Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her
Tests: 4 of 9 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 13 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 850 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 ✓
wait, why did Ib go to the clergyman all winter?
- 1. to get ready for his confirmation, obviously — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. to learn letters — score 1
- 3. to learn to read and write — score 4
- 4. to study for the church exam — score 1
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 850, line 11: «When: Ib goes to the clergyman "during a whole winter" to be prepared before he is confirmed.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ib» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
when Christina came back, what did she roll up in?
- 1. a carriage from the Herning hotel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a fancy carriage sent by the rich innkeeper from Herning — no support
- 3. in a cart from the mill — no support
- 4. a hired wagon from the town and a driver 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
when Christina visited, what was Ib wearing?
- 1. a torn jacket and his father's boots from the barn, very plain — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a worn coat from the barn — no support
- 3. his working clothes, not fancy at all — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. his old patched trousers and boots — 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 ✗
Ib said she was a grand lady, right? and he called himself what?
- 1. a farmhand — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a simple working man — no support
- 3. a humble farm worker, lol — no support
- 4. a rough working man, lol — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
so after the visit, where did they walk?
- 1. round the lake — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. over the hill to the mill — score 3
- 3. up the great ridge, looking at the heath — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. down by the river bank — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 766, line 8: «Where: Hans walks from his home to Gretel's and back again, and each time the gift goes home in a new way.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «walk» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
did they decide to get married right away?
- 1. yes, they got married — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, they agreed to wait a bit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nah, they agreed to wait a bit longer before deciding anything — no support
- 4. no, they decided to wait until Ib had saved enough money for a house — 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 ✓
the innkeeper's son wanted to marry Christina, right? where did he work?
- 1. an office in Copenhagen, fr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. a shop in Aarhus, fr — score 5
- 3. in Herning — score 5
- 4. a bank in Ringkobing, fr — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 804, line 19: «Old word: a "husbandman" is a farmer who works the land; today we just say farmer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+4); the same doer «farmer» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
what did Ib tell Christina to do about the son?
- 1. marry the innkeeper's son — score -1
- 2. don't refuse the good fortune, he is kind — score 1
- 3. don't refuse the good fortune — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. just say yes to him — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 850, line 5: «The boatman brings news that the innkeeper's son wants to marry Christina, and Ib, white-faced, tells her to accept, but cannot write the letter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «son» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
why couldn't Ib write the letter at the end?
- 1. he just couldn't get on at all — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. he lost his pen somewhere — score 1
- 3. he was busy all summer with the sheep and the harvest fields — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. he could not find the right words to say how he felt, honestly — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 575, line 2: «He piles more wood on the fire, and his children have to put their hands over their mouths to keep from laughing.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «children» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following best describes the outcome of Ib's examination of the black nut?
- 1. The nut was found to be solid and sweet — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. The nut was found to be hollow and worm-eaten — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. The nut was found to hold a gold coin — score 2
- 4. The nut was examined and found to be hollow, dry, and worm-eaten all the way through — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 850, line 1: «Ib cracks his little black nut and finds it hollow and worm-eaten, so he decides the wishing nuts were nonsense.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «nut» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
In what manner did Christina take her post at the Herning hotel?
- 1. She entered service in the household of a respectable innkeeper's family in Herning town — score 3
- 2. She was hired by a wealthy innkeeper and placed in charge of the hotel's dining rooms and kitchen — no support
- 3. She was hired as a servant in a rich merchant's family — no support
- 4. She entered service in the household of a respectable innkeeper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 11: «Why does the girl take only one leaf? She knows a flower "would so soon fade", and she is too gentle to break one off.», 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 «girl» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the nature of the advice Ib gave Christina regarding the proposal of marriage?
- 1. He told her to wait — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He counselled her not to refuse the good fortune — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He told her to think it over carefully — score 5
- 4. He advised her to marry the son soon — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 546, line 10: «What did he give her? He told her to secure "some of the blood which flowed from his wound."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «girl» (+3); the same action «tell» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which term describes the relationship Ib and Christina were said to hold in childhood?
- 1. Promised in childhood to each other — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Engaged to be married — no support
- 3. Betrothed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Sweethearts — 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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