Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 848 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 ✓
Yo, what's the old dude carving, like, for real?
- 1. Holger Danske for a ship's front — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. some ancient Viking warrior carved for the prow of a big ship in the harbor — no support
- 3. Holger Danske, like the figure for the front of a ship, lol — no support
- 4. a ship's figurehead, nothing else — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, which lion is the top one meant to be?
- 1. King Christian — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. King Canute — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Harald — no support
- 4. King Valdemar — 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 761, line 16: «Old word: "suitor" means a man who wants to marry a particular woman, and today we just say "boyfriend" or "admirer."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «man» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, who was stuck in that dark prison?
- 1. a queen — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Margaret Ulfeld — no support
- 3. the queen who was jailed by King Frederick for many years — no support
- 4. Eleanor Ulfeld — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, which ship was grandpa actually on?
- 1. the great royal warship that sailed out of Copenhagen — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the Denmark — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the flagship of the Danish navy in the second battle — no support
- 4. the Victory — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lowkey, what did that sailor dude do in the fight?
- 1. ran away from the enemy fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. sang loudly and fought as if he were a god come down from heaven — no support
- 3. sang and fought like more than a man — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. fought bravely and wept loudly — 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 ✗
Is Holger Danske actually awake at the end, fam?
- 1. no, but he nods and asks us all to remember him someday — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. yes, he awoke at once and rode to the king with his sword — score 6
- 3. no, he sleeps on forever — no support
- 4. no, but he'll wake up one day — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 848, line 5: «Down at Kronenburg, Holger hears it all in his dream and says to remember him, and the morning cannons say only "Good morning."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «remember» (+4); the same doer «holger» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Okay, what do the cannons mean with the boom, no cap?
- 1. they fire to wake the sleeping town — no support
- 2. good morning and thank you — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. they say good morning and thank you to the fleet and the king — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. they seem to say good morning and thank you to every sailor who fought — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 848, line 5: «Down at Kronenburg, Holger hears it all in his dream and says to remember him, and the morning cannons say only "Good morning."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, what even is Kronenburg?
- 1. a castle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the stone royal palace in the middle of Copenhagen — no support
- 3. a city — no support
- 4. a fortress on a hill near the northern shore — 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 ✗
Was the little boy in bed actually awake for the talk?
- 1. no, he slept through it all — score 6
- 2. yes, he heard about the castle — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. no, he was fast asleep and dreaming about dragons and ships — score 6
- 4. yes, he listened carefully to every word about the battle and the king — ← Mova's choice · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 330, line 4: «Hook wants Peter above all, and up in the trees the boys hear Peter say that the redskins would beat the tom-tom if they had won.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+4); the same doer «boys» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Who wrote those funny plays on the shelf?
- 1. Holberg — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Hans — score 5
- 3. Bertel — score 5
- 4. Egede — 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 369, line 18: «Old word "composed": "composed himself to rest" means settled himself calmly; today we would say he got comfortable.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «compose» (+4); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
What's the Round Tower doing on that calendar, like?
- 1. it's on an almanac — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. it's a picture of the tower on a yearly almanac of the stars — no support
- 3. it's a drawing of the castle on a big wall calendar from the shop — no support
- 4. it's a printed page — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Dude, what were the hearts about again?
- 1. gentleness and love — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the gentle hearts of children and mothers across the land — no support
- 3. kindness and peace — no support
- 4. mercy and hope — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the guy with the silver locks and blue eyes?
- 1. Christian the Fourth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Christian the Seventh — no support
- 3. Frederick — no support
- 4. King Frederick the Sixth — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which figure does the old carver produce for the prow of a vessel?
- 1. Holger Danske, erect and bearded, bearing a battle-axe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. a tall warrior with a shield and helmet — no support
- 3. a fierce bearded giant who kneels with a battle-axe and a shining golden crown upon his head — no support
- 4. Holger Danske, upright and bearded, holding a shield and a spear over the waves of the sea — 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 848, line 7: «What: he carves Holger Danske, who stands "erect and proud, with his long beard," holding a broad battle-axe.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «broad battle axe» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the stated significance of the lions and hearts in the Danish arms?
- 1. honor and wisdom both — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. strength and gentleness respectively — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the lions stand for strength and the hearts for gentleness and love of country — no support
- 4. courage and pride — 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
On what occasion did the grandfather serve aboard the vessel Denmark?
- 1. the engagement of the second of April — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the siege of the fortress town — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. the sinking of the king's ship — no support
- 4. a storm at sea — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 510, line 3: «Furious, Apollo destroys the Cyclops who forged the thunderbolts, and is sent as a shepherd to serve King Admetus.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «serve» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-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 does the grandfather suppose Holger Danske reached the Danish fleet?
- 1. by swimming from Kronenburg — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. by walking over the frozen sound — no support
- 3. by sailing from the harbor town — no support
- 4. by swimming — 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
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