Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1629 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, did the tree really get lit up with like a hundred candles?

1. "Nah, just a few, bruv." — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "Yeah, like a hundred candles, innit." — no support
3. "Nah, not really." — no support
4. "Yeah, over a hundred tapers, no joke, mate." — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

Was the tree well mad when they chopped it down at Christmas?

1. "Proper gutted, it felt bruised and faint." — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. "Nah, not really, it was dead chuffed, like, when they chopped it down for Christmas, innit." — score 4
3. "Yeah, it was proper annoyed, fam." — no support
4. "Proper gutted, mate, it felt bruised and faint, and the sparrows were all looking at it." — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 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 action «find» (+2); the same doer «trees» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the tree keep wanting to be in the warm room?

1. "It fancied the cosy warmth, bruv." — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. "It wanted the shiny lights, mate." — score 0
3. "It was dead keen on the splendour and the candles and the sweets, innit, bruv." — no support
4. "It was dead keen on the splendour, innit." — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1312, line 11: «The sisters: "Then they took counsel together, and watched her to see what she did."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the sparrows actually see the inside of the room?

1. "Yeah, they peeked in the door, innit." — score 2
2. "Nah, they never got in, but they flew round the house and peeped through the big frosty windows, they did." — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. "Yeah, they peeped through the windows on tiptoe, they did, and saw the whole tree." — score 4
4. "Yeah, they peeped through the windows, they did." — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1152, line 13: «The sparrows flee to the woods, because the girl "threw her shoes at them, till they flew in a fright".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+2); the same doer «sparrows» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

So the tree got the gold star at the top, yeah?

1. "Yeah, a gold tinsel star, sick!" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. "Nah, not a star, it was a massive gold crown with little bells, sick!" — no support
3. "Yeah, a gold tinsel star at the very top, proper sick, mate!" — no support
4. "Yeah, a silver angel, sick!" — 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 ✗

Wait, did the kids nearly knock the whole tree over?

1. "Yeah, they grabbed the sweets, mental." — no support
2. "Nah, they just cried, bruv." — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. "Yeah, they rushed it so the boughs creaked, mental." — ✓ the right answer · score -6
4. "Yeah, proper mental." — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 93, line 18: «Talk in this lesson: «gyatt» = a word kids shout when surprised, without much meaning; «bummer» (older US) = what a shame; «tara-a-bit» (Black Country, England…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+2); the same doer «kids» (+2). The right option, 3, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Who was the bloke telling the stories, then?

1. "A little stout man, sat under the tree." — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. "The old nurse, bruv." — score 1
3. "A tall thin man, sat by it." — score 4
4. "A young footman, stood outside." — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1116, line 4: «He breaks it at home, gets rich, and promises the Iron Wolf a meal when he sits on the bridal bench.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+2); the same doer «story» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the tree believe Humpty Dumpty's story was true?

1. "Nah, it thought it was a lie, innit." — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. "Yeah, it thought it must be, 'cause the man was nice." — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. "Yeah, it reckoned so, 'cause he was kind." — score 4
4. "Yeah, it thought it must be true, 'cause the man was nice and the kids all clapped, mate." — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1075, line 11: «Why: Branduv gives presents because he thinks he will get "his treasures" back "when he got the girl".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «story» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the kids get the Henny Penny story as well?

1. "Yeah, they got Henny Penny too." — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "Nah, they got Humpty Dumpty and then a whole bunch of other stories about kings, bruv." — no support
3. "Nah, they only got Humpty Dumpty, bruv." — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. "Yeah, they got Henny Penny as well, the chicken one about the sky falling, bruv." — 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 ✗

Where did they chuck the tree the next morning?

1. "Up the stairs in the attic, bruv." — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "Up the stairs in a dark corner, bruv." — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. "Down the hall by the door, mate." — no support
4. "Out in the yard, bruv." — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So was it dead boring up in that lumber-room, then?

1. "Yeah, days and nights went by and no one came, mate." — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. "Yeah, weeks went by, nobody came, mate." — no support
3. "Nah, it was alright, cos the mice came to visit every night and told it stories, bruv, innit." — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. "Yeah, days and nights went by in the dark, and no one came near it at all, mate." — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 941, line 17: «Old word: "sanctuary" means a holy inner place, such as the holiest room of a temple. Today it can also mean a safe place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same thing acted on «holy inner place» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the last thing that happened to it, yeah?

1. "Some great boxes got dumped right in the corner, all piled up, and it got squashed, bruv." — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. "Some big sacks got dumped there, bruv." — no support
3. "Nah, the nurse came back and chucked a bunch of old toys and broken pots all over it, mate." — no support
4. "Some great boxes got dumped in the corner, bruv." — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1577, line 8: «Little Snow is the girl's dog, and she is sad because he was "the dearest thing she had on earth" before she threw him overboard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brother» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «dearest thing» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the fate of the fir-tree after the storyteller had finished his tale?

1. It was carried to a barn and placed by the door. — no support
2. The tree was moved to a cellar and left in the cold. — score -2
3. The tree was dragged out into the snowy yard and placed among other discarded trees until spring. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. The tree was removed to a lumber-room and placed in a dark corner. — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1513, line 20: «Old word: "arraying himself" meant dressing himself in fine clothes, a word people rarely use now.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the tree respond to the advice of the sunbeams and the air, in regard to its youth and its freedom?

1. It agreed with them and grew taller still. — no support
2. It spoke back to them rudely, saying it wanted to be cut down and taken to the warm room at once. — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. It listened carefully to them and decided to stop growing, so that it could stay young and free forever. — no support
4. It took no notice of them and continued growing. — ✓ the right answer · 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 825, line 5: «When the wood-cutters come, the tree is chosen for Christmas, and it is carried to a grand room and dressed with lights and gifts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which account of the stork's conjecture regarding the destination of the felled trees is accurate?

1. He supposed that they had been carried across the wide ocean to the king's harbour, where they would be made into splendid masts for his navy. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He supposed that they had been transported to sea as splendid masts. — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He supposed that the trees had been transported to sea as splendid masts for a great fleet of ships sailing far away. — score 3
4. He thought they had been carried off to a distant land to make furniture. — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1594, line 7: «Who? A big Stork, who says "I always like to help anyone in trouble," rescues the Scarecrow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «big stork» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the condition of the fir-tree's dwelling place, and by what means was it upheld?

1. It leaned against a wall, supported by a stout wooden stand and some bricks. — no support
2. It stood in a great tub filled with sand, concealed by greenery and a gay carpet. — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It stood in a huge tub of earth, wrapped with ribbons and held upright by heavy cords tied to the ceiling beams and the walls. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. It stood in a great silver tub filled with sand and pebbles, concealed by thick greenery, a gay carpet, and many gilded paper ornaments. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1479, line 20: «OLD WORDS: "Churlishness" means rudeness or bad temper, and "menagerie" means a place where wild animals are kept to be seen, like a zoo.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «place» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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