Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1: four mice set out to learn how to make soup, and one of them meets elves at a Maypole dance

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

Lesson 989 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 ✓

Wait, how long did the mouse-king give them to learn the soup?

1. a year and a day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. one night — score 3
3. three long winters — score 3
4. a day — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 667, line 9: «Why: the king is angry at first, but he keeps his promise because he gave "my royal word" to spare the thief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, which way did the first mouse's ship sail?

1. toward the northern shore of the lake — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. north-east along the coast of the island — score 5
3. north — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. east — 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 880, line 8: «Where: the prince's palace has "beautiful marble steps," and later a ship sails to the harbor of a neighboring king's town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ship» (+4); the same action «sail» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

No cap, what did the mice carry as a staff?

1. a hollow reed stuffed with fat and sausage skin bits — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a hazel cane — score 3
3. a long sausage skewer with red thread tied at one end — no support
4. a sausage skewer — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 804, line 18: «Old word: a "crozier" is the curved staff a bishop carries; today we would call it a bishop's staff.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did all four mice come back?

1. no, only three of the four mice came back home safe — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. no, only three did, and the fourth was never seen again — no support
3. no, only three did — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yes, all of them did — 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 4, line 20: «When Alice promises not to talk about cats or dogs, the Mouse comes back, its face "quite pale (with passion, Alice thought)", and says it will tell its "histo…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «come back» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what did the mouse-king put up for the missing mouse?

1. a wooden cross of black — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a tall skewer wrapped in black crape and hung with a bell for the lost mouse — score -2
3. a skewer covered in crape — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. a sausage skewer draped in black crape and set by the candle — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 16: «"You are not attending!" (not paying attention) says the Mouse; Alice thinks it has got "to the fifth bend", and when it cries "I had not!", she thinks it said…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «offer» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey, what did the forest mice think about the soup idea?

1. that the soup problem could never be solved by any mouse living at all — no support
2. nobody knew the answer — no support
3. it could never be solved — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. it was far too hard — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 442, line 19: «Old word: "frightened out of her wits" means so scared that she could not think; "wits" means good sense.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what smelt so strong in the forest?

1. the sharp pine and birch trees of the northern forest in spring — score 1
2. the pine resin and the birch bark drying in the warm afternoon sun — no support
3. the wet ferns and bracken — no support
4. the pine and birch trees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 825, line 11: «Why the stork is useful: he met ships whose masts "smelt like fir", so he thinks the cut trees went to sea.», 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

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Fr, what did she first think the swans were?

1. ice — no support
2. spray — no support
3. smoke — no support
4. foam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 989, line 16: «She first thinks the swans are "only foam," but she says "one can see that by their walk" that they belong to the goose species.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «swans» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how did she know the swans were goose family?

1. by feet — score 0
2. by size — score 0
3. by the feathers — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. by their walk — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 887, line 5: «Stork-papa rushes home with news that the Egyptian host's daughter has come north as a swan and is now lost.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «daughter» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, how tall were the elves?

1. not higher than her knee, and very light on their feet — no support
2. not higher than her knee — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. so small they could stand under a leaf, about her knee high — score 4
4. no taller than a spoon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 989, line 19: «The elves are "not higher than my knee" and their clothes are made of flower leaves "trimmed with the wings of flies and gnats."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what were the elves' clothes made of?

1. petals stitched with spider silk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. leaves — no support
3. flower leaves and fly wings — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. thin bark cloth and beetle dust — 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 ✗

Wait, what did the elves want the skewer for?

1. a ladder — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a tall maypole for their midsummer dance — no support
3. a maypole to dance around on the green at night — no support
4. a maypole — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nah, what was the Maypole as big as?

1. a tall oak tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a church bell tower — no support
3. a barrel — no support
4. a ship's mainmast — ✓ 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

So why didn't the first mouse dance?

1. she thought it was nothing for a mouse, so she sat by the wall watching — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she thought dancing was not for her — no support
3. she thought it was nothing for a mouse — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she thought it was nothing for a mouse and felt too proud to take part in such a thing — 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the text, what period of time did the mouse-king stipulate for the preparation of the soup?

1. a year and a day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. a month and a half — score 5
3. three long winters — score 5
4. one night — score 2

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 682, line 2: «The grateful king offers any gift, so the knight asks for the king's ear, and the king keeps his word and cuts it off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4); 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 ✗

According to the narrative, in which compass direction did the first traveller's vessel proceed upon departure?

1. north-east along the rocky coast of the island — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. south — no support
3. north — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. toward the northern shore of the distant lake — 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 object did the elves request from the first traveller, and for what purpose did they employ it?

1. a sausage skewer, to erect a maypole — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. a sausage skewer, to erect a tall maypole for the midsummer dance — score 4
3. a sausage skewer, for a dance hall — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. a sausage spit, to hang lamps on — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 989, line 5: «At a moonlit Maypole dance she meets tiny elves who borrow her sausage skewer and set it up as a maypole.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tiny elves» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the forest mice declare regarding the preparation of the soup, as reported by the first traveller?

1. that no mouse could solve it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. that the soup was far too hard — no support
3. that the problem would never be solved — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. nothing at all — 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 736, line 3: «The cat pretends three times that she is asked to be godmother, and each time she secretly licks and eats the fat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+4); the same action «lick» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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