Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy crosses the mountains and reaches his uncle's house
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 854 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, did Rudy actually walk the whole Gemmi on his own feet, bruv?
- 1. Nah, he took the train and sat down the whole way — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. Yeah, with two guides, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he went alone, no guides — no support
- 4. Nah, he got a lift from a farmer in a cart the whole way up — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 852, line 15: «What: Rudy loves the old fire-arms that "hung upon the rafters," but his grandfather says he must grow big first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rudy» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, why didn't the blokes just kip in that old hut?
- 1. The fohn was roaring, so they stayed up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. They kept going because the guides wanted to reach the top before the snow came down — no support
- 3. Cos the wind was too loud to sleep — no support
- 4. They were scared of the old hut ghosts — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 461, line 13: «fact: When the honey is applied, the dead man sits up and says "How long I have slept!"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit up» (+3); the same doer «dead man» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Wicked, what were the swallows chirping at him?
- 1. We and you--you and we — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Hello, hello — no support
- 3. Hurrah for the sunny sky — no support
- 4. Come on, mate — 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 ✗
Did that big stone like, just fall off by itself?
- 1. Yeah, it rolled into the abyss — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, it slid down the slope — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Yeah, it rolled off the peak and crashed into the abyss below — no support
- 4. Yeah, it came off the peak and tumbled down the slope into the empty abyss — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 453, line 10: «The result: Ivan gives the Zluidni "a shove," and they sink "straight to the bottom."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sink» (+4); the same doer «stones» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Gutted for Saperli, right? What's up with him?
- 1. He's a bit daft — no support
- 2. He's just a shepherd lad — no support
- 3. He's a poor idiot boy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. He's a quiet ghost — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 854, line 14: «Who: Saperli is a poor idiot boy who arrives at the uncle's house just before Rudy does.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «saperli» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Is the uncle's house a total dump?
- 1. Nah, it's got way more old furniture and copper pots than your gran's, honestly — score 1
- 2. Nah, it's got more stuff than Rudy's gran's — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, it's full of dust and rubbish — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Nah, it's got loads of old furniture, paintings and bits of copper all over the place, actually — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 205, line 2: «The prince is bathed, dressed like an emir, and made grand treasurer, and his new house is full of servants and gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «new house» (+1); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Is the old hound like, actually useful?
- 1. Nah, he's blind and lazy, but they kept him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Nah, he's old, but they loved him — score 4
- 3. Nah, he's blind and lazy, but he sleeps in the barn and they feed him scraps — no support
- 4. Yeah, he still finds the game well — no support
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 854, line 16: «What: the old hound is "blind and lazy," yet he "was kept in the family and treated with every indulgence."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
What are the cretins like, though, proper weird?
- 1. Quiet folk with big smiles — no support
- 2. Yellow faces and lumpy necks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. They have yellow faces and lumpy necks and they stare at strangers — no support
- 4. Pretty normal — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 854, line 15: «What: the cretins have "yellow complexions" and "dark, ugly lumps of flesh, hanging down like bags."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cretins» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where's this valley, the one by the Valais?
- 1. Near Italy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. In the canton Valais — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Up in the Alps near Bern — no support
- 4. Over by the Rhone river — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Rudy get scared of that wind?
- 1. Yeah, he hid under a blanket all night — no support
- 2. Yeah, he was terrified at first but then he started to laugh and forgot all about it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Nah, he didn't even know what fear meant — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Yeah, he was really scared and nearly turned back on the path to the hut — no support
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 854, line 1: «Rudy says goodbye to the swallows and the goats and sets off on foot with two clever guides.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set off» (+4); the same doer «rudy» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the uncle a proper hunter or what?
- 1. Yeah, one of the best chamois hunters — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he was one of the best chamois hunters in the whole valley and knew every path — score 2
- 3. Nah, he was a mere clerk, actually — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Yeah, one of the best chamois hunters in the whole canton, and he won many prizes at fairs — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 682, line 5: «A boy shoots a bird in the forest, gets lost, and saves a magician from wolves; the magician takes him in, and the boy wins the magician's horse as his reward.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «magician» (+3); the same thing acted on «bird» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
What are those dead bugs piled on the snow?
- 1. butterflies and bees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. dead leaves and twigs — no support
- 3. beetles and flies — no support
- 4. dragonflies and gnats — 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 ✗
In the passage, by what name is the violent storm-wind described?
- 1. gust — ← Mova's choice · score 11
- 2. the cold north wind of the high passes — score 1
- 3. the storm-wind that blows down from the Alps every winter — score -2
- 4. the fohn — ✓ the right answer · score 11
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 854, line 19: «Old word: a "fohn" is a violent storm-wind that rushes down from the mountain; today the name is also given to a warm, dry wind of the Alps.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+5); the same thing acted on «violent storm wind» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
To which region of Switzerland does the uncle's dwelling belong?
- 1. the mountainous canton of Graubünden in the east — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the canton Glarus, far to the north over the lake — no support
- 3. the canton Valais — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the canton Ticino — 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 · wrong ✗
What occupation, in addition to hunting, is ascribed to the uncle?
- 1. a maker of wooden barrels and tubs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cooper — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. tanner — no support
- 4. a travelling wine merchant — 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 ✗
What, according to the passage, did the guides hold out to Rudy on the slippery ice?
- 1. their hands and a long iron chain fixed into the rock wall — no support
- 2. their hands and a long rope fixed to the cliff for his safety — no support
- 3. their hands to steady him — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 4. their hands to assist him — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 204, line 6: «Who: Camaralzaman, a prince, and the old gardener who gave him his passage and a cottage to live in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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