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title: Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn a… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 742 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, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn and a boar, and frightens off his foes

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 742 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/742-pg2591-part18/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Bro, how did the tailor take down two giants without even touching them?

- **1.** He shot arrows until they fought — score 0
- **2.** He hit them with stones until they fought among themselves — score 1
- **3.** He threw rocks — score 3
- **4.** He dropped stones on them till they went at each other — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 742, line 2: «The tailor drops stones on the sleeping giants until they wake, blame each other, and fight until both die.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: the same doer «tailor» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, so the king just said yes to the tailor's whole thing?

- **1.** Yeah, he had no real choice, so he agreed to the whole deal with a grumpy face — score 5
- **2.** Nope, he banned the tailor forever — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Yeah, he got mad but agreed — score 5
- **4.** Yeah, he had no choice, lowkey — **✓ 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 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 433, line 5: «The king is glad, banishes the two elder princes and makes Ivan his heir.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «banish» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «two elder princes» (+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/742-pg2591-part18/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Dude, what's the deal with the unicorn trick?

- **1.** He hid behind a tree and the unicorn charged, horn stuck in the trunk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He hid behind a tree, and its horn got stuck — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He hid behind a huge tree and waited until the unicorn charged and got trapped in the bark — no support
- **4.** He sneaked up on it with a spear and a rope — 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/742-pg2591-part18/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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No cap, how did he catch that boar?

- **1.** He ran into a little chapel and slammed the heavy door shut on it — no support
- **2.** He ran into a chapel and shut the door on it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** He led the boar on a chase through the trees, ran into a chapel, and locked the door behind it — score 1
- **4.** He cornered it in a ditch and clubbed it — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 742, line 17: «The boar is trapped when the tailor runs "round outside and shut the door behind it," and it is "much too heavy and awkward to leap out of the window."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shut» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Bet, why were the huntsmen not going into the forest?

- **1.** They were scared of the boar — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** They had been ordered to stay — score 2
- **3.** They had heard about the giants and the wild boar and were frightened — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** They were told to wait outside until the king arrived — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 111, line 12: «How does the first ending finish? A huntsman hears the snoring, and he "shot the old Wolf through the head."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); the same doer «huntsman» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Ngl, what was the queen's problem with her hubby?

- **1.** He ate her food — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He kept talking about the king in his sleep — no support
- **3.** He snored too loud — no support
- **4.** She heard him talk in his sleep about sewing — **✓ the right answer** · 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/742-pg2591-part18/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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So what's the wildest thing he yelled at night?

- **1.** "Make me the doublet, or I'll rap you with the yard-measure" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Make me the doublet, or I'll rap you with the yard-measure — no support
- **3.** Make me the doublet, or I'll rap you with the yard-measure and the shears — no support
- **4.** Make me the doublet at once, or I'll rap you hard with the yard-measure and then scold you until dawn — 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/742-pg2591-part18/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Wait, what was the king's sneaky plan to get rid of him?

- **1.** Exile him — no support
- **2.** Kill him quietly — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Ship him off across the sea — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Send him off to the north — 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 672, line 13: «why the witch is wrong about the Sultan's aim: she says "that is the youth you must kill," but "all three" sleeves were cut, so she can't pick out one boy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3); the same thing acted on «youth» (+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/742-pg2591-part18/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Who gave the tailor the heads up about the plot?

- **1.** The king's chamberlain — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** The king's armour-bearer — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** A loyal page who served the king's own bedchamber — no support
- **4.** The king's trusted armour-bearer who had overheard it all — no support

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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 426, line 12: «The Prince "poured forth tears" when he is abandoned, which shows that he is sad but does not give up.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «abandon» (+7). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Ok, what did he yell to scare off the guys outside?

- **1.** "Be gone" — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** "Stop now" — no support
- **3.** "I smote seven at one blow" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** "I struck nine with one swing" — 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/742-pg2591-part18/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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How did the guys outside react when they heard him?

- **1.** They fled as if chased by wolves — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They ran off screaming into the woods like they'd seen a ghost — no support
- **3.** They froze in fear and stayed still — no support
- **4.** They ran off like they'd seen a ghost — **✓ 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/742-pg2591-part18/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Real talk, what did the king end up giving him in the end?

- **1.** His daughter, half his kingdom, and a golden feast — score -3
- **2.** His daughter and the whole of his kingdom after his death — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** His horse, his sword, and one farm — score 3
- **4.** His daughter and half his kingdom — **✓ the right answer** · score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 703, line 15: «The sheep are given to the youth next, and he thinks his trouble is a punishment for refusing to mind his father's one cow.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «youth» (+1). The right option, 4, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/t12/)

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

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Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the tailor first dispatched the two giants?

- **1.** He dropped stones upon them until they turned upon one another — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** He climbed a tree and dropped heavy stones upon them until they turned upon one another and fell — score 8
- **3.** He pelted them with stones till they fought each other — score 8
- **4.** He dropped stones from a high tree upon the giants until they turned upon one another in rage — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 109, line 2: «On a hill he meets a Giant who doubts him, until he squeezes a cheese so the whey runs out and throws his bird into the air.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «tailor» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/e1/)

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

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Which of the following correctly identifies the reason the king hesitated to dismiss the tailor?

- **1.** He wanted to keep the tailor as a servant — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** He feared the tailor had magic powers that could overthrow him and his entire people — score 8
- **3.** He feared the tailor's cleverness would humiliate him before all his court and people — score 8
- **4.** He feared the tailor would kill him and his people — **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 719, line 1: «Labakan rides to his old master's shop in Alexandria, and the workmen beat him and throw him out.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «labakan» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/e2/)

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

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Which of the following accurately states the terms by which the king offered his daughter in marriage?

- **1.** Upon the death of the two giants, as well as the unicorn and the boar, and after the court agrees — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** Upon the death of the two giants, as well as the unicorn and the boar — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** If he brings back the giants' heads, the unicorn and the boar alive — score 8
- **4.** Upon the death of the two giants and the unicorn, along with the boar and his own promise to leave — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 742, line 5: «The king gives in and marries him to his daughter, but when the queen overhears him talking in his sleep, the men sent to kill him run away in fear.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «men» (+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/742-pg2591-part18/e3/)

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

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Which of the following correctly describes the outcome when the men sent to seize the tailor overheard his words?

- **1.** They turned and fled in great dread, and never came back to try again — score 8
- **2.** They fled in fear and dropped the chase entirely — **← Mova's choice** · score 12
- **3.** They fled in great dread and returned to the king without the tailor — score 8
- **4.** They fled in great dread and ceased their pursuit — **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 742, line 5: «The king gives in and marries him to his daughter, but when the queen overhears him talking in his sleep, the men sent to kill him run away in fear.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+5); the same place «fear» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «men» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/e4/)

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