Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wise man hunts the loveliest rose, then twelve months arrive at the town gate on New Year's Eve
Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 886 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 · ★ · right ✓
oi, who's the wise geezer who starts all this?
- 1. the wise man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the boss — no support
- 3. the old bloke — no support
- 4. the clever chap — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
mate, what did the bishop reckon the loveliest rose was, innit?
- 1. a young lady kneeling at the altar rail — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a maiden at the altar — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the lass in the front pew saying her vows — no support
- 4. a girl in the chapel — 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 ✗
bruv, what was the little prince all teary about when he came in?
- 1. a bad cough — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. tears in his eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. his mother's letter from the war — no support
- 4. a broken toy soldier — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
lol which book did the lad lug in, all velvet n silver?
- 1. a big ledger — no support
- 2. a map — no support
- 3. a great book — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -5
- 4. a box — score -5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 236, line 19: «Old words: "bonny" means pretty, and "bogles" means goblins or ghosts, which is why the lads in the next tale fear them.», 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 «lads» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, what did the queen see spring out of the page?
- 1. a crimson bud — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a lovely rose — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a rose as white as snow — no support
- 4. a glowing rose with golden petals — 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 what time did the coach roll up, like midnight-ish?
- 1. New Year's Eve — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. the very end of a long winter's day — no support
- 3. Christmas Eve — no support
- 4. the last night of the old year — no support
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 886, line 5: «On New Year's Eve the mail-coach rolls in, and the twelve months step out one by one, starting with January.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mail coach» (+4). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
proper cold out, yeah? what was the sky doing?
- 1. a dark sky heavy with grey clouds — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. white with frost — no support
- 3. clouded over — no support
- 4. glittering with stars — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
how many blokes were squashed in that coach, fam?
- 1. twelve squashed passengers in the back — no support
- 2. twelve passengers and the driver — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. twelve passengers — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. fourteen people — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 842, line 3: «He longs to travel, so the goloshes whisk him off to Switzerland, where he is squeezed into a coach.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «coach» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
who was the first one out, the big fella in the bear-skin?
- 1. February — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. January — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. December — no support
- 4. June — 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 ✗
which one was Prince Carnival, the party lad with the barrel?
- 1. June — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. February — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the cheerful lad rolling a barrel — no support
- 4. May — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
who was the one with the tiny violets, like a proper softy?
- 1. the one with a bunch of tiny violets — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the modest month with violets pinned on — no support
- 3. August — no support
- 4. March — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
who's the one that makes a fool of March, like a prank?
- 1. August — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the month who plays jokes on March — no support
- 3. the jester month who tricks March for fun — no support
- 4. April — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
which lady smelt of wild-thyme and made the sentry sneeze?
- 1. Jan — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. June — no support
- 3. May — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. July — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
who's the one who throws the big feast on the longest day?
- 1. Jan — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. April — no support
- 3. June — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. May — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which person declares that the loveliest rose has not yet been designated?
- 1. the wise man who sits by the fire — score 2
- 2. the wise man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. the good bishop — score 0
- 4. the old sexton — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 886, line 1: «A wise man asks which rose is the loveliest in the world, and nobody has named it yet.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «wise man» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which passenger is attired in bear-skin and fur boots?
- 1. February — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the passenger in the bear-skin coat — no support
- 3. January — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. December — 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 ✗
What colour is the rose of grief which the queen was said to bear?
- 1. silver — no support
- 2. red — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. white — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. pink — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 15, line 6: «The garden has a large rose-tree with white roses, and three gardeners are «busily painting them red».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «roses» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which month is described as keeping its summer wardrobe in a box?
- 1. June — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. August — no support
- 3. April — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the frivolous month of spring showers — 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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