Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 19: the robber maiden sends Gerda north to Lapland on a reindeer
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 292 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 ✓
Yo, was the robber girl like totally bossy or what?
- 1. Kinda bossy, yeah — no support
- 2. Not really, she was kind to all — no support
- 3. Super bossy, she had her way with everybody — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Nah, pretty chill — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 91, line 15: «The gifts: the Magician offers to make every stone, hole and bunch of weed a safe Pusat Tasek; the Man offers a home on land and in the sea; the girl offers he…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «trees» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Did the robber girl actually keep the muff for herself?
- 1. Nope, she gave it back — no support
- 2. Nope, she gave it back to Gerda after all — no support
- 3. Yeah, she said it was too pretty to give up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Nah, she gave it to her mum — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 1: «Now the creatures want Alice's adventures. She says she can only tell them from this morning: «it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different p…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «alice» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Why did the bull-dogs not bark, bro?
- 1. Cause barking was totally forbidden — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Dunno, they just didn't — no support
- 3. Because they were tied up outside — no support
- 4. Cause they were told to be quiet — 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 ✗
Was the reindeer Bac getting tickled with a knife every night?
- 1. Yup, the girl did it and he hated it, but he never ran off until the rope was cut — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yup, the girl did it every single night and the poor reindeer hated it so much — no support
- 3. Yeah, she did it, he hated that — no support
- 4. Yup, the girl did it and he hated it — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did the robber mum greet her girl in the morning?
- 1. She pulled her hair and pinched her nose till it went red and blue and sore — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She pinched her nose till it went red and blue and then laughed loudly at her — no support
- 3. She pinched her ear till it went red — no support
- 4. She pinched her nose till it went red and blue — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Gerda get any warm stuff for the trip, or what?
- 1. Yeah, a fur coat and lined boots for the cold weather — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. Nope, nothing at all — no support
- 3. Yeah, a warm hat and wool stockings for the long trip — score 5
- 4. Yeah, worsted leggins and lined gloves to the elbow — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 290, line 17: «Gerda knows it is Kay because of his new boots, which she "heard creaking in grandmama's room".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gerda» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «new boots» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where's the reindeer taking Gerda, like for real?
- 1. To Lapland, I think — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Lapland, where the Snow Queen's summer-tent is — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Up north to Spitzbergen, near the Pole, I guess — no support
- 4. Just to the woods — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the robber girl just let the reindeer go, or nah?
- 1. Yeah, she cut the rope and sent him off into the snowy woods without any food — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Yeah, she fed him and sent him home — no support
- 3. Yeah, she cut the rope and sent him off — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, she cut the rope and sent him off, then waved goodbye to him for ages — 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 292, line 4: «In the morning the robber girl frees the reindeer, dresses Gerda in warm clothes, and packs her food.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «robber girl» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (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 ✗
What kinda food did the reindeer get to carry, bruh?
- 1. Just some bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dried fish — no support
- 3. Two loaves and a ham — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A loaf and some cheese — 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 ✗
What were the northern-lights doing, like, in the sky?
- 1. Shining very bright — no support
- 2. Flickering like candles in the sky — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Flashing green like a big lantern — no support
- 4. Making a big "Ddsa!" sound like a sneeze — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 251, line 14: «The folk find "a tiddy light" flickering on the snag, and the stone looks "for all the world like a strange big coffin."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «flicker» (+1). Against it: the same doer «tiddy light» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What is up with Gerda when they stop at the house?
- 1. She is too chilled to say a word and her feet have turned blue with frost — no support
- 2. She is too chilled to say a word — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She is too chilled to say a word, so the old woman carries her inside the house — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. She is frozen and cannot walk — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 288, line 17: «Only the sparrows hear Gerda, and they sing "Here we are! Here we are!" but they cannot carry her to land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same thing acted on «gerda» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the Lapland house look nice, or was it kinda gross?
- 1. It was miserable, with a roof down to the ground — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It was miserable, with a roof down to the ground and a smoky hole in the middle of the floor — no support
- 3. It was miserable and dark, with a roof down to the ground and no windows at all anywhere — no support
- 4. It looked nice, with a big stone chimney on top — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 10: «Alice thinks it "very absurd" (silly), but they look so grave (serious) that she dares not laugh, so she just bows.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same doer «words» (+2). 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 · right ✓
Which of the following is the correct statement regarding the robber maiden's conduct toward Gerda in the passage?
- 1. She protects Gerda and promises that no one will kill her, and she gives her warm gloves and a ham — score 5
- 2. She protects Gerda and promises that no one will kill her, though she still keeps the muff for herself — score 5
- 3. She protects Gerda and promises that no one will kill her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. She locks Gerda in the cellar and laughs at her cries — score 2
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 292, line 2: «The robber girl says no one will kill Gerda, and they sleep among her pigeons and her tethered reindeer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); the same thing acted on «gerda» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following best describes the means by which the Reindeer travels towards Lapland?
- 1. It flies over the sea — no support
- 2. It rides a silver sledge over the snowy hills — no support
- 3. It gallops across the frozen lake — no support
- 4. It runs swiftly over bush, bramble, moor and heath — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 292, line 5: «The reindeer races north, and they stop at a tiny house where an old Lapland woman is dressing fish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «reindeer» (+3); the same action «race» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following identifies the location where the Snow Queen's fixed abode is situated according to the Reindeer?
- 1. The palace in the frozen north — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A mountain in Lapland, far from the sea — no support
- 3. The island of Spitzbergen — no support
- 4. The island called Spitzbergen, near the North Pole — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following correctly records the food provided to Gerda by the robber maiden for her journey?
- 1. A ham — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Two loaves of bread and a ham — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Some bread and cheese — no support
- 4. A loaf of bread and some fish — 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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