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title: Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear t… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed

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

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Lesson 831 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/831-pg27200-part42/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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ok so the bond thing in the church, bro, was that actually sus or lowkey wholesome?

- **1.** Pretty sus, like they're forcing a pact on him — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Honestly kinda sus, feels like a cult ritual to me — no support
- **3.** Sus af, super weird — no support
- **4.** Lowkey wholesome, he's basically making a brotherhood oath — **✓ 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/831-pg27200-part42/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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wait, did Aphtanides just ghost them and leave before dawn?

- **1.** Yeah, he dipped before sunrise, no drama — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nope, he stuck around till morning — no support
- **3.** Yeah, he dipped before sunrise, no drama, he left a note on the altar for them — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he dipped before sunrise and nobody saw him go, kinda messed up — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 830, line 5: «In prison and then in freedom at Easter, the boy meets Aphtanides, and on the sea a boat trip ends with a splash and a rescue.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «meet» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/831-pg27200-part42/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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bruh why did the lamp just drop in the dark, was that on purpose?

- **1.** Nope, somebody bumped the table — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Accident, they were kissing and it fell — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** On purpose, lol — no support
- **4.** Yeah, Inge knocked it over, lol — 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/831-pg27200-part42/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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lol Aphtanides went pale as a ghost, was he actually scared?

- **1.** Nah, he was heartbroken about Anastasia — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Nah, he was heartbroken about Anastasia, and honestly he was dramatic about it — score 4
- **3.** Nah, he was heartbroken about Anastasia and wanted to leave before anyone saw — score 4
- **4.** Yeah, he saw a ghost in the church — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 831, line 12: «GIFT: Aphtanides gives "all his money to my mother for us," so the narrator and Anastasia can marry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «aphtanides» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/831-pg27200-part42/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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so he gave all his money to the mom, that's peak loyalty, right?

- **1.** Yeah, straight up generous, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, straight up generous, no cap, but honestly he probably felt guilty about the whole thing — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Nah, not really, he gave the money because he felt guilty about Anastasia and the lamp — score 4
- **4.** Yeah, but he wanted something back — 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 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 54, line 11: «Struggling with the cotton gown, he reaches «where all waistcoat pockets are eternally situated» and finds «not only no money, but no pocket to hold it, and no…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same circumstance (+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/831-pg27200-part42/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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did Anastasia have her own opinion or she just went along?

- **1.** She blushed and spoke up, she wasn't just quiet — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She just went along with whatever the boys said — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Nope, quiet girl — no support
- **4.** She just went along — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 314, line 14: «Mothers: Peter says he has "no mother", and thinks mothers are "very over-rated persons".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «mothers» (+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/831-pg27200-part42/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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how old was the narrator when he finally got tall, like, actual growth?

- **1.** Years went by, he's a stout strong youth — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Years went by, he's a stout strong youth, and by sixteen he was taller than everyone — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** When he was fourteen, I guess — no support
- **4.** Years went by, he's a stout strong youth who finally hit his growth spurt in the spring — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 180, line 6: «Who: the narrator is a prince who tells his own story to Zobeida and the court in Bagdad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/831-pg27200-part42/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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wait, what's the deal with the wolf skins on the bed, did he hunt them?

- **1.** Yeah, he shot them himself, respect, and his mom dried them for the bed — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** Yeah, he shot them himself, respect — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nah, the priest gave them to him — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he shot them himself, respect, and he's proud of it, lol — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 414, line 11: «The child's words "they've pulled granny's skin off" are called lies, and the child is called "naughty".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-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/831-pg27200-part42/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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ok be real, was the little sister Anastasia the main person in the story?

- **1.** Yeah, the sister is basically the whole story — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Yeah, Anastasia is the real main character here — no support
- **3.** Yeah, totally — no support
- **4.** Nah, the narrator's love story is the big deal — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 830, line 7: «What: Father brings home a little girl, and she is to be the narrator's sister.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «girl» (+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/831-pg27200-part42/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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the smidraki thing, is that like a fire-breathing monster?

- **1.** Yeah, fire comes out of its throat, scary stuff — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, it's a dragon that eats the sheep, lol — no support
- **3.** Yeah, fire comes out of its throat, scary stuff, and the kids in the village all fear it — no support
- **4.** Nah, it's a wolf-like spirit that hunts at night — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 725, line 18: «Old word: droll means funny or odd, so "a very droll thing" means a strange, amusing idea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «droll thing» (+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/831-pg27200-part42/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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did the narrator get scared of the wolf or the jackal at night?

- **1.** Yeah, the jackal, he hid under the bed — no support
- **2.** Nope, his mom sat by them, so no fear — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nope, his mom sat by them, so no fear, and he slept right next to the wolf skins — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Yeah, he was really scared of the jackal — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 629, line 13: «Where: the narrator sleeps near the "artillery lines where the cannon were stacked at night", by the tails of the guns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same doer «narrator» (+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/831-pg27200-part42/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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so Inge trod on the bread to keep her shoes clean, right?

- **1.** Nope, she was humble — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, she was clumsy and sorry, though — no support
- **3.** Nah, she stepped on it by accident — no support
- **4.** Yeah, she was proud and had bad vibes — **✓ 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/831-pg27200-part42/t12/)

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

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Which custom does Aphtanides propose the two young men should perform in the church?

- **1.** The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia and the village priest at dawn — no support
- **3.** The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia, with a gift of the family's silver — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **4.** A pilgrimage to the springs with the family — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 831, line 12: «GIFT: Aphtanides gives "all his money to my mother for us," so the narrator and Anastasia can marry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1). Against it: the same doer «aphtanides» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/831-pg27200-part42/e1/)

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

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What is the nature of the narrator's declaration to Aphtanides regarding Anastasia?

- **1.** A declaration of loyalty to the family's bond and faith — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A confession of theft — no support
- **3.** An admission of a love stronger than his love for his mother — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** An apology for missing the church service that 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/831-pg27200-part42/e2/)

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

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What response does Aphtanides make to the narrator's declaration, and why?

- **1.** He blames the narrator and refuses the oath — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief, and then sails away before dawn — score 3
- **3.** He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief, giving all his money to the mother — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 722, line 1: «The two friends reach a rich city, rent a small house by the royal castle, and rest there.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «two friends» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/831-pg27200-part42/e3/)

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

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Which two words of the second tale most clearly describe the protagonist's character?

- **1.** Kind, brave — no support
- **2.** Proud, presuming, and sharp-tongued, always wanting to be first — score 1
- **3.** Proud and presuming — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** Loyal and cheerful — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 819, line 13: «What the fishes do: they "stared out into the twilight" and "did not understand a word of it."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/831-pg27200-part42/e4/)

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