Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 100: the storks fly south, the Viking feasts and sails away again

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 889 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, so the storks just ditched the roof and bounced to Egypt, right?

1. Nah, they went north — no support
2. Nope, they actually flew to the buffet in Britain — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yep, straight to the frog buffet — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, to the Viking hall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 888, line 15: «The stork-mamma says "our travelling time draws near," because storks fly south to warmer lands before winter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+4); the same doer «storks» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, the Viking's wife had mad bling, what was it?

1. Silver rings — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Amber beads — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Amber beads and a heavy golden torque — no support
4. Bronze brooches — 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 ✗

Lol, what did the guests do with the leftover bones?

1. Chucked them at each other — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Tossed the leftover bones at each other across the table — score 8
3. Tossed them at dogs — score 6
4. Threw the old picked bones at each other — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 889, line 3: «The guests drink, throw bones at each other as a sign of friendship, and listen to the bard sing of their brave deeds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bones» (+4); the same doer «guests» (+2); the same place «each» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the frog kid was a frog at night, right?

1. No, with cute eyes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, with sad eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. No, happy — no support
4. Yeah, sad — 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 ✓

Dude, what did the bard keep singing?

1. Gold flees — no support
2. Wealth will shine forever — no support
3. Gold will flee away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Gold will flee away from the one who holds it — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 889, line 12: «The bard sings a refrain: "Gold and possessions will flee away, Friends and foes must die one day."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «flee away» (+7); the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «gold» (-1); the same thing acted on (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, where did the Viking sail off to again?

1. Britain, after spring — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Gaul, before winter — no support
3. Britain, before winter — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Gaul, in spring — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 889, line 4: «The Viking admires his daughter and says she will grow up a heroine, then sails off again to Britain before winter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sail off» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «britain» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what was the stork fam doing on the minaret?

1. Chilling on the roof and preening their feathers — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Chilling and preening — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nesting and hunting — no support
4. Sunbathing and singing — 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 ✗

Honestly, why did the wife hide the kid from her hubby?

1. He'd dump it on the road — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He'd give it away — no support
3. He'd leave it on the road for the wolves — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. He'd drop it in the river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 140, line 4: «A Kid jeers at a Wolf from a roof, a Fox who lost his tail tries to make the others cut theirs, and a Jackdaw in borrowed feathers gets caught.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kid» (+2); the same circumstance (+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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what was the mead like at the feast?

1. Mead they drank loads of — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Stuff they drank a ton of — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Stuff they drank a ton of until the bard sang — no support
4. Honey wine they drank in huge amounts all night — 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 ✗

Yo, what did the sparrows do once the storks left?

1. Moved in — no support
2. Took over the nest — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ate the eggs — no support
4. Took the old roof — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 288, line 17: «Only the sparrows hear Gerda, and they sing "Here we are! Here we are!" but they cannot carry her to land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sparrows» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Ayy, what kinda snow did they call feathers?

1. The falling white stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Falling white cotton — no support
3. The cold white dust — no support
4. The soft white stuff that falls from the sky — 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 ✗

Fr, what did the baby girl do when she was mad?

1. Kicked and screamed alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hid and sulked alone — no support
3. Bit and fought everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cried loudly — 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 ✗

Bruh, what does the Nile have loads of?

1. Mud — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fish — no support
3. Frogs — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Locusts — 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 ✗

Ok but what do the storks clean with their beaks?

1. Their beaks — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. Their long wings and tails — score -3
3. Their wings — score -3
4. Their feathers — ✓ the right answer · 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 888, line 14: «The stork makes a hole with his beak in the "bladder-covered window," since windows then were not always made of glass.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); the same doer «stork» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the motive of the wife for concealing the child from her husband?

1. The wife hoped the Viking would forget the child in the hall. — score 3
2. The wife feared the Viking would take the child to the coast. — score 3
3. The wife feared the child was sick. — score 3
4. The wife feared that the Viking would expose the child in the public highway. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 889, line 7: «The wife hides the child from the Viking because he would "expose the poor child in the public highway" if he knew.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «expose» (+4); the same place «public highway» (+4); the same thing acted on «poor child» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the events of the feast held upon the Viking's return?

1. Guests ate bread and listened to the priest. — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Guests drank mead and ate meat, and a bard sang of their deeds while the hall roared with laughter and the cups overflowed. — score 1
3. Guests consumed mead and meat, and listened to a bard singing of their deeds. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Guests threw bones at each other while a bard sang of distant lands and the gods of the sea. — no support

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 356, line 1: «Schacabac pretends to eat a feast of empty air, and his rich host finally serves a real supper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «schacabac» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the reason the storks remained in Egypt?

1. Their father decided the desert was safer for them. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Their mother judged that the frogs and locusts in Egypt were the best food available for the young ones. — no support
3. Their mother judged that the frogs and locusts there were the best food available. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Their mother thought the Nile was full of food and decided the young storks should stay there for the winter months. — 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 ✗

Which of the following describes the condition of the child during the day and at night?

1. By day it was a quiet child, and by night it was a wicked frog. — score -1
2. By day it was a charming and wicked child who bit and fought, and by night it was a quiet frog with sorrowful eyes. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. By day it was charming and wicked, and by night it was a quiet frog with sorrowful eyes. — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. By day it was a frog, and by night a charming child with sad eyes. — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 7: «Alice begins «I once tasted—» but checks herself and says «No, never» — she won't tell a turtle she has eaten lobster.», 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 «alice» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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