Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 289 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, so the old lady pulled Gerda outta the river with a stick, right?

1. Yep, she grabbed her crooked stick and pulled the boat in, bro — score 4
2. Nah, her bare hands, dude — no support
3. Nah, she used a long crooked stick from the bank, though, dude — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yep, her crooked stick, bro — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 94, line 17: «Real life: a spindle whorl is a small weight of clay or stone on a stick, used for spinning thread for thousands of years; the spinning-wheel, which Kipling al…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+4); the same thing acted on «stick» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how'd she keep Gerda from bailing?

1. She locked her in the little cottage and hid the key — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. She tied her to a tree — no support
3. She locked the cottage door and kept the key in her apron pocket — no support
4. She locked the door on her — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «cottage» (+3); the same action «lock» (+1); the same thing acted on «woman» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, the cherries were lit, weren't they?

1. Gerda ate as many cherries as she chose, every single day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She tasted one and then went home — no support
3. Gerda ate as many as she chose — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Gerda picked only the ripe red ones — 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 ✗

So the old lady was witchy, huh?

1. Yep, she was a bit of a witch, sure — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, just a lady — no support
3. Yeah, she did a little witchcraft — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, she was nice — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was she, like, evil or what?

1. Yeah, kinda evil, she locked her up, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, just a bit of witchcraft, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, just a sweet old grandma, lol — no support
4. Yeah, totally evil — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, why'd the roses vanish, though?

1. So Gerda wouldn't think about Kay or her home anymore — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. So Gerda wouldn't think about Kay — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Because she wanted Gerda to stay and forget the boy named Kay forever — no support
4. So Gerda would forget her home — 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 ran off with the missing rose, the one on her hat?

1. The old woman forgot it there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Gerda's friend the sparrow took it — no support
3. The old woman forgot it there when she combed Gerda's hair — score 2
4. A little brown bird flew off with it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 14: «fact: The one flower Gerda missed was a rose, which she saw on the old woman's hat, where the old woman had forgotten it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «rose» (+2); 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Gerda's tears do anything wild?

1. Yep, a big tree grew right there — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, the roses all stayed buried — no support
3. Yep, a rose-bush came back up from the earth, fresh and red as ever — no support
4. Yep, a rose-bush came back up — ✓ 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 ✓

Did the roses know where Kay was?

1. Nah, he was in the palace — no support
2. Nope, he was off in a far city — no support
3. Nope, he was gone — no support
4. Nah, he wasn't in the earth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 289, line 16: «fact: The Roses told Gerda, "Dead he certainly is not", and they said Kay was not in the earth where the dead are.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «kay» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, what about the Tiger-Lily, what was her deal?

1. A tale about a long dead king — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A woman on a funeral pile story — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A sad story about a boy in a palace — no support
4. A story about a lost prince — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did any flower know Kay, though?

1. Nope, not one of them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Just the rose — no support
3. Some of them knew Kay well — no support
4. Yes, one did — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the old grandmother look chill, sitting in the court?

1. No, she was standing — no support
2. Nope, she looked cold and sad — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Yeah, she sat in the spring sun on a little bench, knitting slowly — no support
4. Yeah, she sat in the spring sun — ✓ the right answer · 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 288, line 14: «Gerda decides to search after spring comes, and she believes Kay is alive while the others say he is "dead and gone."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «search» (+3); the same doer «gerda» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the principal action of the old woman in this part of the text?

1. She watered the roses — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. She fled the garden — no support
3. She buried the roses to rest — score 9
4. She enchanted the garden so as to detain Gerda — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 289, line 10: «fact: The old woman combed Gerda's hair with a golden comb and said she had "often longed for such a dear little girl".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «fact» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did Gerda respond to the Roses' declaration concerning Kay's whereabouts?

1. She ran away crying — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. She expressed her gratitude and proceeded onward — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. She lowered her head and quietly wept for a while — score 5
4. She cried and sat down — score 5

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 289, line 16: «fact: The Roses told Gerda, "Dead he certainly is not", and they said Kay was not in the earth where the dead are.», 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 «kay» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What material did the Hyacinths' narrative associate with the three maidens' attire?

1. Wool — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cotton of green and gold — no support
3. Silk of red, blue, and white — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Red silk — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which species of plant is designated by the term "Ranunculus" as employed in this passage?

1. A lily — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A rose — no support
3. The buttercup — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The daisy plant — 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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