Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Babette is away and climbs the mountains after her

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 856 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, so Rudy kissed Annette, but who's the one he really likes?

1. Babette, the miller's daughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Marie, the baker's daughter — no support
3. Annette, the innkeeper's girl — no support
4. Babette, the miller's daughter from the mill at Bex — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Digga, why was the mill totally empty when Rudy got there?

1. The miller sent Babette to Bern — no support
2. The miller had gone to Interlaken to sell the mill and his cows — no support
3. The miller took Babette to Interlaken — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. The miller took Babette to Interlaken for the shooting festival — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 856, line 11: «What: Rudy visits the mill, but the house is empty, because the miller has gone to Interlaken with Babette.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «interlaken» (+1). Against it: the same doer «miller» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the mill fancy or what?

1. It was plain and small — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It had turrets and tin roof plates — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It had a small garden and a fence — no support
4. It was painted white with green doors — 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 ✗

Bro, what's the weather-cock with the apple all about?

1. a symbol of the village — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. just a decoration — no support
3. a warning from the miller — no support
4. a memory of William Tell — ✓ 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 ✗

Was Rudy chillin' by the telegraph pole, or was he actually thinking?

1. He was sitting and talking to a friend — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was thinking hard and standing still — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was running fast — no support
4. He was counting the poles and waiting — 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 ✗

Dude, how long was the shooting festival?

1. six days — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. eight days — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. a single day — no support
4. fourteen days — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 852, line 18: «Word: "vertigo" is an old word for dizziness, the feeling that you might fall when you are high up.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Mega long walk, right? Which pass did Rudy go over?

1. the Simplon — no support
2. Susten — no support
3. the Gemmi — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. the Grimsel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 856, line 16: «Route: Rudy crosses the Gemmi and goes down past the Schreckhorn, with its "white powdered stone finger."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rudy» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «gemmi» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gäll, what's a chamois, like, in plain words?

1. a small deer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a small wild mountain animal — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a large mountain sheep with horns — no support
4. a wild goat — 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 ✗

Krass, what did Rudy stuff in his bag?

1. his Sunday clothes, shoes and a small toy — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. his winter coat — score 1
3. his grandfather's rifle and food for the road — score 1
4. his Sunday clothes — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 22, line 3: «When a guinea-pig cheers, the officers stuff it head first into a canvas bag and sit on it — that, Alice realises, is what newspapers mean by «suppressed». The…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stuff» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, did the cat talk to Rudy in words?

1. No, it just said mew at the door and nothing more — score 5
2. No, it only purred — no support
3. No, it just said "mew" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yes, it said his name — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 856, line 1: «Rudy hears that Babette is not at home, and the mill is silent except for a cat that says "mew."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hoi, who was Rudy's grandpa's grandkid, I mean, who raised him?

1. his father — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the old hunter who lived beyond the high pastures — no support
3. the old miller — no support
4. his grandfather — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honestly, why did Rudy decide to go to Interlaken?

1. He was bored — no support
2. To see her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He hoped to meet the old hunter — score 1
4. He wanted to see Babette there — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 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 doer «rudy» (+2); the same action «understand» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Chill out, how did Rudy feel when he saw his old valley?

1. light and happy again, as if a weight had left his heart — score 3
2. cold and lonely now — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. light and happy again — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. proud and joyful, with his old song in his mouth — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 18: «Feeling: Rudy is "pale and trembling," because it was "the first time he had ever felt fear."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same doer «rudy» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Ey, was there a chamois with Rudy?

1. No, there was only a dog — no support
2. No, Rudy only acted like one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. No, Rudy only acted like one as he leaped across the rocks — score 4
4. Yes, a young one was nearby — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 856, line 6: «Who: Rudy, a brave chamois-hunter, kissed Annette while dancing, but she is not the one he loves.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «rudy» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following identifies the destination to which the miller and his daughter had travelled?

1. Lucerne, where a big church fair was held — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Interlaken, where the shooting festival was being held — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Interlaken, a town in the valley where the miller had gone to sell his grain — no support
4. Bern, where the great market was being held — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly describes the object that Rudy carried upon his back during his journey?

1. a knapsack containing his Sunday clothes and his grandfather's old hunting horn — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a knapsack containing his Sunday clothes — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. a wooden staff and a tin cup of water — no support
4. a heavy knapsack holding his Sunday clothes, bread, and a small cheese for the road — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 856, line 20: «Old word: a "knapsack" was a bag carried on the back, which we now call a rucksack or backpack.», 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 «knapsack» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately states the duration of the shooting festival according to the text?

1. a period of nine days — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a period of eight days — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a span of seven weeks — no support
4. a period of eight days during which the whole town gathered — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following best identifies the emblem displayed upon the weather-cock of the miller's house?

1. a rooster standing on a painted roof — no support
2. an apple pierced by a glittering arrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. an apple pierced by a glittering arrow above a painted sign of the mill — score 2
4. a large golden apple with a glittering arrow and a red flag on top — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 856, line 10: «The weather-cock shows "an apple pierced by a glittering arrow, in memory of William Tell."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pierce» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «apple» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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