Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1020 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 prince wanted to fight who, like, for real?

1. The sea — score 2
2. The archangel — score 2
3. God himself — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. A giant — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 674, line 10: «Why: the prince goes to the meadows anyway, because he means to fight the dragon and free the land from the monster.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fight» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what was the prince's ship covered in?

1. Eyes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Guns — no support
3. Loads of gun eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hundreds of sailors — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, how'd the angel's blood drop mess the ship up?

1. It got stuck and weighed it down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. It broke it — no support
3. It cracked the mast in two — no support
4. It leaked through the hull — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1020, line 2: «He builds a flying ship covered in gun-barrel eyes and tries to conquer God, but an angel's one bloody drop drags it down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drag down» (+2); the same thing acted on «ship» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how long did he spend on his new ships?

1. Five whole years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Seven whole years — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Three long years — no support
4. Many whole years of building, hammering and sailing — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what got him in the end?

1. A fly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A tiny gnat — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A bee — no support
4. A small wasp — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Lol where'd the gnat hide to sting him?

1. Behind the gilded figurehead — no support
2. Inside one of the coverings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Under the ship's wooden deck — score 6
4. Hidden deep in one of the thick cloth tents — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 421, line 2: «The Gadfly buzzes off to warn the gnats and flies, who hide under the ash-tree and pretend to be dead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same doer «gnats» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the queen dead nice to Eliza or what?

1. Quite cruel to her — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Always rude to her — score 2
3. Totally mean and cruel, forcing her to work — no support
4. Totally mean to her — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 74, line 8: «The 'Stute Fish calls the Whale "Noble and generous Cetacean" ("Cetacean" = a member of the whale and dolphin family) and says Man is "Nice but nubbly" (nubbly…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Right, what did she give the kids instead of cake?

1. Dirt in a mug — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Stones — score 2
3. Sand in a tea-cup — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Salt in a saucer — 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 995, line 17: «The old woman asks for "your long black hair" and gives "the white locks of the old woman" in return.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+1); the same doer «old woman» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yeah but what did she want to turn Eliza into?

1. A cat — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A swan — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. A dove with golden feathers — score 1
4. A rat — 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 885, line 4: «Tuk meets the towns of Corsor and Roeskilde, then an old woman from Soroe who keeps turning into a frog and croaking.», 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 thing acted on «old woman» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

How many toads did she bring to the bath?

1. Three big warty toads — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Three — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Four — score 3
4. Two — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 127, line 5: «In the forest the girl shares her bread with three dwarfs, who reward her with gold and a King, while the spiteful stepsister's rudeness brings her toads and a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what was floating when Eliza came out?

1. A rose — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two lilies — no support
3. Three red poppies — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Three white lilies — 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 ✓

Bruv, how many brothers did Eliza have?

1. Eleven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Eleven brothers and one sister — no support
3. Two — no support
4. Eleven princes all living in the palace — 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 ✗

Mate, what were the brothers wearing on their chests?

1. A golden star shining on each chest — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A star — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A badge — no support
4. A cross — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, where did the swans fly to?

1. To a distant shore — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. To a faraway place — score 6
3. Over the mountains to a strange kingdom in the south — score 6
4. To a far-off land — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 872, line 4: «She turns into a young girl, and they ride the magic stick round the lawn, then fly through the four seasons, seeing the country from above.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+4); the same doer «tales» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which object did the prince's ship display upon its surface?

1. Thousands of gun barrels resembling eyes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Thousands of tiny eyes that were actually gun barrels — no support
3. Thousands of glowing lanterns along rails — no support
4. Rows upon rows of gleaming bronze barrels arranged like eyes — 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 ✗

What was the eventual cause of the prince's downfall?

1. An arrow from a distant archer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A single small gnat that crawled into his ear and stung him — no support
3. A single gnat that stung his ear — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A tiny insect that flew into the palace and hid inside his golden helmet — 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 ✗

By what means did the wicked queen intend to harm Eliza?

1. By feeding her a bitter potion — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By placing three toads in the royal bath water to make her ill — no support
3. By placing toads in the bath water — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By tricking Eliza into bathing in cold marsh water full of toads — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which location were the eleven princes transformed into swans conveyed?

1. A dense wood beside the coast — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A gloomy island far from land — no support
3. A dark forest stretching to the seashore — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A dark forest that stretched all the way down to the seashore — 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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