Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born and learns about the sun, the moon and the weather

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1619 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 ✓

Oi, did the merchant's lad's trunk get toasted or what?

1. Yeah, a spark from the fireworks set it alight right in the middle of the street party, mate — score 3
2. Yeah, a spark from the fireworks set it alight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, a rocket hit it while the crowd cheered — score 0
4. Nah, mate, it was some lad with a lit cigar who dropped it on the lid when nobody was looking — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1619, line 9: «Why: the trunk was lost because "A spark of the fireworks had set it alight, and the trunk was in ashes."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «spark» (+2); the same thing acted on «trunk» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: the same action «set» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, who was the Snow-man's mate, the dog or the moon?

1. The moon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The old horse — no support
3. The sun — no support
4. The yard-dog — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Proper mad, what did the Snow-man reckon the sun was?

1. Not his friend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Enemy — no support
3. A foe — no support
4. Not his brother — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1520, line 13: «The father is told to say "that I am a Master Thief," and he thinks his son "can't be in your senses."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «father» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit true the dog got called Alice?

1. Nah, by the cook — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, that was the cook — no support
3. Yeah, by his mistress — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, his master did — 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 ✓

Like, what did the weather do that night?

1. Turned foggy, then icy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Chilly, then foggy — no support
3. Rained a lot — no support
4. Snowed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 862, line 9: «The weather turns: "The rain was falling in torrents" and the clouds of mist gather round him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what does the stove look like?

1. Coal-black with a brass pipe, a brass door, and brass knobs on every side of it — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Coal-black with a brass pipe — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Dark grey with a brass lid — score 0
4. Coal-black with a tin pipe — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 302, line 13: «The garter is shy: she says "I will thank you not to speak to me," because the collar's questions seem rude to her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «seem» (+1). Against it: the same doer «questions» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the frost on the trees mad pretty?

1. Like a whole wood of pink coral, all glittering under the cold morning sun — no support
2. Like white coral trees — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Like a wood of coral — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Like frost on a window — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1608, line 5: «At the forest's edge they find a tall white china wall, and the Scarecrow gasps, "Oh, my!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «trees» (+2). Against it: the same property (-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 ✗

Mate, what did the girl say summer can't beat?

1. A more beautiful sight than the winter frost has ever made on glass — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Warm days — score -3
3. A more beautiful sight — ✓ the right answer · score -5
4. A brighter winter sky — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1619, line 18: «The girl says "Summer cannot show a more beautiful sight", and the young man calls the Snow-man "a beauty!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «beautiful sight» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the young man call the Snow-man a beauty?

1. Nah, he didn't — no support
2. Yeah, he did — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, mate, he called him a fool and said he was ugly and cold — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yeah, he said so — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1619, line 18: «The girl says "Summer cannot show a more beautiful sight", and the young man calls the Snow-man "a beauty!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same doer «young man» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted, what happened to the bride-to-be?

1. She hid in the garden — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. She waited on the roof in her wedding dress until the groom came — score 5
3. She waited on the roof — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. She had waited on the roof all morning, then fell down the stairs into the snow — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1575, line 3: «Under the sea he finds the second Princess sewing in a hill, and she hides him in a cupboard when the Troll comes home.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+5); the same action «hide» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

What did the dog reckon about being a house-dog?

1. He slept — score -2
2. He liked the yard — no support
3. He lay by the stove — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He thought it was a fine life, lying all day by the warm stove — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1619, line 5: «A young couple walks past, the dog says they are lovers, and he tells of his life by the warm kitchen stove.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead funny, who cried hurrahs for the wedding?

1. The local farmers — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. The street boys, who had been waiting all morning by the gate with their caps — score -2
3. The street boys — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. The neighbours all — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 295, line 20: «The youngest grandchild says there will be "hot potatoes" that evening, and old Granny nods and shouts "hurrah!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hurrah» (+4); the same action «shout» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the agent responsible for the destruction of the trunk.

1. Fireworks — no support
2. The cook's cigar ash, which had dropped onto the trunk lid — no support
3. The spark from the fireworks, which ignited the trunk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. A burning cinder from the stove that fell into the parcel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1619, line 9: «Why: the trunk was lost because "A spark of the fireworks had set it alight, and the trunk was in ashes."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «spark» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «trunk» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which entity did the Snow-man regard as hostile to him?

1. The sun, which he considered not his friend — ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. The yard-dog, which he thought was a harsh enemy — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. The cold, which he thought was a foe — no support
4. The sun, which he considered not his friend, since it kept melting his head and arms away all day — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1619, line 14: «The Snow-man thinks the moon ran away, but the dog says "You know nothing at all about it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «think» (-2). The right option, 1, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the appearance of the trees at sunrise after the change in weather.

1. They looked covered in frost, like coral — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. They were thickly covered in white rime that glittered brightly, looking exactly like a wood of pink and red coral in the sun — no support
3. The trees at sunrise were all covered in rime and glittered as if they were made of coral, branch by branch, through the whole yard — score 0
4. They were covered in rime, resembling coral — ✓ the right answer · 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 1477, line 10: «The gift: "at every word you speak, there shall come out of your mouth either a flower or a jewel" for the kind girl, and snakes or toads for the rude one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the future the yard-dog predicted for the young couple.

1. They would share one kennel and one bone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They would share one kennel and one bone, and the children would share the scraps from the master's table forever after — no support
3. They would share one kennel and one bone, and sleep together by the stove every night until old age — no support
4. They would have a house and a warm fire — 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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