Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 939 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 Seer got motes blown in his eyes, right?

1. Nah, not really — no support
2. Yeah, so he went blind to the world, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, he got blinded by the motes — no support
4. Yeah, the evil one blew stuff in — 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 939, line 11: «What happens: the evil spirit blows motes into the Seer's eyes, and "he blew upon the motes, and they became beams," so the Seer is blind to the world.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «seer» (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, the Hearer heard the grass grow, lowkey wild?

1. Nah, the grass just grows quiet, lowkey chill — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, but the drums burst and he went deaf — no support
3. Yeah, but the noise got so mad he stuffed his ears — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, but the noise got so loud his drums burst, and he couldn't handle it anymore, no cap — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 361, line 8: «Where: The plant grows in the prison yard, where the stones will not let it live.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+2); the same doer «plant» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the third bro has a keen nose, that's mad, right?

1. Yeah, he uses smell to find the good stuff — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he thinks sight is how you find beauty — no support
3. Yeah, smell is cool — no support
4. Yeah, he thinks smell is how you spot the beautiful — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the dream was the same for four brothers?

1. Yep, all of them dreamt about finding the philosopher's stone, the same dream every night, which is wild, right — score 5
2. Yep, they all dreamt the exact same thing, finding the philosopher's stone in some cave — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yep, all four dreamt of a magic stone — no support
4. Yep, they all dreamt they found the philosopher's stone — ✓ the right answer · 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 939, line 7: «What: the brothers dream of finding the philosopher's stone, and the eldest says "I shall ride forth into the wide world," to test his thoughts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same doer «brothers» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the eldest bro just sit at home, bruh?

1. Yeah, he went to the south to find gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he took the boat east to see the sea — no support
3. Nah, he rode off to the east instead — no support
4. Nah, he rode off to the north to see the world — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the sister got no dream, that's sad, huh?

1. Yeah, she stayed home — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, her whole world was her dad's house — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, her world was basically the house — no support
4. Yeah, she just liked her dad's garden — 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 876, line 16: «The fourth sister is "more timid" and stays in the middle of the sea, saying it is "quite as beautiful there".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+4); the same doer «fourth sister» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

The wild swans were the bad news birds, right?

1. Nah, they flew all over the place and carried every tiding home to the family, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yep, they flew east and carried the tidings of the Seer's blindness back home to everyone — score 6
3. Yep, they flew north and brought sad news — score 6
4. Yep, they flew east and carried the tidings home — ✓ the right answer · 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 908, line 16: «At dawn he rises and flies towards the rising sun, but he flies "alone, with a longing in his breast".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+4); the same doer «swan» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ostrich ride is wild, but he got on a swan too?

1. Nah, just a horse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, the strongest swan, cos he loved change — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, a big swan, cause he was bored — no support
4. Nah, he rode a camel, cause he loved sand — 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 ✓

What's a mote, like a tiny bug or a speck?

1. A speck of dust, basically, lol — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A tiny flying bug that bites people at night, I guess, lol — no support
3. A tiny bug, like a fly, lol — no support
4. Like a little bug that lives in the grass and eats the crumbs, basically, lol — 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 ✗

The Hearer's drums burst, that's gross, right?

1. Yeah, he just could not stand the noise anymore — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, it hurt like crazy, lol — no support
3. Yeah, the noise broke him, that's rough — no support
4. Yeah, the drums burst and he went totally deaf, which is gross, but the noise was too much — ← 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 836, line 4: «He beats a thundering roll on his father's old Fire-drum, which bursts with pride, and the tale of the Golden Treasure ends.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burst» (+4); the same doer «old fire drum» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Seer ever find the good stuff again?

1. Nah, but he got a new pair of eyes from a wizard later, so it all worked out fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he found it again at last — no support
3. Nah, he lost his faith in the world and himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he found the good stuff again after a long journey through the north and back — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the third bro was a poet, not a boring guy?

1. Nah, he was boring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he was fun — no support
3. Yeah, he was cheerful and liked to write poems at night — no support
4. Yeah, he was cheerful and loved to make things sound poetic — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

In what manner did the evil spirit impair the vision of the eldest brother?

1. By throwing stones at his window at night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By blowing sand into his ears, which then became drums — no support
3. By blowing motes into his eyes, which then became beams — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By whispering lies into his ear softly — 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 ✗

To what extent did the Hearer's faculty of hearing serve his original purpose?

1. It failed completely — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It served him well, though the noise sometimes made him tired and sad at night — no support
3. It failed, because the noise rendered him unable to acquire knowledge — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It worked fine — 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 ✗

Which sense did the third brother hold to be his principal faculty?

1. Sight — score -4
2. The sense of touch — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. The sense of smell — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Smell — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 939, line 14: «Who: the third brother, a cheerful poet, who says "I can smell" and believes his sense of smell helps him see the beautiful.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which vehicle did the third brother employ in his journey to distant lands?

1. An ostrich first, then a wild swan, the strongest of its kind, over many lands — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. A strong wild swan from the north — score 5
3. A wild swan, the strongest of its kind — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. A wild swan, the strongest of its kind, which carried him over the sea to distant lands — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 433, line 21: «Ralston writes these notes to show that the same magic idea appears in many lands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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