Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier leaves and the old man dies
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 299 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, so what did the pewter soldier, like, totally wanna do?
- 1. go to the wars — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. go to the sea — no support
- 3. join the army — no support
- 4. stay put — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, was the old house buzzing with noise or dead quiet?
- 1. buzzing with the noise of many children — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. busy and loud — no support
- 3. a loud party of guests laughing and dancing all night — no support
- 4. dead quiet — ✓ 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 ✗
Whose comrade was the pewter soldier missing, innit?
- 1. his comrade, the tin drummer boy who fell down the crevice — no support
- 2. his comrade, the other soldier — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. his brother, the drummer boy — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. the other soldier of his company, the one lost in the wars — no support
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 295, line 5: «The couple, now very old, remember their youth, and their family comes to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary, while the boy says it is "no fairy tale".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Ok, so what did the furniture shout when the boy turned up?
- 1. "Hi!" — no support
- 2. "Oh!" — no support
- 3. "Thankee! thankee!" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. "Hush, hush now!" — 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 299, line 7: «When he comes in, the furniture cries "Thankee! thankee!" or "cranky! cranky!" because there is so much of it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «furniture» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «thankee» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
The windows were proper frozen, so what did the boy do?
- 1. scraped the ice — no support
- 2. breathed on them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. waited for the frost to melt in sunshine — score 0
- 4. scraped the frost off with his coat sleeve — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 299, line 16: «The little boy has to "breathe on" the frozen windows to get a peep-hole to the old house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «breathe» (+1). Against it: the same doer «little boy» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the tiny sis, like, the one who was always dancing?
- 1. the baby sister who slept in the cradle — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. young Lucy — no support
- 3. little Mary — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the eldest sister, the one who sang psalms — 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 ✓
What did the pewter soldier wanna get away from, honestly?
- 1. the lonely old house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the lonely old house and its ghostly furniture — no support
- 3. the cold silent house and its endless grey winters — no support
- 4. the frozen churchyard — 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 ✗
Where did the old man bag the lady's painting, like, at the car boot?
- 1. at the fair — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. at a country auction house in the spring — no support
- 3. at home — no support
- 4. at the broker's — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the old house still standing in spring, or what?
- 1. no, they tore it down and sold the bricks — no support
- 2. yes, but it was pulled down later that spring — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. yes, it was standing — no support
- 4. no, they pulled it down — ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 299, line 5: «Soon the old man dies, the house is sold at an auction, and in spring the house is pulled down.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «house» (+4); the same property (+3); the same action «pull down» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why did the soldier, like, say he couldn't bear it?
- 1. the house was too lonely and the furniture too sad — no support
- 2. it made him feel ill — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. he was too old now — no support
- 4. too lonely and melancholy — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 4: «The Queen sees the half-painted roses and orders the gardeners' heads off. Alice quickly hides them in a big flower-pot; the soldiers can't find them and simpl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «soldiers» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
What did the soldier want news about, mate?
- 1. his mother and father — no support
- 2. his comrade — no support
- 3. his comrade and little Mary — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. the wars and his home — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 299, line 13: «He misses home, where the children made "such a delightful noise", and little sister Mary, who danced to music.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
So did the old man, like, come back from the wars?
- 1. he came back home but was lost on the road — score 3
- 2. he never came back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. he went to sea — score 3
- 4. he came back years later to see the lady — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 172, line 5: «There they see the dead prince and his lady, and then the vizir attacks the city, so the narrator disguises himself as a calender and flees to Bagdad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same doer «men» (+2); the same thing acted on «dead prince» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the boy's family, like, do every Sunday?
- 1. read books — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. prayed — no support
- 3. sung their Psalms — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. sang their hymns — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which object did the elderly gentleman identify as the gift for which he expressed gratitude?
- 1. the little dancing figure on the shelf — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. the wooden horse — no support
- 3. the pewter soldier — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the clock — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 51, line 2: «A little breeze blows in their faces and brings the Piper's last gift, forgetfulness, so that the great memory will not overshadow their happy little lives; th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+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 2 · formal language · right ✓
To what final fate did the soldier claim the elderly gentleman was consigned?
- 1. a grave — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a ditch — no support
- 3. a cell — no support
- 4. a bed — 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 vehicle was employed to convey the deceased gentleman to his place of interment?
- 1. a wagon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a cart — no support
- 3. a hearse — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a cab — 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 ✗
In what condition was the dwelling found when it was finally demolished in the spring?
- 1. as a fine new house for the family — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. sold — no support
- 3. burnt — no support
- 4. as a ruin — ✓ 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
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