Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost in the forest, the children meet a gypsy with wishing nuts
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 849 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 ✓
Mate, why did the pig end up in the drink, innit?
- 1. the two men both grabbed it and dropped it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. one man pushed it and it fell out — no support
- 3. they threw it away — no support
- 4. they both grabbed it, then it slipped — 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 ✗
Proper gutted, was Ib really going to give Christina wooden shoes?
- 1. yes, he carved two of them for her — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. yes, he carved two of them for her and gave them with a kiss — score 6
- 3. yes, he promised to carve them for her — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. no, he only carved a wooden pig — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 849, line 1: «Jeppe Jans and his son Ib make wooden shoes, and Ib carves two little shoes for Little Christina.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carve» (+4); the same doer «ib» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, how far did they go in the wood before they stopped?
- 1. they walked into the thicket until they found the house and got lost again — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. they went so far into the wood that they got really lost in the thicket — no support
- 3. they walked all the way to the lake — no support
- 4. they got really lost in the thicket — ✓ 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 ✗
Seriously, why'd their faces go all black like that?
- 1. from drinking the lake water — score -1
- 2. from eating loads of blackberries — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. from rolling in the mud by the stream — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. from the fire — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 65, line 3: «Over lunch Toad tells all his adventures as if they were splendid fun, and the Rat grows more and more grave and silent. Then the Rat speaks seriously: Toad ha…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «rat» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what was the scream in the forest?
- 1. an owl — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a fox — no support
- 3. an eagle — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a raven — 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 ✗
Dead funny, where did they crash out for the night?
- 1. by the fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. on the dry leaves — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. under the big tree — no support
- 4. in the boat — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, what was the big sparkly thing they saw on the hill?
- 1. a river — no support
- 2. a clear lake full of fish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. a shining stone house — no support
- 4. a green hill of bushes — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 849, line 5: «On a hill they find a clear lake and hazel nuts, and a gypsy woman gives Ib three wishing nuts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what did the gypsy lady give Ib?
- 1. three wishing nuts — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. a wooden stick — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. three hazel branches — score 0
- 4. a knotted green stick — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 769, line 10: «Why: Lily says "the word you have given must be kept", so she keeps her promise to her father.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Honestly, how many nuts did she show them?
- 1. two — no support
- 2. nine — no support
- 3. four — no support
- 4. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 849, line 5: «On a hill they find a clear lake and hazel nuts, and a gypsy woman gives Ib three wishing nuts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the number the lesson gave for it (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, did the gypsy look scary or what?
- 1. yes, she shouted at them — no support
- 2. no, she spoke kindly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yes, very — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. no, cruel — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 93, line 2: «After a fine supper the Woman looks at a mutton blade-bone and makes the First Singing Magic. The wild animals see the fire and wonder. Wild Dog smells roast m…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Like, what does Ib want from the wishing nuts?
- 1. he wants her to show him the magic inside each nut right now — score 2
- 2. nothing is said yet, but he hopes she will sell them to him for money — score 1
- 3. nothing is said yet, but he asks her for them — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. he wants them to make him rich — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 637, line 6: «Who: Tom, the gardener's son, a kind boy who wants to marry the Princess one day.», 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 «kind boy» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what is the house in the wood like?
- 1. the house was old and dark — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. the house was not there where they expected — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. it was a warm brown cottage — no support
- 4. the house was small — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 709, line 20: «Old word: a "kennel" is the small wooden house where a dog sleeps; we still use the word for a dog's shelter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following describes the outcome of the boatmen's action upon the sucking-pig?
- 1. The pig was eaten. — no support
- 2. The pig drifted off and was never seen. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. The animal was lost to the current of the river. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The pig was carried safely ashore by them. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 304, line 15: «Old word: "circumspect" means careful and slow to act, and the shadow says "I was circumspect, I took time to think."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the principal reason the two children left the boat and entered the thicket.
- 1. They fled in alarm after the pig was lost. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. They fled in alarm after the pig was lost in the river and their father shouted. — score 6
- 3. They hid from the angry boatmen. — score 6
- 4. They entered the thicket because they wanted to pick blackberries and explore the wood. — score 6
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 810, line 10: «Why again: the child wants to fly, and he says "if you weep for me as you are weeping now, you may never see me again."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+4); the same doer «child» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
State the nature of the gypsy woman's offer to the children near the lake.
- 1. She offered them a bag of gold that was said to be hidden well. — no support
- 2. She offered a ride home. — no support
- 3. She offered three nuts said to contain wonderful things. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. She offered them a basket of apples from the nearby farm. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 243, line 11: «Why: she feels lucky about the stone because she was "terrible wanting something to hold my door open with".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Describe the physical appearance of the gypsy woman as recorded in the passage.
- 1. Her face was brown and her hair was deep black. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Her face was brown and her hair was deep black, and she wore a large red shawl. — no support
- 3. Her eyes were dark and her skin was pale and white. — no support
- 4. Her face was brown, her hair was deep black, and her voice was soft and kind. — 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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