Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks on alone, deeper into the wood after the sound

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 800 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 ✗

yo, the king's son was totally not giving up, right?

1. nah, he turned back at the lake — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, he went home early, sadly — score 4
3. nah, he was going deeper into the wood, no way he quit that day — score 4
4. nah, he was going deeper, no way he quit — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 224, line 14: «The Sultan: he is "surrounded by his ministers, all clad in the deepest mourning" when his son returns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+4); the same doer «son» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the owl dude really find the bell or what?

1. nope, he just wrote boring essays about an owl for the whole year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nope, he just wrote long papers on it — no support
3. nope, he just wrote boring essays about an owl — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, he only wrote dull reports on owls — 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 ✓

why'd the rich girl ditch the wood trip, bro?

1. she had to try on her ball dress — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. she had a fitting for her gown — score 0
3. she had a dress fitting today — no support
4. she had to try on her new ball dress for the party — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 800, line 11: «Why not: the rich woman stays to try on her ball dress, the poor boy must return a borrowed coat, and the third child keeps to his parents' rule.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+3); the same place «ball dress» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

how many of y'all turned back at the willows, fam?

1. two young ones quit early — no support
2. two bailed — no support
3. two little ones bailed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. two little ones quit at the lake — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 5: «He sends his cat on the master's ship, then hears the Bow bells, and turns back towards the city.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

what was the poor kid wearing, like for real?

1. wooden shoes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. just clogs — no support
3. wooden shoes and a jacket with short sleeves — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. wooden clogs and a thin shirt — 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 ✓

did the monkeys actually try to thrash the prince?

1. they talked about it, but he kept walking — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. they threatened him, but he went on — no support
3. they talked about it at length, but in the end he simply kept walking on — score 5
4. they shouted at him, yet he walked on — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 176, line 1: «A monkey who can speak, and who tells his own story, has just been saved from an arrow by the captain of the ship.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+4); the same doer «monkey» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

that little bell on the hut, was it the one, dude?

1. the prince said it was too small and thin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. the prince said it was too cracked and old — score 5
3. the prince said it was far too cracked — score 5
4. yes, it was the one — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 798, line 15: «Why the earwig mothers talk so much: each thinks her own child is the best, and one says "Our dear son has engaged himself."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «one» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

the emperor's prize was like what, a castle?

1. nah, the title Bellringer to the World — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, the title Bellringer to the World and a royal pension — no support
3. nah, a title and a small purse — no support
4. nope, just the title of Bellringer — 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 ✗

did the sound come from a church in the wood?

1. nobody could actually see one, and the owl man later wrote a whole dissertation about the mystery — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. nobody could see it, it was a riddle — score 1
3. nobody could actually see one, it was a mystery — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. nobody could see one, so it stayed a puzzle — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 800, line 7: «What: they hear a bell "so beautifully and solemnly" that seems to come from a church in the wood, but nobody can see it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

what's up with the lake, did the prince swim in it?

1. nah, he only saw swans flapping their wings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. nah, he only saw swans flapping their wings from the shore at dusk — score 6
3. nah, he only saw ducks skimming the water — score 6
4. nah, he only saw geese on the lake — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 775, line 12: «Why: the third brother wins because he "rode so quickly that he did not even see what the road was made of".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the prince say he'd go to the end of the world?

1. he wanted the prize — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. he wanted to win the prize money — score 5
3. he was determined to find the bell — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. he was bored — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 783, line 9: «Why: the youth wants to learn fear, but he keeps failing, so he says "I cannot manage to shudder," even after a bearded giant threatens him.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the poor boy get scratched up by the thorns?

1. yes, his arms and legs were torn — score 2
2. yeah, his hands, face, feet and legs all bled from the thorns — no support
3. yeah, his face and arms were scratched — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. yeah, his hands, face and feet bled — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 800, line 14: «The poor boy: he goes "into the deepest part of the wood," where thorns tear his clothes and scratch his hands, face and feet until they bleed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scratch» (+4); the same doer «thorns» (+1); the same thing acted on «hands» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

what did the willow stall guy do with the bell?

1. he hung it up on his stall without a clapper for the crowd — score 9
2. he hung it on a wooden post — score 8
3. he mounted it on a wooden post — no support
4. he hung it up without a clapper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 800, line 2: «The rich ride, the poor walk, and they stop at the willow trees, where a confectioner sells tea and hangs up a bell with no clapper.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same action «hang up» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the principal reason the king's son continues alone into the wood?

1. He wishes to see the bell, despite the long walk ahead. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He is determined to locate the bell, regardless of the difficulty and danger of the journey through the dark wood and across the cold lakes. — no support
3. He is determined to locate the bell, regardless of the difficulty of the journey. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He is eager to find the bell, whatever the journey costs 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which account correctly states the outcome of the owl man's investigation of the sound?

1. He was given the title, but his answer stayed unsure. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He was appointed Bellringer to the World, though his explanation remained uncertain. — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He received the title, yet his theory was never proven. — no support
4. He was appointed Bellringer to the World with a generous pension, though his explanation of the sound remained uncertain and disputed by many scholars. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 191, line 8: «Where: Sindbad goes to the Caliph at "Bagdad" to give an account of his embassy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the most accurate reason the three children did not join the outing?

1. One had a party gown to try on, one had to return a coat, and one followed a mother's order. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. One had a ball dress to fit, one had to give back borrowed clothes, and one stayed by a family rule. — no support
3. One was ill, one was busy, one was scared. — no support
4. One had a ball dress to try on, one had to return borrowed clothing, and one kept to a parental rule. — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 101, line 1: «The father and stepmother lead the children deep into the forest and tell them to rest by a fire while the grown-ups chop wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «father» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which statement correctly identifies the event that makes the king's son's journey differ from the others?

1. He doubts the bell and goes home. — no support
2. He rejects the little bell as the true source and walks on deeper into the wood. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He questions the tiny bell as the origin and keeps going farther in. — no support
4. He dismisses the little bell as the true cause and continues farther on into the forest until the sound fades completely behind him. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 695, line 8: «Where: the ring is lost in a brook beside a palace, and the eldest son walks through a wood to a bare hillside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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