Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, the rattle and the kisses

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 997 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 ✓

ok so who even is the swineherd, bro?

1. the prince in disguise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a pig keeper — no support
3. the emperor's own son — no support
4. a runaway gardener — 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 ✗

what was the pot basically doing, fam?

1. playing the old tune — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. sounding every bell in the pot to warn the emperor — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. playing the jolly old tune for the whole court — score 5
4. spinning round and round — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 371, line 11: «What: the Earthen Pot warns, "It would take so little to break me," and the Brass Pot promises to "step between and save you".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «earthen pot» (+4); the same action «warn» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

be honest, how much did she pay for it?

1. five kisses — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. ten kisses — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. a hundred kisses from the princess — score 1
4. twelve kisses — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 134, line 12: «Why the Old Woman refuses to pay: she argues that she is "blinder than ever", because now she cannot see any furniture in her house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+1); the same doer «old woman» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol what made the emperor go mental?

1. he saw the princess kissing the swineherd in the yard — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. he saw her kiss the cook — no support
3. the princess would not marry the prince and kissed the pig boy — score -4
4. he saw her kissing the swineherd — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 997, line 4: «Next he makes a rattle that plays every waltz and polka, and the princess pays a hundred kisses.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the princess salty about the rose?

1. she said it was fake — score 5
2. she said it was natural — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. she said the rose was natural and the prince was not — score 5
4. she called it too bright — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 886, line 7: «Who names a rose? The mother says it is on the cheeks of her "sweet child".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «name» (+4); the same thing acted on «rose» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the rattle play, no cap?

1. all the waltzes and polkas — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. every polka in the land — score 6
3. a sad song — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. all the old galops — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 997, line 4: «Next he makes a rattle that plays every waltz and polka, and the princess pays a hundred kisses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rattle» (+4); the same action «play» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the ladies stand in a row, for real?

1. to guard the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. to sing — score 4
3. to hide the kisses — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. to see — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 772, line 4: «The giant carries him near the castle, where he finds it standing on a glass mountain too slippery to climb.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «castle» (+5). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

what tune was the princess the only one who could play?

1. the jolly old tune that the pot played for everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. the jolly sow song — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. a silly song about a pig and a sow in the yard — score -1
4. the royal anthem — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 997, line 2: «At night he makes a little pot whose bells play a jolly tune, and its steam shows every meal cooking in town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+3); the same thing acted on «jolly tune» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-5). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

who yelled "Go out of my sight"?

1. the emperor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. the princess — no support
3. the prince — score -3
4. the swineherd — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 997, line 15: «Why the emperor is angry: he "hit their heads with his shoe" and says "Go out of my sight."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «emperor» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

where did the prince actually live, like, for real?

1. a cottage by the river — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. in a grand house at the edge of the empire — score 3
3. in a tiny room next to the pigsty behind the palace — score 5
4. a tiny room by the pigsty — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 831, line 1: «The narrator, his mother and little sister Anastasia live in a cottage near the Delphian springs, and their friend Aphtanides visits from the sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what's the final vibe for the princess?

1. she wished she had not kissed — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. she wished she had kissed him — score 5
3. she wished she had picked the prince over the swineherd and gone home — score 5
4. she wished she had picked the prince — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 876, line 9: «Why: the youngest princess cares only for her red flowers and the statue, because she has "never seen birds" and loves the world above.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «care» (+4); the same doer «youngest princess» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the swineherd say no to the ladies' kisses?

1. he wanted the ladies to leave — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. he wanted a hundred gold coins and the princess too — no support
3. he only wanted to kiss the princess herself and nobody else — no support
4. he wanted the princess herself — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 10: ««This here young lady, she wants for to know your history, she do» is the Gryphon's country way of saying: this young lady wants to know your story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same thing acted on «young lady» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

What is the price, stated in the text, that the swineherd demands for the pot from the princess?

1. ten kisses from the princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. ten gold coins from her — no support
3. ten kisses from the princess and a golden ring — no support
4. a hundred kisses from 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which instrument does the swineherd make to play all the waltzes, galops and polkas known in the world?

1. a rattle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a barrel organ that plays all the world's dances — no support
3. a fiddle — score 2
4. a music box with a tiny crank — 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 697, line 18: «Why: the minister thinks "What a wife she would make for the king", so he asks for her hand.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); the same doer «wife» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object does the emperor strike the heads with at the moment the swineherd receives the sixty-eighth kiss?

1. a heavy wooden cane from the court — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. the golden staff of his royal office — score 7
3. his sword — score 7
4. his shoe — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 997, line 15: «Why the emperor is angry: he "hit their heads with his shoe" and says "Go out of my sight."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «emperor» (+4); the same action «hit» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the final expressed regret of the princess after she and the swineherd are banished from the empire?

1. that she had not accepted the prince — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. that she had refused the prince — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. that she had not accepted the prince's offer of marriage and palace life — no support
4. that she had not listened to the wise ladies and accepted the prince — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 997, line 22: «The ending: the princess cries, "I wish I had accepted the prince," so she regrets refusing him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «refuse» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «prince» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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