The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2038 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 ✗

wait, why'd Hans even go out in that gnarly storm?

1. cos the Miller said he'd give him his wheelbarrow later on for sure — score -3
2. cos the Miller was being mean — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. cos the Miller said it was only fair — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. cos he was scared the Miller would shout at him for not going — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 695, line 4: «The king punishes the two jealous soldiers, but the second tale starts with an old man's eldest son going out to see the world.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «eldest son» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, the Miller got a new lantern, so why no sharing?

1. cos the Miller had to keep it safe for the whole village tonight — score -3
2. cos it's his and he's scared — no support
3. cos if Hans lost the lantern on the moor, the Miller would lose a fortune — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. cos it'd be a loss if it got broke — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2038, line 3: «He walks for hours through the wind and rain, then loses his way on the dark moor and drowns in a pool.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

so did the Miller actually feel sad when Hans died?

1. yeah, he wept for Hans all night long at the grave — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. nah, he just moaned about his wheelbarrow — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. nah, he just sulked at home — score 1
4. yeah, he cried at the grave — score 3

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 727, line 6: «Hans rides his horse, and when he "smacked his lips and cried 'Jip!'" the horse runs off at full gallop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+2); the same doer «hans» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol the Miller totally ran the funeral like a boss, right?

1. yeah, he gave a speech — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. yeah, he walked at the front — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. nah, he stayed at home all day and forgot the coffin — score 1
4. nah, he sat in the back — 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 2037, line 10: «The Miller's gift is poor: "one side is gone, and there is something wrong with the wheel-spokes".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «gift» (+2); the same doer «miller» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

is the Water-rat a total sourpuss or what?

1. he shouted Pooh and dived back in — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he shouted Pooh, then swam away to the mill and sulked — no support
3. he laughed and jumped in the reeds — no support
4. he cried for help and then climbed out of 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the Linnet told a story with a MORAL, that's so lame?

1. nah, the Water-rat loved it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, and the Duck sang a song — score 2
3. yeah, and the Water-rat totally freaked — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, it was lame — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 356, line 3: «A king who loves stories offers his daughter to anyone who can tell an endless tale, or lose his head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+2); the same thing acted on «stories» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

dude, did Hans drown in a pond or what?

1. in a pool on the moor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. in a ditch — score 11
3. in a deep well — score 11
4. in the river nearby — score 11

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 375, line 2: «A Boy runs home from a Nettle, and his mother tells him to grasp it firmly so it turns soft.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «nettle» (+6); the same doer «boy» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the new story starts with a Princess, what's she like?

1. pale as snow, like a white rose, with golden hair and a sad face — score -4
2. she is the most beautiful Princess in all the lands of the North, very pale — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. she's pretty and has long hair — no support
4. pale as snow, like a white rose — ✓ the right answer · score -5

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 1925, line 4: «When the real bride is found fainting, the King sees the ring he once gave her, kisses her, and the wedding is held; then a new tale begins with a poor girl.», 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 «real bride» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

is the Princess's ride like a boat or what?

1. a huge golden sledge shaped like a swan and pulled by reindeer over the ice — no support
2. a golden carriage with two horses — ← Mova's choice · score -4
3. a golden swan sledge pulled by reindeer — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a great golden swan sledge pulled by six white reindeer across the snow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1990, line 2: «The king says he is "full of words," but he will free the second son if Conall tells a harder tale.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the Prince kiss, lol?

1. the golden ring on her finger — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. her hand — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. the top of her head and her hair — score 1
4. her cheek — 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 1734, line 12: «The Emperor is angry at the kissing: he throws a slipper "just as the Swineherd was taking his eighty-sixth kiss".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kiss» (+2). Against it: the same doer «emperor» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

what did the crowd yell about roses?

1. White rose, Red rose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Pale rose, Pink rose — no support
3. White rose, Red rose, bloom for the Prince — score 1
4. Rose of the snow, sweet rose of the garden, shine — 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 1695, line 1: «A poor herd-boy with no family looks after a rich lord's sheep, and one night he hears crying at the edge of a forest.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+2). Against it: the same doer «boy» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

so the Page got a raise, right?

1. yeah, his salary got doubled — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, his salary got cut in half and he had to walk home every night — no support
3. yeah, his salary got doubled and he got a new horse — no support
4. yeah, he got a raise of ten — 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 · right ✓

From which country did the Princess set out on her journey?

1. Finland — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Iceland — score 0
3. the frozen Kingdom of the North — no support
4. a far-off land beyond the sea — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1603, line 5: «On the flight, the Monkey King begins to tell how his people came to obey the Cap, starting with the princess Gayelette.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same action «start» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

How many reindeer drew the Princess's sledge?

1. 9 — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. four — score -2
3. 2 — score -2
4. six — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 289, line 1: «explain: The old woman pulls Gerda from the river, feeds her cherries, and locks her in her cottage.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pull» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old woman» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which bird related the tale of Hans to the Water-rat?

1. the Nightingale who sings at dusk — no support
2. the Linnet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. the old grey Heron of the reeds — score 2
4. the Thrush — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1990, line 6: «Who: Conall, a young hunter, tells his tales to the king of Lochlann.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «king» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the Miller grieve over after the funeral?

1. the lantern and the black cloak — score -3
2. his new spade — no support
3. his poor dead friend Hans at the grave — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. the wheelbarrow — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1632, line 16: «The plan is to clean the well and drop a mill-stone on Hans, so they "could just fill in the well" and avoid any cost for his funeral.», 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 right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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