Andersen's Tales, She Was Good for Nothing, part 1: Care takes the goloshes, the mayor scolds a washer-woman's boy, and bad news reaches the laundress

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 843 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 ✗

Bruv, why did the mayor diss the washer-woman's boy, what was his beef?

1. he said she was a useless washer — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. he thought the mother was a lazy fool — score 5
3. he reckoned the mum was good for nothing — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. he said she was lazy — 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 843, line 12: «The mother has stood in the water "six hours," so she needs something to warm her up.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mother» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what's the bottle in the boy's pocket, innit?

1. a whole quartern of strong spirits that the boy had stolen from the mayor's cellar — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a quartern of strong ale — no support
3. half a quartern of spirits, drunk down before the walk home from the river — no support
4. half a quartern of spirits — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

How long was the mum stood in the freezing river, like, ages?

1. six hours — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. one hour — no support
3. three hours — no support
4. all morning — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the lame lady with the dodgy curl, the gossip queen?

1. Martha — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Mary — no support
3. Ann — no support
4. the gossiping old lady from the mill — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 734, line 15: «"Dame" is an old word for a lady, so "Dame Ilsabill" means Lady Ilsabill.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper harsh, but what did the mayor's footman reckon about the dinner?

1. they had eaten it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. it was already cooked — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. it had been served cold — no support
4. the cook had burnt every single dish on the table — 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 ✗

Why did the laundress go pale as a ghost at the end, what's the story?

1. a neighbour said the mayor had fallen ill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. her mate said the mayor's brother had died in Copenhagen and the whole house was in mourning — no support
3. her mate said the mayor's brother is dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the boy had been caught stealing from the mayor's kitchen and sent to prison — 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 ✓

Mate, was the mayor's dinner gonna be posh nosh, or what?

1. strong rich wine by the bottle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. fine dinner with roast meats — no support
3. sweet puddings and hot soup — no support
4. strong rich wine by the bottle and courses of roast swan and pie — 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 ✗

Who was it in the water with the bench nearly going over, the mum?

1. the cook's helper — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Martha — no support
3. the washer-woman — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the boy — 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 ✗

Ha, so the boy's cap had a broken peak, could he roll it up?

1. no, he kept it on — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yes, he rolled it up — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. no, it fell off — no support
4. no, it was stuck — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 612, line 15: «The herd children: They are safe "so long as the boys keep with the herds", because the tiger will not charge a mob of cattle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «boys» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, who was the student's wish about, like, happiness, was it sorted?

1. he wished for gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he wished for the greatest happiness — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he hoped for a warm bed and food — no support
4. he wished to be famous one day — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is it true the laundress was once a servant at the mayor's, like, years back?

1. yes, in the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, she lived in the town — no support
3. yes, in service there — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yes, she was a maid there — 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 ✗

Wow, the goloshes got nicked by Care, is that fair or what?

1. she believed they belonged to her — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. she was greedy — no support
3. she thought they were her property — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. she claimed they were hers by right — no support

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 843, line 9: «Why: the student "went away of himself, he was not summoned," so Care thinks he did not need the goloshes.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which character, having been addressed by the mayor from an upper window, responded by removing his cap in a manner of respect?

1. the boy, son of the washer-woman, who bowed low and then raised his cap politely — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. the boy, son of the washer-woman — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the footman who bowed to him — no support
4. the mayor's footman, who was standing in the street and watching the whole scene unfold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 2: «Then the Mouse says Alice needs a prize too, so the Dodo takes her own thimble and solemnly presents it back to her, and everyone cheers; Alice finds it absurd…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «own thimble» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the nature of the quantity contained in the bottle carried by the boy, as reported in the mayor's remarks?

1. half a quartern — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a dram — no support
3. a glass of beer — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. some gin — 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 805, line 1: «The furrier's apprentice buys the bottle, and the furrier's daughter packs it into the picnic basket.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «bottle» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the intelligence conveyed to the laundress by Martha, which caused her to experience faintness and distress?

1. that her boy had been sent to prison for stealing from the mayor's house — score 2
2. the death of the mayor's younger brother — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. the news that the mayor's younger brother had died suddenly in Copenhagen — score 8
4. news that the mayor's brother had died — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 843, line 5: «Lame Martha arrives with news that the mayor's brother in Copenhagen has died, and the laundress feels faint.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «brother» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Name the figure who, upon the student's death, removed the goloshes from his feet, and state the reason which she gave in the text for doing so?

1. the stranger, who claimed they were gifts — no support
2. Care, who regarded them as her own property and refused to return them to the student's family — score 1
3. the lame laundress who thought them hers — no support
4. Care, who regarded them as her own property — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 843, line 9: «Why: the student "went away of himself, he was not summoned," so Care thinks he did not need the goloshes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «care» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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