Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese Duck, part 1: a hurt songbird lands in a farmyard and is cared for by a duck

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 942 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 ✗

ngl, where's this duck actually from, like for real?

1. Holland — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Portugal — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Newfoundland — no support
4. Czechoslovakia — 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 ✗

bruh, what did the little bird bust when he fell?

1. bone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his left wing feather — no support
3. leg — no support
4. a wing — ✓ 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 ✗

was the cat lowkey sus or nah?

1. a sneaky schemer in the barn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a monster — no support
3. a villain — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a total menace to the farm — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

who thought the bird was a sparrow, no cap?

1. the drake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. a hen — no support
3. the gander — no support
4. the cock — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 942, line 16: «What the drake says: he thinks the bird is a sparrow and calls him "only a plaything."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «drake» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

so the duck dunked him in what, a water-trough?

1. the water-trough — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. the mud puddle — score 5
3. the rain barrel — score 5
4. the big wooden water-trough by the gate — 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 13, line 3: «The Hatter's watch shows the day of the month, not the hour, and it is two days wrong, because the March Hare put butter in it, «the best butter». The March Ha…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dip» (+4); the same doer «march hare» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

the cock said the bird's voice was too soft, right? what did he want more of?

1. less noise — score 6
2. needs more noise — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. more sleep — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. a much louder, piercing crow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 942, line 4: «The fowls come to visit, and two fancy Cochin Chinese whisper flattery, while the cock says the bird needs more noise.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+7); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

which fowls were fancy with feathers on their legs?

1. Cochin Chinese — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. the fancy Cochin Chinese hens — score 2
3. the two Chinese fowls from the coop — no support
4. Silkie bantams — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 942, line 14: «Who: two Cochin Chinese fowls, who "wear feathers on their legs, and are well educated."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

what word did the little duck make a joke with, the one that sounds like Portugal?

1. Lisbon — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Porto — score 6
3. Portulak — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. a silly pun on Portugal's name — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 535, line 16: «Old word: "brazen" meant made of brass, a metal. Today it means bold or shameless.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); the same thing acted on «old word» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

did the duck say she loves everybody, except who?

1. none — no support
2. the cat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the hawk — no support
4. the grey barn tomcat — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 304, line 16: «The footnote explains that in Denmark friends say "Du" (thou) to each other, while "De" (you) is kept for strangers and people one knows slightly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

when she dozed off, where'd she lie down?

1. by pond — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. on the hay — no support
3. in shade — no support
4. in the sun — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

how many ducklings did the cat eat, fr?

1. 0 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. two — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. four — no support
4. one — 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 · ★ · right ✓

which fowls bounced out first, like first to go?

1. the Chinese — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the cock — no support
3. the peacocks — no support
4. Cochin — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

why'd the fowls even come to the yard, honestly?

1. to swim — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. for a bath — no support
3. to find food — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. for grain — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 942, line 4: «The fowls come to visit, and two fancy Cochin Chinese whisper flattery, while the cock says the bird needs more noise.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fowls» (+6). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which country does the Portuguese duck claim as her place of origin?

1. Portugal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Holland — no support
3. Newfoundland — no support
4. Belgium — 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 ✗

What injury did the little singing-bird sustain upon his descent from the roof?

1. a torn tail — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a deep cut across the wing feathers — no support
3. a broken wing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a broken wing and leg — 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 · right ✓

Which creature did the duck decline to regard with affection?

1. the cat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. owls — score 4
3. dogs — score 4
4. the sly old barn tomcat — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 207, line 4: «The money runs out, the steward asks for funds, and the friends leave; when Noureddin visits them, they all refuse to see him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friends» (+3); the same action «refuse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal motive of the fowls in visiting the duckyard?

1. to get seeds — no support
2. for grain — no support
3. to find corn — no support
4. to obtain food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 942, line 18: «Why the fowls came: they visited "simply and solely to find food for themselves."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+7); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «food» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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