Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: grandpa recalls the shield parade, then the gale tears signs from their places

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

Lesson 994 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, what did grandpa rock as a kid, like the fit?

1. blue breeches and a green coat — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. white stockings and a black cap — score -2
3. red breeches — score -2
4. red breeches and a red coat — ✓ the right answer · 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 260, line 5: «The boy climbs a tree, skins the calf, goes after the dragon, and finds a king's daughter staked down by her hair.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, who was the Harlequin supposed to be?

1. a clown in patchwork — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a knight in armour — no support
3. a clown in patchwork and a tall pointed cap — no support
4. a dancing clown in patchwork with bells on his shoes — 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 ✗

No cap, what was the big stick with the dingle-dangles called?

1. the bird — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the crescent — no support
3. the big stick — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. the bat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 5: «The Rat looks very grave, and stands «in deep thought for a minute or two». Then he straps on a belt, pushes two pistols into it, takes a big stick, and sets o…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «big stick» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, which guy got the glass from the mason?

1. the mason — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. grandfather — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the plasterer — no support
4. the councillor — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what flew into the councillor's window thing?

1. the sentry-house — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a fox's skin — score 3
3. the cooper's wooden tub — score 3
4. the barber's brass dish — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 160, line 4: «She flies him into the moonlit wood, where the wild rabbits stop dancing and stare, and she leaves him to play with them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+1); the same place «moonlit wood» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why did people call the councillor's wife "the Razor"?

1. she ran the barber's shop — no support
2. she knew everyone's business — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she knew everyone's business and told it to the whole town — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. she always spread the gossip about everyone's business in town — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 161, line 19: «fact: Where the tales came from: they were told to grown-up people in Asia, Arabia and Persia, not for children at all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2). Against it: the same doer «fact» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Sus, what was the poem speech made with?

1. punch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. ale — no support
3. verse — no support
4. wine — 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 ✗

Ngl, where did the bill of fare end up?

1. over the theatre entrance across the square — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. over the theatre entrance — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. above the council hall — no support
4. over the theatre entrance and the billiard club sign — 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 ✗

That's so lame, what did the storm do to the weathercock?

1. made it bow down for good and stay bent — score 7
2. made it spin about — score 7
3. broke it — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. made it bow for good — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 867, line 4: «While he dreams, a mighty storm breaks over the sea and the land, and the oak is torn down and falls on the snowy shore.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mighty storm» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «break» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, what did the youngest lads carry?

1. the lanterns — score 2
2. the swords with lemons on the points — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. the swords — score 6
4. the welcome — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 236, line 19: «Old words: "bonny" means pretty, and "bogles" means goblins or ghosts, which is why the lads in the next tale fear them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lads» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Vibe check, what hung on the young student's bell-pull?

1. a bird's nest — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a fox's skin with its tail still on — no support
3. a fox's skin — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a fox's skin and a dried salt fish — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what did the sentry-house stop in front of?

1. the plasterer's door — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. the councillor's gate — score 5
3. the inn door — score 6
4. the barber's window — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 298, line 15: «The neighbours think the old house is "that old decayed thing" and do not want it in their street.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old house» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, was the storm doing it on purpose?

1. yes, the mayor did it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, it was luck — no support
3. no, the storm did it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, the wind did it — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ayy, what did mother say grandpa had when he lied?

1. a rogue on his back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. a sack — no support
3. a sign on his back — no support
4. a bell on his coat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 994, line 18: «Mother said grandpa had "a rogue on his back" when he wanted to make her believe something outrageous, meaning he was lying.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «grandpa» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which garments did the narrator's grandfather wear in his childhood?

1. red breeches — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. white stockings and a black cap — no support
3. red breeches and a red coat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. blue breeches and a green coat — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the gale remove from the barber's premises?

1. the tin bowl — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the brazen dish — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the brass pan — no support
4. the barber's brazen dish from the window — 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 ✗

Where did the storm deposit the sentry-house after displacing it?

1. the plasterer's doorway on the corner of the square — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. the plasterer's doorway — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. the plasterer's doorway and the councillor's window recess — no support
4. the councillor's window — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 4, line 11: «From one trip to the seaside Alice believes every English beach has bathing machines (little huts on wheels that were rolled into the sea for people to change…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lodge» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «houses» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What did the storm attach to the bell-pull of the young lecture-goer?

1. a bird's nest — no support
2. a fox's skin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. a sock — no support
4. a fox's tail hung from a wire — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 994, line 17: «The fox's skin was found "fastened to the bell-pull of a young man who always went to early lecture."», 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 «skin» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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