Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magician's head, the swan, and the farewell

Tests: 2 of 16 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 20 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1010 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 the magician got his head chopped off, right?

1. Nope, John did it with a knife. — score 4
2. Yeah, the traveller did it with his sabre — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, the traveller chopped it off with his sabre after the magician had been thrown into the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Yeah, he used a big axe — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1010, line 7: «What: the traveller cut off the magician's head with his sabre "just behind the shoulders".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+4); the same doer «traveller» (+2); the same thing acted on «head» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

dude was the princess a total witch or just moody?

1. She was a witch, mate, and she turned into a swan when she went under the water — score 6
2. She was a witch, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Honestly she was a proper witch, mate, who could change herself into a black swan at will. — score 6
4. Totally a princess, mate — 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 1008, line 8: «why: the landlord says the princess is "a wicked witch" because many princes died after failing her riddles.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «wicked witch» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv what was the storm like on the flight?

1. really windy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. pretty cold and misty — no support
3. proper dark and stormy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. wet — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so what did the magician whisper by the palace?

1. "To-morrow think of my head." — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Tomorrow, you will be my king. — score -1
3. Think of the sea and the fishes. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. To-morrow you must think very hard of my head and nothing else, or you will be lost — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 13: ««We went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—» «I never said I didn't!» says Alice; «You did,» says the Mock Turtle, though she had said nothing…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate how many buns did you get for a penny loaf?

1. twelve, all with icing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. six — no support
3. six, full of raisins — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. two buns — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol who was the bloke in the coffin in the end?

1. the magician's brother — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the traveller himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the king — no support
4. John's old father — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro what turned the swan back into a princess?

1. three feathers — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. dipping her in the bath three times while John held the feathers over her head — score 0
3. dipping her in the bath three times — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. waving the feathers three times — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 888, line 7: «What: the stork-papa saw three swans, and one of them seemed "not all swan, only swan's feathers" because the flying hinted at a trick.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «swan» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

innit the wedding lasted how long again?

1. a week — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. about one year — no support
3. a whole month — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. two days — 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 did the soldiers do cannons or crackers?

1. bells and drums, mostly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. both, cannons and crackers — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. only fireworks, no guns — no support
4. both, cannons and crackers, and also bells and horns across the whole town square — 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 ✗

so the princess said "You're my master now", yeah?

1. yes, she told the king — score 7
2. yeah, she said it to John — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. yeah, she said it to John after he had guessed her thought right in the great hall — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. yeah, she said it to John at the end of the test, when he had guessed the secret thought — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 226, line 13: «Why she lied: she pretended to be mad to escape a marriage the Sultan forced on her, one he did not even ask her consent for.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pretend» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «one» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude where did the traveller chuck the body?

1. off the old bridge tonight — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. far out into the cold grey ocean, where the hungry fishes would find it by morning — no support
3. into the sea for the fishes to eat, far out past the rocks and the harbour lights — no support
4. into the sea for the fishes — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 147, line 3: «Two Travellers insult the Plane-tree that shaded them, and it scolds them; the Flea tells the Ox he would never let men pat him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pat» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «man» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo did the princess look happy at the test?

1. nope, smiling in a red gown — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yes, glad — no support
3. nah, pale in a black dress — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, happy — 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 ✓

so what did the owl beat on in the ball?

1. the flute — no support
2. the drum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. the big drum in the corner of the hall — score -3
4. the violin — no support

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 1010, line 18: «Old word: a "mouth-organ" is what we now call a harmonica, which the grasshoppers played at the ball.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

nah the traveller's last words were what?

1. my day is done — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. I must leave now — no support
3. I am done — score 3
4. "my time is up now" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1010, line 14: «Old word: "crape" was black cloth worn to show mourning, and the cake-women took it off the sugar-sticks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cake women» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate did the old king like the new wedding plan?

1. yeah, he said it was just fine by him — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, he was over the moon and said it was just what he had always wished for his son — score 4
3. yeah, he said it was what he wanted — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. nope, he said it was too soon for it — 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 437, line 14: «The doves talk: "Give me some curds, too, Dovey!" says the mate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «mate» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh how did the traveller leave the palace in the end?

1. he flew away on a crow — no support
2. he walked out — no support
3. he rode off on his horse — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. he vanished into thin air — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 31, line 1: «First they must catch the old grey horse, who was never asked and would much rather stay in his field. Then they set off on a golden afternoon, birds singing,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «travellers» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which account of the traveller's identity is given at the close of the tale?

1. He stated that he was the dead man whom John had rescued from his coffin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He said he was a ghost — score -2
3. He confessed he was the magician's own brother, who had planned the whole test — score -1
4. He was a traveller — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 498, line 17: «Who: Deucalion was the son of Prometheus, and he and Pyrrha were saved "on account of their piety".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «son» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «son» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the function of the three feathers and the bottle of drops?

1. They were to be placed in a bath with the princess to break the magician's power and free her from the swan shape completely — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They were to be given to the princess to drink at dawn each day — no support
3. They were to be burned to call up the old swan spirit — no support
4. They were to be placed in a bath to break the magician's power — ✓ the right answer · no support

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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which sequence correctly describes the princess's transformation during the bath?

1. Black swan, then white swan with a black ring, then princess — ✓ the right answer · score -5
2. Black swan, then princess — score -5
3. Princess, then black swan, then white one — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Black swan, then grey swan, then princess at last — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 800, line 9: «When: on confirmation day, a sunny day, when the children are "transformed from mere children to grown-up people."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

On what condition did the traveller advise John to refrain from untying the handkerchief?

1. Until the princess asked him what she was thinking of, and not before the wedding feast was finished and the guests had left the hall — score 1
2. Until the princess asked him what she was thinking of — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Until the princess had asked him, in front of the whole court, what she was thinking of at that moment — no support
4. Until the king gave his permission to open it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1010, line 10: «Why: the traveller told John not to untie the handkerchief until the princess asked her question.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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