Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Match Girl: a poor girl freezes on New Year's Eve

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 306 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, what did the little girl actually flog on the street?

1. knitted scarves and hats — no support
2. hot chestnuts from a cart — score 5
3. figs — score 5
4. matches — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 306, line 6: «Who: a poor little girl, bareheaded and barefoot, selling matches on the streets of a city on New Year's Eve.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «poor little girl» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «matches» (+1); the same place «streets» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, what time of year was it, like?

1. New Year's Eve — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Boxing Day, the big sale day, like — no support
3. the first day of the spring holiday, like — no support
4. Christmas Eve — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, who nicked one of her slippers?

1. a sneaky boy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. an urchin — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a dog — no support
4. a passing cart — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper gutted, what did her nan tell her about falling stars?

1. a soul goes to God — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a sign that her dad would come home — no support
3. a wish made by people — no support
4. a bad omen — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 17: «An old Crab tells her daughter "never to lose your temper", and the daughter snaps "Hold your tongue, Ma! You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same receiver «daughter» (+5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what was stuffed in the roast goose?

1. onions and bread — no support
2. apples — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. sausage and cabbage — no support
4. apple and dried plums — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 4: «Servants and young ladies hang sweets, gold apples and tiny candles on him, and he can hardly wait for evening.», 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). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead sad, what colour were her cheeks when they found her?

1. all pink and warm and healthy — no support
2. pale — no support
3. bright red, like she'd been running — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. rosy — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 243, line 1: «A poor old woman who runs errands for the farmers' wives finds a big black pot at the side of the road.», 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 action «run» (+3); the same doer «poor old woman» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, why didn't she go home?

1. her dad had locked her out of the house — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she didn't want to face her angry stepmother and dad — no support
3. she feared her dad's belt — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. her dad would shout at her — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Seriously, what did she strike off the wall first?

1. one — score 0
2. a candle — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. a match — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. a lamp — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 290, line 13: «Many young men go to the palace, but inside they are struck dumb and can only repeat "the last word they had uttered".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «strike» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «men» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Barefoot, what was on her feet by the end?

1. bare toes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. old boots — no support
3. nothing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. one torn slipper only — 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 ✗

Bro, who loved her the most?

1. dad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. her uncle — no support
3. her gran — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. mum — 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 ✓

Yo, what did the first match show her?

1. a stove — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. a big roast goose on a plate — score 10
3. a window — score 10
4. a lamp — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 115, line 7: «What: the forbidden portrait shows the daughter of the King of the Golden Palace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+5); the same receiver «daughter» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mad, how many matches did she burn all at once?

1. a few — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. all of them — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. the last one — score 6
4. two — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 95, line 3: «The Dog makes his bargain too: be kind to the Baby or be bitten. The Cat agrees, as long as the Baby does not pull his tail too hard, but again says he walks b…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bite» (+3); the same doer «dog» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what happened to the learned man?

1. he got killed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he died — no support
3. he ran away — no support
4. he left — 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 · right ✓

On which day did the young girl perish from the cold, according to the text?

1. the last day of the old year — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Christmas Day — no support
3. midwinter — no support
4. the first day of spring — 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 · right ✓

What was the girl's stated purpose in striking the matches against the wall?

1. to dry her hands — no support
2. to warm her fingers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. to light the stove — score -4
4. to see better — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 306, line 4: «She strikes match after match to warm her fingers, and each little flame shows her a warm stove, a roast goose, a Christmas tree.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «warm» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Who, according to the passage, conveyed the girl's soul up to God?

1. her deceased grandmother — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. her deceased grandmother who had loved her — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. the angels who lived in the sky above the city — no support
4. the falling star itself — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 306, line 16: «A falling star makes her think of her grandmother, who had said "when a star falls, a soul ascends to God".», 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 «grandmother» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What fate befell the learned man at the conclusion of the preceding portion?

1. he was taken away and never seen again — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. he was sent to exile — score 1
3. he fled the city quickly — no support
4. he was deprived of life — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 188, line 11: «Why: Sindbad keeps sailing because "it was my fate to rove", even though his friends try to keep him at home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fate» (+2). Against it: the same doer «wine» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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