Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide

Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 855 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's uncle actually drink chamois blood or nah?

1. nope, just water — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, sour milk to stop the shaking — no support
3. nah, he drank hot tea to calm the nerves — no support
4. yeah, warm blood, to stop the giddy feeling — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro what did the avalanche do to the trees?

1. broke them like matchsticks — no support
2. snapped them like dry rushes and buried the path — score 4
3. snapped them like dry rushes — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. ripped every single tree from the ground like weeds in a garden — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 561, line 15: «The bed test: the bed's foot was made from "the stem of an olive-tree which was still rooted in the ground", so it could not be moved.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «ground» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «olive tree» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait who got smacked by the branches and died?

1. the guide, neck snapped badly — no support
2. rudy's dad — no support
3. the uncle, skull all cracked — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. his brother, ribs all broke — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 843, line 5: «Lame Martha arrives with news that the mayor's brother in Copenhagen has died, and the laundress feels faint.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «brother» (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol what was saperli trying to send to christ?

1. a plea to end his own life — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a letter begging for his own death — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a long letter begging God to let him die in place of the boy — no support
4. a note asking for his death — 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 was rudy scared when the snow came down?

1. yeah, he shook like a leaf for the first time in his whole life — score 1
2. yeah, first time ever he felt fear — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yes, the snow came down and his whole heart went cold with fear for the first time — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. nah, he just laughed at it all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 4: «The whole pack flies up and comes down on her, and she finds herself lying on the river bank with her head in her sister's lap, while her sister brushes fallin…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come down» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the girls not say "save yourselves from rudy"?

1. he was cute — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cause he's cute — no support
3. cause he was handsome then — no support
4. cause he was too cute to fear — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

how old was rudy when everyone called him handsome?

1. about twenty years old at the time — score 12
2. age twelve — no support
3. nineteen years old — score 12
4. twenty years old — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 850, line 17: «Old word: "betrothed" meant engaged to be married, and people called Ib and Christina that as children.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

what trade did rudy's uncle teach him that he hated?

1. cooper, the barrel making — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. cooper, the cask and barrel making trade he hated — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. the trade of cooper, making barrels from staves all day long — no support
4. smithing, the iron work — 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 90, line 1: «At the Very Beginning the Eldest Magician gets the Earth and the Sea ready and teaches each animal its «play»: the Elephant plays at being an Elephant, the Bea…», 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 «magician» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did annette spill that she should have kept quiet?

1. that rudy kissed her in the dance — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. that rudy had a girl already — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. that rudy likes the goat girl — score -3
4. that rudy kissed her in the dance at the inn — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 821, line 15: «Why she keeps quiet: "she dare not say a word" to her cheerful brother.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

who was the best marksman in valais, the chamois said?

1. Saperli, the village priest said — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. rudy, the chamois all knew it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. rudy, sure — no support
4. the old uncle, everyone agreed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 855, line 19: «Saperli says, "Saperli wants to send a letter to Jesus Christ," and Rudy answers that it would not reach Him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «saperli» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

why was rudy basically the house's boss now?

1. he brought in all the money now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was the main support of the household — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he was the main support of the household and gave all orders now — no support
4. he kept the whole family fed with his gun — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the principal consequence of the avalanche for the household of Rudy's uncle?

1. The village rebuilds and the household prospers under the uncle's care — no support
2. The uncle is killed, the household is left in grief and dependence, and Rudy must also leave the village to find work — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. The uncle is killed and the household falls into grief and dependence on Rudy — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. The uncle dies and Rudy leaves the valley — 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 855, line 9: «Why: the avalanche comes near them, and the uncle is killed when "his skull fractured" in the falling branches.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «uncle» (+3); the same action «kill» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the figure of speech employed when the narrator states that secrets are "like sand in a sieve."

1. A metaphor for trust lost — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A simile comparing secrets to sand that slips through — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A metaphor equating secrets with slipping grains — no support
4. A simile linking secrets to water flowing away — 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 ✗

According to the passage, what was the precise cause of the uncle's death?

1. He was struck by a flying stone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His neck broke when he hit the rocky ground below — no support
3. His chest was crushed by the full weight of the avalanche debris — no support
4. His skull was fractured by the falling branches of the overthrown trees — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which quality of Rudy is emphasised by the narrator in the final section of the extract?

1. His temper and strength make him feared by the old men of the valley — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. His bravery, cheerfulness, physical skill and beauty make him admired by every young and old person in the whole village and beyond — no support
3. His bravery, cheerfulness and physical skill make him admired by young and old — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His bravery and skill make him admired by all the villagers, who praise him at every festival and feast in the valley — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 193, line 9: «Why: the narrator's fear is that they "should be held responsible" for the hunchback's death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fear» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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