Andersen's Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 218: John pays for a dead man's rest, then the salve mends a broken doll

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1007 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 ✗

yo, so John just handed those creeps fifty bucks for a dead guy?

1. nope — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yep, all he had — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no — no support
4. yes, he did — 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

lol, what were the elves even doing out there?

1. hunting for mushrooms — no support
2. dancing in the moonlight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. partying — no support
4. singing under the trees — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1007, line 2: «He walks on through the forest, where tiny elves dance and sing in the moonlight.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same place «moonlight» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what did the stranger want for his magic goop?

1. those three fern stems and some water — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. three silver coins — score 4
3. fern stems — score 7
4. those three fern stems — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1007, line 13: «The stranger wants the old woman's "three fern stems," and she replies, "That is rather too high a price."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stranger» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «three fern stems» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

so the old lady's leg was busted, right?

1. yeah, she fell hard off the wagon at the bridge — score 5
2. yeah, she fell hard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. yes, she slipped badly — no support
4. yeah, she tripped out — 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 770, line 13: «The lion's legs are bound "so hard and fast" that he cannot set himself free.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «legs» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, whose bull-dog chomped the queen doll?

1. the tall tinker's — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. the stout butcher's — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. the stout butcher's big black bull-dog — score 3
4. the old miller's — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1007, line 17: «The dog catches the queen doll "in the teeth by the slender wrist," and her wrist snaps in two.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+3); the same thing acted on «queen doll» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok, so what did the goop do to the dolls at night?

1. they sat and talked — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. they got up and moved — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. they wept and shook — no support
4. they woke — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 874, line 7: «What: The flowers come alive and dance, and the wax doll who rides the carnival rod makes the lawyer dance too, saying "How can you put such things in a child'…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wax doll» (+2). Against it: the same action «ride» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the queen give up her crown or her dress?

1. her crown, for the king — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. her dress, to save her man — score 5
3. her crown, to help her husband — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. her dress — 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 307, line 18: «The kings and queens go up the slope "hand in hand, all with their golden crowns," while the organ plays.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «crown» (+4); the same doer «queens» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, the dolls were all sighing, right?

1. no, they laughed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, they sighed pitifully — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no, they all shouted — no support
4. yes, they wept loudly — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, were those dark things really clouds?

1. no, they were hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, they were mountains — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yes, clouds — no support
4. yes, they were storms — 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 ✗

bruh, was the show at the inn a comedy or a tragedy?

1. a tragedy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a comedy, not sad at all — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a comedy, quite funny — no support
4. a tragedy, very 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so who actually got to see the fairies?

1. the old woman — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. only the children — no support
3. the wicked — no support
4. only the good people — ✓ the right answer · 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

is that goop sold at the chemist's shop?

1. no, not at a chemist's — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. no, at the market — no support
3. yes, at the chemist's — no support
4. yes — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

yo, did the dolls end up getting rubbed or not?

1. no, the showman felt sorry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yes, they were rubbed hard — no support
3. yes, the showman rubbed — no support
4. no, the dolls moved — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the narrative, state the sum which John offered in exchange for the decent burial of the deceased.

1. fifty dollars — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. ten dollars — no support
3. fifty dollars in gold coin — no support
4. five dollars — 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 ✗

Identify the item which the stranger demanded in return for applying his unguent to the aged woman's fractured limb.

1. three fern stems plus a silver coin — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. two fern leaves — no support
3. a coin — no support
4. three fern stems — ✓ the right answer · 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the condition of the wooden queen after her wrist was restored by the salve.

1. her head, shoulders and arms were all carefully fixed — score 6
2. her head and shoulders were fixed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. her arm was broken again — no support
4. her wrist was broken still — 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 1007, line 5: «Later the same salve mends a broken doll queen, and the other dolls beg to be rubbed too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mend» (+4); the same thing acted on «broken doll queen» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain why the queen requested that the ointment be applied to her husband and courtiers.

1. so they could sing and dance — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. so they might move of themselves — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. so they might move of themselves about the house — no support
4. because she was afraid — 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

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