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title: Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and t… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 774 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 774 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/774-pg2591-part50/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, why did the first prince get stuck in that valley, like, totally?

- **1.** he ignored the old man — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** he was rude to the dwarf — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** he refused to share his bread with the dwarf — score 3
- **4.** he insulted the dwarf and stole his cap — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 717, line 1: «Labakan rides for two days until he sees the great pillar where the real prince was to meet his father.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «real prince» (+2); the same thing acted on «great pillar» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Bro, how many whacks with the wand did the iron door need to pop open?

- **1.** three — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** three times with the iron wand — no support
- **3.** seven — no support
- **4.** three whacks with the wand — 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/774-pg2591-part50/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Dude, what did the youngest prince chuck at the lions to chill them?

- **1.** the bread — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** the wand — score -1
- **3.** a loaf — score -1
- **4.** a biscuit — 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 468, line 3: «The angry King has the couple sealed in a tarred tub and tossed into the sea, where it bobs for ages.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same action «toss» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Wait, what time was he running out of before the door slams shut?

- **1.** noon — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** twelve o'clock — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** one o'clock — score 8
- **4.** when the clock strikes twelve — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 145, line 4: «Someone comes in, so the mice scamper off and hide in a cramped hole, then creep out twice more and run again each time.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+5); the same property (+3). The right option, 2, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Lowkey, what did he snatch off the knights' fingers?

- **1.** rings — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** all the rings off their fingers — score 4
- **3.** the gold rings off their bony fingers — no support
- **4.** their rings — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 200, line 12: «Why: the princess shows the ring on her finger as proof, and she will marry no one else.», 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 (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «ring» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/774-pg2591-part50/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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No way, what was on the table in the next room?

- **1.** a knife and cheese — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** some bread — no support
- **3.** a sword, a loaf, and a silver cup — no support
- **4.** a sword and bread — **✓ 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/774-pg2591-part50/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Real talk, who was chillin on the couch in that room?

- **1.** a beautiful young lady — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** a pale enchanted lady with long hair — no support
- **3.** a beautiful young lady in a golden gown — score 3
- **4.** a sleeping young man — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 774, line 13: «The beautiful young lady sits on a couch under a spell and promises the kingdom if he comes back in a year and marries her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «beautiful young lady» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Okay, what's she offering if he breaks her spell, like, the deal?

- **1.** a castle and her crown — no support
- **2.** marriage — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** a ring — score 0
- **4.** the kingdom and her hand — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 652, line 15: «A woman on the steps offers to take the baby, and the dragon says, "Let me get some sleep."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+2). Against it: the same action «offer» (-2). 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/774-pg2591-part50/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Bruh, where's the well stashed, like, inside the castle?

- **1.** in the north tower — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** in the cellar — no support
- **3.** in the palace gardens — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** behind the kitchen — 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/774-pg2591-part50/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Mate, what did the dwarf's hat look like?

- **1.** a conical shape — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a sugarloaf shape — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a tall shape like a sugarloaf loaf — no support
- **4.** a pointed brim — 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/774-pg2591-part50/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Chill, why did the second brother go do the same thing?

- **1.** to become sole heir to the throne — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** to get the kingdom — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** because he wants the kingdom for himself — no support
- **4.** to become king too — 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/774-pg2591-part50/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Dude, how did the dwarf treat the youngest son?

- **1.** he was kind and helpful — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he was kind, helpful, and shared his bread — no support
- **3.** he shared his food and was very polite — no support
- **4.** he was cruel and mean — 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/774-pg2591-part50/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Ngl, what did the prince do when he got tired at the end?

- **1.** lay down on a couch — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** lay on the floor — score 4
- **3.** fell asleep — score 3
- **4.** rested on a bench — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 760, line 12: «At the end the prince said, "This is the right bride," after Ashputtel put on the slipper "as if it had been made for her."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «make» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/t13/)

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

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Which of the following is the correct designation of the instrument the dwarf bestowed upon the youngest prince?

- **1.** an iron wand — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** a golden rod — score 3
- **3.** a key — no support
- **4.** a rod — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 774, line 7: «What: the dwarf gives the prince an iron wand, and the prince says the words the dwarf taught him, "strike the iron door of the castle three times with the wan…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «iron wand» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/e1/)

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

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Which of the following accurately states the temporal limit within which the prince was required to draw the water?

- **1.** after the clock struck twelve — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** before the bells rang out at midnight tonight — no support
- **3.** before the clock had struck twelve times — no support
- **4.** before the clock struck twelve — **✓ 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/774-pg2591-part50/e2/)

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

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Identify the condition under which the enchanted lady promised the prince her kingdom.

- **1.** breaking her enchantment — no support
- **2.** freeing her from the spell — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** release from her spell — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** if he breaks the enchantment on her — 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 195, line 3: «He tricks the old hag, kills the black slave and then the Greek slave, and frees the lady, who tells how she was trapped.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «free» (+4); the same thing acted on «lady» (+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/774-pg2591-part50/e3/)

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

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Which of the following describes the prince's conduct toward the knights in the hall?

- **1.** he removed their rings — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** he stole their swords — no support
- **3.** he took rings — score 3
- **4.** he took their money — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 117, line 2: «He tames the lions with bread, takes rings and a sword, and fetches the water just before midnight, losing a bit of his heel.», 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 (+2); the same thing acted on «rings» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/e4/)

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