Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a frozen swallow while the field-mouse plans her wedding to the mole

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

Lesson 883 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 why does tiny even care about a dead bird, it's just a bird lol

1. cause the swallow sang to her all summer and she wants to bury him right in the field before winter — no support
2. cause she thinks the mole is rude to birds and wants to bury it — score 4
3. cause the swallow sang to her all summer and she feels sad he died, plus the mole said it was nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. cause the swallow sang to her all summer and she loves little birds — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 37, line 4: «Then comes a huge supper. Nobody talks for a long time, and when they do, they talk with their mouths full and their elbows on the table — and Badger doesn't m…», 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 «badger» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

wait so the mole is blind right, how's he even rich?

1. he's got a big house and a velvet coat, so he's loaded — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. his dad left him a huge farm, so he's rich — no support
3. he's got a huge underground house full of corn, and tons of gold coins hidden below — no support
4. he's got a massive house, a velvet coat, and a whole field of stored corn so he's loaded — 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 did tiny just say no to the swallow, like straight up?

1. yeah, cause she didn't wanna ditch the field-mouse — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, cause she wanted to stay home — no support
3. yeah, cause she didn't want to fly off — no support
4. yeah, she said no — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 673, line 14: «Why: the old woman flattered the dragon, saying "I do wish you would tell me", to make him talk.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «old woman» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

so what's the deal with the glowy stick in the tunnel

1. it's rotten wood that shines in the dark, like a torch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it's a magic stick the mole got from the swallow that shines in the dark tunnel — no support
3. it's dead bark that glows, like a torch — no support
4. it's rotten wood that shines in the dark, like a torch the mole lit himself earlier — 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 ✗

how did the swallow even get hurt, was it a fight?

1. yeah, he got hit by a stone — no support
2. nah, a cat got him in the field — no support
3. nah, he got his wing caught in a thorn-bush — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, a fight lol — ← Mova's choice · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 167, line 20: «Old word "damsel" means a young unmarried girl; today we say girl or young woman.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

tiny really got a blanket out of a leaf, that's wild

1. she covered herself with a leaf and made hay for the bird — score 2
2. she had a leaf to sleep under, and the bird got hay — score 2
3. she used a leaf for her own cover, and she wove hay for the bird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. she just used a leaf lol — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. 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: the same doer «tiny» (+3); the same action «weave» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the field-mouse is like, marry the mole, he's rich?

1. yeah, she thinks he's the best catch in the whole field, even though he's blind and lives underground — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, she thinks he's the best catch, even though he's blind — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. yeah, she thinks he's a great match, though he's blind — score 3
4. yeah, she likes him, but he's blind — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 883, line 6: «Who: Tiny, a girl only an inch high, and the kind field-mouse, who lives under the corn-stubble with a whole roomful of corn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same doer «kind field mouse» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the mole act all cautious, was he hiding something?

1. he didn't want anyone scared of the dead bird — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. he was hiding loot — score 3
3. he was afraid of the dead bird — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. he wanted to hide the bird from the field-mouse — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 1: «The Rat tells the whole story. While Toad was in prison, the river-bankers stood up for him, but the Wild Wood animals said it served him right and he would ne…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

is it true the swallows just die in winter?

1. some stay around and freeze, but they can come back — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yes, all swallows die in winter unless they hide in mud, but some wake up in the spring — score 3
3. some stay behind and get frozen, but they can wake up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. most fly south, but some stay and freeze in winter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 57, line 15: «Why do swallows come back? «The call of lush meadow-grass, wet orchards, warm, insect-haunted ponds ... the House of the perfect Eaves» (eaves = the edge of a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come back» (+4); the same doer «swallows» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so how's the bird still breathing, did he come back?

1. yeah, the warmth woke him up, he was just numb — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. yeah, Tiny's warm hands woke him up after the mole had carried him out of the cold passage — no support
3. yeah, the warmth from the den woke him up slowly, he was just numb from the cold — score -1
4. yeah, the heat revived him, he was frozen — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 472, line 10: «The Fire-Bird's name is "Zhar-Ptitsa"; "zhar" means heat or glow and "ptitsa" means bird.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

why's the summer over so fast, the earth's all rock hard

1. the summer sun made the soil dry and very dusty — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the sun dried it up — no support
3. the heat cooked the dirt into a hard crust — no support
4. the heat burned the ground till it was like stone — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

did the field-mouse actually like tiny or was she just using her

1. she liked her but wanted a rich husband for her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. she liked her, but only wanted a rich husband — score 6
3. she was truly fond of her but really wanted a rich, famous husband for her future — score 6
4. she liked her a lot but mostly wanted a rich husband for her so she'd be safe forever — 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 883, line 13: «What the field-mouse thinks: she calls birds "very high bred," but she never truly cares for the swallow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «care» (+4); the same doer «mouse» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements correctly describes the state of the swallow when Tiny first discovers him in the passage?

1. The swallow was benumbed with cold, and his heart still beat faintly under the hay Tiny placed — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The swallow was benumbed with cold and not truly dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The swallow had been wounded by a thorn-bush and was lying still, but not fully benumbed — no support
4. The swallow had died from his wing wound early — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 877, line 18: «Old word: "dowager" once meant a widow who had inherited a title, and today it describes an elderly lady of high rank.», 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 «old word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reason does Tiny give for declining the swallow's invitation to fly away with him?

1. She feels obliged not to abandon the field-mouse who sheltered her through the cold season — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She feels the field-mouse needs her here — score 2
3. She feels bound to the field-mouse and her wedding plans, which would be ruined by flying away — score 0
4. She feels obliged not to abandon the field-mouse — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 882, line 13: «Tiny tied her girdle round the butterfly, so he could not fly away from the leaf.», 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 «tiny» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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 ✓

Which material does the field-mouse prescribe for the garments in preparation for the marriage?

1. Woollen and linen fabrics — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Both woollen and linen fabrics woven by spiders — no support
3. Cotton and leather goods — no support
4. Woollen and linen fabrics dyed black — 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What physical condition does the earth display at the close of this part, as the wedding approaches?

1. It has been baked hard, as hard as stone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. It has turned to dusty mud — score 0
3. It has been dried out by the summer sun — no support
4. It is hard and very cracked — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 883, line 5: «At the end the summer heat has baked the earth as hard as a stone, and the wedding with the mole is coming closer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bake» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «earth» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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