Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 873 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 u see the elder lady in the tree, that was sooo sus

1. it was the teapot lady from the kitchen — score 2
2. it was the old tulip lady bro — no support
3. no way, that was the steward's daughter who sat in the tree and sang all night long — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. she was totally the girl called Remembrance — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 121, line 7: «Where: she hides under a bed in a rough-looking hut, then sits in a tree in the forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruv the flowers wearing crowns at the golden wedding, lit or what

1. the flowers all turned into golden birds and flew off over the castle walls to the sea — score 6
2. the flowers wore gold crowns and then the steward locked the whole castle gate for the night — score 6
3. the bees brought them tiny silver rings each — score 2
4. the flowers turned to gold crowns on their heads — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 797, line 17: «Old word: "mourning" means wearing black clothes to show grief for a death.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «old word» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so the little boy thought he went to warm countries, deadly

1. yeah he thought he was on a boat trip — score 6
2. yeah he dreamed about the teapot in the sun — score 6
3. yeah he thought he went because of the elder tea — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. nah he thought he went to warm countries but actually he just fell asleep under the elder tree by the wall — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 610, line 5: «Bagheera gives Mowgli a few light love-taps as punishment, and the boy falls asleep on his back and is carried home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

ida's flowers all droopy, mate, what's the tea

1. they were at a ball all night and the student said the king's steward was watching them the whole time — score 3
2. they got drunk on the elder wine last night — no support
3. they were out in the garden all night long, the student said the frost got them and that's why — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. they were at a ball all night, so the student said — ✓ the right answer · 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 873, line 6: «Who: the old man and his old wife, the little boy in bed, his mother, Ida, and the student who tells her about the flowers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «student» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the roses really sit on the throne like king and queen, no cap

1. yeah the two biggest roses were the king and queen — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. yeah the roses were — no support
3. yeah the two tulips were the royal pair — no support
4. yeah the two biggest roses were the king and queen and they sat on a golden throne in the middle of the ballroom — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 21, line 1: «Alice arrives at a court of justice. The King and Queen of Hearts sit on their throne, the Knave of Hearts stands in chains between two soldiers, and the White…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «throne» (+4); the same action «sit» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

ngl the violets were the little sailor boys at the dance, right

1. yeah, the blue violets were naval cadets — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah the red poppies were the naval officers — no support
3. yeah they were sailors — no support
4. yeah the white lilies were the castle maids — 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 ✓

and the tulips were like the old grannies watching the dance, fr

1. yeah the tulips and tiger-lilies watched it all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah the tulips and tiger-lilies watched it all from the balconies while the student told the stories — no support
3. yeah the cockscombs bowed to the royal pair — no support
4. nah the tulips and tiger-lilies were dancing with the violets all night and only the grannies watched — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

the steward sniffs and goes "i smell flowers", bro that's so funny

1. yeah he can't see them because they hide behind the curtains whenever they hear the rattle of keys coming down the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah he can't see them cause they hide behind the curtains — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. nah he can see them all perfectly well but he pretends not to so the flowers can dance at the ball — score 6
4. yeah the flowers are hidden under the big table cloth — no support

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 873, line 14: «He says the flowers hide when the steward's keys rattle, and the steward says "I smell flowers here," but he cannot see them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same doer «flowers» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

could the flowers from the botanical gardens actually fly to the castle, mate

1. the student says some bees can carry them with wings — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the student says some flowers can fly with their leaves — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. the student says no flowers can fly but the nettle can sign to the carnation across the whole garden bed at night — score 6
4. the student says some flowers can fly with their leaves, and the botanical gardens have a whole row of them waiting by the gate — score 6

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 873, line 6: «Who: the old man and his old wife, the little boy in bed, his mother, Ida, and the student who tells her about the flowers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «student» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait the nettle stung the professor cause he clapped on it, how dumb is that

1. yeah he did not like the nettle saying nice things — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah he clapped on it because the nettle said nice things about his wife and the carnation at the back of the garden bed — no support
3. yeah he did not like the nettle saying nice things so it stung him as soon as he touched the leaves — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. yeah he hated the nettle telling him rude secrets — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 873, line 5: «He describes the king's castle, where roses are the king and queen, and the nettle that stung the professor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sting» (+4); the same doer «nettle» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the elder mother is in the teapot forever, that's wild

1. yeah the mum says she may stay in there — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah the mum says the elder mother is in the teapot only for the summer and then she goes back to the tree — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. yeah the mum says she is in the kettle — no support
4. yeah the mum says she may stay in there but she might come out again when the tea is poured tomorrow — 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 871, line 18: «fact: Elder-tree blossoms make a warm tea, and the mother brews it in a teapot, which is why the boy's cold is treated.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «teapot» (+4); the same doer «mother» (+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 ✗

Identify the character who is described as the little girl sitting high up in the elder-tree at the golden wedding.

1. The steward — no support
2. The girl who tells the old story — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Remembrance, the elder-tree mother — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The gardener's daughter from the house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 233, line 1: «The Sultan asks how the Singing Tree came to the garden, and the princess promises to tell him the whole story later.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

State the function of the elder-blossom given by the little girl to the boy at the parting.

1. It serves as a keepsake of the parting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It marks the start of a long journey — no support
3. A parting gift — no support
4. It is a token of their friendship — 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 ✗

Indicate the reason the student gives for the flowers hanging their heads in the morning.

1. They were stung by a nettle and then tried to dance a ball in the king's castle all night — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. They attended a ball the previous night and were dancing so long that the petals wilted — score 6
3. They spent the night in the garden — no support
4. They attended a ball the previous night — ✓ the right answer · score 6

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 873, line 19: «The student's story of the nettle shows the professor's sharp lesson: the nettle "stung him so sharply that he has never ventured to touch a nettle since."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sting» (+4); the same doer «nettle» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the role assigned to the tulips and tiger-lilies at the ball held in the king's castle.

1. They are the old ladies who watch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They serve as the castle's cooks — no support
3. They act as the royal lords-in-waiting — no support
4. They watch — 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

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