Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers

Tests: 2 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 890 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, so the sick lord, where's he chillin at?

1. in the big hall of his castle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. in the stables by the gate — no support
3. in the big hall of his castle, lying on a bed by the fire — no support
4. in the old tower of the keep — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

no way, the swan girls said a hunter shot their sister, right?

1. yep, with an arrow — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yep, with a poisoned arrow and then she sank in the lake — score 5
3. yep, with a spear — no support
4. yep, a hunter shot her with an arrow from the reeds — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 890, line 3: «The two swan-maidens lie that a hunter shot their sister, who sank into a lake and was buried under a birch-tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+4); the same doer «hunter» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey wild, what did they bind under the swallow's wings?

1. fire — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. ash — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. straw — score 3
4. oil — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 890, line 12: «Their revenge: "We bound fire under the wings of a swallow," so the huntsman's house burned.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bound» (+2); the same place «wings» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, so where was the swallow's nest?

1. on the thatched roof of the huntsman's cottage by the moor — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in the huntsman's barn — no support
3. on the roof of the huntsman's house, high above the marsh road — no support
4. on the huntsman's roof — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what did stork-papa wanna do to those two liars?

1. jab his beak right in their chests — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. drive his beak into their necks — no support
3. break their wings — no support
4. peck their eyes — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 890, line 4: «Stork-papa wants to peck them, but stork-mamma says to think of your family, so he will listen to the wise men from the cupola.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «peck» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different doer (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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, what did stork-mamma say to think about first?

1. yourself first, then your family, then the swan girls and the lake — no support
2. your family, then yourself — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. yourself, then your family — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yourself, then your family and the whole nest on the moor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 890, line 4: «Stork-papa wants to peck them, but stork-mamma says to think of your family, so he will listen to the wise men from the cupola.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+7); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

real talk, where did papa stork wanna sit to hear the wise guys?

1. on the edge of the open cupola where the wise men talk all night — no support
2. on the edge of the open cupola, high above the hall below — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. on the edge of the open cupola — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. at the top of the church tower — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 152, line 9: «BUT: he "didn't want to offend the Lion", so he needed a clever way out.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «clever way» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus, what saying did the smart men write down?

1. love is a life-giver for the sick lord lying in the hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. blood is a life-giver — no support
3. love is a life-giver — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. love is a life-giver, as the learned men wrote on the wall — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, how long did papa stork stand on one leg?

1. one day — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the whole next day — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the whole next week — score 4
4. all night — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 151, line 12: «fact: The trick works: the Farmer slings stones and hits one "on the head", another "in the legs", and another "in the wing".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «farmer» (+2); the same place «legs» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what was too hard for papa stork to get?

1. what the learned men said about love and the lotus from the sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. what the wise men said of the lotus — no support
3. what the learned men said about love — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. why the learned men wrote of love — 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 ✗

bruh, which flower could heal the lord?

1. a red lily — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the lotus from the deep sea beyond the marble sphinx — score 4
3. the lotus from the deep sea — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. the rose — 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 46, line 3: ««Told you so,» says the Rat to the Mole. So the Badger decides on force: the three of them will move into Toad Hall and stay until Toad is cured. They haul him…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cure» (+3); the same thing acted on «toad» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

okay real quick, where did the princess go first?

1. to the temple in the northern hills — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. to the stone pyramid by the river — score 2
3. to the marble sphinx in the desert, where the sand meets the sky — no support
4. to the marble sphinx in the desert — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 232, line 11: «How: The princess digs at the first tree on the right and finds a golden box with pearls "not very large ones, but well-shaped."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, what did the princess lay her head on?

1. the breast of a mummy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. the breast of a statue — score 5
3. the cold arm of a king — score 5
4. the breast of a mummy lying in the sand beneath the sphinx — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 2, line 22: «Old words in today's English: "alas" = sadly, "ventured" = dared, "set to work" = got busy, "leave off" = stop, "curious" = strange (and also wanting to know).», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «set» (+4); the same doer «old words» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

wild, who do the storks reckon drew her down?

1. the Moor Lord — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Marsh King — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the King — no support
4. the Frog King — 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 ✗

dude, where are the storks hiding those feathers?

1. in the reeds — no support
2. in the old nest by the lake — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. in their nest on the moor — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. on the moor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 890, line 5: «The storks decide to hide the two swan-feather suits in their nest on the moor so the false princesses cannot fly back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «nest» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, state the place in which the ailing lord is described as reclining.

1. Upon the bed in the lower hall — no support
2. Within the old tower of the keep — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Within the great hall of his castle — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Within the stables — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 329, line 17: «Old word: a "hanger" is an old word for a short sword, the weapon Tootles draws in the story.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, identify the object which the swan-maidens claim was bound beneath the wings of a swallow.

1. Oil — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ash — no support
4. Straw — 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 ✗

With reference to the passage, state the reason the papa stork gives for wishing to hide the swan feathers.

1. To stop the princesses flying north again — no support
2. To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor and the Marsh King — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor, so they stay with the storks forever — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 646, line 7: «What: the grouse's feathers keep the children warm, and the moths eat the dwarfs' fur until they are gone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, identify the phrase by which the wise men summarised the means of curing the sick man.

1. Blood is a life-giver — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Love heals — no support
3. Love is life — no support
4. Love is a life-giver — ✓ 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

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