Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crowds fail at the palace, and Gerda is smuggled into the prince's bedroom

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 982 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 ✓

lol so the crowd just went full brain-fog at the palace, fr?

1. yeah, they got totally mixed up and just copied her — no support
2. nah, they just bowed and went home for lunch — no support
3. yep, they just repeated stuff — no support
4. yeah, they could only repeat the princess's last words — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 982, line 1: «explain: The crowds of people come to the palace, but inside the great halls they get so muddled that they can only repeat the princess's last words.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «repeat» (+4); the same thing acted on «last words» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh the people had bread and kept it to themselves??

1. yep, every family wanted its own chance at the bread, so nobody shared with the neighbors at all — score 5
2. yep, they wanted their own chance at the bread, so they hid every loaf and refused to share — score 4
3. yep, they wanted their own chance, no sharing — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. yeah, they hid it so no one else got any — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 139, line 9: «The shepherds had hidden the bread and meat "against their return," which means they had put it away to eat when they came back later.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same thing acted on «bread» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, Kay walked in with boots going creak creak?

1. nope, his shoes were silent and neat — no support
2. yeah, his boots squeaked and he laughed about it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. yeah, his boots creaked loud and he didn't care — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. yep, he wore slippers — 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 290, line 17: «Gerda knows it is Kay because of his new boots, which she "heard creaking in grandmama's room".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «creak» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, did Kay come on day one or day three?

1. day two, kinda early for the feast — no support
2. day three, lowkey late to the party, right when the princess was giving her big speech in the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. day three, lowkey late to the party, after everyone had already gone to bed and the doors were shut — no support
4. day three, lowkey late to the party — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 769, line 10: «Why: Lily says "the word you have given must be kept", so she keeps her promise to her father.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey sus that the crow had a tame sweetheart, right?

1. ya, she knew the palace kitchen door — no support
2. ya, she was the one who knew the secret stairs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. nope, she was the one who ran off — score 2
4. ya, she was the one who knew the secret stairs and the hidden kitchen door behind the garden wall — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 982, line 7: «fact: What: the people could not speak in the palace; they "could do nothing but repeat the last words she had said."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «last words» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

how'd Gerda sneak into the palace, like actually?

1. a servant led her through the kitchen hall — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the crow's girl took her up a back staircase that the guards never used, past the kitchen — score 4
3. the crow's girl took her up a narrow back staircase while the guards were busy at the great gate below — score 4
4. the crow's girl took her up a back staircase — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 294, line 10: «fact: WHY: Gerda cries because she has found Kay at last, and Kay cannot leave the palace until the ice letters spell the word the Snow Queen set him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «gerda» (+2); the same doer «snow queen» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

bet the princess was on a super fancy seat, huh?

1. yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel, set in gold, with cushions stitched from rose-colored silk — no support
3. yep, a chair carved from one white stone — no support
4. yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel, sitting on a cushion of silk in the middle of the great hall — 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 ✗

fr the dream horses were glowing bright, right?

1. yep, glowing horses that ran through the hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, they were just dreams, shadows on the wall — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, they were just dreams, shadows on the wall that the crow had described as the sleeping thoughts of people — no support
4. nah, they were just dreams and shadows on the wall, flickering only because the candles in the hall were low — 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 ✗

is the bedroom just wallpaper with stars or what?

1. nah, plain paint — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, the ceiling was like a palm-tree of glass leaves — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, the ceiling was painted with a blue sky — no support
4. nope, the walls were covered in gold stars — 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 · ★ · right ✓

so the person in the red bed was Kay, obviously?

1. nope, it was the prince, just similar in the neck, and not Kay at all, despite what Gerda hoped — score 4
2. nope, it was the prince, just similar in the neck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. yes, Kay himself — no support
4. nope, it was a girl, not similar at all — 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 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 thing acted on «goose boy» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the prince and princess get mad at the crows?

1. yeah, they scolded them and sent them home — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, they were furious — no support
3. nah, they praised them but said don't do it again — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nope, they gave them a feast and cake — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 685, line 5: «The prince sends his mother home, asks the giant for his daughter, and they live happily in the forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+4); the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

why did Gerda cry in the bedroom, like for real?

1. she told her whole story and what the crows did — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. she missed her grandmother and home town — score 1
3. she was sad that Kay had been so cold — no support
4. she told her whole story and what the crows did, and everyone in the room was moved to tears too — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 980, line 5: «Gerda's tears bring a rose back, and the flowers tell her their stories, but none of them knows where Kay is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «stories» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the palace was super strict, yeah?

1. yeah, the guards and servants made everyone nervous, and the halls were quiet except for the princess — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yeah, the guards and servants made everyone nervous — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, the guards and servants made everyone nervous, so the crows and the children all kept to the back stairs — no support
4. nope, the servants were kind and quite relaxed — 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 982, line 8: «fact: Where: the palace has "guards in silver uniforms" and "footmen in their golden livery," which shows how rich the place is.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «palace» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the conduct of the crowds upon entering the palace, as recorded in the passage?

1. They went silent at once — no support
2. They became confused and could only repeat the final words spoken by the princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. They fled in confusion — no support
4. They became lively and could only chant the words the princess had sung at the feast — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 982, line 1: «explain: The crowds of people come to the palace, but inside the great halls they get so muddled that they can only repeat the princess's last words.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «crowds» (+3); the same action «repeat» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which account of Kay's conduct before the princess is supported by the narrator's report from the crow?

1. He entered boldly, stated he had come to hear her wisdom, and felt no embarrassment — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He entered boldly, stated he had come to hear her wisdom, and felt no embarrassment, then asked the guards to bring him sweets from the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. He strode in loudly, asked for bread, and laughed at the guards in the hall — no support
4. He walked in nervously, said he wanted to see her gardens, and blushed deeply — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 982, line 8: «fact: Where: the palace has "guards in silver uniforms" and "footmen in their golden livery," which shows how rich the place is.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «guards» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly identifies the person Gerda discovers in the red bed, according to the passage?

1. A young prince who resembled Kay in the neck alone, not in the face, hair, or voice, as Gerda had hoped — score 1
2. A young servant who looked like the princess at dawn — score 1
3. A young prince who resembled Kay in the neck alone and was sleeping soundly in the red bed by the window — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. A young prince who resembled Kay in the neck alone — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 331, line 15: «Who: Peter sleeps on the great bed, with "one arm dropped over the edge of the bed" and one leg arched.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+3); the same place «great bed» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately reports the response of the prince and princess to the conduct of the crows?

1. They commended the crows, expressed no anger whatsoever, and required that the conduct not be repeated by any birds who came to the palace in the future — score 2
2. They commended the crows, expressed no anger, and required that the conduct not be repeated, and then they ordered a feast in the hall for the whole palace staff — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. They commended the crows, expressed no anger, and required that the conduct not be repeated — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. They rebuked the crows sharply, expressed great anger, and demanded the guards punish them — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 982, line 7: «fact: What: the people could not speak in the palace; they "could do nothing but repeat the last words she had said."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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