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title: Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part 26: Blaize tells how to win t… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 686 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 14 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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# Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part 26: Blaize tells how to win the root, and poor Peter makes a plan

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**Tests:** 2 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 686 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/686-pg2435-part26/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, what did the ghost say happens on a 4th trip?

- **1.** You die — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Leg broke — no support
- **3.** You break your leg — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** You lose your horse — 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/686-pg2435-part26/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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No cap, how many trips did the ghost allow, fr?

- **1.** As many as you wish — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Three — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Three times only — no support
- **4.** Seven — 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/686-pg2435-part26/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Bruh, what colour cloth does the woodpecker trick?

- **1.** Yellow — no support
- **2.** Heavy black velvet cloth — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** Scarlet — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Bright scarlet cloth — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 686, line 20: «The woodpecker is tricked into thinking the red cloth is "a fire," so she drops the root in terror.», 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 «red cloth» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/686-pg2435-part26/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Lowkey, what does the woodpecker drop?

- **1.** The golden acorn — no support
- **2.** The precious root she hides in her nest — no support
- **3.** Her egg — no support
- **4.** The spring-root — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 686, line 4: «He says to block her nest, hide behind the tree, and throw scarlet cloth down when she drops the root in fright.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); 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/686-pg2435-part26/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Ok but which old shepherd cracks the joke about the root?

- **1.** Peter — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Ulf — score 4
- **3.** Blaize — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Otto — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 604, line 9: «Why: Akela says Mowgli "has broken no word of the Law of the Jungle," so the wolves should let him go.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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/686-pg2435-part26/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Wait, why was Ilse so hated, tbh?

- **1.** She stole from every farm — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She cursed every child who ever crossed her path — no support
- **3.** She had mean words for all — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** She cursed the local priest — 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/686-pg2435-part26/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What did Peter do with bread for hungry folk?

- **1.** Threw it out — score 3
- **2.** Gave it all away to the poor folk at the door — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Shared the loaves with every hungry beggar in the town — score 3
- **4.** Gave it away — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 332, line 2: «Peter sleeps on, then hears a soft tapping at his door, grabs his dagger, and asks who is there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «door» (+4); the same doer «peter» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/686-pg2435-part26/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Fr, what's Peter's whole motto?

- **1.** It will all come right in the end — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** It all comes right — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** Trust in God always — no support
- **4.** Whatever happens, all will come right in time — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 686, line 11: «Peter's motto is "It will all come right in the end," but it does not come right for him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «motto» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/686-pg2435-part26/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Yo, why was Peter so sad about the babies?

- **1.** They fled — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Sick — no support
- **3.** They all died — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** They went away — 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/686-pg2435-part26/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Ok, what did Peter tell his wife he was making?

- **1.** His house — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** His will — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A cart — no support
- **4.** A grave — 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/686-pg2435-part26/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Lol, what did the boys do with Peter's money?

- **1.** Spent all the money on sweets at the fair — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Hid it under the old barn floor for years — score 6
- **3.** Gambled it all away — score 6
- **4.** Played pranks on him — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 678, line 9: «Why: the captain is moved because Tiidu "had no money to pay his passage," so he says he will land him "free of payment."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «money» (+5); the same doer «tiidu» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/686-pg2435-part26/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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So when the spectre showed up, what was the dog doing?

- **1.** Barking — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Sat — no support
- **3.** Howling — no support
- **4.** Ran — 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/686-pg2435-part26/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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No way, what did Lucia dream about?

- **1.** Her husband — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A grave — no support
- **3.** A burning barn — no support
- **4.** A newly dug grave — **✓ 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/686-pg2435-part26/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Bruh, what's the spring-root even for?

- **1.** Guarding the gold — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Healing — no support
- **3.** Finding treasure — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Cooking — 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/686-pg2435-part26/t14/)

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

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Which penalty did the spectre state would follow a fourth visit to the treasure chamber?

- **1.** Death by fire — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Madness that ends in the cold river water — no support
- **3.** A fall down the steep stone steps, a broken leg, and a curse — no support
- **4.** A fall down the stone steps and a broken leg — **✓ 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/686-pg2435-part26/e1/)

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

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What number of returns to the treasure chamber did the spectre permit?

- **1.** Three — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Four — no support
- **3.** As many times as he wished — no support
- **4.** Three times and no more — 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/686-pg2435-part26/e2/)

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

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By what means did Blaize propose that the spring-root might be obtained?

- **1.** Through a black woodpecker's nest — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Through the spring by the mill — no support
- **3.** By a spade — no support
- **4.** Using a rope — 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/686-pg2435-part26/e3/)

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

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What reason did Master Peter Bloch give his wife for making his will?

- **1.** Because he felt very ill — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** To be safe — no support
- **3.** That his house might be in order — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** That his debts might be paid — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 335, line 4: «The captured boys are pushed into the cabin, but Peter has found the key there and frees them all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4). Against it: the same doer «peter» (-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/686-pg2435-part26/e4/)

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