Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna sing at the opera, then sets out north over the mountains

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1017 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 ✗

no cap, why did Knud totally freak out at the opera?

1. Too loud music — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He spotted Joanna singing — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He saw his master faint — no support
4. He saw a ghost — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, was Joanna just some lowkey singer or a big star?

1. A street singer with a lute — no support
2. A big star with a golden crown and a long silver train of silk — no support
3. A big star with a golden crown — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A huge star who sang for the king of Italy in a golden crown — ← 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 802, line 2: «A singer from a ship sings for a dead king on his grave, and the king's sad spirit rises, glows, and vanishes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+4). Against it: a different doer (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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, what did the crowd do to her carriage?

1. Unhitched the horses and pulled the whole carriage through the square — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Pulled it with long ropes — score 5
3. Pulled it themselves with ropes, cheering wildly, no horses — score 5
4. Pulled it themselves, no horses — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 738, line 11: «The duck attacks them as "you thieving vagabonds" and is beaten until she begs "for mercy", so she agrees to draw the carriage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «carriage» (+5); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «draw» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, did Joanna recognize Knud when she stepped out?

1. Nope, she totally didn't — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Maybe, she glanced back — no support
3. Nope — no support
4. Yes, she smiled at him — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1017, line 14: «At the lit house Joanna looks straight at Knud, but "she did not recognize him."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «joanna» (+2). Against it: 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

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, who was the dude with the star on his chest?

1. Her brother — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her old music teacher — no support
3. The priest — no support
4. Joanna's new fiancé — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus, why did Knud bounce back home so fast?

1. He had heard that his childhood village was calling him back home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He missed his old mother — no support
3. He felt he had to go home — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He felt a sudden urge to see his mother again at home — 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

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

deadass, did the old couple want him to stay?

1. No, they wanted him to leave — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, they begged him to chill — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, they begged him to stay the whole winter and rest longer — no support
4. Yes, they asked him to wait — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, is a knapsack like a fancy purse?

1. Yes, a fancy bag for jewels — no support
2. Nah, it's a bag carried on the back, filled with bread and tools — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, it's a rough bag on your back with straps — no support
4. Nah, it's a bag on your back — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 856, line 3: «He packs his knapsack, musket and game-bag, then climbs bravely over the Gemmi.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pack» (+4); the same thing acted on «knapsack» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, how high were those opera boxes?

1. Very low — score -2
2. Up to a dizzy height — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. Almost to the roof — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Not high — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1010, line 21: «Old word: "illuminated" means lit up with lamps or lights, as the whole town was that evening.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

vibe check, did the valley lights look cool?

1. Yes, pretty — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Like stars — no support
3. Like stars, another sky below them in the dark valley — no support
4. Like stars, another sky below — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, did Knud just chill in that village?

1. Nope, left at once — no support
2. Yeah, he rested a whole day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Yeah, he slept at an inn — no support
4. No, he left the next morning — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1017, line 5: «Sick and dizzy, he reaches a village, rests for a day and a night, and then leaves again after an organ plays a song from home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rest» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok real talk, what got him moving again?

1. A letter from home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The sound of his mother calling him from the valley — no support
3. A melody of home played on an organ in the square — no support
4. A melody of home — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, which way did he head after that?

1. East at last — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. North again — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Back south again toward his old village home — no support
4. North again, up toward the high mountain passes — 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 · wrong ✗

Which city does Knud reach as a workman, and by whom is he engaged?

1. Rome — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Milan — score 2
3. Milan, by a German master — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Vienna, by a French count — 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 1017, line 5: «Sick and dizzy, he reaches a village, rests for a day and a night, and then leaves again after an organ plays a song from home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reach» (+2); the same doer «knud» (+2). 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

What is the duration of Knud's stay in Milan?

1. One year — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A day — no support
3. Weeks — no support
4. Two years — 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 · wrong ✗

Which action does Knud perform when he recognizes Joanna at the opera?

1. He rushes forward and seizes the hand of his master in the crowd — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He seizes his master's hand — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He drops his knapsack down — score 1
4. He seizes his master's hand and cries out loudly — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1014, line 7: «What: "The moment they espied the stranger, they rushed to meet him with outstretched wings."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rush» (+2); the same doer «knud» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which direction does Knud take when he leaves the village at the end of this part?

1. Back home — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Northward, toward the mountains — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Westward, along the river — score 0
4. Eastward, toward the lake — score 0

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 1015, line 5: «Joanna has grown up lovely, she reads and sings to him, and Knud goes home so moved that he cannot sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «knud» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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