Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1620 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 ✓

yo, so the snowman just wanted to get into the kitchen and cuddle the stove, right?

1. yeah, he was totally crushing on that stove — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, he just wanted a bit of heat — no support
3. nah, just cold — no support
4. yeah, he was dead keen on the dog — 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 ✗

lol the dog was chained up cuz he bit some kid, yeah?

1. yep, the kid nicked his bone — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, the kid kept poking him with a stick all day long — score 3
3. nah, the girl took his ball — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. yep, the kid nicked his bone off the step so he bit him — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1434, line 4: «Later, under the gallows tree, he takes seven dead men down to warm them, but they just sit and burn.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, did the snowman actually get to the stove?

1. yeah, he reached the warm door — no support
2. nah, the girl brought him inside and the stove went out — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. yeah, he got right up to the stove before he melted away — no support
4. nah, the window was all iced up — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1458, line 12: «What: the boy catches the King's blow on his shield and cries, "I swore to bring you the Terrible Head, and see how I keep my oath!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so basically he melted cuz it got warm outside, innit?

1. nah, the dog ate him up quick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, it got warm and he dripped — no support
3. yeah, the thaw came and he just went — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, he just went — 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 ✓

what was the broomstick actually, like, the stuff he was made of?

1. yeah, the broom was his spine and the snow was just a coat on top of it — no support
2. nah, it was a mop he was built on — no support
3. nah, it was the stove-raker that was in him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. yeah, it was the snow he was made of — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1620, line 16: «After he breaks up, a broomstick is left, and the yard-dog explains it is "the raker they use to clean out the stove".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «raker» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the bit about the girl singing, is it, like, the happy ending?

1. yeah, it's all about spring coming and the snowman being totally forgotten — no support
2. nah, she's singing a sad song about the snowman melting in the yard — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. yeah, it's all about spring coming — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, she's singing about winter — 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 1270, line 4: «Iktomi steals the arrow and beaded buckskins, then chants charm words that glue the young man to the bark.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «charm words» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

did he, like, say anything when he was melting?

1. nah, he didn't moan once, but he kept asking the girl to take him in — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he didn't moan once, which is well bad — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, he moaned loads, which is well sad — no support
4. yeah, he kept shouting for the stove — 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 · ★ · right ✓

so the dog reckons the snowman had a bad illness, yeah?

1. yeah, he said it was a bad one for snowmen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. yeah, he reckons it's a cold snap — no support
3. nah, he said he had a fever at dawn — no support
4. yeah, he said it was a bad illness that only snowmen get in the thaw — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1533, line 10: «Why: the Prince gives the witch's daughter a push because he thinks she is "a dog", so her arm is broken.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «dog» (+4); the same doer «witch» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

is the title actually about a snowman who's into a lady, or nah?

1. nah, it's about a girl and a sled — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he thinks the stove is a lovely lady and the dog is his mate — no support
3. yeah, he's into a warm kitchen — no support
4. yeah, he thinks the stove's a lovely lady — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the dog lose his voice from barking too much, or what?

1. nah, from being chained up for ages and yelling at the boy — score 2
2. nah, from being chained up and yelling — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. yeah, cuz he barked all night long — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. yeah, from barking at the boys — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 637, line 9: «Why the dog barks: at ships "blundering by in the dark", and on this night he barks "and barked and barked".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «bark» (+1); the same doer «dog» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the snowman just stood there all night, mad cold, yeah?

1. nah, he walked off to the gate lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he stood still and froze a bit — no support
3. yeah, mad cold — no support
4. yeah, he stood there dreaming and got cracked — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

what's the gist then, one line?

1. a snowman melts for love of a stove, and no one notices — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a snowman falls for a stove and then melts away — no support
3. he melts cuz it's warm — no support
4. a dog warns a snowman and the spring comes round — 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 of the following best describes the fate of the Snow-man at the close of the narrative?

1. He stood on, still dreaming of the warm stove — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. He melted away, leaving only the stove-raker behind — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. He was dragged away by the yard-dog at last — score -1
4. He stayed in the yard — 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 1620, line 6: «Who: the Snow-man, a snowy figure the boys built in a yard, who falls in love with a stove he takes for a lovely lady.», 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 (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the yard-dog had been chained?

1. He had growled at a man near the gate — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. He had bitten a boy who had taken his bone — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He had bitten a girl who stole his food — score -1
4. He had barked too loud — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 431, line 3: «Under it stands a wild horse chained with twelve chains, which breaks free and carries Ivan off.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements correctly describes the Snow-man's reaction to the yard-dog's warning?

1. He dismissed the warning and declared himself already as good as gone — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He dismissed the warning and boasted that he would reach the stove before the thaw came — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. He thanked the dog and asked to be let inside — score 1
4. He was alarmed by the warning and immediately tried to escape across the yard to the gate — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1620, line 11: «The yard-dog warns him: "if you were to reach the stove you would disappear," but the Snow-man answers "I'm as good as gone already!"», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «stove» (+7); the same action «reach» (+5). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly states the closing sentiment of the tale?

1. Even the yard-dog was sad, but no one gave the Snow-man a single thought once the spring came round — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Nobody in the house ever mentioned the dog again after spring — no support
3. No one gave the Snow-man a thought once the spring had come and the stove had been lit again — score -1
4. No one gave the Snow-man a thought once the spring had come — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1553, line 7: «Where did the children go? They followed the stranger to "the foot of the mountain which one sees on entering Hamel".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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