Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it will be melted down

Tests: 6 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 925 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 ✗

Bruv, who actually ended up with the lamp, the mayor or the watchman?

1. The sailor — no support
2. The watchman — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The old woman — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. The mayor — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 277, line 16: «Old word: "votive lamp" meant a lamp lit before a holy picture as a gift to God; today we would say a candle in a church.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what was the lamp's big wish, no cap?

1. A new wick inside — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A wax light inside — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nothing inside — no support
4. Tallow inside — 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 ✗

So the wind promised what, fam?

1. A memory of the old woman's birthday — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A dream, fam — score 1
3. A long voyage across the warm sea, fam — score 1
4. A memory — ✓ 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 671, line 7: «What: the youngest princess asks him to tell her his secret, and he beats her, as he had promised long ago.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «promise» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the moon actually give the lamp?

1. Some light — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. A bit of wax — score -2
3. A silver ring — score -2
4. Nothing at all — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 925, line 12: «What the moon said: "no lamps have ever given me light", so she gives nothing and hides behind the clouds.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Was the drop's present mega or bare sus? It made the lamp what?

1. Rusty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Dented — no support
3. Cracked — no support
4. Golden — 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 ✗

Gutted for the lamp, innit? What did it dream about?

1. Being melted down — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Being sold off — no support
3. Being put out on the street again — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Being carried off by a sailor to the Indies — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 924, line 8: «Where: the peasant's wife goes "over to the schoolmaster's" to beg for herbs, and the lamp stands on a street by a canal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lamp» (+2); the same place «street» (+2). 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wagwan, what did the old woman picture in her head?

1. The sailors and their ships from the harbour — no support
2. The strange animals and birds of the far-off islands — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. The lions from the travel book — no support
4. The animals from the travel book — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 895, line 12: «Old word: "ineffable" means so great that it cannot be described in words.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Proper far away, yeah? Who brought the flower-pots?

1. A young sailor named Christian who sailed home in spring — score 3
2. A dockworker named Hans — no support
3. A sailor named Christian — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. A sailor named Christian who came from Holland — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 925, line 15: «Where the flower-pots came from: a sailor named Christian brought them from "the East or West Indies".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «name» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What shape were those flower-pots, like?

1. Tall pots with carved handles like elephants' heads — score -2
2. Elephants — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Round pots with tiny flowers painted on them — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Camels — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 917, line 16: «Old word: "Tristan" was said to mean "born in sorrow," and "minstrel" was a travelling singer who made songs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

The clock was dead fast, yeah? How was it?

1. Always too fast, but the watchman never minded — no support
2. Always about ten minutes too fast each day — score 3
3. Always too slow — no support
4. Always too fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 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 819, line 21: «Old word: "Hei, houp!" was a shout of joy on a fast ride, and today we might just say "Whoa, what a ride!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Bare embarrassing, but what got burnt on the birthday?

1. Oil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Spirits — no support
3. Tar — no support
4. Wax — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 925, line 4: «On the watchman's birthday the lamp hopes at last to have a light inside, but only oil is put in it as usual.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, did anyone ever put a wax candle in the lamp?

1. No, never — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, often — no support
3. Never, sadly — no support
4. No — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the watchman keep the lamp, honestly?

1. He had no children, and the lamp was like his own child — score 4
2. He had lost his wife and had no family to keep him — score 4
3. He had no children — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He had no wife — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 838, line 12: «He tries them on, and "they fitted his feet exactly", so he keeps them.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «watchman» (+6). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the old folks' lamp sit, like?

1. By the window sill — no support
2. In the grandfather's armchair — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. In the grandmother's chair — ← Mova's choice · score -4
4. On the table — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 912, line 6: «Who: the emperor of China, who sits "in his golden chair" and reads a book sent by the emperor of Japan.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «golden chair» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-6). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead lamp vibes at the end, yeah? Where was it taken?

1. To the mayor's house — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. To the old church — score 6
3. To the cellar — score 6
4. To the iron foundry — ✓ the right answer · score 6

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 16, line 16: «Alice hears the Queen sentence three players to be executed «for having missed their turns», though nobody takes turns at all; her flamingo has gone across the…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «turns» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What, according to the wind, would be the consequence of the lamp receiving a memory?

1. It would be remembered by the town for ever and ever — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Its time would pass quickly — no support
3. Its old age would pass very pleasantly and it would be melted in the foundry — no support
4. Its old age would pass very pleasantly — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately characterises the watchman's regard for the lamp?

1. He regarded it as a fine ornament for the mayor's house — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He treated it like a tool — no support
3. He regarded it almost as a rival to his own wife and children — no support
4. He regarded it almost as his own child — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the lamp conclude regarding joy that is not shared with others?

1. That it is enjoyed fully only by the lamp in the dark — no support
2. That it is only half enjoyed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That it is not enjoyed — no support
4. That it is only half enjoyed unless it is shared with a friend — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 721, line 5: «The third youth takes the small half, and the prince joyfully calls him a brother, sharing everything he has.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the old woman express her delight in the travel book?

1. She professed she could almost imagine seeing it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She professed she could almost imagine seeing the elephants herself — no support
3. She declared the book was the finest she had ever read in all her life — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. She claimed she could almost taste it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 892, line 18: «Old word: "immured" means walled up or shut away in a dark place; today we would say locked in.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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