Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draws Emily's castle and leaves for Rome

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

Lesson 945 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 you see George's castle thing, mate?

1. Nah, he drew it for his dad — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, he did it for Em, dead good — score 2
3. Yeah, mate, dead cool — no support
4. Yeah, he drew it for Emily, proper cool — ✓ 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 899, line 5: «The boy copies the Metal Pig with his pencil, improving each try, and his glovemaking slows because he has learned that all things can be drawn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «draw» (+4); the same thing acted on «things» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what did the Count reckon about the drawings?

1. He reckoned they were done by the porter's lad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He reckoned it was the cook — score 6
3. He reckoned they were done by the Professor — score 6
4. Dunno, he said nowt — no support

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 256, line 10: «fact: Why: the King sends for the headsman because he thinks the apples "were more for poisoning him".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4); the same action «think» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the Professor well impressed with George, or what?

1. Yeah, he told him to visit Rome — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Yeah, he told him to come once a week — score 9
3. Yeah, he was well chuffed — no support
4. Yeah, he told him to come twice a week — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 945, line 3: «The Professor tells George to come to his drawing class and thank the old Count.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «professor» (+4); the same receiver «george» (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Why was George's mum gutted, like proper gutted?

1. Cos George was off to Rome — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cos George was off to Paris — no support
3. Cos George was off to Rome and she'd be on her own — no support
4. Cos George was leaving home — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the General's lady have a massive headache or nah?

1. Nah, she was fine the whole week after it — score 2
2. Yeah, she took to her bed after the dance — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, she had one for a whole week after the ball and called for the doctor twice — score 4
4. Yeah, she had one for a week after the ball — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 780, line 15: «The witch makes him sleep, and the lady takes the cloak "and wished herself home again."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was Emily rocking at the court ball?

1. A lilac gown with yellow silk bows — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. A white dress with green silk ribbons, gloves and a fan from the General's lady — score 7
3. A white dress with green silk ribbons and a pearl necklace from her mother — score 7
4. A white dress with green silk ribbons — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 945, line 5: «Years later Emily grows up, goes to a court ball, and visits the old Count's garden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «emily» (+4); the same place «court ball» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what was Emily's vibe at the ball, like?

1. A little water spirit, proper beautiful, like something out of a storybook from Rome — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A pale moon queen, mega gorgeous looking — no support
3. A little water spirit, proper beautiful — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A little water spirit, proper beautiful and well dressed in silver silk — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the English garden all neat and tidy or what?

1. Yeah, the grass was cut and rolled and swept, proper neat, and the Count's gardeners were paid well — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, the grass was cut and rolled and swept, and the gravel was raked every morning — no support
3. Yeah, the grass was cut and rolled and swept — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, the hedges were all trimmed and clipped — 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 Count think the castle was dead good?

1. Yeah, he said the old and new times clash — score 4
2. Yeah, he said the old and new time run into one, and it's the best job he's ever seen in Rome — score 7
3. Yeah, he said the old and new time run into one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Nah, he said it was the worst thing he'd seen — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 693, line 12: «The watchmen first doubt the king: "At first the king would not believe their story," until he watches the stream himself.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «king» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was George's dad still about when the letter came?

1. Nah, he was dead, and his mum was on her own with no money and a sick heart — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he was out, and his mum was at home — no support
3. Nah, he was dead for months, and his mum was on her own in the house by the river — no support
4. Nah, he was dead, and his mum was on her own — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did Emily visit George's mum, like, at all?

1. Yeah, she came down to see her, bless her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Nah, she never came — no support
3. Yeah, she did, bless her — score 1
4. Nah, she wrote a letter to her, bless her — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 945, line 13: «Who helped the mother? Emily came down to see her, and "had been to her like an angel of comfort."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «emily» (+3); the same action «come down» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, did George nick the big prize, or what?

1. Yeah, he won the small one and a letter too — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, he got the little silver one and that's all — no support
3. Yeah, he got the little silver one, then the great one too, and a purse of money from the Count — no support
4. Yeah, he got the little silver one, then the great one too — ✓ the right answer · 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 945, line 4: «George wins prizes, but his mother cries because he must leave for Rome.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «george» (+4); the same action «win» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did George draw upon one of the leaves of the book?

1. A cottage, called by him "Rosy Hall" — score 0
2. A castle — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. A chapel, named by him "St. Mary's" — score 3
4. A castle, named by him "Emily's Castle" — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 943, line 5: «In the General's house, the porter's boy George saves the nursery from fire, and his drawings and savings begin to shine.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+4); the same action «draw» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what did the Professor advise George to devote his twice-weekly attendance?

1. His drawing class at the Academy, held twice a week in the great hall of the palace — no support
2. His painting lessons at the school — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. His drawing class at the Academy — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. His drawing lessons in the old school — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. 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 916, line 11: «The boy: the child Anthony had "golden ringlets, and clear, blue eyes," and was the son of a rich merchant.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «son» (+4); the same doer «child» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which description most accurately characterises the General's lady's diary?

1. A account of letters, dresses and gossip — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A record of balls, visits and visiting cards, with a note on every guest's coat — no support
3. A record of balls, visits, visiting cards and the dresses worn by each lady of the court — no support
4. A record of balls, visits and visiting cards — ✓ the right answer · 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which phrase correctly describes the old Count's garden in its French portion?

1. Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, fountains, and a view down to the river and the town — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Wild roses, open lawns and a small stone pond — no support
3. Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, and fountains — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, fountains and a row of marble statues of the old gods — 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

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