Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and Soren rob the birds' nests

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 948 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 ✗

Did Poultry Meg have mates living with her in the new house?

1. yeah, a couple of hens — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, she was on her own — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, two of them — no support
4. nah, just the cat — 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 ✗

Mate, what did the Grubbe brass plate say?

1. Gyldenløve — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Grubbe — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Marie — score 4
4. Soren — 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 101, line 10: «The father "felt heavy at heart" but gives in, because "he who says A must say B too".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «family» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, how did little Marie look at people?

1. like she was dead saucy and dared them to say a word, with her black eyes — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. like she was dead saucy, with her black eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. like she was dead rude, with her blue eyes — no support
4. like she was a proper little lady, all sweet and quiet, with her big brown eyes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 938, line 3: «He reads the Book of Truth, but the pages about life after death stay blank to him, however hard he looks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «book» (+4); the same action «read» (+1). Against it: 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Soren's dad get off that wooden horse easy?

1. yeah, he got off easy but then Marie kicked the horse anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. nah, the servants had to lift him — no support
3. nah, Marie had to kick off and shout at the grooms to get him down — no support
4. nah, Marie had to kick off to get him down — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 157, line 13: «Why does the Horse look down on the Ass? He is proud of his "fine harness" and cries out that he could hardly resist kicking him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kick» (+4); the same thing acted on «horse» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Sorted, what did Marie stick a whip into?

1. the hunting-dogs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the dogs — no support
3. the stable cat — no support
4. the wolf-hounds — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the birds get scared when Soren climbed up?

1. yeah, they flapped about a lot — score 0
2. yeah, they screamed loads and went mental — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. nah, they didn't care at all, they just kept on singing in the big beech — score 4
4. yeah, they screamed loads and flew off in a mad cloud over the garden — score 4

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 943, line 10: «Why: the duck is angry because she was not sleeping well, and she calls the bird "impertinent creature!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did the blood-beech look like?

1. pale grey, like a burnt log — no support
2. dark brown, like a dead negro tree — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. bright green, like a young oak full of spring leaves — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. bright green, like a fresh oak — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 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, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Marie's mum chill about the nest raiding?

1. yeah, she said the birds were not hers to keep and it was wrong — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, she didn't care at all — no support
3. nah, she said it was sinful but gave him a sweet anyway — no support
4. nah, she said it was sinful — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Soren's eye get wrecked by the bird?

1. nah, it stayed swollen — score 4
2. yeah, it was wrecked for weeks and he could not see out of it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. nah, it was fine in the end, though he had to wear a patch for a while — score 2
4. nah, it was fine in the end — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 632, line 10: «The gun-bullocks say, "we only see out of our eyes, and we are not very clever", and they call themselves brave because they were not afraid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see out» (+4); the same thing acted on «eyes» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who ran the place when the knight got soft?

1. the clerk, he ran it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Marie, she got her way — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the lady, she got her way — no support
4. Marie, she got her way with everyone in the house — 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 356, line 2: «The Barmecide hires the hungry guest to run his house, and Schacabac never goes hungry again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «house» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

How old was Marie, bro, when she was rolling round with her gun?

1. about twelve, and she could shoot better than all the men in the yard — score -4
2. twelve, she could shoot like a pro and ride with the men — no support
3. twelve, she could ride like a boy — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. twelve, she could shoot like a pro — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 948, line 4: «Marie makes Soren, a peasant boy, climb for birds' nests, and she gets his father Jon put on the wooden horse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the crows and daws scarper when the lady said stop?

1. nah, they came back the next day, but only after the lady had gone — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. nah, they came back the next day — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. yeah, they scarpered for the forest and didn't come back all summer — score 4
4. yeah, they left for the marsh — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 321, line 1: «Peter crows and comes back, but the Lost Boys are too shocked to cheer, because Wendy has been hit by an arrow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come back» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the name engraved upon the brass plate found during the excavation of the foundation?

1. Grubbe of the old manor house — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Grubbe — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ulfeldt — no support
4. Brahe — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following describes the punishment inflicted upon the peasant Jon for his offence?

1. Confinement upon the wooden horse, with bricks fastened to his feet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Forced labour in the fields — no support
3. Confinement in the stocks, with iron chains about his neck — no support
4. A heavy fine of silver coins paid to the lord — 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 of the following accurately states the age of Marie Grubbe at the conclusion of the present passage?

1. Eleven years of age — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Ten years — score 6
3. Twelve years of age — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nine years old — score 6

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 825, line 10: «Its age can be told: "by the number of joints in the stem of a fir-tree we can discover its age".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same thing acted on «age» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the reason the blood-beech requires substantial sunshine in the garden?

1. To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees in the garden during summer — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. To stop it from turning pale like the birches — no support
3. To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees, which the lady had planted herself — no support
4. To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 20: «A glass box under the table holds a small cake with "EAT ME" marked in currants (small dried grapes); her plan: "if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the ke…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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