Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a mother's ghostly farewell ends, and a proud girl sneers at "sen" names at a party

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 810 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 ✗

bro, who's the sus ghost dude that takes the mom under the grave?

1. A tall man in a long coat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Death, in a black cloak — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A ghost — no support
4. A pale man, in a grey coat — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, what did the kid say he could do now?

1. Play with the other happy kids — no support
2. Fly off with the other happy kids — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fly off with the other happy kids up into the bright sky above the church tower — no support
4. Run off with the other kids now — ← Mova's choice · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 142, line 2: «A sly Fox has been watching from nearby, and when they are too weak to move, he sneaks in and runs off with the kid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, where's the kid pointing at in that hall?

1. At the old oak table — no support
2. At the door — no support
3. At the big dark curtain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. At the wall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 810, line 8: «Where: the hall lies beyond "a large dark curtain," which separates the regions of death from the land of eternity.», 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 (+2); the same place «large dark curtain» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, who was calling her name from up top?

1. Her brother, all plaintive — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Her husband, all plaintive and sad, from the top of the stairs above the grave — score 6
3. Her husband, who had been waiting at the window all night in a broken voice — score 2
4. Her husband, all plaintive — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 810, line 11: «Who else: her husband and daughters call her name from above, and she has "nearly forgotten them."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «names» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

bruh, what did she say gave her the strength?

1. God, through her kid in the grave — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Her own stubborn heart, through the years she spent praying alone in the dark church — no support
3. God, through her kid lying in the grave under the old churchyard wall — no support
4. Prayer, through the bell in town — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 674, line 5: «Her kiss gives him strength, he hurls the dragon into the sky, and the dragon's pieces turn into a boar, a hare and a pigeon.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); the same thing acted on «strength» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what hour was it when she woke up?

1. Midnight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Late at night, long after the lamps had been lit and the church doors had closed for good — no support
3. Early, with the sun bursting out over the hills and the birds singing in the trees — no support
4. Early, with the sun bursting out — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

ok so where did the mom wake up, fr?

1. In the churchyard on her kid's grave — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. In the church by the altar rail — no support
3. In the churchyard, lying on her kid's grave with her face pressed to the cold stone — no support
4. In her own bed at home, with her husband asleep beside her and the window open wide — 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 ✗

bro, what was the merchant's pops at first?

1. A grain merchant, honest and kind — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A cattle dealer, honest and hustling, who sold horses at every fair in the district — no support
3. A poor clerk, honest and hustling, who had worked in the town office for many years — no support
4. A cattle dealer, honest and hustling — ✓ the right answer · 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

lmao, what did the proud girl call herself?

1. A daughter of the king — no support
2. A child of the palace — score 2
3. A child of the court, and her father was the most important man in the whole land — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. A child of the court — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 805, line 13: «Who: Peter Jensen is "one of the crew," and his shipmates call the bottle "the apothecary."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+8). Against it: the same doer «peter» (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, what did she say about the "sen" names?

1. They are never worth much at all — no support
2. They can never be anything at all, though they may work hard all their lives — score -1
3. They can never be anything at all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. They will always be poor and small — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 464, line 19: «Hard word: "without reserve" means telling everything with nothing held back; today we say "without holding anything back."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «anything» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus, what did the merchant's girl say her papa could buy?

1. A hundred dollars of bonbons and a new doll from the shop on the square — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Every toy in the window of the grand toyshop and a pony to ride home on — no support
3. A dozen silver spoons for tea — no support
4. A hundred dollars of bonbons — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, who was peeping through the crack in the door?

1. A ragged boy who swept the floor — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A poor girl who carried the coal — score 2
3. The dog under the table who waited for scraps from the rich children's plates — no support
4. A poor boy who turned the spit — ✓ 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 810, line 5: «A proud girl boasts that the "sen" names can never amount to anything, while a poor boy peeps through the door.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «poor boy» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

fr, why couldn't the poor boy go in?

1. He was too lowly to enter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He was not asked to come — no support
3. He was too lowly to enter, and the servants had orders to keep such children out of the room — no support
4. He had no fine clothes — 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 entity conducts the mother beneath the churchyard to the presence of her deceased child?

1. Death, in the form of a spectre — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A spectre — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. An old sexton in a grey coat — score 6
4. Death — 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 121, line 17: «When she is led to the scaffold, the last shirt "yet wanted the left sleeve".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lead» (+5); the same thing acted on «queen» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What petition does the mother offer upon awakening at the grave?

1. A plea for her husband's health — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. A wish for her child's rest — score 4
3. A prayer for forgiveness — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. A prayer — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 677, line 1: «The emperor's heralds are in despair until an ugly old woman with a hump offers to find the maiden in the tree-top.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ugly old woman» (+3); the same action «offer» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the social standing of the poor boy, as stated in the narrative?

1. He is of a lowly station, and the servants have been told to keep him out of the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He is from a farming family — score 2
3. He is of a lowly station — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He is of a noble birth — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 333, line 12: «Where: The boys are kept in the hold and then the brig, the ship's prison, before the plank is made ready.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «boys» (+1). 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 · right ✓

What reason does the proud girl give for the superiority of well-born children?

1. Birth is all — no support
2. Breeding matters — no support
3. Their parents have always been the richest — no support
4. No one who is not well-born can rise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 742, line 20: «Old word: a "dowry" is the money or land a bride's family gives to her husband, and "armour-bearer" meant the servant who carried a warrior's armour.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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