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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the lover is murdered and the sister keeps his head

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**Tests:** 1 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 821 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/821-pg27200-part32/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi, so who's the bloke in the arbor, yeah?

- **1.** a young fella who's stealing her ring — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** some bloke — no support
- **3.** a rich geezer who's dumping his mate — no support
- **4.** a young man saying goodbye to his girl — **✓ 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/821-pg27200-part32/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Was the lovers' goodbye proper sad, innit?

- **1.** no, not really — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yes, she gave him a rose — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yeah, dead sad — no support
- **4.** no, she gave him a ring — 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/821-pg27200-part32/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Why's the brother sending the lad away, like?

- **1.** cos he wants the money the lad owes him from before — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** he wants her to marry rich — score 5
- **3.** he doesn't like the engagement — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** he wants his sister to marry some rich lord from town — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 819, line 15: «Who Jack is: the third son of the old proprietor, though his brothers never count him, because he is "not so learned as they."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/821-pg27200-part32/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Who actually did the stabbing, mate?

- **1.** the cruel father — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the jealous neighbour — no support
- **3.** the mate — no support
- **4.** the wicked brother — **✓ 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/821-pg27200-part32/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Where'd the geezer bury him, then?

- **1.** in dirt — no support
- **2.** behind the garden wall — no support
- **3.** beneath the old oak — no support
- **4.** under the linden-tree — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 821, line 3: «The wicked brother stabs the young man in the dark wood, buries him under a linden-tree, and the elf rides home hidden in a leaf on his hat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bury» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «linden tree» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/821-pg27200-part32/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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How'd the elf get home, the lil' rascal?

- **1.** on a windy thistle seed head — no support
- **2.** on a leaf — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** in a nut — no support
- **4.** inside a dry rolled-up leaf — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 821, line 13: «How the elf gets home: he sits in "a dry rolled-up linden-leaf" that falls on the murderer's head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «elf» (+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/821-pg27200-part32/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Wait, how'd she know it wasn't just a dream?

- **1.** the elf left a bloody cloth there — no support
- **2.** she found a withered leaf on her bed and felt the elf's breath — no support
- **3.** the brother told her it was only a dream and she believed him — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** she found a withered leaf on her bed — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 689, line 15: «In the dream, a man says that "Half of his wealth is ill-gotten" and must be given back to the poor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «man» (+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/821-pg27200-part32/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Why didn't she spill it to her bro?

- **1.** she was scared — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** she feared her brother would not believe — no support
- **3.** she was too scared to say anything — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** she was afraid he would hurt her — 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/821-pg27200-part32/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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What did she do with his head, bruv?

- **1.** she burned it in the stove — no support
- **2.** she planted it in a flower-pot — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** she took it out to the linden-tree and buried it — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **4.** she wrapped it in linen and kept it under her bed — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 16: «The old woman comes out "upon crutches", and she takes the children in with kind words.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same doer «woman» (+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/821-pg27200-part32/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Did the jasmine just die, proper?

- **1.** yes, it died — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** no, it got greener and fresher — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** no, it wilted — no support
- **4.** no, it grew paler and weak — 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/821-pg27200-part32/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Where'd the elf end up living after, yeah?

- **1.** in a red rose by the sister's window — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** in a fresh rose growing on the garden wall — no support
- **3.** in a sunny tulip — no support
- **4.** in another rose — **✓ 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/821-pg27200-part32/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Why's the brother going mental about the flower-pot?

- **1.** he thinks she's been bewitched by some elf nonsense — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he thinks she's lying — no support
- **3.** he reckons she's pining for the lad and wants to run off — no support
- **4.** he thinks she's going mad — **✓ 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/821-pg27200-part32/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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What was the elf whispering about at the end?

- **1.** the murder in the garden — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** the knife — no support
- **3.** the lady — no support
- **4.** the evening in the arbor — **✓ the right answer** · 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 821, line 4: «In the morning the elf whispers the murder into the sister's ear, and a withered leaf on her bed proves it was no dream.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «elf» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «murder» (-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/821-pg27200-part32/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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What did the elf say was passing away, fam?

- **1.** how soon all the lovely garden and the lady's kiss pass away — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** all good things die in the cold — no support
- **3.** how soon all good things pass away — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** how soon all that is good passes away, like the lovers — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 821, line 5: «The sister digs up the head, plants it in a flower-pot with jasmine, and the elf flies off, sighing that beauty passes away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «sister» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/821-pg27200-part32/t14/)

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

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Which object did the wicked brother use to commit the murder?

- **1.** a sharp knife — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** a pistol loaded with silver from the town — score 5
- **3.** a rusty nail — no support
- **4.** a rusty axe — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 249, line 16: «WHY HE WAS HAPPY: the pedlar was "exceeding glad in himself" when he heard the shopkeeper's dream.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «word» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/821-pg27200-part32/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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In which location did the young man and the lady take their parting?

- **1.** the arbor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** garden — no support
- **3.** the meadow — no support
- **4.** town — 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/821-pg27200-part32/e2/)

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

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What did the withered leaf serve to demonstrate to the sister?

- **1.** that her brother was guilty — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** that her dream was true — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** that the elf was real — no support
- **4.** she was right — 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/821-pg27200-part32/e3/)

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

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Which plant did the sister place the head beneath, in her chamber?

- **1.** a rose — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a violet bush — no support
- **3.** a leaf — no support
- **4.** a jasmine twig — **✓ 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/821-pg27200-part32/e4/)

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