Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 930 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, did Ole's glass thing make any sense to you, or was it lowkey boring?

1. Nah, kinda dull — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pretty wild, the glass thing was fine — no support
3. Honestly kinda wild, the demon bit was dope — no support
4. Lowkey wild, bro, the bird part was lit — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the kids were playing bed in the trash, right?

1. Yep, under the straw in a little wooden box with a ragged curtain and a broken lamp hanging above them — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, under the straw with a ragged curtain and a cold bucket of water next to them — no support
3. Yeah, behind the broken cart with a rag — no support
4. Yep, under the straw with a ragged curtain — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the fir tree was just chilling in the dust-cart?

1. Yeah, still green with tinsel and stars, and honestly kinda sad to see it lying there alone in the rubbish heap all day long — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yep, dry and brown with no tinsel left — no support
3. Yeah, still green with tinsel, kinda sad — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, still green but no tinsel now — 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 759, line 20: «fact: The sisters call her Ashputtel because she is always dusty from lying among the ashes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lie» (+4); the same doer «tree» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the glove think it was a big deal?

1. Facts, it said it had no other reason to live — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Facts, it said it had nothing else to live for and that the hand squeezed it out of pure love and sadness forever — score 6
3. Facts, it said it had nothing else to live for — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Yeah, it said it was a pressure of the hand — 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 587, line 8: «Deal: the Bad Man says "he make a trade wid 'im", promising the blacksmith's spirit at the end of a year.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «deal» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

The potsherds were roasting the tree, huh?

1. Yep, they said it was stupid and a green stick — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they said it was foolish and too green — no support
3. Nope, they said it was a fine tree — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yep, they said it was stupid and a green stick, and they laughed at it while the fire roared in the old stove all night long — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 918, line 14: «The tree: "It was the tree which he and Molly had planted together."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tree» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay so Death is like a bus driver?

1. Yeah, an omnibus conductor who takes everyone on a long final ride to the savings bank of life and beyond — no support
2. Yeah, an omnibus conductor who takes everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Kinda, a ferry man who carries souls — no support
4. Yeah, a tram driver who takes everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 284, line 18: «Old word: a "vetturino" was a hired coach driver who carried travellers from town to town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same doer «hired coach driver» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who gets left behind on the bus, then?

1. The Wandering Jew, he rides behind it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The wanderer, he hangs on the back — score -3
3. Nobody, they all get on — no support
4. The poor man, he runs after it — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 575, line 5: «Brer Fox goes hunting, but Brer Rabbit plays dead, steals the game he left behind, and makes a joke about it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+3). Against it: the same doer «brer fox» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's in the sixth glass, the scary one?

1. A demon with a torch, pretty friendly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A demon, kinda scary — no support
3. A demon with a lantern, super friendly — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A ghost with a candle, quite grumpy — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the saint pick the best sin ever?

1. Nah, he picked envy, and it led to the others — score 3
2. Nah, he picked pride — score 3
3. Nah, he picked drunkenness, and it led to the rest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, he picked greed, and it led to all — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 930, line 10: «What is the saint's story? A saint was allowed to pick one of the seven deadly sins, and he chose drunkenness, which led him to commit all six others.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lead» (+3); the same doer «drunkenness» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Ole said his story had grease and lacquer, right?

1. Kinda, he used only some lacquer — score 3
2. Nope, just paint — no support
3. Yeah, he told it with both, lol — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nah, just grease — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 909, line 12: «The little sister is "only four years old", but she can say her prayers as well as the others.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «story» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Moving-day is the worst day to go outside, huh?

1. Facts, the roads are full of old papers — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, the streets are full of people shopping — score 3
3. Facts, the streets are full of junk and rubbish — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Facts, the streets are full of junk and rubbish and broken boxes, so going outside that day is a really bad idea for everyone — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 917, line 18: «Old word: "remedy" meant a medicine, and "thoroughfare" meant a public road where many people pass.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «old word» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Prince Carnival chill or intense?

1. Kinda chill, eight times merry, dude — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Super intense, seven times merry and wild — no support
3. Super intense, nine times merry and wild, and he jumped out of the fifth glass to dance with everyone in the square — no support
4. Super intense, nine times merry and wild — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following is the glass in which the demon resides, as described by the tower-keeper Ole?

1. The fifth — no support
2. The sixth glass — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Glass six — no support
4. The second glass — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 930, line 9: «Why is the sixth glass the worst? A demon sits in it, and it leads to "the germ of all evil", which grows like mustard-seed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sixth glass» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which character is described as the conductor of the omnibus that carries all persons into eternity?

1. Satan — no support
2. Death — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. God — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Fate — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 611, line 10: «The priest's words: "What the jungle has taken the jungle has restored," which sounds wise but is really a clever trick.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «words» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object is described as pointing its little finger at the fir tree in the dust-cart?

1. The ribbon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The hat — no support
3. The glove — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The sock — 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 ✗

Which phrase best describes the day on which the streets are cluttered with discarded refuse?

1. Sweeping day — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Trash day — score -1
3. Moving-day — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Cleaning-day — score -1

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 886, line 10: «What does the queen do all night? She carries her sick child "through the long, dreary night".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «queen» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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