Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party

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

Lesson 959 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, the old willow is still there, right?

1. yeah, it's like a hanging garden up top with grass and flowers — no support
2. nah, they chopped it down years back, nothing left but the walls — no support
3. yeah, it's like a hanging garden up top — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, it's still standing by the pool — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 959, line 2: «The willow still stands, cracked but full of flowers and ferns, and a grand new mansion gleams on the hill above.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stand» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so who even made the flute, bruh?

1. the baron, I think — no support
2. the youngest boy, he snapped it — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. the sister, she broke it off — no support
4. the pastor's son, he snapped the branch — ✓ 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 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, why are the old portraits in the servants' hall?

1. cuz "everything in the right place" was the family motto, lol — no support
2. cuz the attic was full — no support
3. cuz "everything in the right place" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cuz the family motto was "everything in the right place" and the servants keep it — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 959, line 9: «why the portraits were moved: the family motto was "everything in the right place," so the old paintings were now only "old lumber."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «right place» (+2); the same doer «family motto» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, what did the boys shoot the portraits with?

1. muskets, I think — no support
2. arrows, obviously — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. crossbows, duh, they used them for shooting practice — no support
4. crossbows, duh — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 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 596, line 5: «He says chickens squalling woke him, so he grabbed his old musket and crept out the back door, ready to shoot.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+6); the same doer «remus» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what did the pedlar and the goose girl become?

1. the ancestors of the noble family, through marriage and luck — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the old counsellors — score 4
3. ancestors of the noble family — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. the ancestors of the noble family, the pedlar and goose girl's line — 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 754, line 3: «The girl turns into a duck and Roland into a lake, and the witch fails to tempt the duck with breadcrumbs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same doer «girl» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what did the sister pick by the road?

1. wild herbs — score 2
2. flowers — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. field-flowers — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. a bunch of clover — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 959, line 4: «The pastor's son, the tutor, walks with the children and their sister, who picks flowers, and the youngest boy gets a branch cut for a flute.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pick» (+2); the same doer «sister» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «flowers» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

bro, what did the tutor say noble status is?

1. a gold coin with its own stamp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a gold coin with its own stamp, like a currency — no support
3. a silver seal of honour — no support
4. a gold coin with its own stamp, the mark of ancient rank — 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 ✗

is the party a funeral or what?

1. a festival where the music just hadn't started yet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a hunt with the baron — no support
3. a festival, the music just hadn't started — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a grand festival, but the musicians had been delayed by the rain — 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 ✗

so what did the nobleman do for the old lady?

1. went downstairs to save her the long walk up the hill — no support
2. went to see her — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. went downstairs himself to save her the walk — score 6
4. went downstairs to save her the walk — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 912, line 18: «Old word: "lord-in-waiting" meant a nobleman who served the emperor closely at court.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «nobleman» (+4); the same doer «nobleman» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

lol, which fancy guy stood on his hind legs?

1. the man who neighs like an Arabian horse and boasts of his stables — score 2
2. the man who neighs like an Arabian horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. the man who neighs like an Arabian horse at parties — score 2
4. the one with the proud horse — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 959, line 16: «the scorn: a man who "stands on his hind legs and neighs in the street like an Arabian horse" is one the tutor mocks.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «neigh» (+3). Against it: the same doer «man» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

did the flute actually work at the party?

1. nope, the flute was broken — no support
2. yep, but it was quiet — no support
3. nope, he couldn't make it sound — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. nope, he couldn't make it sound, even though everyone waited — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 959, line 5: «The tutor gives a long speech about nobility, then at a grand party the flute will not sound, and a cavalier teases the boy about his "genius."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sound» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

who's the cavalier, lol?

1. a rich cousin of the tutor — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the son of his father, a fancy guy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a servant — no support
4. a noble from the court — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what's the pool like by the old tree?

1. clear water and sunny grass — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. still water, green with weed — no support
3. dark water with the willow reflected, cold and very deep — no support
4. dark water with the willow reflected — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Which principle governed the conduct of the baron's household, as stated in the text?

1. "Everything in the right place" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Each in its own station — no support
3. Everything in its proper right place and rank, without exception — no support
4. Every thing and every person kept in the right place always — 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 ✗

Which object did the youngest son desire, and from which source was it obtained?

1. A toy horn, from a rowan tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A flute — no support
3. A drum, bought at a fair — no support
4. A flute, cut from a willow branch — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the nobleman's conduct, as recounted by the tutor, express a virtue?

1. By sending a servant instead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By inviting her to dine — no support
3. By sparing an old woman the troublesome walk — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By sparing an old woman the troublesome walk up the long stairs — 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 judgement does the tutor pass upon those who affect noble airs without merit?

1. He laughs at their pride — no support
2. He holds them up to satire as a mask — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He holds them up to satire and warns that the mask will fall — score 0
4. He holds them up to satire, as a mask worn by proud men — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 759, line 12: «fact: The king's feast lasts three days, and his son is to choose a bride from those who 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

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