Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree

Tests: 0 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1001 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.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so the tin soldier gets yeeted out the window, right?

1. yeah, he lands head first and his leg is just sticking up in the air — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. nah, he landed fine — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. yeah, he lands on his head, and he's kinda stuck in the gutter with his legs wobbling — score 5
4. nah, he lands flat on his back, and his arms are waving about — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 771, line 1: «The soldier gets fine clothes and a grand room, then the little black manikin carries the sleeping princess to him each night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «soldier» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro the boys made him a boat out of a newspaper, mad

1. yeah, so mad — no support
2. mad, and they launched him off with a cheer — no support
3. yeah, they chucked him in the drain and ran off — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. sick, and they sent him down the gutter while clapping — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 587, line 17: «Dog: out jumps "a big bull-dog", which chases the imps until the Ole Boy opens the gate and runs it out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run out» (+4); the same doer «ole boy» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait why didn't he just shout for help tho

1. he was too proud, he's in uniform, innit, and soldiers don't cry out for help, they just stand there looking proper — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. he was too proud, he's in uniform, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he was too proud, he's in uniform, innit, so he won't shout for anyone even when he's drowning in the gutter — no support
4. cos he's too posh, he's a soldier, yeah — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 225, line 4: «In a wood near Cashmere, the Indian lands to eat, and the princess cries for help when he threatens her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

the rat wanted a passport, lol, who even does that

1. the rat wanted money cos the soldier never handed any over — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the water-rat, he wanted toll cos the soldier never paid — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. it's a toll thing, the rat wanted his cut, innit — score 6
4. he wanted money — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 59, line 20: «The Water Rat follows «league by league» (a league is about three miles), and leaves him «planted at his dull inland farm, about which he desired to hear nothi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «desire» (+4); the same doer «rat» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

and then the fish eats him, that's wild

1. yeah, he's in the fish — no support
2. nah, he got lost in the fish, and then cried a lot — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. yeah, he chilled in the dark belly of it, still standing firm — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. yeah, he's stuck in the dark, but he's still holding his musket up — 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 579, line 7: «What: Brer Wolf loses his fish, and Brer Rabbit ends up with the cow: "Brer Wolf he up'n say he bleedzd ter bleeve Brer Rabbit got dem fishes."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4); the same thing acted on «fish» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

the cook cuts the fish open with a massive knife, lol

1. and there's the soldier, back in the same room he fell from — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. and there's the soldier — no support
3. and there he is, back where he fell, rusty and bent — no support
4. yeah, he's on the floor again, right where he fell — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 255, line 14: «The cook lies "all-fours on her back" on the floor, sleeping with a knife and fork in her hands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cook» (+2); the same place «floor» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

the little dancer, is she still there

1. yeah, she's still there, balancing on one foot, still cool — no support
2. yeah, but she's on one leg, holding up the other, still proper cool — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, but she's on one leg, holding up the other, still proper cool and balanced, and the soldier can see her from across the room — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. yeah, she's on one leg, holding up the other, and she's still proper cool even after everything that happened — 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 1000, line 2: «The one-legged soldier sees a paper dancer in a castle and decides she is the wife for him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same doer «legged soldier» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

the boy chucks him in the stove for no reason, that's so unfair

1. yeah, the draught whooshes the dancer in too, and the boy just watches it all with a grin on his face — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. yeah, the draught whooshes the dancer in too, and that's it, and they both melt in the fire together, really sad — score 3
3. yeah, the wind whooshes the dancer in too — no support
4. yeah, the draught whooshes the dancer in too, and that's it — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 1001, line 16: «The boy throws him into the stove for no reason, and the draught blows the dancer into the fire too.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «draught» (+2); the same thing acted on «dancer» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what's left of them in the morning

1. a tiny tin heart and a tinsel rose burnt black, really sad, and the cook sweeps the ashes out the door — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a tiny tin heart and a tinsel rose burnt black, sad, and the boy just shrugs and goes back to bed — no support
3. a tiny tin heart and a tinsel rose burnt black, sad — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. some tin bits and a black tinsel rose, sad — 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

