Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14: the widow's son returns, and Olaf Hase breaks into the church on Christmas night

Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 803 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 ✓

Oi, did you finish the Borglum bishop bit?

1. Yeah, he's proper greedy, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he's dead boring — no support
3. Nah, not yet, I'm still stuck on the knight bit, mate, innit — no support
4. Yeah, he's dead greedy — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So who even is this bishop, mate?

1. A right greedy old grafter who wants his cousin's land — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. A proper dodgy old grafter who nicked the abbey's money and wants land — score 3
3. Some Danish churchman who grabbed the widow's rents and wants his cousin's land too — score 3
4. A bishop with a grudge about rent — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 803, line 3: «The bishop wants his dead cousin's rich land, so he drags the widow to court and gets the Pope to curse her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+4); the same thing acted on «rich land» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Why's the widow getting curs'd by the Pope?

1. Cos the bishop grassed her up to him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Cos she owed the church money — no support
3. Cos she grassed him — no support
4. Cos she refused the bishop's offer — 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 803, line 3: «The bishop wants his dead cousin's rich land, so he drags the widow to court and gets the Pope to curse her.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bishop» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what's the Pope's ban actually saying?

1. Everyone must shun her, mate — no support
2. Nobody helps her, mate — no support
3. Pope says no help — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Nobody's allowed to help her, mate — ✓ the right answer · 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 767, line 17: «He is unsure: "He was undecided, and knew not if he were worthy of this," but he says yes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pope» (+1). Against it: the same action «say» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the widow just hop on a wagon and bolt?

1. Yeah, with her old maid, pulled by two black oxen — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, with her cook, pulled by two grey horses — no support
3. Nah, she walked with her son, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, with her maid — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 670, line 6: «Who is the boy? He is the son of "a poor widow who had one little boy," and he is no ordinary child because his sword is growing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «poor widow» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the knight that nabs her in Franconia?

1. Her own son, Jens Glob, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Her cousin's son, a stalwart knight who'd been looking for her for ages, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Her brother, Olaf Hase — no support
4. Her own son, Jens Glob, who'd come from Denmark with twelve men, innit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 681, line 21: «Old word: "a host in himself" means one knight seems like a whole army; "host" once meant a large army.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «seem» (+4); the same doer «one knight» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the mum react when she saw him?

1. She laughed, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She fainted, cos she was shocked — no support
3. She wept, cos she'd been ill — no support
4. She bawled, cos she hadn't cried for years — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's Jens's first move against the bishop?

1. He takes him to court, both sorts of court — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He takes him to both the church court and the king's court, double-quick, innit — no support
3. He drags him to church court — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. He takes the bishop to court, both sorts, and gets his cousin to back him up — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 803, line 3: «The bishop wants his dead cousin's rich land, so he drags the widow to court and gets the Pope to curse her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «court» (+3). Against it: the same action «drag» (-1); a different doer (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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who'd Jens write to for backup, then?

1. His brother, mate — ← Mova's choice · score -6
2. His uncle, Ivar Hase — no support
3. His brother-in-law, Olaf Hase — ✓ the right answer · score -6
4. His cousin, Olaf Vest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 589, line 19: «The book writes its words as they were spoken by the old man, so the spelling is not the way people write today.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old man» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Where's the big showdown set, then?

1. The church at Widberg, on Christmas eve — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The church at Widberg, on Christmas eve, after the storm — no support
3. The church at Thyland, Christmas — no support
4. Ottesworde's church, on the night before the bishop's Christmas mass, innit — 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 ✓

How's the storm that the trumpet kicks off?

1. Massive and freezing, innit — no support
2. Massive, dead scary, and getting worse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Massive, mate — no support
4. Dead loud and getting worse — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 751, line 16: «Why did he turn back to the mill? The storm of rain and wind grew so bad that he "could go no farther".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «storm» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What does Olaf do when he gets there?

1. Lays into the church door with his sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Stabs the bishop's guard — no support
3. Bangs on the church gate — no support
4. Dismisses his men, then lays into the church door with his sword, mate, proper hard — 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 ✓

Which of the following best describes the bishop's attempt to deprive the widow of her inheritance, as presented in the passage?

1. He sought a papal ban after a quarrel with the king — no support
2. He won a royal decree after the church courts failed — no support
3. He secured a papal decree excommunicating her, having failed to gain satisfaction through the civil courts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. He secured a papal decree excommunicating her after he had first bribed local judges and then the king's council in Ribe — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 803, line 3: «The bishop wants his dead cousin's rich land, so he drags the widow to court and gets the Pope to curse her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «curse» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «widow» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately records the sequence by which the widow's son became aware of his mother's situation?

1. The knight learned of the widow's flight from Thyland when a messenger reached him, then tracked her to Franconia where he found her — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A priest in Franconia informed the knight of her flight — no support
3. The widow's maid wrote to her son in Ribe, and the knight travelled to Franconia where he found the widow on the heath, weeping. — score 2
4. The widow was discovered by a knight in Franconia, who had been informed of her journey from Denmark — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 800, line 13: «The little bell: it hangs on a hut of bark, and the king's son thinks it is "too small and too thin" to be the one he heard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3). Against it: the same doer «son» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately identifies the purpose of the storm during the events at Widberg church, as the passage presents it?

1. The storm delayed Olaf Hase and tested his warriors in the sea crossing, while the bishop had already reached the church before it broke — score 2
2. The storm drowned ten of Olaf's men, then struck the church, so that the bishop read the sentence amid the wreckage — score -1
3. The storm hid Olaf's warriors from the bishop — score -1
4. The storm delayed Olaf Hase and tested the warriors in the sea crossing, while the bishop arrived before it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 758, line 2: «When evening comes Hans finds her asleep, hangs bells round her with a fowler's net, and shuts the door.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the outcome of Olaf Hase's arrival at the church, as stated in the passage?

1. He struck the church door with his sword, shattering a panel, after Jens Glob had tried to shut it against him in the storm — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He struck the church door with his sword, shattering a panel as Jens Glob attempted to close it against him — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He dismissed his warriors, then struck the church door with his sword, but Jens Glob pushed it shut and the bishop escaped through the vestry, innit — no support
4. He cut the bishop's guard down outside — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 803, line 5: «Jens writes to Olaf Hase, and on Christmas night Olaf fights through the storm to Widberg and smashes the church door.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «storm» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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