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title: Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' n… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 729 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 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, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 729 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/729-pg2591-part5/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Yo, did the robbers really run off 'cause of a hobgoblin, bruv?

- **1.** Yeah, they thought a monster busted in — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Yeah, they thought a ghost came in — score 5
- **3.** Yeah, they thought some big scary monster from the mountains broke in through the window — score 5
- **4.** Yeah, totally, they got spooked because they figured a whole haunted creature busted in the door — no support

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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 729, line 12: «The robbers fled because they thought "some frightful hobgoblin had broken in upon them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «robbers» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, the cat got a robber's face scratched up?

- **1.** Yeah, that cat went wild, she spat at him and scratched his cheeks up real bad — score 4
- **2.** Yeah, she spat and clawed him good — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yeah, she jumped on him and spat and clawed his face and then ran off quick — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Yeah, she jumped and bit his ear — 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 690, line 2: «A cat leaps onto the table and, with two or three shakes, kills a whole pile of rats, and the hall empties.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leap» (+3); the same doer «cat» (+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/729-pg2591-part5/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Lol, who was the tallest in the crew?

- **1.** The cat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The dog, I think — no support
- **3.** The donkey, easy — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Cock — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/729-pg2591-part5/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Dude, why'd Sultan wanna talk to the wolf?

- **1.** He was hungry — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Dunno, just bored — no support
- **3.** He wanted to sort his life out — score 4
- **4.** He was gonna get shot, innit — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 724, line 9: «The old man wants a spare kettle, because his own is "getting worn out" and the water is coming through it.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+4). 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/729-pg2591-part5/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Mate, what was the wolf's big plan?

- **1.** Snatch the kid, hide it in the woods, and let Sultan come rescue it later on — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Grab the sheep so Sultan gets blamed — no support
- **3.** Grab the baby from the hedge and eat it up quick before anyone sees him, mate — no support
- **4.** Snatch the kid so Sultan can save it — **✓ 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/729-pg2591-part5/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Bruv, where'd the parents leave the baby?

- **1.** Behind the hedge in the shade — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** Out in the open field, lying on a blanket in the hot sun all day long — no support
- **3.** On the grass by the river — score 7
- **4.** Inside the cottage in the big wooden crib next to the stove by the fire — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 313, line 5: «Mrs. Darling feels a fear she cannot name, the children's lights go out, and the stars shout COME AWAY as the parents leave.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+5); the same doer «parents» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Lol, what did the donkey see through the window?

- **1.** A table full of good stuff — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** A fire burning in the hearth — no support
- **3.** A big warm room with a fire, a table, and a bunch of bags stuffed with gold coins — score 6
- **4.** A room full of sleeping robbers — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 419, line 12: «Marko plans his trick when he sees the moujik through the window: he says he will "strip myself naked and lie down under the holy pictures".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+5); the same action «see» (+1); the same place «window» (+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/729-pg2591-part5/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Ain't it wild the cock sat on the cat's head?

- **1.** Yeah, they stacked up like a circus — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, not really — no support
- **3.** Yeah, they climbed up like monkeys — no support
- **4.** Yeah, they piled up like bricks — 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/729-pg2591-part5/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Yo, what did the robbers think was in the house?

- **1.** A huge scary monster from the old tales, the kind that eats little kids, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A spooky hobgoblin, for real, with glowing red eyes and sharp claws — no support
- **3.** A big bear from the woods — no support
- **4.** A spooky hobgoblin, for real — **✓ 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/729-pg2591-part5/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Did the dog really bite a robber's leg, mate?

- **1.** Yep, chomped him right in the leg — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, the cat did — no support
- **3.** Yep, sank his teeth in his arm — no support
- **4.** Nah, the donkey kicked him there — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 435, line 18: «Old word: "greyhounds" are swift hunting dogs, and the sister sets them on the King.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same thing acted on «swift hunting dogs» (+1). 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/729-pg2591-part5/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Dude, did the cock get the chop for broth?

- **1.** Nah, he got away — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** He was gonna, but he dodged it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He was gonna, but he flew off — no support
- **4.** Nah, he was saved by the dog — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 369, line 16: «He stretches "up on tiptoes" and looks at something "afar off", meaning far away in the distance.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cock» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/729-pg2591-part5/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Bruv, did the animals end up staying in the house?

- **1.** Yeah, they slept in the barn — no support
- **2.** Yeah, they moved in and stayed — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Nah, they left — score 5
- **4.** Yeah, they stayed — **← Mova's choice** · 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 729, line 5: «The robbers never return, the animals stay in the house, and the old dog Sultan is saved from being shot when he rescues a child.», 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 «animals» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Lol, what does "livelihood" even mean?

- **1.** Your food — no support
- **2.** The way you pay your rent — no support
- **3.** The place you sleep at night — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** The way you earn your food — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 729, line 20: «Old word: "espying" means spotting or noticing something, which is an old way of saying "seeing".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). 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/729-pg2591-part5/t13/)

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

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Which animal was the tallest member of the company and first to look through the window?

- **1.** The ass — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** Cock — score -3
- **3.** The cock — score -3
- **4.** Cat — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 6: «The Rat had been «swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks»; when the ducks stood on their heads he would «dive down and tickle their necks…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «rat» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/e1/)

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

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By what means did the animals cause the robbers to abandon the house?

- **1.** By a huge noisy concert performed loudly right at the open window of the house all night long — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** By a noisy concert performed at the window — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** By a loud bang on the window glass — no support
- **4.** By a loud song at the front 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/729-pg2591-part5/e2/)

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

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What was the intended fate of the old dog Sultan, and to whom did he turn for counsel?

- **1.** Execution by shooting; the wolf — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Being shot by the shepherd for losing his teeth; he turned to the wolf for counsel and help — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Execution by shooting at dawn; he went to the wise old wolf in the forest for advice — no support
- **4.** Death by poison; the old cat — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 164, line 4: «His fairy wife saved him and turned the two brothers into black dogs for ten years.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3); the same doer «fairy wife» (+2). 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/729-pg2591-part5/e3/)

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

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In what manner did the shepherd's dog ultimately secure his own preservation?

- **1.** By finding the baby, chasing the wolf off, and carrying the little child safely back home — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** By rescuing the child carried off by the wolf — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** By saving the little girl from the wild boar — score -4
- **4.** By bravely rescuing the shepherd's child that the wolf had carried away into the forest — 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 729, line 7: «What: the animals' concert makes the robbers flee, and Sultan saves the shepherd's child from the wolf.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «child» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/e4/)

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