Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 860 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 really grab that eagle baby from the nest?

1. Yeah, he climbed the whole cliff at dawn, tied its legs tight with a noose and carried it all the way down to the mill! — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yep, he hid it under his coat and hiked off quietly. — score 0
3. Yeah, totally, he tied its legs with a noose, then slid down the whole cliff face with it on his back, lol! — score 3
4. Yeah, he tied its legs with a noose and carried it down! — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 860, line 6: «Who: Rudy, a brave young Alpine hunter, climbs the cliff to take an eaglet from its nest.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «cliff» (+3); the same action «climb» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, why was the eagle so mad in the basket?

1. Its eyes were glaring, it was all fiery and ready to bite — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It was super mad because Rudy had taken it from the nest, its eyes were glaring, and it was fiery and ready to bite anyone close. — score 2
3. It was hungry and it wanted food, so it hissed a lot. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Its eyes were glaring and burning, and it kept flapping and hissing at everyone who came near the basket all day long. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 183, line 14: «Eagles carry the meat to their nests to feed their "hungry broods", and the merchants take the stones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «eagles» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the parlor-cat spill about Babette and Rudy?

1. They kissed in front of the old man, so it's basically an engagement — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Rudy kissed her at the mill, which means they are together now. — score 0
3. They danced at the fair, so the old man was cross about it. — no support
4. Nothing happened at all. — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 39, line 17: «The Mole: «Once well underground … you know exactly where you are. Nothing can happen to you, and nothing can get at you.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «happen» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

LOL, the miller said Rudy had to win Babette first, right?

1. Yeah, he said Rudy should ask her dad first. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yep, "You must get her first," he said, laughing — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yes, "Win her first, then talk to me about the mill," he said with a big grin and a wink at the cat. — score 5
4. Yep, he said it while laughing at the table, and then he said Rudy should go ask her godmother about it before anything else. — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 858, line 18: «Babette says little, but her eyes "spoke, and that was quite enough for Rudy."», 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 «babette» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the Ice Maiden being so salty about people?

1. She thought they were tiny and silly next to the mountains. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. She called them worms and said they were nothing next to nature — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. She called them worms and said they were nothing at all next to nature, and that they could be crushed like snow under her feet whenever she liked. — score 4
4. Because she felt the people below were rude, and she called them worms, saying nature was far above them in every single way. — score 4

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 803, line 16: «fact: Why the bishop travels: he is to read the mass at Widberg, so he rides from Borglum to Thyland.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did she say the railway guys were doing?

1. Digging holes for fun. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Blasting rock inside the cliff like silly little boys. — no support
3. Drilling mountains, playing like children in the snow. — no support
4. Playing at work underground like moles, digging tunnels — ✓ 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 ✓

Okay, what did the train look like to her?

1. A dragon with a long hot tail, rushing. — no support
2. Like a long rope, zooming by quick. — no support
3. A winding serpent, going past super fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. A winding serpent of carriages, going past super fast like a storm wind over the snowy valley floor. — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 642, line 19: «Old word: "express train" means a fast train that stops at few stations; the children compare the speed of the ground to it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the miller ride along with Rudy and Babette?

1. Yeah, he rode along and said he was just like the luggage, which made Babette laugh so hard she nearly fell. — score 5
2. Yeah, he sat with the bags up front. — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Nah, he walked behind the boat. — no support
4. Yeah, he said he was like the luggage — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 84, line 3: «A Stranger-man from a far tribe comes along. He does not understand a word of their language. Taffy tries to tell him to go and fetch the spear; he hands her a…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «man» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So who was going to see Babette's godmother, fr?

1. The parlor-cat and the miller, at Bex — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Rudy and the cat, to the town of Bex — score 1
3. The miller alone — score 1
4. Rudy, Babette and the miller, at Montreux — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 95, line 2: «The Woman laughs and gives him a bowl of milk, but warns him: his bargain was not with the Man or the Dog. That evening the Man sets out his two boots, his lit…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Where is Montreux, like on the map?

1. On the northwest edge of the lake of Zurich — no support
2. On the northeast side of the lake of Geneva — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Far to the north, beyond the mountains, near the valley where the trains run to Lucerne and beyond — no support
4. On the northeast side of the lake of Geneva, past the old castle at Chillon — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 860, line 17: «Montreux is a town on the northeast side of the lake of Geneva, where Babette's godmother lives with her daughters.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «montreux» (+1); the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «northeast side» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

How long is the steam-boat ride to Bernex, bruh?

1. About half an hour, starting from Villeneuve at the far end of the lake, with a stop along the way — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. About half an hour, from Villeneuve — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. About a quarter hour, from Lausanne — no support
4. It takes about half an hour, leaving Villeneuve in the morning when the lake is calm and the mist is still rising — 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 ✗

Ok, what did Rudy do with his eagle at the end?

1. He kept it hidden in the barn, away from everyone. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He carried it to the mill alive, with the whole village cheering loudly and the miller shaking his hand. — score 4
3. He carried it all the way back down to the mill, alive and well, while the whole village came out to cheer him on. — score 4
4. He carried it to the mill, alive, with everyone cheering — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 649, line 16: «Nigel has "one end of a cord tied to his arm", and the Princess holds the other end, with a ship's chronometer in her left hand.», 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 (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «hold» (+1); the same thing acted on «other end» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did Rudy perform in order to secure the young eaglet before descending the cliff?

1. He wrapped a cord around its wings and carried it down. — no support
2. Having climbed up in the early morning, he threw a noose round the young bird, tightened it carefully upon its legs, and then slowly began descending. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He lowered himself by a rope, threw a noose round the young bird and pulled it tight upon its legs before climbing down the cliff face. — score 1
4. He threw a noose round the bird and tightened it upon its legs. — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 801, line 3: «The poor boy in wooden shoes comes running, and the two friends join hands in the wonderful evening.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+3). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal opinion expressed by the Ice Maiden regarding the human beings in the valley below?

1. That they were insignificant creatures, comparable to worms, and easily crushed. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That they were feeble folk, rather like ants, and rather annoying to watch. — no support
3. That they were small. — no support
4. That they were dull. — 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 parlor-cat, what did the kiss between Rudy and Babette signify in the presence of the miller?

1. It meant nothing, dear. — no support
2. It showed a fondness, which the miller could not quite approve of at all. — no support
3. It signified an engagement, which was as good as a formal betrothal. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A simple friendly greeting. — ← Mova's choice · score -6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 21: «Old word: a "mouser" is a cat that hunts mice; "cuff" means to hit with the open hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which destination did the miller, Rudy and Babette travel by steam-boat, and what was its point of departure?

1. They journeyed to Montreux from Geneva, crossing the wide lake by ferry. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. They travelled to Bernex from the town of Villeneuve, at the end of the lake. — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. They travelled by steam-boat to the little village of Bernex from the busy old town of Villeneuve, which stood at the end of the lake beside the mountains. — score 3
4. They sailed to Bernex from the town of Villeneuve at the far end of the lake, passing many quiet villages along the northern shore on the way. — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 12: «Why Rudy travels: "If I am to be Babette's husband, I must see her some time or other."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «travel» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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