Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 2: a mother follows Death through the snow to win back her child
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 301 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 ✓
Mate, who's the sad mum sitting by the poorly kid?
- 1. the mum with the ill kid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a sad mum — no support
- 3. the poorly kid — no support
- 4. the dad with the sick son — 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 ✗
Yo, what's the old bloke wrapped up in, innit?
- 1. a thick rough cape — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a huge grey sheet — no support
- 3. a massive old horse-cloth tied with string — no support
- 4. a massive horse-cloth — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
Did the clock like just stop dead, or what?
- 1. yeah, it went proper bump and then just stopped dead — score 5
- 2. yeah, it went bump and then quietly ticked again — no support
- 3. yeah, it went bump and stopped — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. yeah, it went clang and quit — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 301, line 3: «The mother dozes, wakes, and finds the child gone and the old clock stopped.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+3); the same doer «old clock» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what did Night want her to do first?
- 1. play all the tunes — no support
- 2. sing — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. sing all the songs — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. sing them — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 4: «The Rat flatly refuses: he's sticking to his river, and so is the Mole. The loyal Mole agrees — but adds, wistfully, that it sounds rather fun. The Rat sees ho…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «mole» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper random, which way did the thorn-bush point?
- 1. the woods — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. the cold stone bridge — score 9
- 3. the lake — score 9
- 4. the dark pine forest — ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 301, line 11: «The thorn-bush will show the way only if she warms it "at thy heart", so she presses it to her breast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «thorn bush» (+5); the same action «show» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the thorn-bush well needy, like, wanting a warm-up?
- 1. nah, it's fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, it's cold — no support
- 3. yeah, warm it at her heart — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, warm it with her hands — 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 ✗
Did the thorns get her proper, bruv?
- 1. yeah, her hand bled out — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, her blood ran out — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, the thorns tore her and she bled a lot — no support
- 4. yeah, the thorns got her proper and her blood ran out — 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 ✗
Lol, how did she cross that lake, then?
- 1. the water bore her up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a little boat — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. the wind — score 0
- 4. the ice held her up — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 238, line 11: «Why she loses the Bull: when everything turns blue, she is glad and crosses one foot over the other, so he cannot find her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cross» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Mad, what happened to her eyes after all that crying?
- 1. they froze — score 2
- 2. they turned to stone — score 2
- 3. they became two pearls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. they went all red — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 301, line 13: «The lake is too icy to wade and too deep to drink, so her weeping eyes sink and become "two precious pearls".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «two precious pearls» (+2); the same action «become» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
So what did the old woman want for the info?
- 1. the mum's old coat — no support
- 2. the child's good shoes — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. the mum's black hair — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the mum's long black hair and her ring — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 284, line 14: «The young man's wish: he says "I want something better than what is", and a longing tears his very heart.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same property (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); 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
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, so she swapped her black hair for what?
- 1. gold coins from the old man — score 8
- 2. white hair from the old woman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. white hair from the old woman, plus a ring — score 9
- 4. white hair from the old woman and a silver ring — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 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 94, line 7: «The Woman to the Cat: «I have braided up my hair, and I have put away the magic blade-bone, and we have no more need of either friends or servants in our Cave.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+5); the same thing acted on «hair» (+4); 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
Like, what's in Death's greenhouse, bruv?
- 1. flowers and trees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. rows of flowers, trees and dead leaves — no support
- 3. snow and ice — no support
- 4. stones and bones — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓
In what manner did the thorn-bush reveal the path to the mother?
- 1. in return for warmth at her heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. in return for warmth at her heart and a song — no support
- 3. in return for warmth from her own heart and blood — no support
- 4. by asking for her black hair — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
On what surface did the old clock's weight come to rest when the child was removed?
- 1. dirt — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the hearth stones — no support
- 3. the floor — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 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 ✗
Under what condition did the old grave woman agree to assist the bereaved mother?
- 1. the gift of silver coins — score 2
- 2. her black hair — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. the payment of a gold ring — no support
- 4. the exchange of her black hair — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 84, line 12: «His «mendy-bag» holds reindeer-sinews (tough strings from an animal's body), strips of leather, bee's-wax and resin (sticky tree-gum).», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+3); the same circumstance (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which gift did the parent snails bestow upon the young couple at their marriage?
- 1. a fine stone house — no support
- 2. the whole field of nettles — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. the garden — no support
- 4. the whole forest of burdocks — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 295, line 19: «The couple had children named Mary, Nicholas, Peter and Christian, and now they have grandchildren.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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