Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy visits the Florence churches, then is shoved around by his mother and finds a kind home

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 898 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, the pig actually talked back to him?

1. Yeah, proper mint, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, not really — no support
3. Yeah, it was — no support
4. Yeah, it was dead fun, bruv — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so he got on the pig and it just ran?

1. Nah, it needs a grown-up on its back — no support
2. Yeah, it only runs with a kid on its back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Nah, it stopped — score 6
4. Yeah, it runs when a kid sits on it — 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 898, line 10: «Why: the Pig will only run when "an innocent child" is on its back, so the boy is its helper too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+4); the same doer «pig» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the mum well chill with him coming home skint?

1. Yeah, she was dead chill about it, gave him a cuddle and told him to sit down — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, she gave him a big hug — no support
3. Nah, she went proper mental at him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, she just made him a tea — 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 ✗

Did the boy just wander off without telling anyone?

1. Yeah, he hid — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, he left a note for her — score 6
3. Yeah, he ran off and got lost — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nah, he told her — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 898, line 5: «She and a neighbour smash their fire-pots at each other, so the boy flees and hides in the church until a kind old man finds him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Were the sailors bladdered when they went past him?

1. Yeah, they'd been on a right bender — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they just walked straight past — no support
3. Nah, they were perfectly sober and walking in a neat line towards the harbour and the ships — score 1
4. Yeah, they'd been on a right bender all week and were singing loudly in the street — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 867, line 19: «Why they sing: the carol is about Christ being born and "the redemption of the soul of man," so the song is about joy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+4); the same doer «sailors» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the two women actually have a proper ruck?

1. Nah, they just talked — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, they shouted at each other — score 6
3. Nah, they just shared a laugh — no support
4. Yeah, they smashed their fire-pots together — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 388, line 19: «OLD WORD: A "chattel" in the old woman's speech means a movable possession, like furniture or goods, and "physician" means a doctor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+4); the same doer «old woman» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the church actually banging inside, like a rave?

1. Nah, it was calm, but there were lots of bells ringing and people dancing outside on the steps — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, it was properly banging, with music, dancing and people shouting all round the altar — no support
3. Nah, it was calm, with candles and singing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, there was dancing and drums — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 800, line 1: «The people hear a deep, sweet bell that seems to ring from a church somewhere in the wood, so they set out to find it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ring» (+4); the same doer «deep sweet bell» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the old bloke just leave him in the church?

1. Yeah, he left him in the pew — no support
2. Nah, he sent him to the police — no support
3. Nah, he took him back to his place — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he left him there alone in the church and walked off home without a word — ← 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 412, line 3: «The thread leads her to the church, where she climbs a ladder, looks through a window, and sees him eating a dead body.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «church» (+4); the same action «lead» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Was the shop with the poodle actually nice?

1. Yeah, they fed him and let him stay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they threw him out at once and told him to get back to the street — no support
3. Nah, they shut the door fast — no support
4. Yeah, they sold him a coat — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the painting actually look fun or nah?

1. Yeah, the kids looked dead happy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, the kids looked dead miserable and were pointing at a grave in the corner — no support
3. Nah, the kids looked really sad — no support
4. Yeah, the kids looked dead happy and the whole painting was full of bright colours and laughter — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So what's the marito, a snack or something?

1. Nah, it's a clay pot for holding fire — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, it's a snack — no support
3. Yeah, it's a food for the poor — no support
4. Nah, it's a cake from the stall — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the boy get home in time for his tea?

1. Nah, he never went home at all, so his mum searched the whole town for him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, he stayed out all night — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Yeah, he got back for dinner — no support
4. Yeah, he got home just in time for tea and was told off gently by his mum — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 326, line 2: «The boys go home in the dinghy, and the mermaids laugh when they call for Peter and Wendy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boys» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the Pig a proper legend or just rubbish?

1. Nah, it was just a dull statue — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, it was a total legend to him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, it was a total legend to him, the best thing he had ever ridden in his whole life — no support
4. Nah, it was rubbish, a cold old lump of metal that did nothing at all for anyone — 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 ✗

In what manner does the narrator describe the boy's situation at the conclusion of the passage?

1. The boy sleeps in the church with kind strangers — no support
2. The boy is left in the care of kindly strangers, in a state of hunger and distress — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The boy is left alone — no support
4. The boy is taken in by a kindly old man and given warm food after a tiring evening of wandering the town streets — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 831, line 4: «On the last evening the narrator admits he loves Anastasia, and Aphtanides turns pale but gives up his hopes and his gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «narrator» (-1); the same property (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the function of the Metal Pig with reference to the child upon its back.

1. The Pig moves only when a child is seated on its back — score 4
2. The Pig can only run while an innocent child rides upon it, and it stops as soon as the child gets down from its back to play — score 7
3. The Pig can run whenever a grown man rides upon it — score 7
4. The Pig can only run while an innocent child rides upon it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 402, line 18: «Hard word, "unfledged": it describes a young bird without full feathers, so it cannot fly yet.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «word» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What, according to the passage, is the significance of the red ladder upon the tomb of Galileo?

1. It is an emblem of art, signifying the way to glory — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is a sign of death and the stairs to heaven — no support
3. It is an emblem of art and science, signifying the long climb of the artist's soul towards glory and eternal fame — no support
4. It stands for the church's wealth and power — 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 ✗

To whom does the mother direct her violence, and by what means does she carry it out?

1. She beats the boy with a stick and throws a shoe at his head — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. She strikes the boy with her foot and swings a fire-pot at him — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. She grabs the boy by the arm and drags him to the door — score 7
4. She strikes the boy with her open hand and then swings a heavy fire-pot at his head in the kitchen while the neighbours watch — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 746, line 17: «Mother Holle sends the lazy girl away after she is idle, and says, "That is in return for your services", as the pitch pours over her.», 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); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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