Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for France, and Knud wanders off to Nuremberg

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1016 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 · ★ · right ✓

ngl, did Knud actually tell Joanna he loves her?

1. Not really, he almost said it at the theatre but the play got in the way and he left — score 6
2. Yeah, he told her with his whole heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Nope, he only wrote it in a letter — no support
4. Yeah, he confessed it right at the willow tree while they were still kids, and she laughed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1016, line 1: «Knud tells Joanna he loves her, and she gently says she can only be his sister.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «joanna» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «knud» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, was the wedding at the theatre real or fake?

1. Fake, just actors on stage — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fake, it was only a play — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fake — no support
4. Real — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

so where did Knud end up walking to, lowkey?

1. Hamburg — no support
2. To the town of Augsburg across the river — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Back to Kjoge where his family lived — no support
4. Nuremberg — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1016, line 3: «He wanders through Germany and finally stops in the old town of Nuremberg.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same place «old town» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

was the elder smell the reason he bounced?

1. Yeah, it smelled like home in Kjoge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, it was the smell — no support
3. No, it was the food — no support
4. Yes, the flowers made him 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, what did the maid hand him at the fountain?

1. A rose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Bread — score 3
3. A cup — score 3
4. A flower — score 3

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 50, line 22: «Talk in this lesson: «no cap» = honestly; «it's giving» = it feels like; «canny» (North East England) = very; «yeah nah» (Australia, NZ) = no.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cap» (+2); the same action «give» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did Joanna say about strength, fr?

1. God gives love — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. God gives courage to endure much — no support
3. God gives strength to bear a lot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. God gives strength — 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 ✗

how did Knud feel at the dance hall, like for real?

1. Like he was dancing with a ghost of Joanna who would never come back to him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Like Joanna was still in his heart, though he was far from her in the city — score 3
3. Like Joanna was still in his heart — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Like Joanna was close by his side — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1016, line 1: «Knud tells Joanna he loves her, and she gently says she can only be his sister.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «knud» (+2); the same thing acted on «joanna» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

which season did he set off traveling, bruh?

1. Dawn — no support
2. The first warm days of late spring — ← Mova's choice · score -5
3. Spring — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1002, line 8: «When: the first part of the story is set at night and day, and the end of this part is "One dark evening".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-5). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what word did Joanna keep saying to him, like a broken record?

1. companion of the willow tree — no support
2. brother — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. sister — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. dear brother from childhood — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1016, line 1: «Knud tells Joanna he loves her, and she gently says she can only be his sister.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «joanna» (+1); the same thing acted on «sister» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

what's the old moat like now?

1. A wide park with fountains and benches for the public — no support
2. Little kitchen gardens — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Places where the townsfolk now grow vegetables and herbs — no support
4. Small vegetable plots — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1016, line 17: «The old moat has become little kitchen gardens, but the high walls and their heavy towers are still standing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old moat» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «little kitchen gardens» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

were the waterspouts like dragons or nah?

1. Shaped like birds or stone men — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Shaped like lions or wolves — no support
3. Like strange twisted animals, half dragon and half horse with wings — no support
4. Shaped like dragons or long dogs — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Knud learn German while he was there?

1. Yeah, with a master in Nuremberg — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, from a teacher in Kjoge — no support
3. Yeah, from a priest in town — no support
4. No, he only spoke Danish with the other journeymen the whole time — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1015, line 3: «Knud becomes a shoemaker's apprentice, then a journeyman, and on a rainy autumn day he sets off on foot for the big city.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «knud» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the light in the cathedral look like, fr?

1. Candles flickering on the altar and the many wooden benches around — no support
2. Sunshine through painted glass — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Golden light from the windows — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Sunlight on the stone floor — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 643, line 17: «Jane thinks the lights look like "the fairies were planting little shining baby poplar trees" with liquid light.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lights» (+2); the same action «look» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately states the purpose of Joanna's journey?

1. To become a first-rate performer abroad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. To travel abroad and marry a rich man who will support her career in the theatre — score 0
3. To become a first-rate performer abroad so that she can escape her family — score 6
4. To become a famous singer overseas — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1016, line 9: «Why: Joanna leaves because "It is necessary for me to go there, if I wish to become a first-rate performer."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «become» (+3); the same thing acted on «rate performer» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the narrative, what action did Knud take upon leaving the dancing-room?

1. He departed immediately — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He left without a word — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He stayed outside the hall for hours thinking of Joanna and her song — no support
4. He returned to the dance floor and asked the girl for another dance — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 974, line 10: «The chimney-sweep says, "My way is through the stove and up the chimney," so they leave the room that way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «leave» (+1); a different doer (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 ✗

Which city did Knud select as the place in which he resolved his inner conflict and settled?

1. Frankfurt — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The old town of Heidelberg by the river — score 2
3. Nuremberg — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The large city of Hamburg by the sea — score 2

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 990, line 8: «Where: the feast takes place in a forest beside a lake, where "there are no long nights there in summer".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «take» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which natural element was described as the cause of Knud's second departure from his lodging?

1. The scent of fresh spring flowers — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The fragrance of the blossoming elder — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The smell of the blooming willow — no support
4. The cold wind — 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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