Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1733 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 ✗

Bruh, did Ring actually burn that dog skin or nah?

1. nah, he hid it under the bed for later — no support
2. yeah he hid it away — no support
3. he threw it in water — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. yep, he torched it — ✓ the right answer · 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 1534, line 5: «When the reindeer's head is combed, the Prince throws her skin into the fire, and she cries out: "Why did you do that?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+1); the same thing acted on «skin» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, why did the Princess hate the rose?

1. she thought it was fake — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she thought the rose was a trick by the Prince to cheat her — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. she thought the rose was an insult from the poor — no support
4. it was not real gold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1474, line 6: «Who: Snow-white and Rose-red are two sisters, and their mother is a widow who "read aloud from a big book."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rose» (+1); the same thing acted on «two sisters» (+1). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey, what did the swineherd make that was lit?

1. a pie — score -5
2. a magic pot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. a bell — no support
4. a golden dish — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1732, line 3: «Snati makes Ring gather salt, then hauls him up a steep cliff by his tail.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «ring» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

No cap, who got hanged in the King's hall?

1. Ring — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Red — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the old stable boy Red — score -2
4. Snati — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1731, line 1: «Old woman tricks Prince Ring into a barrel and throws him into the sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «sea» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «ring» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did Ring's stepmother turn him into?

1. a dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. a hound with golden eyes — score 5
3. a wolf — score 5
4. a bear — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 1524, line 4: «The fairies warn that Rosette will bring death to her brothers, so the Queen grows sad and the King asks why.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+3); the same action «grow» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the Emperor a total mid dad or what?

1. he lost a golden coin — no support
2. he cried over a bird — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he sneezed — no support
4. he hid from his son — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 274, line 12: «Why did the Emperor hide the truth? He would "on no account say that he could not see" the cloth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Snati was supposed to sleep where?

1. on the floor — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in the stable with pigs — no support
3. by the hearth — no support
4. in the Prince's bed — ✓ 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 ✗

Why did the Prince paint his face brown?

1. to look poor — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. to hide who he was — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. to scare the hag off — score 3
4. for fun — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1678, line 10: «Why: the king goes so often to see them that the Queen is "offended at his absence" and starts to watch him.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did the poor Prince ask for?

1. a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a job at the castle — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. food — score 4
4. a bed for the night — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1733, line 15: «The Prince paints his face brown and black, and he is "nothing daunted" when he asks for work as a servant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); the same action «ask» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, what did the pot smell like?

1. smoke from the fire — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. rotten meat and fish — score -4
3. burnt bread — score -4
4. what dinner was ready — ✓ the right answer · score -5

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 613, line 17: «Old word: to "wind" a tiger means to catch its smell, and "kites" are birds that feed on dead flesh.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «smell» (-1); the same doer «word» (-3). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ok fr, what did the Princess clap for?

1. the rose — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the big caskets — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the golden crown — no support
4. the gold — 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 ✓

Bro, what did the hag do when they came in?

1. said "Come sit down" — score 4
2. said "So you have come" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. shouted for her servants to seize them both — score 4
4. said "So you have come, I have waited long" — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1733, line 10: «Ring defends himself, because the hand came over the partition and was "about to run me through in my bed."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «come» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, who got the kingdom at the end?

1. Ring — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Ro — score -1
3. Red — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Snati — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 559, line 8: «Where: the Cimmerians live in a land that "lay at the furthermost end of the world, beyond the great stream Oceanus."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «land» (+2). Against it: the same place «furthermost end» (-2). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what did the King wanna see first?

1. the hand with the sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. the gold in the box — score -3
3. the hand of Red with the bloody iron — score -3
4. the bloody sword hand — score -3

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 1724, line 14: «The King sees the Snow-daughter "wandering about in the open air" and asks her to be his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); the same doer «king» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Ring disposed of the cursed skin of the enchanted animal?

1. He cast it into the fire pit of the old hall at dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He tossed it in the river — score 3
3. He buried it in the garden soil — score 3
4. He consigned it to the flames — ✓ the right answer · 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 1733, line 17: «Old word: "audacious" means bold or daring, so it was a little bold of the poor Prince to ask the Emperor's daughter to marry him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

In what circumstances did the Emperor's daughter reject the rose-tree gift presented to her by the impoverished Prince?

1. When it was fake — score -1
2. Never at all — no support
3. When she perceived it to be artificial — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Once she saw it was not truly alive — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1362, line 4: «She shows him the mirror, which was his own gift to her mother, and tells him her mother's last promise.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what extent did the swineherd's wretched accommodation reflect his social standing within the Imperial household?

1. It suited the servant who lived with the pigs in the yard — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. It reflected the lowest station among the palace servants — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It reflected the lowest station among the palace servants, as the Emperor intended for all — score -3
4. He was given a room with the best view of the palace gardens and grounds of the Emperor's own household — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1354, line 21: «Old word: a "retainer" was a loyal servant who belonged to a lord's household; today we would say a loyal employee.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «loyal servant» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «loyal servant» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following constitutes the principal wonder of the pot fashioned by the Prince during his period of service?

1. Its capacity to disclose the dinners prepared in every hearth of the town — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Its skill at sounding bells that call the court to dine each evening — no support
3. Its capacity to reveal every dinner prepared in every hearth of the town, and to sing the tune of the King — no support
4. Its power to show the gold hidden in every cellar of the castle — 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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