Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 852 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, did Ib actually get rich or what?

1. nope, the black earth gave him nothing at all — score -1
2. nah, he stayed poor — no support
3. yeah, he got money from the black earth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. yeah, he sold his farm in the spring — 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 852, line 7: «What: Ib got his money "out of the black earth," which means he earned it from mining or digging, a hint that he worked hard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ib» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «money» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so Christina's mom died poor, right?

1. nope, she was rich and died in a grand house on the harbour in Copenhagen — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yep, she died in poverty in Copenhagen — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yep, she died in a big house nearby — no support
4. nah, she died in Switzerland, rich — 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 ✓

bro, what's Rudy's deal with the toys?

1. he sells them and holds the box super tight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. he carves them and sells them to kids — score 4
3. he's a carver, sells the little houses, and clutches the box super tight on the walk — no support
4. he sells them all to travellers and holds the box super tight whenever the wind blows hard on the path — 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 852, line 12: «Who: a little boy named Rudy, with "an earnest, expressive countenance," sells carved toys.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why do people buy from that kid?

1. cause the toys are carved by his grandpa and he's a cute little kid — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. cause the toys are really good — no support
3. cause he looks serious and tiny, so travellers feel sorry for him and buy his toys — score 3
4. cause he looks serious and is tiny — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 362, line 2: «At sunset he finds himself alone and runs bleating across the field, where the Wolf is waiting by a clump of trees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kid» (+2); the same thing acted on «kid» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

is Rudy a total scaredy-cat up high?

1. yeah, he's scared of heights but learned to climb from the cat anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. no, he climbs like a goat — no support
3. nah, he's a fearless climber — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. nope, he's brave up high — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 777, line 7: «What: Heinel is put into an open boat, and his father is told to "push him off with his own hand".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «father» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

does the cat really talk to him, lol?

1. yup, Rudy totally gets what it says — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. nope, Rudy just imagines the words — no support
3. nope, it's just a cat — score 3
4. no, cats can't talk — 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 852, line 17: «What: Rudy talks with animals; the cat tells him "Come out on the roof with me," and he understands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's Ajola, a cat or a dog?

1. a big dog that belonged to his dad and guarded the goats on the high pasture — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a sheep that lived with the cow — no support
3. a cat that talks, but it's actually a large dog from Switzerland that the family owned — no support
4. a dog that belonged to his dad — ✓ the right answer · 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

did grandpa promise him the guns?

1. no way — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, once he's big and strong — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nope, never — no support
4. nah, not till he's grown up — 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 ✗

what were the swallows singing, bruh?

1. hi, hi, hi — no support
2. we and you, you and we — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. up and down, down and up — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. you and I, I and you — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 345, line 15: «She sings "Hush ye, hush ye, little pet ye" to her child, a soft lullaby.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sing» (+1). Against it: the same doer «woman» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

where do the glaciers chill, like, near?

1. above Staubbach — no support
2. between the Schreckhorn and the Wetterhorn, near the valley — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. near Grindelwald — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. up in the mountains above the Staubbach falls near the village — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 852, line 11: «Where: the two glaciers lie "between the Schreckhorn and the Wetterhorn, near the little town of Grindelwald."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «two glaciers» (+2). Against it: the same place «schreckhorn» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

does Rudy hang with other kids a lot?

1. nah, he sticks to his grandpa — no support
2. yeah, he hangs with goats — no support
3. yeah, he hangs with the village kids, the travellers, and the swallows all summer long — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. nah, he mostly keeps to himself — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 717, line 19: «Old or hard word: a "canopy" is a cloth hung over a throne as a shelter, like a roof held up on poles.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «hang» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

was Rudy's mom alive when he fell in snow?

1. yes, she lived in Valais — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nope, she was gone — no support
3. nah, she was dead by then — no support
4. yeah, she wrote him letters — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the fancy word for a huge snow fall?

1. mountain landslide of snow and ice — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. snowdrift — no support
3. blizzard — no support
4. avalanche — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the economic circumstances of Ib at the conclusion of the passage?

1. He is bankrupt — no support
2. He is an impoverished man living in a rented room — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. He is a prosperous man in comfortable circumstances — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He returned to Copenhagen to work as a clerk — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 833, line 21: «Old word: "Beneficence" means kindness and doing good to others, and we use the word "charity" or "goodness" today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the precise geographical location in which the glaciers described in the passage are situated.

1. Along the border of Italy and Switzerland, high in the Pennine Alps near Valais and the Matterhorn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Between the Schreckhorn and the Wetterhorn, near Grindelwald — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Beside the Jungfrau in the Alps — no support
4. On the northern slope of the Jungfrau, above Staubbach village — 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

State the principal occupation of Rudy's grandfather as indicated in the passage.

1. He is a soldier who guards the old fire-arms — no support
2. He is a carver who cuts and carves wooden toys — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. He is a carver who cuts and carves wooden toys and also hangs old fire-arms on the rafters — score 6
4. He is a shepherd who tends goats on the hill — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 852, line 14: «What: Rudy's grandfather carves toys, and his room has nut-crackers, knives and forks, and "leaping chamois."», 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 «grandfather» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the meaning of the term vertigo as employed in the passage.

1. A feeling of dizziness and fear when looking down from cliffs, which some people experience on high ledges — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A cold wind that blows over the glacier fields — no support
3. A sensation of dizziness experienced at great heights — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A dangerous slope where the snow falls quickly — 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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