Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving mother slips out to her son's grave at night and meets a stranger

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 809 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 ✗

ok so the lil boy who died, how old was he fr?

1. two — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. five years old — score 1
3. seven — no support
4. four years old — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 324, line 1: «Wendy sits on Marooners' Rock stitching while the boys doze in the sun, and then the lagoon turns cold and grey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the mum who wouldnt believe, did she ghost her own family?

1. she didn't see them much — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she zoned out on them — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she basically ghosted them and went to the grave every night — no support
4. she was mad at them — 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 which sis was getting confirmed, the big one or the lil one?

1. the middle one — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. the big one — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. the little one — score 5
4. the younger one, the lil sis — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 308, line 18: «Old word: "confirmed" means taking part in a church ceremony that makes a young person a full member of the church; Cupid follows the maidens going to be confi…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «confirm» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «maidens» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, where did she sneak off to at night, like which spot?

1. to the grave by the gate — ← Mova's choice · score -7
2. to the grave in the churchyard — ✓ the right answer · score -7
3. to the spot under the yew tree where her dead son lies — no support
4. to the graveyard behind the church where her little boy is buried — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 253, line 5: «He brings his pig, then his dead mother in a sack, but each time the wise woman asks a riddle he cannot answer, until a lass offers to look after him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-6). The right option, 2, scored -7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

did her husband notice she was gone, or was he just snoring?

1. he was up all night reading — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was out cold asleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he slept right through it — no support
4. he had drunk a lot of wine and slept until the morning light came in — 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 ✓

what was the mum even saying about God, was she salty?

1. God does not know it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. God is silent — no support
3. God has forsaken us now — no support
4. God's gone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 809, line 7: «WHAT: she refuses to believe the child is dead and says, "God does not know it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+3). Against it: the same doer «god» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

ok the coffin got nailed shut somewhere, where tho?

1. in the parlour below — score 4
2. in the hall — score 4
3. in a distant room — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. in the next room — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 809, line 11: «The coffin was nailed down in a distant room "that she might not hear the blows of the hammer."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «nail down» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «coffin» (+1); the same place «distant room» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the stranger in the black hoodie, what was his vibe?

1. grim and quite angry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. really stern and cold but kinda hopeful about her future — no support
3. stern but kinda hopeful — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. really stern, like a judge, but secretly kinda hopeful for her — 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 · ★ · right ✓

did the stranger's voice hit her hard or nah?

1. it went straight to her heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it hit her like a wave — no support
3. it rang in her ears — no support
4. it scared her — 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 ✗

what did she hold at the sick-bed, like the hand or what?

1. his hand — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a cloth — score 2
3. his pale hand — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. her son's cold hand — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 677, line 8: «Where: the maiden lives high in a tree in a "dark wood", and the old woman enters it alone while the others wait outside.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «wood» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the grave looked like what, a big bunch of flowers, right?

1. a large nosegay of fragrant flowers laid on a stone — no support
2. a small patch of violets — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. a nosegay of fragrant flowers — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. a tall marble stone covered with a great nosegay of fragrant red flowers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 100, line 12: «fact: The nurse is the first to see the Queen, who appears at midnight and says, "How fares my child! how fares my fawn?"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «appear» (+3); the same thing acted on «queen» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did she have faith still or was it totally gone?

1. she still prayed daily — no support
2. she lost her faith completely after the death of her son — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. she doubted God a little — score 1
4. she lost her faith — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 809, line 8: «WHAT: she loses her faith and thinks that man "was but dust" and that all existence ends.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4); the same thing acted on «faith» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

how did her grief feel, like honestly?

1. a ship with no rudder — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a great ship drifting without any compass or rudder in the dark — no support
3. a lost boat — no support
4. a boat with no oars — 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 describes the figure who addresses the mother at the grave?

1. A man in a black cloak with a hood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. A pale young man wrapped in a heavy black cloak with a hood over his face — no support
3. A tall stranger in a long black cloak with a deep hood and boots — score 5
4. An old woman in a dark shawl — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 794, line 10: «The moon is described as "a pale, rayless surface", which shows the night is cold and empty.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «describe» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

At what season of the year does the nocturnal visit to the churchyard take place?

1. the start of late autumn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the middle of October — no support
3. midsummer — no support
4. the beginning of September — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reason does the narrator give for the mother's loss of faith?

1. her great grief over the child — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. her despair at losing the child and her husband's coldness towards her — score 1
3. her sorrow for the lost boy — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. her great grief over the child and her anger at God's silence — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 487, line 5: «The old man revives the Princess, shares the King's reward, and gives the Pope the third share meant for the thief.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old man» (-1). 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 · right ✓

By what means did the mother's husband remain unaware of her departure?

1. he had fallen into healthful sleep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. he had been so exhausted from the funeral preparations that he slept through — score 1
3. he had drunk a great deal of wine after supper and sank into heavy slumber — score 1
4. he had been kept awake by the cold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 809, line 12: «Her husband prays and falls into sleep, so he "did not notice that his wife arose".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «sleep» (+3); the same action «fall» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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