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Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 302 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 ✗

Bro, the mom gets to pick her kid's flower, right?

  • 1. Nope, Death picks the flower himself, nope — score 2
  • 2. Nah, Death says no way, she has to let go of the flowers and that's the whole vibe — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. Nah, Death says no way, that's the vibe — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Nah, Death says no way, though she begs him and cries a lot about it all day long — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 302, line 3: «Death shows her two flowers in a deep well, one with a happy future and one full of sorrow, and one is her child.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «death» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, Death's kinda sus, he just blows on her hands?

  • 1. Yup, warm breath and her hands get tight — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yup, cold breath and her hands go limp — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Nah, he only blows a little dust — no support
  • 4. Yup, cold breath and her hands go limp, then he takes the flower away fast — 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 ✗

So the blind lady can see again, lowkey?

  • 1. Yeah, Death lends her eyes, they're dull — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yeah, Death gives her eyes back, all shiny — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yeah, she sees the lake — no support
  • 4. Yeah, he takes her eyes and gives them back — 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 ✗

Wait, which flower was her kid's, fam?

  • 1. Death won't say which one, but he gives the mom a rose from the lake to keep as proof of it — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 2. Death says it's the red one by the well, fam — score 0
  • 3. Death won't say which one, just that it was one of them — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Death won't say which one, just that it was one of the two she saw in the deep well — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 264, line 20: «Old word: "Childe" meant a young nobleman waiting to become a knight; today we would say "young lord".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «old word» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, the collar thinks he's a whole baron, right?

  • 1. Yep, he's a fake who brags a lot — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yep, he's just a fake, with borrowed stuff from the boot-jack and the comb — no support
  • 3. Yep, he's just a fake, with borrowed stuff and a whole lot of boasting about loves — no support
  • 4. Yep, he's just a fake, with borrowed stuff — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

The garter's kinda shy, nah?

  • 1. Yeah, she says "I will thank you not to speak to me" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yeah, she says "I will thank you not to speak to me, sir" and then the collar sulks — no support
  • 3. Yeah, she says "Please, do not ask me that" — no support
  • 4. Yeah, she says "I will thank you not to speak to me" and then goes quiet forever — 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 ✗

Okay, the box-iron thinks she's a train, lol?

  • 1. Yep, a steam-engine pulling waggons, and she's super proud of it — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yep, a steam-engine pulling waggons — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Nah, just a hot iron — no support
  • 4. Yep, a steam-kettle on the stove — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So the scissors just cut the collar, mid?

  • 1. Yup, she's mad and chops off his jagged edge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. Yup, she's mad and chops off his jagged edge, then tosses it in the bin — score 4
  • 3. Nah, she's pleased and trims his hair — no support
  • 4. Yup, she's mad and cuts his frilly edge — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 302, line 16: «The scissors cut off the jagged edge, and the collar praises her as "the first opera dancer" for the way she stretches her legs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+4); the same thing acted on «jagged edge» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the collar a legit boaster, or just cringe?

  • 1. Totally cringe — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Totally cringe, he brags about loves he never had — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Pretty cringe, he flirts with everyone — no support
  • 4. Kinda legit, honestly — 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 ✗

Ayo, where does the collar end up, fr?

  • 1. Under the boot-jack's bed — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The paper mill — no support
  • 3. Rag chest at the paper mill — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Rag heap — 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 ✗

Lowkey, what's the deal with the hair-comb and the boot-jack?

  • 1. They had a fight, and they're not a thing — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. She hates him, they're a total mess — no support
  • 3. She's betrothed to him, and they're a thing — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. She's betrothed to him — 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 ✗

Okay, so the mom loses her kid, but she lets go of the flowers?

  • 1. Yeah, because another mom would be sad too, and she thinks the Lord wants that — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yeah, because another mom would be sad too — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yeah, because another mom would be sad too, so she lets them go and walks home — no support
  • 4. Yeah, another mom would cry, so she's fine — 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 of the following best describes Death's responsibility for the flowers in the garden?

  • 1. Death guards them as God's servant, and the mother may pick one of her choice when she asks — score 2
  • 2. Death tends them as God's gardener and may not pluck one before the Lord gives leave — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 3. Death guards them as God's servant and must ask before picking — score 2
  • 4. Death tends them as God's gardener and may not pluck one before the Lord gives leave, and the mother must learn to wait for her child — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 302, line 3: «Death shows her two flowers in a deep well, one with a happy future and one full of sorrow, and one is her child.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «death» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement most accurately characterises the collar's account of his own past conduct?

  • 1. He admits his vanity but says he is poor — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He boasts of his many sweethearts — no support
  • 3. He boasts extravagantly of many sweethearts, though his own vanity is obvious — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He is truly modest — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following correctly identifies the object cut by the scissors in the narrative?

  • 1. The jagged edge of the collar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The jagged edge of the collar, which the scissors trim off in anger — no support
  • 3. The garter's silken band — no support
  • 4. The hair-comb's broken tooth — 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 the passage, which phrase most accurately describes the mother's final request to God?

  • 1. That He not hear her prayers if they oppose His will, and that He take her child to the kingdom — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. That He ignore her prayers when they go against Him — no support
  • 3. That He not hear her prayers if they oppose His will — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. That He reject her prayers if they break His law — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 302, line 11: «The mother's wish is hard to understand: she asks Death to take the child "into God's kingdom" rather than let it live in misery.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+1); the same place «kingdom» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «child» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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