Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 978 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 ✗

So did the snowman just, like, melt away totally?

1. nah, he got dragged off by the dog — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he just blew away — no support
3. yeah, he went down into a puddle — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, he stayed frozen — 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, was the pole the thing the lads built him round?

1. yep, the girls built him round it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yep, the boys built him up round it — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. yep, the boys built him up round it with snow and sticks — score -1
4. yep, the boys built him up round it, using loads of packed snow — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 103, line 15: «The King says, "You may make three requests, but they must be inanimate things."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the snowman want the stove so bad?

1. he was after a hot potato inside — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. there was a stove scraper hidden in him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he wanted the warm coal — no support
4. the stove had a hidden coin — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the demon's mirror do to the nice stuff?

1. it made it look burnt and grey — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. it made it look shrunk and rubbish to anyone who peeked in it — score 0
3. it made it look shrunk and rubbish — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. it made it look shrunk and rubbish, like it was rotten — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 932, line 12: «Agent Fabs went up "to look at this player-stuff from the other side," but he fell asleep and was "locked in."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «look» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the demon proper evil or just a bit naughty?

1. he was a real demon, the worst one, and he ran a school for mischief — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was a proper trickster, a clever one — no support
3. he was a real demon, the worst one of all the wicked spirits — no support
4. he was a real demon, the worst one — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the glass break when it got too slippery?

1. yeah, it dropped and broke all over — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yeah, it fell and smashed everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, it slid off and stayed whole — no support
4. yeah, it fell off the shelf and smashed everywhere on the floor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 978, line 13: «Why it broke: the pupils flew up to heaven, the glass grew "more slippery", "slipped from their hands" and broke "into millions of pieces".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, are Kay and Gerda brother and sister?

1. yeah, they were twins — no support
2. nah, they just loved each other loads — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. nah, they just loved each other loads, like real friends do — score 1
4. yeah, they were cousins from up the road — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 158, line 3: «The Skin Horse tells him that becoming Real takes a long time and that a child must love you for ever so long.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Were the window boxes close enough to step across?

1. yeah, just about — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, you'd have to climb down first — no support
3. nah, too far — no support
4. yeah, you could jump across the gutter — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Was Kay scared when the snowflake lady waved?

1. yeah, he jumped off the chair and ran off, proper scared of her — score 4
2. yeah, he went white and froze up — score 2
3. nah, he just waved back at her — no support
4. yeah, he jumped off the chair, proper scared — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 978, line 20: «Why Kay jumps: the snowflake becomes a woman "made of ice" with "neither peace nor rest" in her glance, so he "sprang from the chair".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «jump» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Did the roses look well nice in the summer, like?

1. yeah, they were gorgeous, all in bloom — no support
2. yeah, they were mint, all blooming — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. yeah, they were mint, all blooming, proper pretty in the garden — score 4
4. yeah, they were mint, all blooming and smelling sweet in the sun — 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 960, line 12: «When she wakes, "A drop of dew fell from the leaves upon the singer's grave", and the sun makes her bloom more beautiful than ever.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bloom» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the yard-dog happy the snowman was gone?

1. he kept growling and snapping — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. he kept barking away, away — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. he kept howling at the moon — score 4
4. he fell asleep — 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 217, line 5: «She beats him and tries to crush him in the gate, but he escapes and hides in a cookshop, where the owner, who hates dogs, will not keep him long.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the girls sing about the cuckoo, then?

1. yeah, the cuckoo — no support
2. nah, they sang about the moon and stars — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. yeah, they sang about the cuckoo and sun — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. nah, about snow — no support

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 978, line 10: «The girls sing about "green thyme" and "willow-tree", and "nobody thought any more of the Snow Man".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Did the demon's school lot go round showing everyone the mirror?

1. yeah, they carried it everywhere — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, they showed it round the town — no support
3. nah, they kept it locked — no support
4. nah, they hid it in the cellar — 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 · wrong ✗

Which object was discovered fastened within the body of the Snow Man upon his dissolution?

1. a shovel tied onto the post — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a stove key — no support
3. a stove scraper affixed to the pole — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a scraper — 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 condition enabled the fragments of the glass to lodge in the eyes of persons?

1. the eye was touched — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. contact with the eye as they flew — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the fragments struck while they drifted — no support
4. the wind blew them into the face — 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 216, line 8: «What: the ointment shows "treasures of every kind" through the left eye, but if it touches the right eye you become blind "on the spot".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «touch» (+3); the same thing acted on «right eye» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-5). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what occasion did the children warm copper pennies and apply them to the window?

1. when the panes were frozen over in winter — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. when the windows were iced up in winter — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. when the window panes were frozen over and the children wanted to see out in winter — score 3
4. when the panes were frozen over in winter and the children could not see the street — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 935, line 18: «Old word "petrified": turned to stone; today people often use it to mean "terrified", which is a different meaning.», 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 «old word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the grandmother describe the Snow Queen's nightly movements?

1. by showing a picture of her in the sky — no support
2. by describing her flight through the streets — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. by telling a story about her path — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. by describing in great detail her flight through the streets at night — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 681, line 11: «Why the name: the queen says "the only person we have not got is a goose-boy", so he takes that job.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same thing acted on «name» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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