Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 14: the duckling is bullied, flees to the moor, survives the hunt and reaches a cottage

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1148 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, what even hatched out of that massive egg, innit?

1. a proper ugly duckling with a big bill — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. a proper ugly gosling — no support
3. a proper ugly duckling — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. a proper ugly duckling covered in mud and grey fluff — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1148, line 1: «The big egg finally cracks, and out tumbles an awkward, ugly duckling.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the old duck reckon the egg was dodgy?

1. it was a hen — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. it was a turkey's egg — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. it was a goose's egg — score 2
4. a turkey — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1148, line 6: «The egg was a turkey's egg, as the old neighbour says: "it is a turkey's egg."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «egg» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was the mum's deal with her morning bath?

1. she skipped her bath for the egg every single morning — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she skipped it for the egg — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she skipped it for the egg and the nest — no support
4. she gave up her walk for it — 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, what did the other ducks do to him, like, all the time?

1. they teased and kicked him — no support
2. they mocked and nipped him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. they mocked him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. they nipped him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1148, line 2: «His mother is polite, but she secretly has doubts about him, and the other ducks mock and bite him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «other ducks» (+4). Against it: the same action «mock» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, why did he bounce out of the yard at night?

1. he was bullied — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he got bullied too much — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he got lost — no support
4. he was lonely by night — 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 got shot dead by the guns on the moor?

1. the two young ducks — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the hunters — score 4
3. the old goose — score 4
4. the two young ganders — ✓ the right answer · 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 906, line 16: «What: the caravan roasts a fallen camel, and the bride cries to the Moon, "Are they dead?"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «words» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the dog gonna eat him, or nah?

1. no, it just sniffed him and then left quickly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, it just sniffed and left the yard at once — no support
3. no, it just barked and ran — no support
4. no, it just sniffed and left — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what's the name for those wide grassy bits?

1. bog — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a moor — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. dell — no support
4. a field — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, what did the wild ducks reckon about his looks?

1. ugly, but none of their business — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. ugly, but none of their business at all — score 3
3. ugly, but none of their business and not to bother — no support
4. ugly, yet none of their concern — 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 143, line 10: «Why: the Hare thinks he is so far ahead that he "might as well have a rest".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hare» (+4). Against it: the same action «think» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mega, what did he hide under to sneak out?

1. burdock leaves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. tall nettles — no support
3. wet reeds grass — no support
4. a heap of burdock leaves by the wall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1139, line 15: «Isuro hides the leaves "among his fur," and to leave the well he says he has "dropped my needle."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «leaves» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, where did the poor duckling end up walking to?

1. a tumbledown cottage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a tumbledown cottage at the edge of the marsh — no support
3. an empty old house — no support
4. a tumbledown cottage with a broken door — 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 ✓

Yo, did his mum back him up when the others got nasty?

1. yeah, she told them to leave him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. yeah, she told them to leave him alone at once — score 6
3. yeah, she told them all to leave him alone right then — score 6
4. yeah, she told them to stop — 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 1037, line 12: «The tree: the women say "Next week, you may climb this one," but he soon finds "a bigger one near by."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «women» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Lmao, what did the old neighbour first guess the egg was?

1. a turkey's egg — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. a hen's egg — score 1
3. a peacock's egg — score 1
4. an ostrich's egg — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1012, line 9: «Why the old duck guessed a turkey: "I have no doubt it is a turkey's egg."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which species did the large egg in the nest belong, according to the elderly neighbour?

1. hen — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. a peacock — score 8
3. a turkey — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. owl — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 989, line 16: «She first thinks the swans are "only foam," but she says "one can see that by their walk" that they belong to the goose species.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «belong» (+5); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the duckling leave the duckyard during the night?

1. through an open door — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. through an open door while everyone slept — no support
3. over the wall at dusk — no support
4. under the old fence — 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 ✓

What was the fate of the two young ganders encountered at the moor?

1. they flew off — no support
2. they got away safe — no support
3. they were shot dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. they were caught — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1148, line 4: «On a wide moor, wild ducks let him stay, but then two young ganders are shot dead by hunters.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «two young ganders» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal characteristic of the cottage the duckling eventually approached?

1. it was dilapidated — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it was rather lovely — no support
3. it was dilapidated with a broken roof and door — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. it was badly dilapidated and falling apart — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. 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 circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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