Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 847 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 ✓

Bruv, why did the thistles diss the little plant, innit?

1. Cos it was new and they reckoned it was a rubbish shoot that would never grow up big — score 7
2. Cos it was dead and they reckoned it was a bit rubbish — score 4
3. Cos it was new and they reckoned it was a rubbish shoot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Cos it was late and they reckoned it was dead weed — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 847, line 9: «Why do the thistles sneer? They say "What a ridiculous little shoot!" because the plant is new and unknown to them.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «plant» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, did the professor get proper paid for his bit of writing?

1. Yeah, he got some coins — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he got a massive pile of gold for his treatise and a seat at court — no support
3. Yeah, he got loads of gold and a proper big title from the king — no support
4. Yeah, he got loads of gold — ✓ 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 ✓

Wait, so the young snails reckoned everyone was dead, yeah?

1. Nah, cos they were all hidden away — no support
2. Yeah, cos nobody ever boiled them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yeah, they were dead — no support
4. Yeah, cos nobody ever fed them — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 847, line 7: «What: the young snails think the world has ended, because "nobody contradicted them".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «snails» (+4); the same doer «nobody» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for the king, innit, he was proper sad all the time?

1. Yeah, he had a proper bad sickness — no support
2. Nah, he was fine — score 4
3. Yeah, he had the deepest melancholy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he was sad — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 802, line 9: «Why he is sad: "No one has sung the deeds of my life; they are dead and forgotten."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the swineherd know how rare the plant was, or what?

1. Nah, he just reckoned it was useful for ashes — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he just reckoned it was a bit of a weed — no support
3. Nah, he just reckoned it was useful for ashes and had no clue it was rare at all — no support
4. Yeah, he knew it was rare but sold it anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 847, line 13: «Who ruins the cure? The swineherd says "I did not know any better" after he has burnt the plant for ashes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «plant» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the girl only nick one leaf, bro?

1. Cos she didnt wanna break a flower that'd fade fast, so she just took one leaf — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Cos she reckoned it was too pretty to pick — score 4
3. Cos she didnt wanna break a flower that'd fade fast — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Cos she didnt wanna break a flower that'd fade fast and get in trouble with the mum — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 440, line 9: «The lie in the house: the girl said "aunt's a Baba Yaga, and she wanted to eat me," and her father believed her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «girl» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ya reckon the golden railing was a proper big deal?

1. Yeah, the king made it for the spot — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, the king made it for the spot and put a sentry there too, innit — score 3
3. Yeah, the king had it made for him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Nah, it was just a cheap fence — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 587, line 1: «A blacksmith drinks all week and makes a deal with the Bad Man, the Ole Boy himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the plant dead when the girl got it home, or what?

1. Nah, the leaf stayed green in her Bible — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Nah, it went all brown in the Bible — no support
3. Yeah, it went brown and dry, but she kept the leaf in her Bible anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Nah, the leaf stayed green in her Bible and the girl kept it safe for years — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 847, line 4: «A botanist cannot name the plant, but a poor girl keeps one green leaf in her Bible, and a swineherd carries the plant off.», 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 «poor girl» (+2). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Is Holger Danske just snoozing in some cellar, mate?

1. Yeah, he's just kipping in a cellar — score 2
2. Yeah, he sleeps and dreams of Denmark and wakes up when the danger comes — score 3
3. Yeah, he sleeps down in the cellar and dreams of Denmark all day long — score 2
4. Yeah, he sleeps and dreams of Denmark — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 847, line 14: «Where is Holger Danske? He sits in a deep cellar of Kronenburg, close to the Sound of Elsinore, in Denmark.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «holger» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Wild, the ships blast the castle with cannons, innit?

1. Yeah, they say good-day and it says many thanks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Yeah, they blast it, but it says nothing back — score 1
3. Nah, they just wave — no support
4. Yeah, they blast it — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 176, line 2: «After about fifty days the ship reaches a big town, where the Sultan's officials ask the merchants to write on a roll of paper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ship» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Danes and Swedes fight in winter, or chill out?

1. They fought hard, but they chilled out sometimes — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. They chilled, with a handshake and biscuits, then went back to their own homes — no support
3. They just fought all winter long with swords — no support
4. They chilled, with a handshake and biscuits — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 742, line 12: «The giants fight so hard that they "tore up trees and belaboured each other" until both fell dead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fight» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Do the birds like the plant, or do they bin it?

1. They bowed down before it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They bin it — score -2
3. They flew off, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. They sang loudly over it — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 147, line 14: «The Shepherd "clipped its wings", which means he cut the flight feathers so the bird could not fly off again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly off» (+4); the same doer «bird» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the king's cure ever found, bruv?

1. Nah, the king never got one — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, not even a leaf could be found — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, it was found by a girl — no support
4. Yeah, it was found — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 846, line 5: «The ants offer a queen, which the mother refuses, so the gnats find a shy lady-snail far off, and she arrives after eight days for a quiet wedding.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «queen» (+2); the same doer «mother» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which character is described as having spoken with the greatest eloquence in the burdock forest?

1. The mother-snail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The wise old mother-snail who lived under the burdock — no support
3. The grey mother-snail who spoke from the burdock leaves — no support
4. The old hedgehog — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the poor girl retain after she had examined the wonderful plant?

1. A small green stem — score 0
2. A single green leaf and a small piece of its root — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. A single green leaf — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. A single green leaf from the wonderful plant — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 847, line 4: «A botanist cannot name the plant, but a poor girl keeps one green leaf in her Bible, and a swineherd carries the plant off.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal consequence of the swineherd's disposal of the plant?

1. The plant was burned — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The king's cure was lost forever and the kingdom grew sad and silent — no support
3. The king's cure was lost — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The king got sick — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what location is the castle of Kronenburg situated, according to the narrative?

1. Close by the Sound of Elsinore — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Near the coast of Jutland — no support
3. Close by the Sound of Elsinore, where the ships pass by the castle — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Close by the Sound of Elsinore on the northern coast of the island — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 831, line 9: «WHEN: Years pass, and Anastasia has grown "into a beautiful maiden" without the narrator noticing it happen.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pass» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). 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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