Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Arab prince at the storks' house
Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 896 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 did the stork dude actually get a doctor hat or nah?
- 1. Nah, just talk about it — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Yeah, he got it but then lost it on the way home — score 2
- 3. Sure, he wore it proudly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Yeah, he got the hood — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 321, line 12: «Who: Slightly wears John's hat and looks "solemn" when he plays the doctor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wear» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, why was Helga up all night staring at the sky?
- 1. She was stoked about her new man — no support
- 2. She was buzzing about her luck — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She was so happy about her luck she forgot God, the Giver — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Watching for the nightingale's song — 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 896, line 9: «Why: Helga cannot sleep because she is "over-powered with her good fortune" and forgets to think of the Giver.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «helga» (+3). Against it: the same action «forget» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, what did the ostrich do that was so dumb?
- 1. Flew up and forgot to pray — no support
- 2. Dove down without asking for help — score 2
- 3. Flew up without saying God will — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. He flew too high — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 84, line 20: «Real life: pictures are much older than writing. People painted animals in caves tens of thousands of years ago, but a picture is not yet writing: it does not…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «exact words» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Did the ostrich's wings get totally fried by the sun?
- 1. Yep, totally scorched and shrivelled, and then it fell to the ground — score 6
- 2. Yep, scorched and shrivelled — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. No, just a little singed — no support
- 4. Nope, they got scorched and shrivelled but grew back the next day — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 737, line 8: «Where: they ride "by a brook" and later reach "a river" on a day when "the sun so scorching".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scorch» (+4); the same doer «sun» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who got the golden bracelet, like the real one?
- 1. The bride's mom and the bridegroom's dad — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The bride's mother — no support
- 3. The Viking's wife — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The stork's friend — 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 ✗
Did the birds have to shout a message or what?
- 1. The eagle flew it over — no support
- 2. The nightingale carried it — ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 3. They whispered — no support
- 4. The stork carried a note — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 801, line 5: «The Bell tells old tales of a monk, of King Canute's death in church, and of the birds that screamed, while the schoolmaster doubts it all.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old tales» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where's the grave the birds gotta sing around?
- 1. The meadow near the house — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The old field — no support
- 3. The beechwood on Jutland — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The moor — 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 ✗
What kinda language could Helga speak with birds?
- 1. Old Danish, from her mother — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Latin — score 1
- 3. Some Arabic — score 1
- 4. Bird language, from the swan — ✓ 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 746, line 9: «Why: her mother warns her to "walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path", but she runs off the path after the wolf talks of flowers and birds.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Who was rolling up on foaming steeds in autumn?
- 1. The royal Arab prince — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The bride — no support
- 3. The bridegroom's uncle — no support
- 4. The Viking chieftain — 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 ✗
Who was the bride in all that silk and jewels?
- 1. Astrid — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Helga — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Ingrid — no support
- 4. Eve — 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 ✗
What did stork-mamma say was mortifying, like super annoying?
- 1. We fly far and no one cares — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. No one appreciates what we do, even the doctor's hood — score 1
- 3. No one appreciates what we do — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. That the big house ignores the storks who bring luck every spring — score -2
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 896, line 1: «The storks' house is full of joy, and after the family has eaten, stork-papa tells them the story in his own way.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
What does stork-papa think about carrying that heavy gold?
- 1. It's heavy but worth it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Heavy, sure — score -1
- 3. He finds the gold quite nice — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. He thinks it's shiny gold — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 194, line 3: «An old woman leads him to a grand house, where the lady leaves him alone, and then a huge black slave cuts him and takes his gold.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «gold» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who sat next to the newlyweds at the table?
- 1. The bridegroom's uncle and the bride's cousin from Jutland — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. The guests — score 3
- 3. The bride's mom and grandpa — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. The bride's mom and grandpa, with the prince sitting beside them — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 842, line 6: «explain: Who: the clerk, who wakes up "sitting on the table" in his own room.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+3); the same place «table» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
What's the vibe at the end, like the big mood?
- 1. Sadness — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Quiet fear — no support
- 3. Joy and gladness everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Music and feast all around — 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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately identifies the individual who relates the narrative to the household in its own manner?
- 1. Stork-papa — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The stork — no support
- 3. Stork-papa, who narrates the story to his family — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The nightingale, who sings the story aloud — 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 ✗
Which statement correctly describes the reason for Helga's nocturnal vigil on the balcony?
- 1. She is so happy with her luck that she gazes at the stars all night — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She is so overwhelmed by her good fortune that she forgets the Giver — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She is excited about her new bracelets and wants to show them off — no support
- 4. She cannot sleep from the cold — 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 ✗
Which option accurately states the consequence suffered by the ostrich when it ascended toward the sun without invoking the Divine?
- 1. Its wings were singed and bent, so it sank into the sand below — ← Mova's choice · score 11
- 2. Its wings were scorched and shrivelled, and it fell to the earth — ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 3. It burned its wings — no support
- 4. Its wings were scorched and shrivelled, it fell to the earth, and it could never fly again over the great house — score 11
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 896, line 13: «In the legend the proud ostrich flew toward the sun without saying "if God will", and its wings were "scorched and shrivelled."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wings» (+6); the same action «scorch» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following correctly indicates the event that occurred in autumn, as observed by the eagle from the pyramid?
- 1. A royal Arab prince approached the house with a stately train of camels — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. A royal Arab prince approached the house with a stately train of camels and foaming steeds at dawn — score 4
- 3. A royal Arab prince approached the house with a stately train of camels, many servants, and a golden carriage — score 4
- 4. A rich merchant arrived at the old palace with his servants and horses — score -2
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 647, line 4: «At home the Queen finds a baby girl, and the King tears his black hair because he wanted a boy to be his heir.», 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 «king» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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