Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 974 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 ✗

Who's the bloke the Chinaman wants her to marry, mate?

1. the Major-general Billy-goat's-legs from the top shelf — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the rich old Major-general Billy-goat's-legs of the upper cabinet — no support
3. Major-general Billy-goat's-legs — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Captain Billy-goat's-tail — 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 ✗

Wait, where did they hide when the stags went mental?

1. behind the china cupboard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in the drawer of the window-seat, behind the Chinaman's cabinet — no support
3. in the drawer of the window-seat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. in the big drawer of the window-seat beneath the cushions — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the Chinaman nod to say yes, or what?

1. yeah, he nodded his head real slow twice — score 6
2. yeah, he shook his head — score 2
3. yeah, he nodded at them — score 4
4. yeah, he nodded his head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 974, line 5: «The family rivets him together, and he looks as good as new, but he can never nod his head again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «nod» (+3); the same doer «chinaman» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the sweep's big plan for getting out?

1. over the sofa and the lamp — no support
2. up through the stove and the chimney — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. down the stairs — no support
4. down through the cellar floor — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 5: «For an hour or two they stumble on, pretending every tree is an old friend, falling into holes, soaked and bruised. Hopelessly lost, they sit on a fallen log.…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «plan» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the doll's play sort of copying, innit?

1. a tale of a sweep — no support
2. two lovers at sea — no support
3. two lovers who weren't allowed to wed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a story about a sweep and a teapot — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 967, line 21: «Old word: "Vendilskaga" was the old name for Skjagen, used in old Norwegian and Icelandic writings.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); a different doer (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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did she bail on the pot-pourri jar?

1. the Chinaman and the jar used to be lovers — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. because the jar was once the Chinaman's wife and she refuses to live in his house again — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. the jar is full of old dried roses — no support
4. the Chinaman and the jar used to be lovers before the wedding was called off — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 974, line 12: «She refuses the pot-pourri jar because the Chinaman and the jar "were lovers once."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Did she cry on the roof, or nah?

1. yeah, she wept until the gilt came off — score 3
2. yeah, she wept and then she slept — score 3
3. yeah, she wept till she washed the gilt off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. nah, she laughed — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 974, line 13: «On the roof she weeps "till she washed the gilt off her sash," because the world is so different from what she expected.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «gilt» (+3); the same action «wash» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

What went proper wrong with grandad?

1. he got smashed into three pieces — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he tripped on the rug and got smashed into three pieces by the hearth — no support
3. he got chipped on his head — no support
4. he got cracked into two halves — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

How did they sort him out, then?

1. they riveted his back and neck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. they bolted his back and chin — no support
3. they took him to the mender and riveted his back and neck together — no support
4. they riveted his back and neck and painted over all the cracks — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Chinaman still nod after that?

1. nah, he couldn't nod no more because of the rivet in his neck — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he kept nodding but only very slowly with a limp — no support
3. yeah, he still nodded once — no support
4. nah, he couldn't nod no more — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the sweep reckon about his job?

1. he could keep her going with it and make a lot of money — no support
2. he could keep her well with it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. he could keep her going with it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he could support her with it — 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 53, line 16: «The aunt asks to be «gagged and bound and dumped down in a corner», so she can say she was attacked and keep her job; the book calls this a «not very convincin…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the shepherdess dead chuffed at the end?

1. nope, she just missed her mum — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nope, she just missed the window — no support
3. nope, she just missed the table — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nope, she was just tired — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the sweep say she'd be, like, after the wedding?

1. a lady of the Major-general's house and a proper china wife — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. a lady of the household — score 5
3. a lady of the Major-general — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. a lady of the Major-general's court with a grand silk sash — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 237, line 4: «Her sweetheart comes through the crowd with the golden ball, says he has come to set her free, and takes her home, while in the next tale a naughty boy and a f…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «sweetheart» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which character is described as having been "broken into three pieces" after falling from the table?

1. the sweep — no support
2. the shepherdess — no support
3. the old Chinaman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the Major-general — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 974, line 18: «Old word: "pot-pourri" is a jar of dried petals and spices that scented a room; people still use the phrase, though few keep such jars now.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By which route do the two figures leave the room in order to reach the rooftop?

1. the door — ← Mova's choice · score -5
2. the stove and the chimney — ✓ the right answer · score -5
3. the window — score -5
4. the cupboard and the floor — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 250, line 16: «Why: she goes out in "a black cloak, and a black hood over her yellow shining hair" to see the bogs for herself.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go out» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-5). The right option, 2, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What repair was made to the Chinaman's body, and what limitation resulted from it?

1. a rivet through the back, which stopped walking — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a patch on the leg, which made him limp — no support
3. a rivet through the neck, which prevented nodding — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. two rivets through the neck and back, which stopped nodding and turning — 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 · right ✓

By what means does the shepherdess ultimately arrive at the rooftop with her sweetheart?

1. climbing up the chimney from the stove — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. climbing down the chimney to the roof — no support
3. climbing out through the open window — no support
4. climbing up the chimney from the stove and over the roof tiles — 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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