Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks, part 204: the young storks learn to fly and plan revenge

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 993 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, did the little storks face-plant when they first tried to fly?

1. Yeah, they crashed into a tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, they fell — no support
3. Yeah, they went plump to the ground — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, they landed in the hedge — 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 ✗

Mate, what's the mum stork's big plan for revenge, the actual thing?

1. Eat the frogs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fetch babies from the pond — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Drop rocks on the boys — no support
4. Catch fish from the river — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, is the general stork gonna be a proper legend at the review?

1. He flies past every tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He spears any dodgy flyer — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He pokes the slow ones — no support
4. He spears them — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, how old did the little storks reckon that tiny kid was?

1. About fifty, I think — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Very old — no support
3. Ten, maybe — no support
4. At least a hundred — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wicked, what do the storks get as a mark of honor, like a prize?

1. Frogs and snakes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Frogs, snakes and a large fat eel each — score 3
3. Eels and beetles — no support
4. Frogs and snakes from the great river — 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 890, line 1: «The young storks strut about the marsh, eat frogs and snakes, and some get engaged after they peck each other bloody.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «young storks» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «frogs» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ain't it mad, where do the storks reckon they'll go for the winter?

1. Spain — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Home — score 3
3. To Italy — score 3
4. To Egypt — ✓ the right answer · 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 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how many young storks are chilling in the nest?

1. Five — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Two — score 2
3. Four — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. One — 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 993, line 1: «The young storks are big enough to stand up in the nest, so their mother takes them to the roof to learn flying.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «young storks» (+4). Against it: the same place «nest» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what does the dad stork do to make the little ones laugh?

1. Shakes his head like a dog — score 7
2. Stands on one leg and bows — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Clatters his beak like a rattle and bows low — no support
4. Clatters his beak like a rattle — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 993, line 1: «The young storks are big enough to stand up in the nest, so their mother takes them to the roof to learn flying.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «young storks» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «stand up» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what do the young storks say they'll do to the boys' eyes?

1. Bite them — no support
2. Pick them out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Peck them hard — score -4
4. Blind them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 8, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 993, line 1: «The young storks are big enough to stand up in the nest, so their mother takes them to the roof to learn flying.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «storks» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «take» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, did Peter join the mocking squad or not?

1. Yes, he joined in gladly — no support
2. No, he said it was a shame and left — score 4
3. No, he said it was a shame — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yes, he sang the rhyme — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 706, line 2: «The dogs burst in and kill Eisenkopf, and Peter goes back to the old woman and her daughter to say goodbye.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Sis, what does the mum stork say snow looks like?

1. Little white rags — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. White sheets — score 5
3. Soft white feathers — score 5
4. Cold rags — 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 889, line 19: «"Feathers of plucked birds, as they call the snow" is an old way of saying snow, which looks like falling feathers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «snow» (+4); the same action «look» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, where do the kids wait to be picked up by the storks?

1. At home — no support
2. In a tree — no support
3. In the pond — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. On the roof — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 388, line 8: «WHERE: The cat calls at the door of an aviary, and the kid stands "on the roof of a house, out of harm's way."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kid» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same place «roof» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gotta ask, what happens when the storks flap too slow at the review?

1. He pokes them — no support
2. The general spears them with a tall pole — no support
3. The general pokes them with his beak — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They get stabbed — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 993, line 2: «They wobble and fall at first, but by the third day they can flap and flutter a little.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «storks» (+3); 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following did the mother stork state as the purpose of the autumn review?

1. To ascertain that every stork can fly properly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. To make sure every young stork can fly well — score 2
3. To ascertain that every stork can fly properly and quickly in formation — score 2
4. To judge which storks deserve a mark of honor — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 385, line 3: «The Stork begs to be let go and says he is no Crane but a Stork, a bird of excellent character.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To whom did the young storks direct their intended retribution, according to the narrative?

1. To the mother — score 3
2. To the old man by the pond — score 3
3. To the boys who taught the song — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. To the boy who first began the song — ✓ 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 993, line 12: «The storks do not know how old people are, so the boy who began the song seems to them "at least a hundred" years old.», 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 doer «boy» (+1); the same thing acted on «song» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What is the approximate age of the boy who commenced the mocking song, as perceived by the young storks?

1. Six years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Two — no support
3. Ten — no support
4. Five years — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Under which condition did the mother consent to the young storks' vengeance?

1. Only after the review had concluded and the storks rested — no support
2. Only after the review had concluded — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Only once the winter had passed by — no support
4. Only when the boys were gone away — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 792, line 4: «The story turns to Anne Lisbeth, a pretty young mother who leaves her plain son with a laborer's family.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «pretty young mother» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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