Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new daughter

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1751 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 ✗

Oi, did you see the sea come out of that box, mate?

1. Yeah, the box had a snake in it and the garden moved off slowly — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Yeah, it was proper wicked, Kisika just shook two drops and the whole garden went — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, it was odd, the lady just looked at the box and then the man went back to his clay work — score 0
4. Yeah, mate, it was mad, the sea came out and the box had a scale and a shell and a bit of cloak and Elsa was screaming so loud the birds flew off — score -2

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 19, line 4: «The Gryphon explains, very seriously, why whitings have their tails in their mouths: they were thrown out to sea with the lobsters, fell a long way, and their…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Elsa was dead scared of the lady, innit?

1. Yeah, she begged to stay cos her stepmum was well mean — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, she was dead scared and shaking, she kept hiding behind the old man and wouldn't come out for ages — score 3
3. Nah, she was happy and just wanted her dinner ready — no support
4. Yeah, she ran off cos the lady was grumpy and loud — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1751, line 7: «WHAT: Elsa asks the lady for help, saying "let me, I pray you, stay with you," because her stepmother beats her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pray» (+2); the same doer «elsa» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

So what was that old man doing with the clay?

1. Just playing with clay — score 4
2. Painting a big picture of the lady and her house by the sea — score 6
3. Making a massive doll, then shoving a snake inside it, bare weird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Mixing up some mud for the garden walls, pretty normal stuff really — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1643, line 9: «Why: the king refuses his daughter to a man "of whom I know nothing," because he does not know if he is "a knight or a beggar."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «daughter» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «king» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Elsa get proper new shoes or what?

1. Yeah, proper new ones with bows, she was buzzing and then ran straight to the river to show her stepmum — no support
2. Yeah, silver ones, she was chuffed cos the lady had made them herself — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Yeah, embroidered ones, she was buzzing cos she'd always been barefoot — ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. Yeah, golden slippers with pearls, she was over the moon and danced round the whole garden all afternoon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1748, line 17: «The Princess likes Hans's answers, so he cooks the crow in the shoe and makes soup of his mud.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «cook» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «crow» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the girl with the box, like?

1. Kisika, the lady's daughter who found Elsa in the wood — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. The lady's maid — no support
3. Elsa's cousin from the village down the hill — no support
4. A girl who worked in the old man's workshop — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1749, line 19: «Old word: "qualms" means uneasy, sick feelings, and "promoted" is her joke about the glass being washed away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the men keep going on about Kisika?

1. Because she gave them all gold coins — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Cos they liked her — no support
3. Cos it was her name and they kept singing it — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Dunno — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1279, line 14: «How: the council's plan is for a child to give an apple to one man, and the child goes straight to the Shifty Lad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «give» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the garden well posh or what?

1. Quite grand, with flowers and a little fountain by the gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dead posh, with birds all gold and silver and fruit everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Not posh at all, just a field with some sheep and a dirty pond, nothing gold or silver anywhere to be seen at all — no support
4. Very nice, with trees and paths and a stone wall around — 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 ✗

Did the lady just say yes straight away?

1. Nah, she laughed and said nothing, then thought it over — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Nah, she told Elsa to go back to the wood, then changed her mind after the old man spoke to her — score 0
3. Nah, she laughed for ages and then told the servants to bring Elsa a cup of tea and a warm bath — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Nah, she frowned and asked for the girl's name first — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1646, line 10: «The girl says "Who will hire me for a servant?" and she is forced to take the scullion's work.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «girl» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Elsa had a stepmum who was well cruel?

1. Nah, she was kind — no support
2. Yeah, she scolded her a lot, Elsa said so to the girl — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Nah, she was alright, just strict about the chores — no support
4. Yeah, she beat her all day, Elsa said so to the lady — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1751, line 7: «WHAT: Elsa asks the lady for help, saying "let me, I pray you, stay with you," because her stepmother beats her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «lady» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Was the sea real or just a bit of magic?

1. Magic, cos two drops made it appear, then the garden was gone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Real, cos the sea just came from the box and got everywhere, so it was wet — no support
3. Just a trick, the lady painted the sea on a sheet of cloth — no support
4. Magic, cos two drops made the sea appear and then the whole garden vanished, but the boat stayed afloat for a day — score 0

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 1751, line 12: «MAGIC: The sea appears when two drops fall, and the sea "seemed at last to touch heaven itself," so the land has truly gone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Did Elsa tell anyone she was scared?

1. Yeah, she whispered to the old man about her fear of the snake — no support
2. Yeah, she kneeled down and sobbed to the lady about her stepmum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Nah, she stayed silent and just stared at the floor for the whole evening — score -1
4. Nah, she hid behind the old man and said nothing — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1751, line 7: «WHAT: Elsa asks the lady for help, saying "let me, I pray you, stay with you," because her stepmother beats her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «lady» (+2); the same doer «elsa» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who took Elsa's rags while she was asleep?

1. Her stepmum came for them at night, you can tell — score -4
2. Kisika took them while Elsa slept, then hid them in the box with the shell and fish scales until morning — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The old man did it, he was always sneaky with clothes — score 1
4. Nobody knows yet, it's a proper mystery till later — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 93, line 4: «Next night the Woman dries sweet grass, plaits a halter and makes the Second Singing Magic. Wild Horse comes for the grass, bends his head for the halter and b…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «cave» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the last bit about, then?

1. Elsa had no idea where her rough clothes went, it's a cliffhanger — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. It was about the dress, Elsa got it and felt happy about it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. A cliffhanger — no support
4. Elsa didn't know, her clothes just went missing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1749, line 11: «The glittering thing: she thinks it is a diamond, but it is "a bit of bottle-glass."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the means by which the girl Kisika transports Elsa across the water?

1. By means of a magical boat which grows from a mussel shell after the girl sprinkles water and sings — score 1
2. By shaking two drops of water from a box onto the ground — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. By climbing onto a bird's back and flying over the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. By rowing a small boat across the calm lake water — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1175, line 4: «The girl catches a talking fish, ignores its warning, eats it, and is turned into a fish herself, so she flees to the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «flee» (+1). Against it: the same place «sea» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the figure whom the lady of the house instructs to construct a replica of Elsa for dispatch to her native village.

1. The old man with the long beard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. The shy stable boy with the broken leg who sleeps near the gate of the house — no support
3. The young man with the red hat — score 0
4. The old man with the long beard who lives in the workshop by the garden wall — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 757, line 14: «old word: "to woo" means to court someone, that is, to try to win a person's love and make them agree to marry you.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the substance which the lady extracts from Elsa by means of a tiny golden needle.

1. A small sample of her tears collected in a golden cup — no support
2. A drop of blood — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A bit of hair — no support
4. A drop of her blood taken from her arm with a needle — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1454, line 10: «Why: the King is annoyed when he hears the ladies are beautiful, since he finds it "impossible to choose between them".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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 · wrong ✗

Explain the reason for which Elsa is not immediately troubled by the disappearance of her rough clothing.

1. She is absorbed in her new shoes and dress — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She thinks the clothes were taken by a bird — score -2
3. She is happy with her gift from the lady — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Because she is so excited by her shiny new embroidered shoes and dress that she forgets everything else in the house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1751, line 7: «WHAT: Elsa asks the lady for help, saying "let me, I pray you, stay with you," because her stepmother beats her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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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