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title: Grimm's Household Tales, Hans in Luck, part 3: Hans trades his goose… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 727 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Grimm's Household Tales, Hans in Luck, part 3: Hans trades his goose for a grindstone

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 5 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 727 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/727-pg2591-part3/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Bruv, what did Hans end up getting for his horse?

- **1.** an ox — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** a mule — score 0
- **3.** a hen — no support
- **4.** a cow — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 727, line 6: «Hans rides his horse, and when he "smacked his lips and cried 'Jip!'" the horse runs off at full gallop.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «horse» (-1). 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/727-pg2591-part3/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, did the horse chuck him off properly?

- **1.** yes — no support
- **2.** yes, into a ditch — no support
- **3.** no, he stayed on till the gate — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** yes, into a puddle — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 629, line 18: «Old word: a "troop-horse" was a cavalry horse, and "fourteen-hand" measures height, with a hand being about four inches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). 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/727-pg2591-part3/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Proper lol, what did the cow do when he tried to milk her?

- **1.** bit him on the hand — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** kicked him on the head — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** threw him off and kicked him in the head — no support
- **4.** kicked him on the head and ran off — 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/727-pg2591-part3/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Was the cow actually dry, like, no milk at all?

- **1.** yes, totally dry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** yes, quite dry — no support
- **3.** no, a little milk — no support
- **4.** yes — 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/727-pg2591-part3/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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What was the butcher's pig chilling in?

- **1.** a straw bed — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a cart — no support
- **3.** a wheelbarrow in the market lane — no support
- **4.** a wheelbarrow — **✓ 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/727-pg2591-part3/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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How heavy was that goose, innit?

- **1.** heavy, well fed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** heavy and fat, a real prize bird — no support
- **3.** heavy, thin and old — no support
- **4.** heavy, well fed and very loud — 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 99, line 9: «Where does it happen? On the meadow where the geese feed, and at the dark gate that the flock passes through each morning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feed» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/727-pg2591-part3/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Bare fat goose, but how old was it?

- **1.** eight weeks old and fattened — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** about eight weeks old at the fair — no support
- **3.** ten weeks — no support
- **4.** eight weeks — **✓ 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/727-pg2591-part3/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Why was Hans gutted about the pig?

- **1.** it might be the parson's — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the pig might be the squire's and he would hang — no support
- **3.** it could be the squire's and he'd be beaten — no support
- **4.** it could be the squire's — **✓ 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/727-pg2591-part3/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Did the grinder reckon Hans got a good deal?

- **1.** yes — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yes, he thought so — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yes, he was sure — no support
- **4.** no — 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/727-pg2591-part3/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What's the grinder's job, like, actually?

- **1.** grinding knives and scissors all over town — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** selling pots — no support
- **3.** mending pots and sharpening old tools — no support
- **4.** grinding knives — **✓ 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/727-pg2591-part3/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Hans said he'd be the happiest man if he had what?

- **1.** a coin — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** a cow in his field — no support
- **3.** a lump of silver in his pocket — no support
- **4.** money in his pocket — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 486, line 18: «What is a copeck? It is a small Russian coin, and the text says the poor man "had not a single copeck."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «single copeck» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/727-pg2591-part3/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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What did Hans pay for that stone?

- **1.** his goose — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** his cow — score 10
- **3.** his fat white goose — score 10
- **4.** his pig — score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 546, line 19: «Old word: "intrusting" means entrusting, or giving something into someone's care, and "remorse" means deep sorrow for a wrong you did.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+5); the same circumstance (+3); the same action «give» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/727-pg2591-part3/t12/)

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

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Identify the animal which Hans exchanged for a cow.

- **1.** the grey horse with the saddle — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** horse — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the horse and his bridle — no support
- **4.** mule — 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/727-pg2591-part3/e1/)

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

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State the number of years Hans laboured to acquire the silver.

- **1.** two — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** seven — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** seven years and more — no support
- **4.** nine — 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/727-pg2591-part3/e2/)

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

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Specify the part of the body which the cow struck.

- **1.** his left shoulder blade — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** leg — no support
- **3.** the back of the head — no support
- **4.** head — **✓ 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/727-pg2591-part3/e3/)

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

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Identify the local authority figure whose pig was feared to be stolen.

- **1.** the squire — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the squire's own men — no support
- **3.** the man — no support
- **4.** the butcher — 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/727-pg2591-part3/e4/)

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