Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is cut down, decorated, and stripped bare by the children

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 285 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 ✓

So the wood-cutters just chop the big trees every autumn, yeah?

1. Yeah, they fell some of the largest ones — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yeah, they do — no support
3. Yeah, they cut down the thin ones — score 4
4. Nah, they plant the small ones instead — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 285, line 1: «Each autumn the wood-cutters fell the biggest trees, and the young Fir shivers, wondering where they go.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same doer «wood cutters» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, where'd the stork reckon the trees went, bro?

1. Into the masts of the big ships in a faraway harbour — no support
2. Into boats for sailing — no support
3. Onto ships as masts — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Onto the palace floors where kings and queens walk every day — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 231, line 14: «The Sultan says "I am convinced that some day or other I shall find you useful as well as agreeable."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «sultan» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Fir actually want to get chopped, mate?

1. Nah, not really — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he wanted to stay — no support
3. Yeah, he really wanted to go — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he was happy to go — 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 ✗

Lol, the Sparrows said the room was lush, innit?

1. Yeah, pretty nice — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, the room was rather dull and dusty — no support
3. Yeah, the greatest splendor they could imagine — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, it was cold — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Was the tree proper sad leaving his home, like?

1. Yeah, he felt sick, like a dizzy spell — no support
2. Nah, he was happy to go away — no support
3. Yeah, he felt a pang, like a swoon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Nah, he felt fine — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 13: «When he falls he feels "a pang--it was like a swoon," and he is sad to leave his home and his little comrades in the wood.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+5); the same thing acted on «pang» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What were the sweets on the tree, fam?

1. Candy canes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sugarplums in paper nets — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Chocolate in silver foil — no support
4. Sweet figs — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Who put the fire out when the candle set the branches alight, like?

1. The cook — score 6
2. The young ladies — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. The little fat man — score 6
4. The nurse — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 285, line 16: «One taper sets the foliage alight, and the young ladies "quickly put out the fire."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put out» (+5); the same thing acted on «fire» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, so the kids just wrecked the tree?

1. Yeah, they were allowed to strip it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, they were told to leave it alone — no support
3. Yeah, they had permission to plunder it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, they were told off — 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 285, line 5: «The candles burn low, the children strip the tree bare, and a little fat man tells them a story about Humpy-Dumpy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «strip» (+4); the same thing acted on «tree» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the nurse only checking for stuff left over, bruv?

1. Yeah, a toy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, a fig or an apple — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, a walnut or a plum — no support
4. Nah, just crumbs — 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 ✗

Which story did the fat man pick in the end, bro?

1. The story of the little fat man who fell down — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Humpy-Dumpy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Jack Frost — score 6
4. Cinderella — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 281, line 6: «Who: the hero is a young man, and at the end he is the copying-clerk who wears the Shoes of Fortune by mistake.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «copying clerk» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Tree join in the bawling, like?

1. Nah, he sighed and looked away — no support
2. Yeah, he shouted with the rest — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, he joined in softly — no support
4. Nah, he stayed quiet and thought — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 4: «Suleiman laughs till the tree shakes and calls the little Butterfly to his finger. Gently he asks why he told such a fib, since his stamping would not bend a b…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same doer «tree» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Tree get a headache, bruv?

1. Yeah, a sore tooth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, a pain in his back, like a headache — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he felt totally fine and happy — no support
4. Yeah, a sharp pain in his roots — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the sparrows say about the warm room?

1. It was incomparably beautiful — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It was the most gorgeous place ever — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. It looked splendid and grand — no support
4. It seemed dull and very drab — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 108, line 20: «Old word: "in the hangman's name" is a rough oath; today nobody says it, and we would say "for goodness' sake."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the story-teller's gig, mate?

1. A little fat man who was once a cook in the palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A little fat man — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A plump gentleman who told the children funny tales — no support
4. An old sailor — 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

With what object was the Fir Tree set upright prior to its display in the drawing-room?

1. A large wooden cask packed tightly with damp garden earth — no support
2. An ornate silver urn that had belonged to the grandmother — no support
3. A cask filled with sand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. A bucket of wet soil — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 14: «In the drawing-room he is "stuck upright in a cask that was filled with sand," hidden by green cloth, and the servants and young ladies decorate him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fill» (+2); the same thing acted on «cask» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which person is recorded as having first extinguished the fire upon the Tree?

1. The little fat man — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The young ladies' elder brother and the old nurse — no support
3. The children who had been hiding behind the sofa — no support
4. The young ladies — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What, according to the narrative, did the Fir Tree experience upon being severed from the ground?

1. A sudden pang in his heart, like fainting in the snow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A pang, similar to a swoon — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A shiver, like a cold wind — no support
4. A deep ache in his roots, like falling into a dream — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which tale did the little man recite to the assembled children, in accordance with their vote?

1. The tale of Humpy-Dumpy — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The tale of the princess who lived in a castle made of ice — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. The long tale of a soldier who went to war and came home — score 3
4. The tale of Cinderella — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 276, line 14: «The Princess says she "scarcely closed her eyes the whole night through" and that "I had something hard under me."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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