Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real nightingale saves the dying emperor

Tests: 5 of 15 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 913 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, what did the courtiers call the real nightingale after she bounced?

1. A total rude creature — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. A total ungrateful creature that deserved to be sent out of the palace in disgrace forever — no support
3. A total ungrateful creature — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. A total ungrateful creature who insulted the emperor after he gave her every honor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 109, line 17: «Old word: "courtiers" were people who served at a royal court, and today we would call them palace advisers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+5); the same thing acted on «courtiers» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, how many times did the fake bird sing the same tunes?

1. Three and thirty times, each time as joyfully as the first — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Three and thirty times — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. More than three and thirty times, until everyone in the hall had heard it — no support
4. Forty times exactly — 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 ✗

Be real, which bird did the music-master say was better?

1. The bird — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The robot — no support
3. The mechanical singer — no support
4. The artificial bird — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 114, line 8: «The birds come when she calls "hither, thither, haste away!" and they pick out the good grain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «birds» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, why did the fisherman feel something was missing?

1. He missed something true — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Nothing — no support
3. He could not name it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Its beat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 913, line 12: «The poor fisherman says "there seems something wanting" in the bird's song, which shows that the machine lacks something a real song has.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «something» (+2). Against it: the same action «lack» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, what made the robot bird go silent?

1. A spring cracked inside — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A spring cracked inside the bird, and the watchmaker could not repair it quickly — no support
3. A wheel snapped loose — no support
4. A pin fell out — 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 ✗

Lol, how often could the fixed bird play after that?

1. Once a month — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Weekly — no support
3. Twice a month — no support
4. Once a year — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did the emperor offer the bird to make it sing?

1. His golden slipper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. His jeweled necklace — no support
3. His silver sandal — no support
4. A ring — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, who was sitting on the emperor's chest?

1. Death, with his long cold fingers sitting heavy upon the emperor's chest — score 6
2. Shadow — score 6
3. Fear — score 6
4. Death — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 913, line 3: «Years later the emperor lies dying, and Death sits on his chest wearing the golden crown.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+6); the same place «chest» (+2). Against it: the same doer «death» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Deadass, what did Death wear on his head?

1. The emperor's golden crown, which he had taken from the emperor's chamber — no support
2. A silver helmet — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The emperor's golden crown — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The old royal hood — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 765, line 16: «Old word: "kerchief" meant a square cloth worn on the head or neck; today we say scarf.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did Death trade for the nightingale's song?

1. The sword — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The sword, banner and crown — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. A crown — score 0
4. The banner and royal cloak — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 830, line 1: «The mother sings her sad song while black bread bakes in the ashes, and the boy shouts that they will kill the Turks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «mother» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

No cap, what did Death turn into when he left?

1. A pale grey fog — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. A cold, white mist that drifted slowly out through the window into the dark night — no support
3. A thin silver cloud — score 5
4. A cold, white mist — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 352, line 15: «Old word "falter" means to hesitate or grow weak, and today we would say "hesitate" or "wobble".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Ok but what did the nightingale sing about?

1. The quiet churchyard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The cold moonlit grave — score 5
3. The quiet churchyard, where the white roses bloom beside the old graves — no support
4. The silent cemetery — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 511, line 17: «Old word: a "lyre" is a small harp-like instrument with strings, and the "dirge" a nightingale sang over his grave is a sad song for the dead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sing» (+3); the same doer «nightingale» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did the nightingale say the tears were?

1. Jewels that make a singer happy, the only true reward a bird can ever have — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Jewels that make a singer happy, which the emperor should give to every bird that sings — no support
3. Jewels that make a singer happy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Pearls that cheer a player's soul — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 912, line 16: «Why: the nightingale says "An emperor's tears" are her richest reward, so she refuses the gold slipper.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «richest reward» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did the courtiers want when the duet fell apart?

1. To hear it sing again — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To sleep — no support
3. To stop it — no support
4. To keep the bird singing — ✓ 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 15 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, where did the bird end up after the real one got banished?

1. On a silk cushion by the bed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Beside the golden window in the hall — score 5
3. On a shelf — score 5
4. On a velvet pillow near the throne — score 5

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 759, line 15: «fact: The second time the stepmother sets two dishes of peas, and the birds finish "before half an hour's time".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «finish» (+4); the same doer «birds» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which title was conferred upon the mechanical bird upon its first public performance?

1. Imperial nightingale-bringer-in-chief of the entire golden palace and its gardens — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Royal palace bird-master-general — score -1
3. Imperial nightingale-keeper-in-chief — score -1
4. Imperial nightingale-bringer-in-chief — ✓ 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 913, line 18: «Old word "toilet": here it means dressing and grooming, so "Little Imperial Toilet Singer" was a bird who sang while the emperor got dressed, not a bathroom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same property (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which mechanical fault rendered the bird unable to perform, and what did the watchmaker state regarding its repair?

1. A cracked spring; the barrels were worn, so it could play only once a year — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. A snapped wire; the pins were dull, so it sang one time a year — no support
3. A cracked spring — no support
4. A bent gear; the cogs were rusted, so it could play rarely at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 913, line 14: «The bird breaks when "a spring cracked", and the watchmaker warns that it can only play once a year.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+6); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What did Death relinquish in exchange for the nightingale's song, and what did he become upon departing?

1. The sword and robe; a thin silver cloud that rose away — no support
2. The sword, banner and crown, all the royal treasures; a cold, white mist that drifted slowly out through the window — no support
3. The shield and banner; a pale grey fog in the night — score 2
4. The sword, banner and crown; a cold, white mist — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 913, line 5: «Her song is so sweet that Death gives up the crown, sword and banner for it, and the emperor wakes up well and sleeps peacefully.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give up» (+3); the same doer «death» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «crown» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the nightingale identify as the emperor's true reward for her song, and what effect did her singing produce upon him?

1. Her songs, which cheered a player's heart; a quiet, gentle rest — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. His tears, which were jewels to a singer; a restful, refreshing sleep that the emperor had not known for many long and troubled years — score -2
3. His tears, which were jewels to a singer, and which she valued above all the gold of the palace; a restful, refreshing sleep for the emperor — no support
4. His tears, which were jewels to a singer; a restful, refreshing sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 511, line 17: «Old word: a "lyre" is a small harp-like instrument with strings, and the "dirge" a nightingale sang over his grave is a sad song for the dead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sing» (+3); the same doer «nightingale» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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