Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 870 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 ✗

so what even happened with the skins, mate?

1. He sold skins and ran off — score 4
2. Nothing much, he just sold skins — no support
3. Great Claus sold his skins for money and then left town on a cart — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Great Claus yelled for a bushel of money and got chased out of town — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 870, line 1: «Great Claus shouts that he will sell skins for a bushel of money, and the shoemakers and tanners chase him out of town with their straps and aprons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+4); the same doer «claus» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why did the landlord go mental at the old lady?

1. Cos she kept shouting that Little Claus had stolen her money and he got really upset about it all — no support
2. Cos he got proper angry and chucked the mead at her face — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cos she kept asking for more drinks and it got on his nerves — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Cos she was dead and he thought she was rude to him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 247, line 15: «At the inn the landlord says he must "moisten" the dust with a good drink, so the fool drinks a great deal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «landlord» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, so Little Claus just sold his gran?

1. Nah, he tricked the landlord into giving him cash — score 2
2. Yeah, he took her to the inn and sold her to the landlord for a whole bushel of money, which made him very rich — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, he got a bushel of money for her, dead lucky — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he sold her to the landlord at the inn, then the landlord threw mead in her face and Little Claus got a bushel of money — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 870, line 1: «Great Claus shouts that he will sell skins for a bushel of money, and the shoemakers and tanners chase him out of town with their straps and aprons.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «sell» (+2); the same doer «claus» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Great Claus actually chop his own nan?

1. Yeah, two whacks with the hatchet, then he carried her to the church and left her by the door for the priest — no support
2. Yeah, one whack, then he took her to the apothecary — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he hit her with the hatchet in bed and then went to church to hear a psalm before the apothecary — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yeah, he hit her with a hatchet, then he slept — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 868, line 16: «What happens to his horse? Big Claus strikes it with a hammer, and "he fell dead instantly".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «strike» (+4); the same doer «big claus» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol the apothecary must have been well shocked

1. Nah, he just gave him a bushel and said goodbye — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he called him mad and said he'd lose his head — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he screamed and said Great Claus had killed the whole family and should be locked up forever — no support
4. Yeah, he went white and told him he would be hanged for it and sent for the magistrate right 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

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did Little Claus get out of the sack, then?

1. He crawled out, and the drover got in instead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The drover untied it, and Little Claus put a stone in instead — no support
3. He didn't, the drover did, and Little Claus put him in instead — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He didn't, the drover did, and then Little Claus climbed in and sang a psalm while the drover ran off laughing — 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 ✓

so Great Claus chucked the sack in the river?

1. Yeah, he thought Little Claus was in it, but it was the drover — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yeah, he chucked it in, thinking it was the apothecary — score 6
3. Yeah, he thought it held his cousin, not the drover — score 6
4. Yeah, he did it — score 2

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 869, line 19: «Why Great Claus kills his horses: he thinks the horse skin was "certainly well paid for", so he hopes to make a fortune selling his own.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «claus» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, did the drover just let himself get drowned?

1. He wanted money — no support
2. He said he'd go to heaven, so he climbed in the sack for Little Claus — no support
3. He agreed to take Little Claus's place for a bushel of money — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He said he wasn't going to heaven, so he got in the sack for Little Claus — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 870, line 5: «An old drover takes Little Claus's place in the sack, Little Claus drives off the cattle, and Great Claus drowns the drover, then meets Little Claus with cattl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the sea-cattle thing, then?

1. Little Claus says they're cattle from a rich farm by the sea, all fat — no support
2. Little Claus claims they're magic beasts from the sea, all posh and rich — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Little Claus says they're cows from the sea, bought cheap and well fed — no support
4. Little Claus says they're magic beasts from the sea that the king gave him for free and that they can talk and fly over the town walls — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 833, line 16: «Why: It gives so much away because it wants that "the hungry sparrows" also have food, and that is its kind heart.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). Against it: the same doer «bird» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

is Little Claus proper clever or just lucky?

1. Clever, he tricks Great Claus every time — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Mostly clever, he fools Great Claus a lot — no support
3. Bit of both, he tricks Great Claus every time — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Really clever, he plans everything out carefully and uses the sack, the church and the drover to beat Great Claus every single time — score 1

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 869, line 18: «Great Claus's trick: he smears tar on the bottom of the borrowed measure, so that "three new silver florins were sticking to it" when it comes back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+4); the same doer «great claus» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did Great Claus feel at the end, mate?

