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title: Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 693 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 12 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 693 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/693-pg2435-part33/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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yo, the dude who wanted to be the sun, what did he turn into after?

- **1.** a bird, then a stone — no support
- **2.** a cloud, then a rock — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** a cloud, then a rock, then a mountain — score 2
- **4.** a cloud, then a rock, then a mighty mountain over the sea — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 683, line 4: «The groom then lies that the youth wants the throne, so the king orders a hanging, but the youth's zither, fiddle and flute make everyone dance.», 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 «everyone dance» (+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/693-pg2435-part33/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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wait, why was the sun all moody anyway?

- **1.** he had grown tired of shining — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he was too lazy — no support
- **3.** nothing left to do — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he felt very lonely — 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/693-pg2435-part33/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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lol the rock, who was chipping it?

- **1.** a tree-trimmer — no support
- **2.** the wind — no support
- **3.** the farmer — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **4.** a stone-cutter — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 298, line 1: «The King's Son keeps walking through the wood, ignoring the mocking apes, and climbs a rock as the sun goes down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «rock» (+1). Against it: the same doer «son» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/693-pg2435-part33/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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so the queen broke her promise, duh?

- **1.** she wed a farmer — score 5
- **2.** she married a duke — score 3
- **3.** she married a noble — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** she fled — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 693, line 10: «The queen thinks, "To promise is one thing, and to keep is quite another," and then she marries a noble within days.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same thing acted on «noble» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/693-pg2435-part33/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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wait, was the brook a water brook or what?

- **1.** yes, it was gold — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** no way, it was milk — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** no, it was a clear spring — no support
- **4.** no way, it was actually sweet milk that tasted of honey and spice — 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/693-pg2435-part33/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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who was that gold-beard guy with the pail?

- **1.** a man with a gold beard — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a farmer in a hat — no support
- **3.** a man with a golden staff and a pail — no support
- **4.** a woman with a silver cup — 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/693-pg2435-part33/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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bruv, how did the guy just vanish?

- **1.** poof — no support
- **2.** into a door — no support
- **3.** like smoke — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** out the door — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 693, line 13: «The gold-bearded man vanishes "like smoke," so the king cannot catch him by creeping up on him in the grass.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «vanish» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); 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/693-pg2435-part33/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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did the soldier's plan work or nah?

- **1.** it totally worked — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** they caught him — score 7
- **3.** it failed badly — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **4.** it totally failed, they caught him — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 135, line 5: «They end up working in the middle of the night, and their plan has failed badly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fail» (+4); the same property (+3); the same doer «plan» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/693-pg2435-part33/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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where was the prisoner kept, innit?

- **1.** in a golden box under the throne — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** in a golden cage — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** in a tall iron cage set in the courtyard of the palace — no support
- **4.** in the tower — 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/693-pg2435-part33/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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so the king went off to fight, right?

- **1.** to hunt — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** to fish — no support
- **3.** to visit kin — no support
- **4.** to make war — **✓ 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/693-pg2435-part33/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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did the stepson like being told to watch him?

- **1.** nah, he hoped he'd never come back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** yes, he loved it — no support
- **3.** nah, he liked the duty fine — no support
- **4.** yes, he was glad to watch him — 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 693, line 21: «The stepson is told to guard the cage, and he "never left it night and day," even though he secretly hoped the king would never return.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hope» (+4); the same doer «stepson» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/693-pg2435-part33/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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did the watchmen catch him on the first try?

- **1.** nah, he ran — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** they caught him fast — no support
- **3.** yes, they caught him — no support
- **4.** nope, he vanished — **✓ 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/693-pg2435-part33/t12/)

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

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In the Japanese tale, what final condition does the man attain once he ceases to desire greater power?

- **1.** a return to the sun — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** wealth and fame — score 0
- **3.** a desire for rule over the sky — score 0
- **4.** contentment with his lowly station — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 682, line 9: «Why the king keeps his promise: he "could not go back from his word", so the cut is done even though he dislikes it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «word» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). 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/693-pg2435-part33/e1/)

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

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Which action does the wicked stepfather explicitly take against the young prince after his accession to the throne?

- **1.** he gives him a full share of power — no support
- **2.** he sends him away to a distant foreign land with a small guard — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** he neglects him, giving scanty food — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he sends him to war now — 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 169, line 2: «The enchantress sends the prince away, and he hides to watch what the Sultan will do next.», 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). 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/693-pg2435-part33/e2/)

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

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What reason does the narrator attribute to the new king's prohibition concerning the milk-brook?

- **1.** because the milk was far too sour — no support
- **2.** because the old queen had secretly cursed the brook long before his birth — score 3
- **3.** mere spite, since milk is plentiful — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** to keep the brook for himself — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 693, line 4: «The new king forbids anyone to use the milk-brook, but a gold-bearded man keeps filling his pail at dawn and vanishing.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same circumstance (+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/693-pg2435-part33/e3/)

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

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By what means does the king finally secure the gold-bearded man, and where is he confined?

- **1.** by a clever trap laid with drugged wine, then bound in a cage of gold — no support
- **2.** by a clever plot of wine, in chains — no support
- **3.** by drugged wine, in a golden cage — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** by a rope and a trap, in chains — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 666, line 14: «"Suitors" means men who ask to marry a princess, and the princess had refused many royal suitors before the shepherd.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+5); the same thing acted on «men» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/693-pg2435-part33/e4/)

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