Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 93: Tiny escapes the toads, is carried off, and freezes in winter

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 882 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 ✗

Ok so who grabbed Tiny's bed?

1. The cockchafer — score -2
2. A green frog — score -2
3. The fish — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. The old toad — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 692, line 9: «Why: the prince wants to find his parents, but Death has already caught him, so the kings and eagles hold Death.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, why did the fishes chew the stalk?

1. They liked her a lot — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Because they felt sorry for little Tiny in the water — no support
3. They felt bad for her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They felt very bad for her and wanted to help — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, who tied the butterfly to the leaf?

1. The toad — score 1
2. She — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Tiny — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The fish — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 882, line 3: «A white butterfly gets tied to the leaf with her sash, and a cockchafer snatches her up into a tree.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tie» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the cockchafer nice to her at first?

1. No, he chased her away and then gave her honey later — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, he gave her honey — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. No, he was rude — no support
4. Yes, he gave her honey from the flowers — 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

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, why did the cockchafers say she was ugly?

1. She had only two legs and no wings — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her wings were too thin — no support
3. She had only two legs — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Because she had only two legs, not six like them — 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 · ★ · right ✓

so like, where did Tiny sleep in summer?

1. Under a tall oak — score 1
2. Under a broad leaf — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. On a leaf — score 5
4. Inside a hollow tree — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 882, line 17: «In summer she wove "a bed with blades of grass" and hung it under a broad leaf.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «broad leaf» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, what did she drink every morning?

1. Juice from the berries — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Dew from the leaves — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Milk from the cows — score 3
4. Water — score 3

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 843, line 3: «He says the boy's mother is good for nothing because she drinks from the bottle her son carries.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drink» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, what season does the snow come in?

1. Winter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Winter, when the snow falls — no support
3. The cold winter season — score 5
4. Summer — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 50, line 18: «The English word «panic» comes from Pan's name: the old Greeks said sudden wild fear in lonely places came from him. The book says carefully that this is NOT p…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «english word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

how tall was she again?

1. An inch high — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Half an inch — no support
3. Only an inch high, the size of a grain — no support
4. About an inch high and very thin — 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

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

the toad's son, what did he say?

1. Croak, croak, croak, loudly from the marsh — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Croak, croak, croak, then he hopped away — no support
3. Croak, croak, croak — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Chirp, chirp, chirp — score 3

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 872, line 6: «Who: the story is told by an old man, and the little elder-tree mother is the spirit who lives in the elder tree.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

where was she when she shivered in the leaf?

1. Near the cornfield — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Right next to the big cornfield by the wall — no support
3. Near the cornfield on the frozen ground — no support
4. On the frozen pond — 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 ✗

bro, what's the cornfield like now?

1. Dry soil — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Bare dry stubble — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Brown grass — no support
4. Golden ripe wheat — 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

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what did the toad go off to fetch?

1. The pretty bed of walnut shell — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The pretty bed — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The soft leaf — score 1
4. The silver boat — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 47, line 2: «Toad lies flat in bed and talks in a weak little voice: so kind of dear Ratty to ask, but he doesn't want to be a burden… he won't be one much longer… Would Ra…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

By which means did the small fishes effect the separation of the leaf from its moorings?

1. By biting the leaf — no support
2. By gnawing the stalk at its root — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. By pulling it — no support
4. By wind blowing hard on the stem — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 867, line 16: «Old word: "fetters" are chains that hold a prisoner, so when the oak says "no fetters hold me now" he means he is free.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By which insect was the protagonist conveyed into the tree?

1. The ladybird — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The dragonfly — no support
3. The cockchafer — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The cockchafer beetle from the tree — 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 ✗

In what condition was the protagonist at the conclusion of the passage?

1. Frozen, shivering, and very hungry in the snow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Frozen and shivering beside the frozen stubble — no support
3. Frozen and shivering — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hungry and asleep — 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 ✗

What object did the old toad remove from the leaf before she departed?

1. The elegant little bed woven from silk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The elegant little bed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The elegant little bed the toad coveted most — no support
4. The pretty walnut bed — 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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