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# Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 735 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/735-pg2591-part11/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo wait, the frog actually got her ball back out the spring?

- **1.** yeah, he swam down and grabbed it in his teeth — no support
- **2.** yeah, he dived deep down, found it and brought it up in his mouth to her — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** yeah, he dived under and carried it up in his jaws — no support
- **4.** yeah, he dived down deep and brought it up in his mouth — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 242, line 2: «At a football match he kicks the ball so far that nobody can find it, and the angry crowd comes at him with fists.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same thing acted on «ball» (+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/735-pg2591-part11/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruv the gnat just flew in and hid under a leaf to spy??

- **1.** nah, she hid under a rock and told nobody — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** yeah, she hid and then told the fox everything — score 5
- **3.** nah, she hid and spied for ages then told the hornet everything she had seen in the wood — score 5
- **4.** yeah, she hid and then told the wren everything — **✓ the right answer** · 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 735, line 8: «Where: the bear lives in a "cave", and the fox's army gathers in a forest, where the gnat hides "beneath a leaf of the tree".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same doer «gnat» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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so the fox's tail was like the signal, innit?

- **1.** yeah, when his tail went up the birds had to fly off to the nest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah, up meant charge and down meant run — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yeah, up was for rest and down for food — no support
- **4.** yeah, up meant charge, down meant run, and wagging meant to hide in the grass — 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/735-pg2591-part11/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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ngl the hornet got the fox three times?

- **1.** yeah, at the third one the fox screamed — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** yeah, at the second one the fox ran — score 5
- **3.** nah, the fox stung the hornet twice — no support
- **4.** yeah, the hornet stung him again and again until the fox finally screamed loudly — **← 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 735, line 11: «The hornet stings the fox, and "at the third, he could hold out no longer, screamed, and put his tail between his legs".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sting» (+3); the same doer «hornet» (+2); the same thing acted on «fox» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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wait the wrens wouldn't eat till the bear said sorry?

- **1.** nah, they were hungry — no support
- **2.** nah, they just ate — score 5
- **3.** nah, they wanted the bear to leave first — score 5
- **4.** yeah, they wanted him to beg pardon first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · 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 735, line 3: «The hornet stings the fox three times, his tail drops, the animals run away, and the birds win, so the bear comes to the nest to beg pardon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+3); the same doer «bear» (+2); the same thing acted on «pardon» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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lowkey the princess really promised a frog her stuff?

- **1.** nah, she said she'd never do that — no support
- **2.** yeah, she said she'd do whatever he asked — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** yeah, she said she'd pay him gold — no support
- **4.** nah, she kept her ball — 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 735, line 16: «What the frog asks for: "I want not your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes", but he wants to eat from her golden plate and sleep on her bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same doer «frog» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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bro she was just gonna let the frog hang out with her?

- **1.** yeah, she made that deal with him — no support
- **2.** yeah, she said the frog could live with her and sleep in her room every night — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** yeah, that was the deal she made — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** yeah, she agreed to let the frog stay with her as her friend all the time — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 397, line 14: «The gully frog said it was "so very hard to leave a place to which he had become accustomed."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «gully frog» (+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/735-pg2591-part11/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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so the frog ate off her plate and slept on her pillow?

- **1.** yeah, he did both, tbh — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** yeah, he did both of those things, and she wasn't happy about it at all, tbh — no support
- **3.** yeah, he ate off her golden plate and then slept right on her pillow, tbh — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** nah, he only ate, tbh — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 735, line 4: «A princess loses her golden ball in a deep spring, and a frog offers to fetch it if she lets him live with her and eat from her plate.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «plate» (+4); the same action «eat» (+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/735-pg2591-part11/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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the princess was dead scared when she opened the door, right?

- **1.** yeah, she shut it fast after she saw him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** nah, she was brave — no support
- **3.** nah, she left it open after she saw him — score 5
- **4.** yeah, she ran off after she heard him — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 656, line 2: «The Prince runs for the dragonproof tower, and the little white Princess lets him in and shuts the door on the dragon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shut» (+3); the same doer «little white princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «door» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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fr, what did the bear get told if he didn't come to the nest?

- **1.** he'd be eaten — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** his ribs would be broken — no support
- **3.** every rib would be broken — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** his legs broken — 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/735-pg2591-part11/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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bruh, the animals bolted when the tail dropped, yeah?

- **1.** nah, they just sat — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** yeah, they thought all was lost — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** nah, they stayed put — score 5
- **4.** nah, they thought all was won — 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 43, line 12: «The Rat: «I know some animals who would give their ears to be sitting down to supper with us to-night!» The Mole: «No bread! … no butter, no——» The Rat, grinni…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit down» (+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/735-pg2591-part11/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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so the frog just kept coming back for the princess?

- **1.** nah, he stayed in the spring — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** nah, he came back to the spring — score 4
- **3.** yeah, he kept tapping at the door every single night until she finally let him in — score 5
- **4.** yeah, he tapped at the door again at night — **✓ the right answer** · 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 397, line 4: «Then come short tales: one frog stays in a dry gully and a heavy wagon crushes him, while a crow drops stones into a pitcher to reach the water.», 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 «one frog» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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wait, the wrens eat and party till late after the bear says sorry?

- **1.** yeah, they feasted and sang and danced round the fire until very late in the night — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah, they made merry till late into the night — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yeah, they made merry and sang and danced in the nest till late into the night — no support
- **4.** yeah, they partied till early in the morning — 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/735-pg2591-part11/t13/)

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

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Which of the following accurately describes the means by which the frog recovered the golden ball from the spring?

- **1.** He found it floating on the surface of the water — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** He dived beneath the water of the spring, found the ball in the mud, and carried it up in his mouth — score 7
- **3.** He dived beneath the cold water of the spring and brought the golden ball up in his mouth to the princess — score 7
- **4.** He dived beneath the water and brought the ball up in his mouth — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 242, line 2: «At a football match he kicks the ball so far that nobody can find it, and the angry crowd comes at him with fists.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+6); a different doer (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/735-pg2591-part11/e1/)

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

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Identify the creature which, under the direction of the willow-wren, administered repeated stings to the fox in the course of the engagement.

- **1.** The gadfly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A wasp — no support
- **3.** The hornet — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A bee — 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/735-pg2591-part11/e2/)

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

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State the condition which the princess imposed upon herself in exchange for the return of her golden ball.

- **1.** That she would let the frog stay — no support
- **2.** That she would share her golden crown — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** To share her cake — no support
- **4.** That she would keep the frog as her companion — **✓ the right answer** · 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 205, line 5: «Next morning she tells King Armanos the truth, asks that Haiatelnefous marry Camaralzaman, and gives up her own crown for love.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «crown» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+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/735-pg2591-part11/e3/)

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

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Explain why the young willow-wrens declined to partake of nourishment after the battle had been fought.

- **1.** Because the bear had insulted them and had refused to beg their pardon at all, even when asked to do so by the birds — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Because the bear had hurt them and had not asked forgiveness — no support
- **3.** Because the bear had insulted them and had not begged pardon — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Because the bear had insulted them badly, and had never once begged their pardon or come to the nest with apologies — 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/735-pg2591-part11/e4/)

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