Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a proud buckwheat defies the storm and is burnt black

Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 807 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, what was the bottle neck just chilling in?

1. A glass case — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A jar — no support
3. A box — no support
4. A bird cage — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

ngl, why was the bottle neck so famous?

1. It flew in a balloon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. It was shiny — no support
3. It rode a kite — no support
4. It sailed on a ship — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 807, line 8: «Why was it remarkable? Because "it had been in a balloon", and nothing else of its history was known.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what's the buckwheat's big problem?

1. He's way too proud of his tall stalk and his flowers that bloom so white — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He's way too loud — no support
3. He's way too proud — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He's way too proud and insults everyone in the field every single morning — 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 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, what did the buckwheat call the willow?

1. He called it a stupid tree that weeps all day long — score 1
2. Stupid tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Dumb stump — no support
4. Silly weed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 807, line 20: «Hard words: "betrothal" means an engagement to marry, and "nosegay" is what we now call a posy, a small bunch of flowers.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same doer «hard words» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, what did the storm angel do?

1. Ran away — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Went home — no support
3. Lit the clouds with fire — no support
4. Spread wings across the sky — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what happened to the buckwheat after the storm?

1. It grew very tall — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. It got burnt black by the lightning and lay in the field for many days — no support
3. It was soaked wet — no support
4. It got burnt black — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+1). Against it: the same doer «storm» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus, why was the willow dripping?

1. Water fell from his leaves like tears, since he was crying over the lost buckwheat field — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dew dripped from his branches — no support
3. Water fell from his leaves — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Water fell from his leaves after the storm, because he felt sorry for the buckwheat — 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 ✓

wait, who told the story to the narrator?

1. The old sparrows who sat on the church roof every morning — score 1
2. The sparrows — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The blackbirds — score 5
4. An owl — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 807, line 19: «Who tells the tale? The narrator heard it from the sparrows, who heard it from the old willow-tree.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

lol, what did the butterfly want?

1. A bride — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A pretty bride who would dance with him in the meadow — no support
3. A flower — no support
4. A friend — 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 ✗

ok, so the daisy said nothing, right?

1. No, she spoke — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Right, she flew away — no support
3. Yes, she stayed quiet — no support
4. Right, she stayed dumb — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

what's the vibe of the pea-blossom?

1. Pretty and handy in the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Sweet and shy — no support
3. Cheerful and bright in the sun — no support
4. Quiet and humble in the garden — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

did the butterfly actually propose?

1. No, he was just about to — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, he did — no support
3. Yes, he kneeled and asked — no support
4. No, he never even tried — 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 object hung within the bird's cage?

1. A small wooden cage — score 5
2. A ring — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The neck of a bottle — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. A bell — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 41, line 12: «Behind one blind hangs a bird-cage, «even to yesterday's dull-edged lump of sugar»; the bird yawns «in a bored sort of way» and «settled his head into his back…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hang» (+5); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the fate of the buckwheat during the storm?

1. It was eaten — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. It was drowned by the rain flood — score -1
3. It was stepped on — score 1
4. It was scorched black by lightning — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 453, line 15: «One forgetful word, "It is mine," sets the corn on fire; he saves it by naming Militsa as owner.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the willow-tree advise the buckwheat to protect itself?

1. By staring up at the bright sky above — no support
2. By bending its head and closing its flowers, as the other plants in the field had done — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. By bending its head and closing its flowers — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By calling loudly to the storm angel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 798, line 16: «Old word: "shod" means fitted with horseshoes, and a "farrier" is the smith who did that work; people still use the word today.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+6); the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the butterfly's final encounter before the tale closed?

1. An unfinished proposal to the pea-blossom — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A quarrel with the old willow tree — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. An unfinished proposal to the pea-blossom, which he never finished because the daisy scolded him — no support
4. An unfinished proposal to the pea-blossom, cut short by the sudden arrival of the storm — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 771, line 16: «Old word: a "ducat" was an old gold coin used across Europe; today it is only found in old stories.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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