Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George is confirmed, gets a hymn-book from Emily, and sends her pictures while she is ill

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 944 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 ✗

Dude, was George's watch real gold or just pinchbeck?

1. pure silver, very cheap — no support
2. pinchbeck, fake and cheap — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. solid gold — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. real gold — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 198, line 14: «The first palace is "entirely composed of rock crystal" and the seventh is "of solid gold," so the seven palaces run from crystal to gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+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 ✗

Yo, who gave George the hymn-book, the General or Emily?

1. Emily, the little lady — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Emily — score 4
3. the General — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Emily, the porter's girl — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 944, line 13: «George's godfather gives him a pinchbeck watch, which "always went too fast."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); the same receiver «george» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the General say the book was?

1. "Rather plain, I think" — no support
2. "Very handsome indeed" — no support
3. "A book" — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. "Charming!" — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 307, line 10: «Who visits: the old washerwoman says, "It were a great sin if you were not to know your lesson tomorrow morning."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «great sin» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, who wrote "gracious patroness" in the book?

1. the porter wrote it — no support
2. the porter's wife told George — no support
3. the General's lady told them what to write — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. the doctor wrote it himself — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 944, line 2: «The General's lady sends him a hymn-book with his name and Emily's written inside it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «lady» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Ayy, what was George doing on the first new moon?

1. reading the psalms — no support
2. opening the book for a psalm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. reading a funeral hymn — no support
4. opening the book at random — 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 944, line 3: «On New Year's he opens the book to see what psalm and what fate will turn up for Emily.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «open» (+4); the same thing acted on «book» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did George do with his bread and butter?

1. ate half and gave the rest to Emily's maid — score 4
2. gave it to the cat — score 8
3. shared it with the porter — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. shared it with Emily — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 944, line 9: «WHY: Emily sent the hymn-book "in remembrance" of the day George shared his bread and butter with her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bread» (+5); the same doer «george» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what kept stopping at the gate every day?

1. the coach — no support
2. the porter's cart — no support
3. the doctor's carriage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. the General's horse — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 944, line 4: «Emily falls ill, and the doctor's carriage stops at the gate every day, but she is kept alive.», 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 question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did George draw for Emily first?

1. a great palace with a garden and a river — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the church — score 6
3. the Czar's palace — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. the General's house — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 899, line 7: «What: the boy learns to draw, and his first Metal Pig is crooked, with "one leg thick, and another thin."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+4); the same action «draw» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Init, what did the Kremlin look like in his drawing?

1. tall gold domes shaped like green radishes — no support
2. green and gold cucumbers — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. gigantic green and gold cucumbers in a row — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. large golden onions — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 944, line 20: «George draws the Kremlin at Moscow, and its cupolas look "like gigantic green and gold cucumbers."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same property (+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

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mum says, what did Emily do with his pictures?

1. tore them to bits — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. tore them to bits and threw them in the fire — score 8
3. threw them away — score 8
4. locked them in a box and never looked again — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 944, line 21: «Emily tears George's colored pictures to pieces, yet she is pleased by the buildings he draws for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «colored pictures» (+5); the same doer «emily» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what stopped George from going to the funeral psalms?

1. he didn't want to think on death or his dead father — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he could not read the print — no support
3. he felt the hymns were only for the old and sick — no support
4. he didn't want to think on death — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ma, what did the porter's wife reckon about Emily?

1. "They will send her away soon" — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "They will not keep her with them" — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. "They say she must go to the country to get better" — no support
4. "They do not want her here" — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, what did the General tell George to do?

1. honour them in authority and keep to his station — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. serve the Czar faithfully — no support
3. never speak to the porter's family again — no support
4. honour them in authority — ✓ 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 ✗

Which object was presented to George by the General's household upon his confirmation?

1. a hymn-book bound in red morocco with gilt edges — score -1
2. a hymn-book bound in morocco — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. a large Bible bound in morocco with silver clasps — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. a prayer-book bound in calf — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 586, line 2: «He shows the boy that Charley's mane is full of witch-stirrups, the tangled knots that prove witches have ridden the horse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «boy» (+3); the same action «show» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did George's mother consider the most suitable course for her son's future employment?

1. a calling that would let him leave the house and see the world — score 0
2. a respectable post at the General's office near the house — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. a calling that would let him leave the house — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. a trade that would take him away — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 902, line 6: «The narrator is the Moon, who looks down on towns, palaces and seashores and tells what it sees.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «narrator» (+4); the same action «see» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which illness kept Emily confined to her bed, according to the doctor's regular visits?

1. a broken leg that kept her in a chair by the window — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. a slow wasting illness that confined her to bed for months — score -4
3. a cough that kept her indoors — score 7
4. an illness that confined her to bed — ✓ the right answer · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 944, line 4: «Emily falls ill, and the doctor's carriage stops at the gate every day, but she is kept alive.», 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 «emily» (+2). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What kind of drawing did George send to Emily to occupy her during her convalescence?

1. pictures of horses and dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. drawings of palaces and buildings with domes and gardens — score 0
3. drawings of palaces and buildings — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. drawings of castles and towers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 921, line 3: «He sends one of his tin soldiers to the lonely old man, and the old man invites him in for a visit.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+4); the same action «send» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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