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# Andersen, The Moon's Tales, part 119: the Moon shows a temple, a swan and a dancing bear

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 3 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 908 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/908-pg27200-part119/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi mate, who's doin' all the tellin' in this bit, innit?

- **1.** a cat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the Sun — no support
- **3.** the Moon — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the swan — 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/908-pg27200-part119/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wot colour is the lucky posh colour in the China temple?

- **1.** gold — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the gold of the posh temple roof — no support
- **3.** the red of the fancy lanterns — no support
- **4.** yellow — **✓ 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/908-pg27200-part119/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Where was the swan chillin' when he touched the water?

- **1.** in it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** on the lake — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** by the reeds — no support
- **4.** on land — 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/908-pg27200-part119/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Wot was Pu stirrin' wiv her stick, like, all slow?

- **1.** the kettle full of the boiling broth — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the silver spoon — no support
- **3.** the gold-fish bowl — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the iron pot — 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/908-pg27200-part119/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Which lot of kings had their crowns hung on wooden pegs?

- **1.** the English lords — score 1
- **2.** the Swedish kings — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** the kings of the whole Baltic region — score 3
- **4.** the old Swedish kings of the north — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 884, line 4: «They fly over mountains to a blue lake, where a tiny flower-prince crowns her and gives her wings.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «tiny flower prince» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/908-pg27200-part119/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Wot was nibblin' the gilded wood in that church, dead gross?

- **1.** the worms — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** rats — no support
- **3.** the rot — no support
- **4.** the little creepy crawlies in the wood — 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/908-pg27200-part119/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Wot was the turkey-cock doin' on the beam, like, just chillin'?

- **1.** nappin' — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** restin' — no support
- **3.** snoozin' right up on the beam there — no support
- **4.** sleepin' — **✓ 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/908-pg27200-part119/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Who had the drum in the garret, the lad wiv the biggest beat?

- **1.** the tall lad at the back of the garret — score 1
- **2.** the eldest boy wiv the drum sticks — no support
- **3.** the eldest boy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** the big lad — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 908, line 20: «The bear Bruin climbs the stairs, the youngest boy hides in his shaggy skin, and the eldest beats a drum for the dance.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «youngest boy» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/908-pg27200-part119/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Wot did the bear end up doin' wiv the gun, proper mad?

- **1.** firin' it off — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** wavin' it all around the barn — no support
- **3.** holdin' it up — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** holdin' it up proper like a soldier — 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/908-pg27200-part119/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Wot were the little kids doin' at the very end, all in a line?

- **1.** shoutin' and jumpin' about outside — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** dancin' — no support
- **3.** sing — no support
- **4.** marchin' — **✓ 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/908-pg27200-part119/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Wot made the little daughter's eyes all wet and mingin'?

- **1.** dirt — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** snot — no support
- **3.** tears — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** rain — 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/908-pg27200-part119/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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How old was the littlest kid, like, dead tiny?

- **1.** just under five — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a babe — no support
- **3.** about four — no support
- **4.** not more than two — **✓ 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/908-pg27200-part119/t12/)

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

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Which entity is designated as the narrator of the present excerpt?

- **1.** The Moon — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** Sun — score -2
- **3.** The narrator — score -2
- **4.** Earth — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 211, line 7: «What: the magician wants the lamp, and "he had picked out the foolish Aladdin for this purpose, intending to get the lamp and kill him afterwards."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «intend» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/908-pg27200-part119/e1/)

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

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Which colour is designated as sacred within the Chinese temple described?

- **1.** the golden hue of imperial silk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** crimson — no support
- **3.** scarlet — no support
- **4.** yellow — **✓ 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/908-pg27200-part119/e2/)

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

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Of what material are the idols recorded as being composed?

- **1.** ox — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** oil — no support
- **3.** tin — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** iron — 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/908-pg27200-part119/e3/)

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

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Which animal is recorded as being tied outside the inn during the events described?

- **1.** the bear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the goat — no support
- **3.** the ox — no support
- **4.** a cow — 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/908-pg27200-part119/e4/)

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