Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof
Tests: 8 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 992 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 ✓
Yo, so the mouse's prisoner mate was actually sound, right?
- 1. Yeah, he shared his cheese and sausage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he gave her half his bread — no support
- 3. Yeah, he shared his bread and ham — no support
- 4. Yeah, he shared his cheese and sausage with her every single day in the cell — 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, why did the mouse even bother stayin' with him?
- 1. She knew he would be terribly lonely in that cell without her company — score 1
- 2. She had a kind heart and knew he'd be lonely without her in the cold cell. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. She knew he'd be lonely without her — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. She felt sorry for the poor man — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 884, line 6: «Who: Tiny, a girl no bigger than a thumb, and the field-mouse, who bosses her into marrying the mole.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «mole» (+3). Against it: the same doer «field mouse» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, the granddaughter just let her out? That's wicked, innit?
- 1. Yeah, she said "I will set you free" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Yeah, she took the key and said "I will set you free" before opening it up. — score 8
- 3. Yeah, she said "I will set you free" and opened the cage door wide right then — score 8
- 4. Yeah, she told her she was free — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 992, line 13: «The granddaughter: she had "curly hair like the brightest gold" and said "I will set you free".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set» (+4); the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
So the owl was gonna eat her in winter? Proper sneaky, mate.
- 1. Yeah, she meant to save her for later — score 2
- 2. Yeah, she planned to keep her in reserve — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Yeah, she wanted to store her — score 4
- 4. Yeah, she planned to keep her in reserve for the cold winter months ahead — 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 914, line 18: «How: owls, doves, the cock and the bats keep passing it on with "Let it go farther!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, the watchman sounds like a right muppet, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, he was proud of his horn and thought he was very important indeed. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he was really proud of his horn and blew it all night long — no support
- 3. Yeah, he was proud of his horn — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he loved his big horn — 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 proverb actually mean anything, or was it just rubbish?
- 1. It meant nothing at all, the owl said, which everyone found very amusing indeed. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It meant nothing, the owl said — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It meant nothing, the owl said, and it was just a clever-sounding phrase — no support
- 4. No, it was a lovely saying — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, so the mouse-king got burnt by the soup, didn't he?
- 1. Yeah, the steam hit his tail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, the steam hit his tail and he jumped off the kettle really fast — no support
- 3. Yes, the hot soup burnt his paw — no support
- 4. Yeah, the steam hit his tail and he leapt right off the hot kettle rim. — 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 ✗
Fam, did they actually have a wedding or was it a joke?
- 1. They did, many years later — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They had one, exactly fifty years later, and the soup was still discussed. — no support
- 3. Yes, they married after years — no support
- 4. They had one, fifty years later — ✓ 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 ✓
Bruh, what did the critics reckon the soup was called?
- 1. a very rude soup from a mouse-king's long and sad tail — score 5
- 2. a soup of mouse tails — score 5
- 3. soup from a rat's tail — score 5
- 4. soup from a mouse's tail — ← 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, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 992, line 21: «The critics: they are "always so clever afterwards", meaning they think they knew better once it was over.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «critics» (+4); the same action «think» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Ngl, the storks standin' on one leg is well weird, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, the father stork stood still like wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he stayed still, like a statue for hours — no support
- 3. Yeah, he stood like a statue there — no support
- 4. Yeah, the father stork stood still like wood on the roof for hours and hours — 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
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Innit, the kids singin' about the storks was well cheeky?
- 1. Yeah, a bold girl began the song — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, the boldest boy started the chant — no support
- 3. Yeah, they sang loudly. — no support
- 4. Yeah, one of the boldest boys started it — ✓ the right answer · 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
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, the young storks had black beaks, right?
- 1. No, they were red. — no support
- 2. Yes, they had not gone red — no support
- 3. Yes, they were black. — no support
- 4. Yes, theirs had not turned red yet — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 894, line 5: «On the water-lilies lies Helga's mother, and at cockcrow they embrace, and the stork turns them into swans.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, the critics always reckon they know best, don't they?
- 1. No, they are wise before the event — no support
- 2. Yeah, they are clever only afterwards — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Yeah, they only think after the event — score 4
- 4. Yeah, they are clever only afterwards, when everything has already happened and it's too late — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 992, line 21: «The critics: they are "always so clever afterwards", meaning they think they knew better once it was over.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «critics» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following, by the reasoning of the narrator, best describes the outcome of the sausage skewer soup?
- 1. The mouse-king ran away from the soup. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. The mouse-king agreed to marry the mouse after his tail was burned by the steam — score -1
- 3. The mouse-king accepted marriage with the mouse as a consequence of scalding his tail — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The mouse-king refused to wed the mouse, though his tail was scalded at the kettle — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 140, line 2: «A Man and a Lion argue about who is stronger, until a statue of a Man strangling a Lion is shown as proof.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
In what manner did the father stork occupy his position upon the roof of the last house?
- 1. He balanced on one leg, frozen like a statue — no support
- 2. He stood upright on one leg on the chimney, motionless as if carved from wood and stone — score 5
- 3. He stood on the roof, quiet as a statue there — score 3
- 4. He stood upright on one leg, motionless as if carved — ← 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, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 992, line 5: «Then storks stand on a village roof while children below sing a teasing song about them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «storks» (+4); the same action «stand» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which statement most accurately records the cause of the mouse's departure from the prisoner's cell?
- 1. The jailer removed her from the cell and placed her into a cage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. The cat chased her out of the tower and into the field — no support
- 3. The jailer removed her from the cell and placed her into a small cage with a lid on top. — score -1
- 4. The owl seized her in the wood and carried her away — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 992, line 2: «The jailer put her in a cage, but his granddaughter set her free, and she found shelter in a tower with a watchman and an owl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same place «cage» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-3); the same doer «jailer» (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the figure of speech employed in the phrase "soup from a sausage skewer", as used by the narrator.
- 1. A simile comparing soup to a proverb for children — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A proverb whose sense is clear to every reader — no support
- 3. A proverb whose meaning is open to many interpretations — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A metaphor. — 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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