Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: Ole's brother Death shows Hjalmar how he sorts the riders by their mark-books

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 928 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 ✓

mate, did Death ask every rider the same thing first?

1. Where is the mark-book? — no support
2. Are you ready? — no support
3. Who is the best rider? — no support
4. How stands the mark-book? — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 928, line 3: «He wears a silver-embroidered hussar coat and asks every rider, "How stands the mark-book?"», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stand» (+5); the same thing acted on «mark book» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so like, who got to ride in FRONT on the horse?

1. the boys with Very good marks — no support
2. the Very good and Exceedingly good lot — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the Middling and Tolerably good — no support
4. the best ones — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 928, line 13: «Riders with "Very good" or "Exceedingly good" ride in front and hear "the beautiful story."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «riders» (-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 ✓

was Hjalmar scared of Death or nah?

1. nah, not in the least — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, he was brave — no support
3. nope — no support
4. yes, he was scared — 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 ✗

ok so what did Ole say keeps you safe from Death?

1. a clean white collar — score 4
2. a very good conduct book that everyone in the school must carry — no support
3. a good conduct book kept in your pocket, you know, all the time — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. a good conduct book — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 928, line 16: «Ole's advice is that you need not fear Death "if you take care and keep a good conduct book."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+5); the same thing acted on «good conduct book» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, where did the hen reckon the best cabbage was?

1. behind the dusty barn wall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a garden with red cabbage — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the garden — no support
4. a field — 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 ✗

bruv, what did the swallow reckon about warm countries?

1. the sun shines all the year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the people sing in the streets — no support
3. grapes hang in big bunches — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. grapes hang in big bunches on the warm vines in the southern sun — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the posh word for the old fella on the wall?

1. great-grandfather's painting — score -2
2. the old oil portrait of our great-grandfather painted many years ago — score -2
3. great-grandfather's portrait — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the great-grandfather's portrait hanging in the dusty hall upstairs — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 202, line 17: «Old word: "girdle" means a belt or sash worn around the waist, often with a pouch hanging from it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hang» (+1). Against it: the same place «word» (-1). 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 tower-keeper want patent blacking or grease?

1. grease — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. patent blacking, obvs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. grease, obviously — no support
4. sheep fat, mostly — 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 ✗

how many miles did the hen go in a coop, like?

1. seven miles — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. ten miles — no support
3. twelve miles in a cold wooden coop with the lid shut — no support
4. twelve miles — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the doll Bertha say she hated doing?

1. going over mountains in the cold, with no coat or warm shoes at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. walking in the rain — no support
3. going over mountains — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. going over mountains and across the high bridges of the northern valleys — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 443, line 18: «Old word: "crone" meant an old woman, and "Kukla" is a Russian word for any puppet or figure, a doll that can be a man or beast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «doll» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the tower-keeper go up the church tower?

1. to be alone with his bells — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. to be a hermit, far away from people and the noisy square below — score 4
3. to be a hermit and live high above the town, away from all the people — score 4
4. to be a hermit, away from people — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 348, line 11: «Grace held the boat steady while her father climbed onto the wreck to help the crew.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+6). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what did Ole call himself to the old portrait?

1. a wise old fellow — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a ghost — score 1
3. a heathen — score 1
4. an ancient heathen — ✓ 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 928, line 20: «Old word "heathen": Ole calls himself "an ancient heathen," meaning someone who worshipped old gods, not a rude name today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+1); the same doer «ole» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the correct designation of the figure Hjalmar observes at the window?

1. Death, the old and grim brother of Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-god of the attic — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Death, the brother of Ole-Luk-Oie — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. the sad figure at the window — score 1
4. Death, the brother of Ole-Luk-Oie, who rides the white horse at night — no support

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 340, line 5: «Wendy watches from the window as Peter and Jane fly off into the sky until they look as small as stars.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «watch» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what criterion are the riders divided before the horse?

1. by the grades recorded in their mark-books and their conduct books, all together — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by the grades recorded in their mark-books — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. by the marks given in the school register — no support
4. by the grades recorded in their mark-books during the whole term at school — 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 is the nature of the tales told to riders who received "Middling" or "Tolerably good"?

1. a sad old story — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. a long and frightful tale about a ship that was lost at sea — no support
3. a frightful tale — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the most frightful and dreadful tale that anyone had ever heard before — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 883, line 2: «The field-mouse wants her to stay all winter, keep the rooms neat and tell stories, and she plans a marriage with her rich, blind neighbour, the mole.», 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 thing acted on «stories» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which remark does the portrait make upon the proceedings, and what is its import?

1. that it is very instructive indeed, and it is quite satisfied with all of the proceedings — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. that the whole ride is very instructive for the boys, so the portrait is greatly satisfied with them — score 2
3. that it is rather sad, and it is not pleased — no support
4. that it is very instructive, so it is satisfied — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 928, line 17: «The portrait says, "Now I call that very instructive," and is quite satisfied.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «portrait» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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