Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 887 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 ✓
yo did you see the twelve months roll up in that coach?
- 1. Sure, Madame August had fruit and beer, lol — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yep, Madame August brought fruit, dude — no support
- 3. Sure, Madame August had fruit and beer and a whole pile of fish ponds, lol — no support
- 4. Totally, August had fish and beer, lol — 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 ✗
bro who was the one with the cough and the handkerchief?
- 1. yeah it was November, no cap — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. November, dude, total cold, he kept coughing into the handkerchief all night — no support
- 3. bro, that was October, I think — no support
- 4. November, dude, total cold — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
so September was the painter who whistled like a blackbird, right?
- 1. Nope, that was October, he had a gun — no support
- 2. Yep, fr, and he did a hop jug too — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yep, fr, and he did a hop jug and a painting of the whole moor, lol — no support
- 4. Yep, fr, and he painted the moor too — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 887, line 2: «Madame August brings fruit and beer to the harvesters, and September paints the forest and whistles like a blackbird.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «september» (+3); the same action «paint» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the old lady December bring a tree in a flower pot?
- 1. Nope, a basket of pears, and a lamp — no support
- 2. Yeah, a little fir, and a fire stool — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, a little fir in a flower pot, and a fire stool and a wreath, lol — no support
- 4. Yeah, she had a whole tree plus a fire stool and a sleigh full of nuts — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 263, line 12: «The doctor says her son "would die" if the lady does not consent, so the lady "had to give way" and summons Catskin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lady» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
wait the storks tell stories, like the Moses one?
- 1. Yeah, but this one's about the Marsh King, not Moses — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Kinda, but this one's about the Marsh King's gold — no support
- 3. Yeah, but this one's about the Marsh King and his moor and the swan-princess who flew north, not Moses — no support
- 4. Yeah, but it's about the Marsh King and his reeds and the stork-papa's long story, totally different from Moses and the bulrushes — 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 ✗
what's up with the swan girl, did she get lost on the moor?
- 1. Yep, the Egypt host's daughter came as a swan — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, the Egypt host's daughter stayed home — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Yep, the Egypt host's daughter came as a swan and then got lost on the moor for good, sad — no support
- 4. Yep, the Egypt host's daughter came as a swan and her dad was the Marsh King himself, wild — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 443, line 3: «She sends the girl home with a skull with blazing eyes as a light for her stepsisters.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «vasilissa» (+2); the same property (+1). 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
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
why's the stork mom so mad at the dad?
- 1. She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama, the dad storks keep flying off to the Marsh King's moor, so annoying — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama, he came back late with mud all over him, again — no support
- 3. He kept bringing home wet reeds and frogs — no support
- 4. She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama — ✓ the right answer · 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
does the captain keep the passports?
- 1. Yep, each one's good for a month — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, they're all stamped for a year — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Yep, each one's good for a week — no support
- 4. Yep, each one's good for a month and the captain checks them all at the gate, lol — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 887, line 1: «The twelve months arrive one by one in a coach, each dressed for his own job, and the captain on duty takes their passports.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «captain» (+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
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
was the moor a lake long ago?
- 1. Yeah, the ground rose up from the bottom — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nope, the sea covered it up later on — no support
- 3. Yeah, the water sank down under it — no support
- 4. Yeah, the ground heaved up from under it — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's the Lumfjorden, the sea thing by the castle?
- 1. a bay of the Kattegat sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the big arm of the North Sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a small lake — no support
- 4. a long strip of the Baltic — 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 · ★ · right ✓
so who's the boss of the moor, the marsh dude?
- 1. the Marsh King — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the reed lord — no support
- 3. the Egyptian host's daughter, who is lost on the moor — no support
- 4. the Marsh King who lives in the reed palace and rules all the frogs — 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 ✗
what's the deal with October and his English plough?
- 1. He's a squire who sells fruit and brings a huge crate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He's a squire who farms and brings a huge load — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He's a squire with an English plough and cows — no support
- 4. He's a squire who farms the whole moor and brings a huge load of barley and oats to the town every year — 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 of the twelve months was the first to be called for the passport inspection?
- 1. Mr. January — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Mr. February — no support
- 3. the first passenger on the passport list at the gate — no support
- 4. the gentleman who came in the coach with the fruit — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what region of Denmark is the great moorland described in the tale situated?
- 1. north of Jutland by the Lumfjorden — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Zealand — no support
- 3. west Zealand — no support
- 4. north Jutland — ✓ 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What was the purpose for which the swan-princess undertook her journey north?
- 1. to obtain moor-flowers for her sick father — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. to pick moor-flowers for her ill husband — score 5
- 3. to carry reeds home to her sick father — score -2
- 4. to fetch moor-flowers for her sick mother — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 223, line 4: «She dresses in her grandest jewels, then sends word that she wants to see the prince.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
According to the stork-papa, what is the condition of the Egyptian host's daughter at the close of the passage?
- 1. Hungry — no support
- 2. She is ill — no support
- 3. Asleep — no support
- 4. She is lost — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 668, line 13: «Feelings: The king "wept and stormed" and says he is "punished for my pride" after losing his daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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