Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 99: the stork carries a baby to the Viking's wife, but the child turns into a frog at night
Tests: 2 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 888 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 who told the swan story in this part?
- 1. the old stork who lived on the castle roof — no support
- 2. the youngest of the three swans — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. the Viking's wife — score 4
- 4. the stork-papa — ✓ the right answer · score 4
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 830, line 6: «Who: the narrator, a boy, tells the tale with his mother, his father, and the little girl Anastasia.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same thing acted on «tale» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
ngl how many swans showed up at the moor?
- 1. seven — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. twelve swans and their young — score 4
- 3. three swans, all white — score 4
- 4. three — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 295, line 21: «At the end the boy says "that is no fairy tale", which shows he thinks the story was only about an ordinary old couple.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); the same doer «fairy tale» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
lowkey which place was the princess from?
- 1. Sweden — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Asia — no support
- 3. Rome — no support
- 4. Egypt — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
fr what did the two sisters do to the feathers?
- 1. threw them in the marsh — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. tore them into tiny bits and tossed them away — no support
- 3. tore them into bits — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. sold them at the market — 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 · ★ · right ✓
bruh what was the elder stump actually?
- 1. the Marsh King — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the old king — no support
- 3. the cursed prince who lived in the far south — no support
- 4. the wicked hidden father of the princess — 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 ✗
okay so what was sitting in the lily cup?
- 1. a tiny sleeping swan — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. a small white moth — score 1
- 3. a little maiden — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. a frog — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 888, line 12: «The stork thinks the baby is the daughter of the princess and the Marsh King, and that is why she sits "in the cup of a water-lily."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
no cap, who did the stork hand the baby to?
- 1. the castle cook — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. the maid — score 6
- 3. the princess — score 6
- 4. the Viking's wife — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. 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 30, line 20: «Talk in this lesson: «it's giving main character» = acting like the star of the show; «flex» = show off; «sound» (Liverpool) = fine, OK; «don't have a cow» (ol…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «word» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro what did the stork poke a hole through?
- 1. the wooden shutter — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the bladder-covered window of the high castle tower — no support
- 3. the bladder-covered window — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the tall bladder-covered window of the hall — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓
be real, what did the wife wish for?
- 1. a tiny baby to raise as her own — no support
- 2. a child to hold — score 4
- 3. a little one to hold in the castle — score 4
- 4. a little one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 151, line 18: «fact: The Ass reads it aloud, and it is all about "grass and barley and hay", food he likes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «like» (+4); the same doer «fact» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait what made the frog turn back into a kid?
- 1. the moon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the warm rain — no support
- 3. the rays of the rising sun at dawn — no support
- 4. the sun's beams — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
lol what made the frog's mouth shrink?
- 1. the cold dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. the sunrise — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. the moonlight — score 4
- 4. the wind — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 65, line 15: «Inside he mutters «But it was fun, though! Awful fun!» and makes stifled noises «k-i-ck-ck-ck, and poop-p-p», like snorts or soda-water bottles opening.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «stifled noises» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
and where's the Viking at the end, fr?
- 1. at home — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. at the castle — no support
- 3. still in the field — no support
- 4. on the way home — ✓ 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 ✗
why's the wind bad for him, for real?
- 1. it blows east — score 3
- 2. it blows south — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. it blows hard from the south in his face — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. it blows west — 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 378, line 3: «The Wind blows harder and harder, but the man only holds his cloak tighter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wind» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
hold up, why couldn't she hit the frog?
- 1. its size — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. its slimy skin — no support
- 3. its sad eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. its legs — 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 15 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro did the stork think the baby was the princess at first?
- 1. yeah, for a while — no support
- 2. yeah, for a sec — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. no, not at all — no support
- 4. yeah, he thought it was her for sure — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 888, line 12: «The stork thinks the baby is the daughter of the princess and the Marsh King, and that is why she sits "in the cup of a water-lily."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «stork» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which object did the two deceitful sisters remove from the princess?
- 1. the golden necklace — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. the silver girdle — score 1
- 3. the crown — score 1
- 4. the swan's plumage — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 777, line 4: «Years later Heinel goes home with a magic ring, is doubted by his father, and shows his mark, but his queen takes the ring and leaves him stranded.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What did the stork resolve to bring to the Viking's wife?
- 1. food — score 6
- 2. a child — ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. a son — ← Mova's choice · score 11
- 4. a baby girl — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 197, line 4: «Prayers bring the king a son, Camaralzaman, who grows up clever but refuses to marry when his father asks.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); the same receiver «king» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What transformation occurred when the sunlight fell upon the creature on the couch?
- 1. it turned to stone — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 2. the frog turned slowly back into a real human child — no support
- 3. it became a small living child again — score -2
- 4. it became a child — ✓ the right answer · 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 78, line 11: «The Zebra went to "little thorn-bushes where the sunlight fell all stripy", the Giraffe to "tallish trees where the shadows fell all blotchy", and they said "O…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «sunlight» (-3). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the principal consequence of the wind's direction for the Viking?
- 1. his ship was sunk — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. his horse was lamed — no support
- 3. his return was delayed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. his return home was delayed by many days — 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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