Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor sculptor in Rome falls in love with a noble lady and carves her in marble
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 952 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 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, the sculptor's mates kept saying he was a dreamer, right?
- 1. Yeah, they said he never really lived — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Nah, they said he always drank wine — score 4
- 3. Yeah, he was fine — no support
- 4. Nah, they liked him — 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 437, line 14: «The doves talk: "Give me some curds, too, Dovey!" says the mate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, why did he keep smashing his clay stuff?
- 1. He thought the clay was ugly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He hated clay — no support
- 3. He wanted to make it bigger — no support
- 4. He never felt his work was finished — ✓ 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 ✗
Mate, who was the lady in the garden?
- 1. A painter's model from town — no support
- 2. The rich daughter of a noble house, who walks each evening in the palace garden with her friends — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. A wealthy young woman of the palace house — no support
- 4. The rich daughter of a noble house — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 459, line 8: «Where: the queen walks in the garden when "Suddenly a gale (vyeter) sprang up."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, what did the old painter Raphael paint her as?
- 1. A Roman maiden — no support
- 2. A saint — no support
- 3. A goddess of love — no support
- 4. A Psyche — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 952, line 2: «One day he sees a rich Roman girl in a palace garden and recognises the Psyche that Raphael once painted.», 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 thing acted on «rich roman girl» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
No way, what did the rich dad say when he saw the clay?
- 1. "It is your living image, my friend, and I will pay you well for it" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "It is your living image" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. "It is a lovely thing" — no support
- 4. "Never have I seen a clay figure so like a living woman in all my years" — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sick, what did the rich guy promise to do?
- 1. Buy the marble Psyche as soon as the sculptor has finished every last detail of it — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Buy the marble Psyche when it's done — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Pay the sculptor a fortune and bring him to live in the palace with the family — score -2
- 4. Buy the bronze statue after it's sold — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 952, line 4: «A noble family visits his studio, and the father promises to buy the marble Psyche once it is finished.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «buy» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «marble psyche» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Honestly, what did the sculptor reckon love was?
- 1. Giving up your whole self — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Being brave — no support
- 3. Forgetting your own name — no support
- 4. Losing your mind — 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 ✗
Wait, where was the marble block lying around?
- 1. Beside the old well and the fountain — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. In the courtyard, all covered in weeds — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Lying in the open lane beside the palace gate, half buried under broken tiles and weeds — score 3
- 4. In the courtyard of the sculptor's house, all overgrown and covered in dust and weeds — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 558, line 11: «Where are the men hidden to escape? They are tied under the bellies of the sheep, and Odysseus clings to the wool of the finest ram.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «men» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Okay, what was under all the dirt on the block?
- 1. Stone as white as mountain snow and as smooth as the finest glass in the palace — score 5
- 2. A pure white marble that shone like silver under the morning sun in the courtyard — no support
- 3. Grey stone full of cracks — no support
- 4. Stone as white as mountain snow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 952, line 15: «Under the dirt, the block is "as white as the mountain snow", so the sculptor can carve the Psyche from it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lit, what did the sculptor do before going to the palace?
- 1. He put on his finest clothes, took his tools, and walked to the palace with his friends — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. He sat and drew some lines — no support
- 3. He knelt down and prayed to Heaven — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He knelt down in the courtyard and prayed to Heaven for strength before he set out — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 952, line 5: «The sculptor carries the news to the palace, where the grand hall dazzles him and the lady wants to see him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Rad, what was the palace hall like?
- 1. Shiny gold and bright colours everywhere — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Grey stone walls and dusty floors — no support
- 3. Plain and bare — no support
- 4. Wooden benches and plain white walls — 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 ✗
Cringe, what did the old master do when he saw the sculptor?
- 1. Sent him away at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Greeted him very nicely — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Ignored him — no support
- 4. Shouted at him — 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 · right ✓
Which of the following most accurately describes the principal difficulty of the young sculptor prior to the events of this passage?
- 1. He habitually destroyed his own unfinished clay work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He often sold his clay figures before they were ready — no support
- 3. He never finished any of his statues — no support
- 4. He always sold work too cheaply — 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 most accurately identifies the figure whose likeness the sculptor was commissioned to reproduce?
- 1. A Psyche resembling the daughter of a noble house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 2. A figure of the old master Raphael's own design — no support
- 3. A goddess of the sea and storms — no support
- 4. A Psyche painted by Raphael long ago — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 941, line 9: «What she hears: "Life is a shadow that flits away" is sung sadly, but brighter words follow it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «girl» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following most accurately states the condition under which the wealthy patrician undertook to purchase the sculpture?
- 1. Once the palace hall is painted gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. When the bronze statue is cast and sold — no support
- 3. Upon the completion of the marble Psyche and only if the sculptor agrees to her exact design — no support
- 4. Upon the completion of the marble Psyche — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the sculptor was received upon his visit to the palace?
- 1. With great courtesy and warmth by the aged master of the house, who laughed and called him a friend — no support
- 2. With sharp suspicion by the watchful servants of the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. With open hostility by the young lady of the house — no support
- 4. With great courtesy by the aged master of the house — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 761, line 6: «Who: the servant is a kind young man, and the princess is proud until she sees what he can do.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). 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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