah, totally fake — 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 349, line 2: «Years pass, the old rope wears out, and the judges find no new rope, so a man fixes a grape-vine from his garden instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fix» (+2); the same doer «man» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/680-pg2435-part20/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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How'd Tiidu change his look so nobody knew him?

- **1.** He went to live in another kingdom under a completely different name and profession — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Long black beard and new clothes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A disguise with a wig and cloak — score 3
- **4.** He shaved his head, grew a long grey beard, and wore a cloak from a far land — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 679, line 10: «how he survives: "an oar was floating near him", and with its help he stays on the surface.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «survive» (+3); the same doer «tiidu» (+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/680-pg2435-part20/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Did the king actually pay him or nah?

- **1.** Nope, never paid — score 3
- **2.** Yep, he paid him fairly, I think — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Yeah, three times what he asked — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Yeah, a little more — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 680, line 4: «Tiidu comes back in disguise, grinds the nuts into powder, cures the royal family, and the king pays him well.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/680-pg2435-part20/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Why did he powder the nuts, though?

- **1.** So nobody got suspicious — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** So it lasts longer, bro — no support
- **3.** To hide it — no support
- **4.** To taste it — 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/680-pg2435-part20/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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What did the sick royals have to do to get better?

- **1.** Get up and walk daily — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Wear masks over their noses and stay away from the windows for a week — no support
- **3.** Stay in bed all day and drink the powder mixed with honey — no support
- **4.** Lie still in a dark room — **✓ 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/680-pg2435-part20/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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So what did Tiidu really want in the end?

- **1.** A small house by the sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** A nice boat — score 6
- **3.** A quiet life with his family — score 6
- **4.** A small estate to chill on — **✓ 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 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 298, line 9: «His vow: "I must and will find the bell," even if he has to go "to the end of the world."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); the same place «end» (+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/680-pg2435-part20/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Lol, who was at his house when he got back?

- **1.** Just his dad — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** His mum alone — no support
- **3.** Dad, three sisters, two brothers — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Mum, uncles and a few friends — 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/680-pg2435-part20/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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What was the best bit of the wedding?

- **1.** The huge feast with roast pig, sweets, and barrels of wine that everyone ate until late — no support
- **2.** Tiidu playing pipes at the end — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** The moment the king stood up and danced with the bride at the very end of the party — no support
- **4.** The music and the big dinner — 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 589, line 19: «The book writes its words as they were spoken by the old man, so the spelling is not the way people write today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «words» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: 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/680-pg2435-part20/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Ngl, how many days did the ship take to get home?

- **1.** Six — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** A week — score 4
- **3.** Nine days — score 4
- **4.** Ten days — **✓ the right answer** · 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 2: «One day they go fishing for carp in the Wagai river, miles from home, and Tegumai breaks his spear on the river bottom. Mending it will take half the day. Taff…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same property (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+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/680-pg2435-part20/t13/)

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

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Which location was Tiidu first discovered in by the crew?

- **1.** An uninhabited island — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The sea — no support
- **3.** A distant coastal town — no support
- **4.** A remote rocky shore — 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/680-pg2435-part20/e1/)

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

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What was the principal cause of the illness afflicting the royal family?

- **1.** Drinking the stranger's tea each morning — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Eating the stranger's bread — no support
- **3.** Poisoned wine — no support
- **4.** Consumption of the stranger's apples — **✓ 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/680-pg2435-part20/e2/)

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

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By what method did Tiidu prepare the remedy administered to the royal patients?

- **1.** Pounding the nuts to powder — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Mixing oils — no support
- **3.** Grinding the leaves in water — no support
- **4.** Boiling herbs — 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/680-pg2435-part20/e3/)

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

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What was the outcome of Tiidu's return to his native country?

- **1.** He bought land and found a bride — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** He built a house and retired — score -3
- **3.** He purchased an estate and married — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** He purchased a large estate near the coast, opened a clinic, and married a healer's daughter — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 679, line 11: «what he finds: after searching he sees "no trace either of man or beast" on the island.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «find» (-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/680-pg2435-part20/e4/)

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