--- title: Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then sails out a… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 964 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 13 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/964-pg27200-part175/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 964 # Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then sails out and sees a Spanish city **Tests:** 6 of 13 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 964 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. 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/964-pg27200-part175/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} yo, Jurgen's stuck with a sack of stuff, lowkey he's exhausted, right? - **1.** yeah, he rests his load by a fancy house with marble pillars and starts crying — score 6 - **2.** yeah, he rests his load by a fancy house with marble pillars — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** yeah, he drops his bag by a plain shop — no support - **4.** nah, he sleeps by the old church — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 964, line 5: «Not yet fourteen, Jurgen sails off as a ship-boy, goes ashore in Spain, and rests a heavy load by a grand house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rest» (+4); the same thing acted on «heavy load» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/964-pg27200-part175/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} bro, were the eels just chillin in the brandy or what? - **1.** they were fat, and the eel-breeder said they needed brandy to bury them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** they were thin, and the cook said they needed salt to cure them — no support - **3.** they were fat, and the eel-breeder said they needed brandy to bury them in the pond — no support - **4.** they were fat, and the eel-breeder said they needed brandy to bury them alive in the mud — no support **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/964-pg27200-part175/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} no cap, did the wolves just vanish or what? - **1.** the wolves were killed, and the river is still called Wolfsborg — no support - **2.** the wolves were wiped out, and the place is still called Wolfsborg — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** the wolves were wiped out by the hunters, and the place is still called Wolfsborg today — score 5 - **4.** the wolves were wiped out long ago, and the place is still called Wolfsborg by the people — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 961, line 20: «The old word "annihilated" means destroyed or wiped out completely, which is a very strong word for a happy husband to use.», 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 thing acted on «strong word» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/964-pg27200-part175/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} fr, what was the deal with that dead sailor and his thumb? - **1.** the peasants dug him up, found his thumb in his mouth, and the oxen dragged him to the sea, far away — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the peasants dug him up, found his thumb in his mouth, and the oxen dragged him to the sea — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** the priest blessed him, and the oxen carried him to the church — no support - **4.** the peasants dug him up at night, found his thumb in his mouth, and the oxen dragged him back to the sea over the heath — no support **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/964-pg27200-part175/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} wait, the juniper bush was in bloom in what season? - **1.** the summer, when the juniper bloomed so thickly that it looked like snow on the heath — no support - **2.** the summer, which is why it looked like snow — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** the summer, which is why it looked like snow among the green branches — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **4.** the autumn, which is why it looked like snow — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 18: «The Mole: «You argued it out, step by step, in that wise head of yours, from the very moment that I fell and cut my shin, and you looked at the cut, and at onc…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/964-pg27200-part175/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} ngl, was Jurgen super hyped about the castle or nah? - **1.** yeah, he never forgot the juniper and the lime-trees — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** yeah, he never forgot the juniper and the lime-trees, even when he was on the sea — score 1 - **3.** nah, he never liked the juniper and the trees — no support - **4.** yeah, he never forgot the juniper and the lime-trees of his home, and he missed them badly — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 964, line 2: «On the way he sees a juniper bush in bloom, white as snow among the green, and he never forgets it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forget» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/964-pg27200-part175/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} lol the adders sound lethal, did they actually bite anyone? - **1.** the travellers warned that the adders were poisonous and that a man had died from one — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** the travellers warned that the adders were poisonous and there were many — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** the travellers said the adders were rare and nobody got bitten — no support - **4.** the travellers warned that the adders were poisonous and there were many on the heath — score 4 **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 964, line 12: «The travellers warn of "poisonous adders", and the district is called Wolfsborg because wolves once roamed there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «warn» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/964-pg27200-part175/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} bruh, when did Jurgen get on the ship, like how old was he? - **1.** not yet fourteen, so he was just a kid — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** not yet sixteen, so he was a man — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** about twenty, so he was a sailor — no support - **4.** fourteen, so he was grown — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 964, line 16: «Jurgen is not yet fourteen when he goes out in a ship and becomes a ship-boy, facing "bad weather, heavy seas, unkindness, and hard men".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «ship boy» (+2); the same doer «jurgen» (+1). 