The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets the Miller in spring

Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2036 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 ✓

Wait, who's actually telling the Hans story, innit?

1. A Green Linnet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The miller's wife who lives by the mill — score 2
3. A Grey Heron — score 5
4. A talking Water-rat by the river bank — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1990, line 6: «Who: Conall, a young hunter, tells his tales to the king of Lochlann.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same thing acted on «tales» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, where's the Linnet perched while he spills it?

1. On a garden gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. In a willow-tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Perched high in the mill's rafters above the wheel — no support
4. Hidden in thick reeds beside the river bank — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what does rich Miller Hugh reckon real mates should have?

1. Trust alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Money — no support
3. A shared joy and pain — no support
4. Everything in common — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, what's Hans's face like, all proper chirpy?

1. Serious, sharp and rather grim — no support
2. Stern, angular and always frowning at the children — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Funny, round and good-humoured — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Pale and thin, with sunken eyes and a worried brow — 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 664, line 9: «The sisters had no wooers because they "always throw out their sweepings in the face of the sun."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, how many milch cows did the Miller have, like loads?

1. Four — score 3
2. Two — score 3
3. One — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Six — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 10: «Two explains: «this here ought to have been a red rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake»; «afore she comes» is old country talk for before she comes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same thing acted on «white one» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Tell me, what's the Miller always nicking from Hans's garden in summer?

1. Some sweet peas — no support
2. A large nosegay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. A tall basket of the finest cabbages and beans — no support
4. A large nosegay of every flower in the garden — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 2036, line 10: «What the Miller takes in summer: "a large nosegay" from the wall, or plums and cherries for his pockets.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «large nosegay» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for Hans, yeah, what's he scoffing in winter?

1. Dry bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cold rice — no support
3. A crust of bread — no support
4. A few dried pears — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, who wants to share their porridge with Hans?

1. The youngest son — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. His wife's cousin — no support
3. The eldest brother — score 0
4. The kind old miller and his whole family — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 773, line 12: «The clever elder sons refuse to share, and each one hurts himself with the axe.», 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) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Oi, what's the Miller scared Hans will bang on about?

1. Flour on credit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Coal for winter — no support
3. A loan of three sacks of good grain — no support
4. Free meals for the whole winter season — 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 ✗

Right, how's the Miller tying the windmill sails, like proper locked?

1. With heavy oak pegs and bolts — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. With a sturdy leather strap — score 3
3. With nails — score 3
4. With a strong iron chain — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1233, line 4: «Then a rich miller's wedding begins, and the bear sets off early, proud and punctual.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rich miller» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what's the Miller's missus necking by the fire?

1. Warm ale — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Tea — no support
3. Milk — no support
4. Hot cider — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2036, line 16: «Where the Miller's wife sits: "in her comfortable armchair by the big pinewood fire," drinking warm ale.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is that the end of the story, or just the start, bruv?

1. Neither the end nor the start, but a long middle section — no support
2. Just the beginning — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The start of a much longer and more confusing tale — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The middle part — 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 1877, line 5: «At the cottage by the fountain she begins a story, The Yellow Bird, about a Fairy in golden feathers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «begin» (+2); the same thing acted on «story» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what colour specs is that bald critic on about?

1. Blue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Gold — no support
3. Tan — no support
4. Red — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what's the critic always saying when the young man talks?

1. Oh, my dear boy, how very interesting! — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. Nonsense, nonsense, you know nothing at all! — no support
3. Pooh! — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. Ah — no support

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 992, line 21: «The critics: they are "always so clever afterwards", meaning they think they knew better once it was over.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «critics» (-1); the same property (-2). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, by whom is the tale of Hans related?

1. By a Water-rat who lives by the river — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. By an old miller and his wife at the mill — score 0
3. By a Green Linnet — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. By a grey heron — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1285, line 6: «Who: the hare, the lion, the monkey and the shark are in the Swahili tale, while the farmer, his wife and the neighbour are in the Irish one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «irish one» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the text, what reason does the Miller give for not visiting Hans in winter?

1. That people in trouble should be left alone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. He says Hans has his own pride — score -1
3. It is raining — no support
4. Because the roads are muddy and cold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2015, line 4: «Llewelyn rushes to the nursery and finds the cradle overturned, the rooms in disorder, and his little son nowhere to be seen.», 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 «little son» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In accordance with the passage, what does the Miller's wife praise in her husband?

1. His thoughtfulness towards others — ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. His generosity in lending money to every neighbour in need — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. His cleverness with money and flour — score -4
4. His patience with the children and his wise advice about everything — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2031, line 19: «Old word: "embalmed" meant preserved with spices, as the Egyptian King is, wrapped in "yellow linen."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the text, what sentiment does the Water-rat attribute to friendship?

1. That friendship is higher than love — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That friendship is a gift which only the wise can truly understand and keep — no support
3. That love is stronger than wealth — no support
4. That friendship must always come before any love or family — 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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