Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror shatters and a splinter sticks in Kay

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 287 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, the sprites dropped the mirror, so what even happened to it?

1. Smashed — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. It smashed into zillions of bits — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. It cracked — no support
4. It broke into tons of pieces — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 287, line 1: «Sprites carry a magic mirror up toward the stars to play a joke, but it grins so hard that they drop it.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sprites» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, where did the tiny bits go?

1. Into the sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They blew all over town — no support
3. They zipped around the whole globe — no support
4. They flew all over the world — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey creepy, what did a bit in your heart do?

1. Made your heart go cold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Made your heart like ice — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It froze — no support
4. Hurt a lot — 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 · ★ · right ✓

fr, why couldn't most people have a big garden?

1. Too many houses and people crammed into the town with no room left — score 4
2. Too many shops and roads — no support
3. Too many houses and people in one tiny town with barely any space to dig — no support
4. Too many houses and people — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 278, line 21: «Old word: "claret" is a red wine, and "pestilence" means a deadly plague that spreads quickly among many people.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so how far apart were the windows?

1. One jump over the fence — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two steps — no support
3. One step over the gutter — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Two steps across the yard — 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 ✗

dude, what did the grandma say about the white bees?

1. She sleeps — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Bees fly — no support
3. Their queen peeps in windows — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Their queen looks in doors — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

be real, what did Kay want to do to the Snow Queen?

1. Drop her in the fire — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Melt her on the stove so she drips down into the ash and disappears — no support
3. Melt her on the stove — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Melt her on the stove and then pour her out into the snowy yard — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 9: «Why the Tree asks the Stork: he wants to know where the felled trees have gone, and the Stork says he met ships on his flight from Egypt.», 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 action «fell» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, what was the snow lady made of?

1. Cold stone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Frosty glass — no support
3. Snow — no support
4. Sparkly ice — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what did the snow lady do?

1. Waved with her arm — score 5
2. Smiled — no support
3. Beckoned with her hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Pointed at the boy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 287, line 15: «What: the snowflake grows into a lady who "nodded towards the window, and beckoned with her hand".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «beckon» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

lol, what did Kay yank out of the box?

1. Two roses — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Roses — score 6
3. Two tulips — no support
4. Two lilies — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 287, line 13: «Why: after the glass is in his eye, Kay pulls up the roses and says "these roses are very ugly!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kay» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «roses» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

bro, why did Kay kick the box?

1. He said the roses were ugly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Bored — no support
3. He said the roses were gross — score 6
4. They were ugly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 287, line 13: «Why: after the glass is in his eye, Kay pulls up the roses and says "these roses are very ugly!"», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «kay» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what was Kay doing to people in the street?

1. Mocking — no support
2. Mocking their silly walks — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Copying their weird ways — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Staring — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 192, line 20: «Old word: "criers" were men who walked the streets calling out news, a job that town criers did before newspapers and loudspeakers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «men» (+2). Against it: the same action «walk» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

deadass, what made Kay mean to Gerda?

1. The shard in his eye and chest — no support
2. The glass in his eye and heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The glass in his eye and heart, which made him see everything as ugly and mean — score 6
4. The glass in his eye and heart that the sprites had dropped from the sky — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 287, line 8: «What: a magic mirror, made by a wicked sprite, shatters into a hundred million pieces when it falls to earth.», 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 «magic mirror» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which object was shattered upon its descent to the earth?

1. Mirror — score 0
2. The magic mirror — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The enchanted glass — no support
4. The glass — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 287, line 8: «What: a magic mirror, made by a wicked sprite, shatters into a hundred million pieces when it falls to earth.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «shatter» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the fragments affect the vision of those into whose eyes they lodged?

1. They warped the things seen — no support
2. They perverted what was seen, making good things look ugly to the eye — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. They perverted what was seen — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They perverted what was seen by everyone who looked through them — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 3: «Then a grin appears in the air: the Cheshire Cat. Bit by bit its eyes and its head appear, and Alice tells it all her complaints. When she notices the Queen li…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «appear» (+4); the same circumstance (+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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What circumstance prevented the children's families from possessing a large garden?

1. The vast number of towns and roads — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The great number of houses and people packed into the narrow town — no support
3. The great number of houses and people that filled every corner of the crowded town — no support
4. The great number of houses and people — ✓ the right answer · score 6

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 164, line 2: «To keep the family from disliking her, the maiden turned the old man's wife into a hind, a female deer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+5); the same thing acted on «family» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the effect of the glass lodged in Kay's heart upon his conduct towards Gerda?

1. He teased her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It made him laugh at her — no support
3. It caused him to tease her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It made him mock her — 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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