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/964-pg27200-part175/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} deadass, how did Jurgen feel about the ship life? - **1.** bad, with cold days and rest, but he shouted his anger out — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** bad, with cold nights and blows, but he gulped his anger down — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** great, he loved it — no support - **4.** fine, with warm nights and no work, and he smiled often — no support **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/964-pg27200-part175/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} so what did Jurgen see in the cathedral that made him cry? - **1.** the Virgin with the child Jesus and priests chanting in the candlelight of the nave — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the Virgin with the child Jesus and priests chanting — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** the Virgin with a candle and bells ringing — no support - **4.** the Virgin with the child Jesus and a row of priests chanting psalms beside the altar — no support **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/964-pg27200-part175/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} honestly, the heath fire was lit by who? - **1.** columns of smoke rose and they told him it was a heath fire — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** columns of smoke rose and they told him it was a heath fire that had spread from the village — no support - **3.** columns of smoke rose over the moor and they told him it was a heath fire burning since morning — no support - **4.** smoke came from a farm and they said it was a wedding — no support **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/964-pg27200-part175/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} wait, was Spain his parents' home or his own? - **1.** his parents' native land, the coast where they once lived — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** his own birthplace — no support - **3.** the land of his new master, the inland town — no support - **4.** the country where his uncle was born — no support **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/964-pg27200-part175/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} lowkey, did Jurgen say his bad words out loud on the ship? - **1.** nah, he gulped them down and kept quiet while the sailors laughed at him — no support - **2.** yeah, he swore at the captain loudly — no support - **3.** nah, he wrote them down quietly — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** nah, he gulped them down and kept quiet — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 820, line 15: «WHO are the clerks: "three clerks and a head clerk" who write down every word for the newspapers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «write down» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+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/964-pg27200-part175/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements accurately describes the conduct of the protagonist when he is compelled to rest his burden before the marble edifice? - **1.** He leans the load against the gate of the church, having been struck by hunger. — no support - **2.** He rests the burden against the wall of the edifice, having been overcome by his emotions and the sight of the church. — score 5 - **3.** He rests the burden against the wall of the edifice, having been overcome by his emotions. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** He rests the burden against the wall of the edifice, having been overcome by his emotions, and then walks slowly away toward the harbour. — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 964, line 20: «He carries provisions from the market-place and rests his burden "before a splendid house, with marble pillars, statues, and broad steps".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rest» (+3); the same thing acted on «burden» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/964-pg27200-part175/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} With reference to the text, what is the principal cause of the sand-dunes' inland advance, as explained by the local inhabitants? - **1.** The disturbed burial of a sailor whose body was then carried back to the ocean by oxen over the heath. — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The disturbed burial of a sailor whose body was then carried back to the ocean. — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** The disturbed burial of a sailor, after which the peasants buried the body again in the sand near the coast. — no support - **4.** The neglect of the old dunes by the villagers. — no support **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/964-pg27200-part175/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Which quality of the funeral gathering is accurately recorded in the passage as distinct from the expected solemnity of such occasions? - **1.** The guests were cheerful enough, with plenty to eat and drink, apart from some tears. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The guests were cheerful enough, with plenty to eat and drink, apart from some tears shed quietly by the grave. — no support - **3.** The guests were angry, with bitter wine and no music. — no support - **4.** The guests were cheerful enough, with plenty to eat and drink, though the solemn psalms of the priest were sung all day long. — no support **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/964-pg27200-part175/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} According to the passage, what was the age of the protagonist upon his departure to sea, and what office did he assume aboard the vessel? - **1.** He was not yet fourteen years of age, and he became a ship-boy. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** He was not yet fourteen years of age when he left home, and he became a ship-boy who scrubbed the decks. — score 4 - **3.** He was about twenty years of age, and he became a captain. — score 4 - **4.** He was not yet sixteen years of age, and he became a cook. — score 4 **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 861, line 18: «Babette's age: She is "only nineteen years of age," so she does not think about what she does.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «nineteen years» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/964-pg27200-part175/e4/) - ← previous: [961. Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/961-pg27200-part172/) - next →: [965. 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