Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda searches for him

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 979 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 ✗

Oi, what were Kay and Gerda gawping at when the church clock went twelve?

1. a heavy book of foreign maps and drawings — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a picture of the church — no support
3. a book of animal pictures — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a tall tower with a golden clock face — 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 ✗

Bruv, what got stuck in Kay's eye, like proper grit?

1. a tiny sliver of the cracked enchanted mirror from the goblin's shop — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a bit of the magic looking-glass — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a splinter of the frozen mirror — no support
4. a grain of sand from the bottom of the river bank — 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 ✓

Wait, did the grain in his heart go all frozen, like an ice lolly? What did it turn into?

1. a lump of ice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. a cold stone — score 3
3. a heavy block of snow — score 3
4. a small piece of glass — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 979, line 1: «Summer passes, and a splinter of the magic looking-glass gets into Kay's eye while a grain in his heart turns to ice.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did Kay keep saying to mess with Grandma when she told her tales?

1. "why" — score 4
2. "so" every time — score 4
3. "but" every time — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. "but" over and over again without stopping at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 288, line 9: «Why: Kay is tempted by the fun of the sledge, and the driver nods at him "just as if they knew each other," so he does not stop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+2); the same doer «kay» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, how did Kay take the mick out of Grandma, like, what was he wearing?

1. a pair of gloves — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a pair of spectacles — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a scarf — no support
4. a funny old hat — 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 ✗

Mate, what did folks reckon Kay was when he copied everyone?

1. a cheeky lad — no support
2. a clever boy — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. a remarkable genius — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a proper smart lad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 291, line 1: «Gerda asks the Raven about Kay, and he says Kay was clever and polite to the Princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kay» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dunno if you clocked it, but what did Kay hold out to catch the snowflakes?

1. his mitten — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his red cap — no support
3. the tail of his blue coat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the sleeve of his grey coat — 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 ✗

Bro, what did the snowflakes look like through the burning-glass?

1. snowy birds — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. flowers or glittering stars — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. small bells — score 2
4. white feathers or pale moons — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 253, line 12: «While he is away his mother dies, and he sobs because "I liked thee better than everything".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «like» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yeah, where did Kay take his sledge, the big square where the lads play?

1. out past the town gate to the frozen fields and hills — no support
2. the old market — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. the great square — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. the big square where the boys were playing with their sledges — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 979, line 17: «The boys tell Gerda that Kay tied his sledge to another very large one, and she thinks he is "drowned in the river which flowed close by the school."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sledge» (+4); the same doer «kay» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the driver do when Kay tried to let go of the rope?

1. frowned — no support
2. whipped the horses — score 1
3. turned away — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. nodded again — ✓ the right answer · 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 979, line 2: «Kay turns cruel, tearing up roses, sneering at the picture book and Grandma's stories, and jumping out of his window away from Gerda.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kay» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the driver, like, the total queen of the snow?

1. a cold lady dressed all in white fur and glittering silver — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Ice Witch — no support
3. the tall woman who lived at the top of the frozen palace — no support
4. the Snow Queen — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare cold, what did the kiss feel like?

1. like frost — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. very cold — no support
3. colder than ice — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. warmer than snow — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Quick one: what did Kay forget once he was up there with her?

1. Gerda, his nan and home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Gerda, his parents and town — score 5
3. his dog and his bed — score 3
4. the rose boxes, the church bells and everything from the town he knew — score 3

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 979, line 15: «Her kiss is "colder than ice," it goes "quite through to his heart," and Kay forgets Gerda, his grandmother and all at home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forget» (+2); the same doer «kay» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Sus, what did the boys tell Gerda about Kay's sledge?

1. he lost it — score -2
2. he pulled a farmer's wagon — score -2
3. he ran away — score -2
4. he tied it to a big one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 11, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 979, line 17: «The boys tell Gerda that Kay tied his sledge to another very large one, and she thinks he is "drowned in the river which flowed close by the school."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sledge» (+6); the same action «tie» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the temperature of the kiss bestowed upon Kay by the Snow Queen?

1. It felt like a soft breeze — no support
2. It was like frost — no support
3. It was warmer than snow — no support
4. It was colder than ice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 979, line 15: «Her kiss is "colder than ice," it goes "quite through to his heart," and Kay forgets Gerda, his grandmother and all at home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the object that lodged in Kay's eye?

1. A splinter of the frozen mirror — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A grain of sand from the bottom of the river bank — no support
3. A tiny sliver of the cracked enchanted mirror from the goblin's shop — no support
4. A bit of the magic looking-glass — ✓ 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 ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the purpose for which Gerda resolved to visit the river?

1. She wished to ask it for Kay — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. She wanted to fetch her shoes — score 2
3. To find Kay — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. To bathe her feet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 290, line 9: «Why: Gerda wants to find Kay, so she says, "I will soon come home, and then I will bring Kay with me."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same thing acted on «kay» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the fate Gerda's red shoes met when she cast them into the river?

1. They washed up on a distant sandy shore — score 1
2. They were carried back to the land by the waves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. They were swept out to sea by the current — no support
4. They sank to the bottom — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 934, line 14: «Old word: a "Hindoo widow" in the story means a woman who once threw herself onto her husband's funeral fire; this custom is now banned in India.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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