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title: Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 725 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 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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# Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches the bird, is caught, and must fetch a golden horse

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 725 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/725-pg2591-part1/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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so the fox was totally straight with the youngest son, yeah?

- **1.** Nah, he tricked them once or twice — score 5
- **2.** Yeah, he gave good advice, but he also stole the golden apples himself later — score 5
- **3.** Yeah, he gave good advice every time — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Nah, he tricked the youngest son into the golden cage at the inn — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 138, line 2: «The animals make the dancing Monkey their King, but the jealous Fox tricks him into a trap with a piece of meat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+3); the same doer «jealous fox» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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wait, the eldest bro actually shot at the fox, right?

- **1.** Yeah, but he totally missed — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, but he hit its tail — no support
- **3.** Nah, he never tried — no support
- **4.** Yeah, and he hit the fox badly — **← Mova's choice** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 216, line 3: «Now poor, the blind man begs, and he makes each passer-by hit him to pay for his greed, and the Caliph pardons him and promises him money.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hit» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). 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/725-pg2591-part1/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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did the youngest bro just ride the fox like a skateboard?

- **1.** Yeah, it ran so fast their hair whistled — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Nah, he walked beside it — no support
- **3.** Yeah, it carried him all the way home — score 5
- **4.** Nah, it flew so high they fell off — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 575, line 5: «Brer Fox goes hunting, but Brer Rabbit plays dead, steals the game he left behind, and makes a joke about it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+3); the same doer «brer fox» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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lol so the soldiers were just snoring by the gate, yeah?

- **1.** Nah, they chased the youngest son to the castle gate and back — score 2
- **2.** Yeah, they were fast asleep and the gate was already open for them — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Yeah, they were busy dancing — no support
- **4.** Yeah, they were fast asleep — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 209, line 12: «The fisherman Kerim is poaching: fishing in the lake was "strictly forbidden", but he went in while the gate was open.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gate» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/725-pg2591-part1/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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bruh, the king wanted the whole bird, not just a feather, yeah?

- **1.** Nah, he only wanted the tail — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Yeah, one feather was no use to him — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Yeah, one wing was no use to him — no support
- **4.** Yeah, a feather is enough — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 682, line 21: «Where the king appears: in the capital city, where the king wants to buy the horse at "any price he liked".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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so the brothers just forgot about their home and everything?

- **1.** Yeah, the shiny inn made them forget their home and their father's farm — score 5
- **2.** Nah, the smart inn kept them busy — score 2
- **3.** Yeah, the shiny inn made them forget — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Nah, they remembered home and rode straight back to the gardener at dawn — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 725, line 11: «The fox tells the brothers to avoid the smart inn, but the first two brothers ignore it and forget the bird.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forget» (+3); the same doer «first two brothers» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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the bird screamed super loud, right, like a siren?

- **1.** Yeah, but the soldiers slept on — no support
- **2.** Yeah, and the soldiers woke up instantly and grabbed the youngest son — score 5
- **3.** Nah, the soldiers were still snoring — no support
- **4.** Yeah, and the soldiers woke up instantly — **← 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, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 725, line 14: «He puts the bird into the golden cage, and the bird "set up such a loud scream" that the soldiers wake up.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wake up» (+4); the same doer «soldiers» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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was the youngest son gonna be executed no matter what?

- **1.** Yeah, he had to die — no support
- **2.** Nah, if he got the golden bird he lives — no support
- **3.** Nah, if he got the golden horse he lives — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, the king would not spare him — **← Mova's choice** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 689, line 4: «He saves one scrap of paper, buys a singing grey cat for six shillings, and walks on.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «save» (-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/725-pg2591-part1/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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the gold horse is in a stall, not in some field, yeah?

- **1.** Yeah, it stands in a castle stall next to the groom's bed — score 5
- **2.** Nah, it stands out in a king's field, guarded by three soldiers and a dog — score 2
- **3.** Yeah, it stands in a castle stall — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Yeah, it stands in a castle yard — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 463, line 12: «At the wedding the horse stands "as if petrified," and the people cry, "What a hero! What immeasurable strength!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stand» (+3); the same doer «horse» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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the groom is just sleeping right next to the horse?

- **1.** Yeah, awake and singing loudly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, fast asleep and snoring — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nah, he's sleeping in the hayloft — no support
- **4.** Yeah, fast asleep and snoring beside the horse's stall — 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/725-pg2591-part1/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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so he should use the old saddle, not the fancy golden one?

- **1.** Yeah, that's what the fox said, so he should use the old one — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** Nah, the golden saddle is best, because the fox said it was strongest and fastest of all — no support
- **3.** Yeah, that's what the fox said — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, that's what the groom said — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 720, line 20: «Old word: "abscess" meant a swollen, pus-filled lump on the body; doctors still use the word today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). 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/725-pg2591-part1/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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the gardener had three sons, yeah, all watching the tree?

- **1.** Nah, the first two were watching — no support
- **2.** Yeah, but the first two fell asleep and the third son stayed awake — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Yeah, but the first two fell asleep — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Nah, there were four sons, and all of them were watching the tree together — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 13: «The monkey "cocked his eye", sees the trick is no use, and goes down, so the boy stays safe in the tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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the fox got shot at, but it got away into the wood?

- **1.** Yeah, the arrow hit it, but it ran off — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Nah, the arrow hit it and it fell dead — score 5
- **3.** Yeah, the arrow missed and it ran off — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, it was caught — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 573, line 4: «Brer Rabbit fools Brer Fox into looking up, spits tobacco juice in his eyes, and Brer Fox runs off to the branch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run off» (+3); the same doer «brer fox» (+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/725-pg2591-part1/t13/)

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

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Which object was the gardener's eldest son instructed to guard during the nocturnal hours?

- **1.** The garden gate — no support
- **2.** The golden-pear tree in the king's grove — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** The tree — score 4
- **4.** The golden-apple tree in the king's garden — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 538, line 4: «On an island the heroes scare off the bird-monsters with shields and shouts, and they meet the four sons of Phryxus.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «four sons» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/725-pg2591-part1/e1/)

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

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What was the precise response of the king upon receiving the golden feather?

- **1.** He demanded the entire golden bird, alive, in a cage, by the next morning — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He ordered a golden feather bowl — no support
- **3.** He demanded the entire golden bird — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He was furious and demanded that the youngest son bring the entire golden bird and 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/725-pg2591-part1/e2/)

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

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By what means was the youngest son sentenced to a penalty of death by the court?

- **1.** By placing the bird in the golden cage and waking the soldiers at the castle gate — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** By shooting the bird from the tree — no support
- **3.** By placing the bird in the golden cage — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** By placing the bird in the golden cage, which the fox had warned him against — 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/725-pg2591-part1/e3/)

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

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Which instruction did the fox give concerning the saddle to be fitted upon the golden horse?

- **1.** To use the old leathern saddle and not the golden one the king offered — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** To use the leathern bridle only — score -3
- **3.** To use the old leathern saddle — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **4.** To use the old leathern saddle, which the fox had found in the stable loft — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 588, line 6: «Who: Brer Rabbit is the trickster, and Brer Fox is the one who gets tricked and dies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/e4/)

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