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

then there's a soldier walking the high road, left right, left right

1. yeah, he's home from war and meets a creepy witch — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. yeah, he's back from the wars, marching along, and he meets a scary old witch with a saggy lip and a stick — score 8
3. yeah, he's back from the wars and he meets a scary old witch on the high road who wants him to do something weird — score 8
4. yeah, he's back from the wars and he meets a scary old witch — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1001, line 5: «A soldier returning from the wars meets a witch, who offers him money if he goes down into a tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «meet» (+4); the same doer «soldier» (+2); the same thing acted on «witch» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the witch with the saggy lip, she's creepy

1. yeah, she tells him about a hollow oak — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, and she says there's money in a hollow tree — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. yeah, she says there's gold in an old tree — score 6
4. yeah, and she says there's money in a hollow tree, but he's got to climb up there first, which is a bit much — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 650, line 11: «Why: Nigel found the rubies because the witch told him to go out "at low tide," when the sand was uncovered.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «witch» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

three hundred lamps, three doors, three dogs, that's a lot

1. yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers, and the witch laughs at how scared they make people feel — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers, and they're sat on the chest, staring at everyone who walks in — no support
3. yeah, they have eyes like teacups and huge bowls — no support
4. yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 861, line 3: «At the godmother's house a golden-whiskered Englishman pays Babette lots of attention, and Rudy feels stiff, bored and jealous.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+2); the same doer «rudy» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so he can take as much money as he wants, yeah

1. yeah, but he's got to put the dog on the apron — no support
2. yeah, but he's got to spread the blue checked apron on the floor and put each dog on it before he can take any money out — score 4
3. yeah, but he's got to spread the blue checked apron and put the dog on it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, but he's got to spread the blue checked apron and put the dog on it, then fill his pockets with as much as he likes — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 47, line 3: «A lawyer! The Rat is alarmed — Toad must be really ill. He decides to be on the safe side, carefully locks the door, and runs off to the village. The moment th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fill» (+4); the same thing acted on «pockets» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the immediate outcome of the tin soldier's descent into the gutter?

1. He floated off in a boat. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He drifted down the gutter in a boat of newspaper that two boys had folded and launched. — no support
3. He was carried along by the stream in a paper vessel constructed by two boys. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He sank at once in the gutter. — 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, which account of the little dancer's end is accurate?

1. She was drawn by a draught of air into the stove and consumed by the flames. — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She was pulled by a breeze into the hearth and destroyed by the heat of the coals. — no support
3. A gust of wind carried her into the fire, where she was slowly melted by the heat. — no support
4. She was drawn by a draught of air into the stove and consumed by the flames, leaving only a rose behind. — ← Mova's choice · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 980, line 5: «Gerda's tears bring a rose back, and the flowers tell her their stories, but none of them knows where Kay is.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «rose» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the passage, which of the following best states the reason the soldier was not rescued after his fall?

1. He would not call for assistance, being too proud to do so while attired in uniform, and he thought the boys would laugh. — score 3
2. He would not call for assistance, being too proud to do so while attired in uniform. — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He did not call out, because a soldier in uniform must remain silent and proud. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He would not call for assistance, being too proud to do so while attired in his bright red uniform and tall black hat. — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 922, line 7: «What: the soldier cries "I will go to the wars!", and then the old man "did not find him" because he has fallen through a crack.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «soldier» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object which the witch instructed the soldier to use in order to protect himself against the dogs.

1. The three dogs, which the soldier must place upon a spread blue checked cloth one after another, quietly. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The blue checked apron, which was to be spread upon the floor by the soldier, with each dog placed upon it one after another in order. — score 6
3. The blue checked apron, which was to be spread upon the floor and upon which each of the three dogs was to be placed in turn, while the soldier stood by. — no support
4. The blue checked apron, which was to be spread upon the floor and upon which each dog was to be placed. — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 414, line 16: «Old word: "trough" is a long open tub for holding water or food; the witch is laid in one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lay» (+4); the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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