1. Proud and clever, cos he had tricked the drover — no support
2. Mad and fooled, cos Little Claus was alive and rich and had sold the sea-cattle for a bushel of money to the whole town — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Happy at first, then sad and angry at the end — score 3
4. Mad and fooled, cos Little Claus was alive and rich — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 870, line 3: «Great Claus, thinking the dead grandmother in Little Claus's bed is his neighbour, kills her with a hatchet, then kills his own grandmother to sell her too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+4); the same doer «great claus» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the church do anything to save Little Claus?

1. No, but the old drover had already told the priest everything about the trick, so the priest sent for the town guard to catch Great Claus — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. No, Great Claus went in for a psalm and left him by the door — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, the priest rang the bell and sent for help straightaway — score 1
4. Yes, the priest saw the sack by the door, opened it, found the drover inside and called the magistrate to arrest Great Claus right away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 249, line 12: «OLD WORD: "wares" means goods for sale, so "Have you no wares to sell?" asks if he has anything to sell.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the drover got drowned for real?

1. Yeah, Great Claus chucked him in, not knowing it was him — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he did — no support
3. Nah, he got out before Great Claus saw him — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Nah, he swam — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 870, line 5: «An old drover takes Little Claus's place in the sack, Little Claus drives off the cattle, and Great Claus drowns the drover, then meets Little Claus with cattl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «great claus» (+2). 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action of Great Claus is described as the first attempt to deceive the townspeople by selling skins for a bushel of money?

1. He sold the skins to the shoemakers and gave them a bushel of silver. — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. He cried out "Skins, skins," and answered every enquiry with "a bushel of money." — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. He had the shoemakers beaten with straps after he cried out "Skins, skins," and answered every enquiry with "a bushel of money" at the market. — score 6
4. He sold a bushel of skins to the shoemakers. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 751, line 4: «The peasant kills the cow and sets off to sell its skin, but on the way he wraps a hurt raven in it and shelters from a storm at a mill.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same action «sell» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the person whom Great Claus struck with the hatchet at the bed, and state the reason he gave for the blow.

1. The old landlord of the inn, whom he thought was Little Claus, and his reason was "you cannot fool me again," said he. — score 6
2. The grandmother and the drover, both of whom he believed were Little Claus hiding in the bed, and his reason was that he wanted to be sure and "now you cannot make a fool of me again" at all. — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. The old grandmother of Little Claus's whole family, whom he believed to be Little Claus hiding in the bed after the trick at the inn, and his reason was "now you cannot make a fool of me again, sir." — score 2
4. The old grandmother of Little Claus, whom he believed to be Little Claus, and his reason was "now you cannot make a fool of me again." — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 870, line 3: «Great Claus, thinking the dead grandmother in Little Claus's bed is his neighbour, kills her with a hatchet, then kills his own grandmother to sell her too.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «great claus» (+3); the same thing acted on «own grandmother» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

State where and by whom the old drover was thrown into the river, and the reason Great Claus gave for doing so.

1. Pushed off the bridge into the broad, deep river by the cart drivers, who believed Great Claus had hidden Little Claus in it so that he could "play me no more tricks" and be sent away for good. — score 0
2. Thrown into the broad, deep river by Great Claus, who believed it held Little Claus and that he would "play me no more tricks." — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Thrown into the broad, deep river near the church by Great Claus, who believed it held Little Claus, after the apothecary had told him he would be punished and that he would "play me no more tricks" ever again. — score 6
4. Into the lake by the church by Great Claus, who thought Little Claus was inside and "would play no more tricks." — 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 452, line 2: «The clever merchant tricks Woe into a wheel and throws it into the river.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «river» (+4); the same action «throw» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the outcome of the journey to the river, with reference to the sack, the church, and the cattle.

1. Great Claus went to church and left the sack outside, then drowned the drover, while Little Claus escaped and drove the cattle away. — score 3
2. Little Claus escaped with the cattle. — no support
3. Great Claus left the sack at the church door and drowned the drover, while Little Claus escaped and drove off with the cattle. — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. The drover was drowned. — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 870, line 10: «Why again: Little Claus is clever, and he says, "I am above you now," after he tricks Great Claus into drowning the old drover instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drown» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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