Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 988 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 did the critic actually do something cool before he died?

1. nah, he just had the last word — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, he saved the whole village from the storm — no support
3. nah, he just argued with everyone at the funeral and the gate — no support
4. yup, he wrote some big books — ← Mova's choice · 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 88, line 17: «Real life: with a small set of sound-signs you can write ANY word, even words for things you cannot draw, like «ending» or «come». That is why an alphabet is s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «write» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so who lit the fire, for real?

1. the angel at the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. old Margaret, in her bed — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. the critic's brother, from the tower on the ice — score 5
4. the critic — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 93, line 7: «The Woman «picked out a nice dry Cave, instead of a heap of wet leaves», strewed clean sand, lit a fire and hung «a dried wild-horse skin, tail-down», saying «…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «light» (+3); the same thing acted on «fire» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro why'd she set her bed on fire tho?

1. to cook some dinner for the skaters — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. to call the whole village out to watch the big storm coming over the hills — score 3
3. so the critic could see the light from the gate in heaven — no support
4. to warn the skaters about the storm — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 984, line 10: «The Lapland woman has "no paper", so she writes her few words on a dried stock-fish.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lapland woman» (+5). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

so what happened to the ice, like, in the end?

1. everyone skated off safely to the village shore — no support
2. it broke into a thousand bits — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. the angel carried the whole frozen lake up into the clouds — no support
4. the skaters all got away — 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 988, line 12: «The people ran to save her, and the flood broke the ice "into a thousand pieces."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+4); the same place «thousand pieces» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

the straw turned into gold, that's wild right?

1. silver coins — no support
2. nope, hay — no support
3. a golden crown — no support
4. the purest gold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 988, line 15: «Margaret's gift to heaven is one straw, "changed into the purest gold."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same place «purest gold» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what'd the critic bring to heaven, be honest

1. some words and one bag — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a heap of coins, all gold — no support
3. nothin, not even one brick — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nothin, only a big speech — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

the genius fell off his own tower, lol?

1. yup, he fell in the lake — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yup, he broke his neck — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. nah, he didn't — no support
4. nope, lol — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 177, line 4: «The genius falls as a heap of ashes, but the princess is burned too, and with a cup of water she turns the narrator back into a man.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

ok who was the meanest brother tho?

1. the master builder, who sent the bricks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. the genius, who sent the angel — no support
3. the fourth brother, who sent the orations — score 1
4. the youngest, who sent the straw — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 988, line 5: «The angel turns her one straw into gold, and Margaret pleads for the critic because his brother sent her the bricks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+4); the same thing acted on «bricks» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what did the genius want most, like really?

1. to be remembered — no support
2. to be the only one who ever built anything new in the village — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. to have his name carved into the gate of heaven — score 5
4. to be talked about — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 174, line 13: «The genius calls her "an impudent liar!" and beats her, so she cries out in pain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «genius» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

the funeral had how many speeches, tell me

1. seven speeches, all of them praising him — no support
2. one — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. three — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. four — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 767, line 19: «He cannot sing the mass, since he "did not know one word of it," but the doves "said it all in his ear."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same thing acted on «one word» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

which ones come in pairs through the gate?

1. men — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. souls — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. one — score 3
4. angels — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 50, line 18: «The English word «panic» comes from Pan's name: the old Greeks said sudden wild fear in lonely places came from him. The book says carefully that this is NOT p…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the last word a big deal to the critic?

1. yup, he cared a lot — no support
2. nah, it was just a small thing to him really at the end — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. yeah, it was everything — score 2
4. yeah, super important — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 898, line 16: «Old word: "marito" was an earthen fire-pot with handles, used to hold fire.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «earthen fire pot» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

so did the angel let the critic in on his own?

1. nah, bribed — no support
2. nah, it was Margaret who pleaded — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. yes, alone — no support
4. nah, the master builder pleaded — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 988, line 5: «The angel turns her one straw into gold, and Margaret pleads for the critic because his brother sent her the bricks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «plead» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which brother perished when the tower he had constructed collapsed?

1. The youngest — no support
2. The master builder, the architect — no support
3. The fourth brother, the genius — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. The eldest brother, the mason — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 820, line 14: «HOW Jack makes sauce: he pours out his clay, saying "I have so much of it that I can afford to throw some away."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

For what purpose did the elderly woman ignite her bedding?

1. To alert the persons upon the ice to the approaching storm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To warn the sleeping villagers of a fire in the town — no support
3. To call the angels to the frozen lake below the hill — no support
4. To attract the attention of the angel waiting at the gate of heaven for her — 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 ✗

What did the angel affirm concerning the critic's contribution?

1. That he had accomplished nothing whatsoever — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That he had done very little good — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He built nothing — score 4
4. Nothing done — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 868, line 2: «The good angel says the fairy Sorrow must bring the last pearl, so the two angels fly off to find her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «good angel» (+4); the same property (+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 whose plea was the gate opened for the critic?

1. By the plea of the old critic — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By the master builder's word — no support
3. By that of the poor old woman — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By that of the poor old woman who had warned the skaters on the ice — 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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