Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 288 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 ✗

Yo, did Kay really ride that white sledge for free, or what?

1. Nah, the snow lady was driving, and he got totally snowed in — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, the lady was driving him all the way out past the gates, bruv, he never even asked to stop — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, the snow lady was driving, and he was totally snowed in and never got out again — no support
4. Yeah, a lady drove, and he got properly stuck in snow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 288, line 9: «Why: Kay is tempted by the fun of the sledge, and the driver nods at him "just as if they knew each other," so he does not stop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+3); the same doer «kay» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, so the driver just nodded at him the whole time?

1. Yep, he nodded back at her like they had been mates for ages and ages — no support
2. Nah, he just kept nodding back — no support
3. Yep, like they knew each other — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yep, like they were mates already — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 288, line 9: «Why: Kay is tempted by the fun of the sledge, and the driver nods at him "just as if they knew each other," so he does not stop.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+5); the same thing acted on «each» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the lady wearing, like a fancy coat?

1. A massive white fur mantle and a sparkly silver crown with ice on it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A white coat — no support
3. A massive white fur mantle and a cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A thick grey wool cloak, no hat — 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 ✓

Ngl, how cold was her kiss?

1. Warm, not even cold, lol — no support
2. Really icy — no support
3. Colder than ice, proper freezing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Like frost, proper nippy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 288, line 12: «The Snow Queen's kiss is "colder than ice," and it nearly freezes Kay's heart, so he feels no cold afterwards.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Kay like a big brain or what?

1. Yeah, he could do sums in his head with fractions and times tables and all — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, he could do maths in his head quickly — score 6
3. Yeah, he could do sums in his head with fractions — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Yeah, he could solve any multiplication and fraction sum in his head before anyone else even started — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 288, line 13: «Kay boasts that he can "calculate in his head and with fractions, even," and the Queen smiles while he speaks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «head» (+4); the same doer «kay» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did Gerda just chuck her red trainers in the river?

1. Yeah, she wanted Kay to come back — no support
2. Yeah, to swap them for Kay back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yeah, she threw both her red shoes right in, hoping the river would bring him home again — score 5
4. Yeah, she threw them in the river so the water would bring Kay back to her — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 287, line 6: «Who: Kay and Gerda, who "cared for each other as much as if they were" brother and sister.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «kay» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Why'd the boat go off without her, lol?

1. It wasn't tied up to the bank — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. It just floated — score 2
3. It came loose from the post — no support
4. The wind blew it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 16: «The stoats call «It will be your head next time, Toady!» and laugh «till they nearly had two fits—that is, one fit each, of course» (a fit here = a sudden atta…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «head» (+3); the same doer «boat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

What were the sparrows on about?

1. Here we are, here we are! — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hello, we are sparrows, chirp! — no support
3. Come and see, come and see! — no support
4. Here we are — 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 ✓

Were the two wooden soldiers actually alive?

1. No, they just stood there like statues — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yes, they both waved at Gerda and whispered something to her as she walked past — no support
3. Yes, they moved their heads and lifted their rifles when Gerda passed them by — score 6
4. Yes, they blinked at her slowly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 288, line 18: «Two wooden soldiers stand sentry by the cottage, and they "presented arms" as people passed, which means they saluted with their weapons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stand» (+4); the same doer «two wooden soldiers» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what's up with the cottage, is it posh?

1. Thatched roof, with mad red and blue windows — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, it's got a massive thatched roof and gardens full of roses and posh red and blue windows — no support
3. Thatched roof, with mad red and blue windows and two wooden soldiers by the door — no support
4. Old wooden walls, with normal grey windows — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the old lady comes out, but who even is she?

1. Someone leaning on a crooked stick — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Some old woman with a big hat who looks like she knows Kay's family — no support
3. A small girl with a basket — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. An old lady who has a garden full of roses and wooden soldiers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 18: «She planned to ask a lady "Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?" but decided not to ask, because the lady would think her "an ignorant little girl"…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lady» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «alice» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement most accurately describes the manner in which the young boy departs from the town with the female driver of the white sledge?

1. He jumps off early — score 6
2. He does not untie the sledge and he rides past the walls with her — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. He does not disengage the sledge, and he proceeds beyond the gates in her company — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. He unties the sledge quickly, and he walks back toward the town gates alone — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 67, line 20: «Badger: «I haven't said my last word yet. Now I'm going to tell you a great secret» — one that Toad's father told him and «wouldn't have dreamt of telling» his…», 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 «father» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which description most precisely characterises the Snow Queen's conduct towards the boy following his journey across the lands?

1. She bestows a kiss upon his forehead and restrains him beneath her fur — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She kisses him and lets him go — no support
3. She shakes his hand and sends him home with a gift — no support
4. She gives him a cold kiss and hides him under her cloak — 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 ✗

Which action does the young girl undertake, as recorded in the text, in her endeavour to secure the return of her companion?

1. She drops her red shoes into the water, believing it will bring him home — score 5
2. She throws her red shoes into the river and then climbs into a boat, certain the water will return Kay to her — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. She relinquishes her red shoes to the river, in the belief it will restore him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She tosses her treasured red shoes into the wide cold river, hoping that the current will carry him back to the town — no support

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 24, line 5: «Looking back over the whole book: a bored girl followed a White Rabbit down a hole, grew and shrank, cried a pool of tears, met creatures who argued, gave orde…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «hole» (+4); the same doer «bored girl» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which phrase most accurately conveys the nature of the wooden sentries encountered by the girl in the cottage garden?

1. They are wooden soldiers standing guard by the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. They are inanimate figures that present arms to passers-by — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They are wooden figures that salute visitors — no support
4. They are living men dressed as soldiers who move their arms and call out to every child who passes — 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 240, line 5: «A new tale starts: a girl marries a husband she never sees, and she uses three feathers to make her wishes come true.», 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 «new tale» (+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

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/288-pg1597-part15/