Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 946 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, who's the sus lad the Count is showing round the poultry-house?

1. Old George — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The Count — no support
3. Architect George — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Architect Henry — 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 194, line 3: «An old woman leads him to a grand house, where the lady leaves him alone, and then a huge black slave cuts him and takes his gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «brother» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what were the hens and ducks doing, proper noisy innit?

1. Flapping about and squawking loudly at the gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gobbling and honking — no support
3. Clucking and quacking — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Clucking and quacking all over the yard like mad — 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 what was the General going on about, like on repeat?

1. "Splendid!" — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "Good!" — no support
3. "Fine!" — no support
4. "Charming!" — ✓ 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

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Emily blushing or nah when she saw George?

1. Yeah, she went all pink — no support
2. Yeah, she turned red — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, she was blushing like a rose all over — no support
4. Yeah, she was blushing — ✓ the right answer · 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 946, line 7: «Who else: the General, who "drew himself up" to look taller, and his lady, who thinks George has "become quite an Italian".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «become» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did George and Emily chill in the garden?

1. In the arbour — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Beside the lily pond — score 5
3. By the pond — score 5
4. Among the rose-bushes — ✓ the right answer · 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 171, line 12: «The third Calender says they are "all three sons of kings," which makes Zobeida's anger cool down at once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cool down» (+4); the same doer «three sons» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did George say, like thanking her?

1. Thank you — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Thanks for being kind — no support
3. Thanks, Emily — score 4
4. Thanks for helping my mum — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 946, line 3: «At dinner and in the verandah George talks of his travels and thanks Emily for sitting with his dying father.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «thank» (+2); the same doer «george» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Emily dancing all night at the ball, or nah?

1. Yeah, she danced with all — no support
2. Nah, she only danced once because she hurt her foot — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, she hurt her foot — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Yeah, she danced once — score 5

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 946, line 4: «At the General's ball Emily hurts her foot and sits out, and George then asks the General for her hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+4); the same thing acted on «foot» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the General straight-up scream when George asked for Emily?

1. "Porter!" — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "Nonsense! Get out!" — no support
3. "Lunacy! porter! madness!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. "Madness!" — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did George reckon when Emily asked about her dad?

1. "He has escaped me and gone abroad for good" — score 0
2. "He has escaped me" — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. "He ran away from me" — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. "He has left me" — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 946, line 16: «George's words to Emily: "He has escaped me; but a better time will come."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

So what's the big news in the paper for George?

1. He got made Professor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He was given a prize — no support
3. He got a new house — no support
4. He got made Professor of the Fifth Class at last — 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 ✓

Eighteen dollars a year, is that bare money or what?

1. Not much, bare low — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Not much, bare low, for a man who works so hard all day — score 0
3. Not much at all, it is bare low pay indeed — no support
4. Very good, quite high — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 902, line 21: «"Grandame" is an old word for grandmother, a "postillion" was a rider who guided the horses of an old stage coach, and "dollars" were the money used for firewo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dollars» (+1); the same thing acted on «money» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the lady say to Emily when she was crying?

1. "Weep on, Emily" — no support
2. "Hush, my child" — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. "Weep on, my sweet Emily" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. "Cry on, my dear Emily" — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 902, line 11: «She kneels and kisses the purple carpet, and the Moon thinks "she was actually weeping."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «weep» (+2); the same doer «lady» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Who lived in the cellar under the General's rooms?

1. The new porter people — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The porters — score 2
3. The new porter and his whole family of children — score 2
4. The new gardeners — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 833, line 20: «Old word: "Sixpence" was an old British coin worth six pennies, and it no longer exists since the change to decimal money.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which birds are said to live in the tower of the poultry-house?

1. Owls — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The pigeons — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Rooks — no support
4. The swallows — 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 ✗

By whom was the offer of marriage made to the General?

1. By Emily's old tutor here — no support
2. By George, the porter's son, on his knees before the General — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. By the Count's own nephew — no support
4. By George, the porter's son — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 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 943, line 13: «What: George's savings-box fills with pennies, and he buys a paint-box to color the drawings he makes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What remark did the General's lady make concerning Emily's tears?

1. That she looked beautiful in tears — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That she seemed charming when crying — no support
3. That she looked more beautiful in tears than she ever had before — no support
4. That she looked lovely in grief — 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 ✗

What salary was attached to George's new post as Professor?

1. Eighteen dollars a year, paid quarterly by the college treasurer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Eighteen dollars a year — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Eighteen pounds a year — no support
4. Eighteen dollars a year and rooms in the college — 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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