Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 998 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, that thistle reckoned it'd get shoved in a pot, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, course it got shoved in, mate — no support
- 3. Nah, it never got no pot, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, no pot — 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 ✗
Was the thistle well chuffed about the Scottish girl's flower?
- 1. Yeah, it was proper chuffed and it told everyone in the garden, mate — score 5
- 2. Yeah, it was dead proud, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Yeah, it was dead chuffed, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, it was well narked, mate, cos the girl's flower got all the praise — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 998, line 9: «Why the thistle is proud: the Scottish lady says "It is the flower of Scotland" and asks for its flower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «thistle» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the swineherd dump the princess or what?
- 1. Yeah, he proper dumped her, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Nah, he never dumped her, mate — score 4
- 3. Nah, he didn't dump her at all, mate, they got wed in the end and that's sorted — score 4
- 4. Yeah, he totally dumped her, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 998, line 1: «The swineherd, now a prince again, shows his beauty to the princess and tells her she has lost him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «swineherd» (+3); the same receiver «princess» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Did the donkey manage to munch the thistle?
- 1. Nah, his rope was too short, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, his rope was long, mate — no support
- 3. Yeah, he munched the whole thing up quick, and the thistle's gone for good, mate — no support
- 4. Nah, his rope was too short and the thistle lived on, but the lady got it, mate — 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 ✗
Who was the bridegroom wearing the thistle, like?
- 1. The young farmer's boy, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The lad who married the princess, the son of the house, mate — no support
- 3. The bloke in the posh suit with the flower, the one from the palings, mate — no support
- 4. The son of the house, mate — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the thistle get all the credit for the wedding or what?
- 1. Nah, it said the Ass made it, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Nah, it reckoned it got nowt, mate — no support
- 3. Yeah, it did, mate — no support
- 4. Yeah, it reckoned it made the match, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 998, line 10: «The Ass cannot reach the thistle because "his halter was not long enough," so he is stuck on the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ass» (+4); the same action «reach» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the thistle's flower fit or munted by the end?
- 1. Munted, bro, all dry and brown — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Munted, mate, all silvery and ghosty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Fit as, mate, all green and bright — no support
- 4. Munted, mate, all shrivelled up and gone brown and dead, like the poor old bee — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Did the bees get the honey or leave it, bro?
- 1. They nicked the honey, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. They binned the honey, mate — score 2
- 3. They left it, mate — score 2
- 4. Nicked it, mate — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 998, line 12: «The bees take the honey, and the thistle calls them "The thievish rabble!" because they leave the flowers behind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «honey» (+2); the same doer «bees» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the thistle call the bees, like?
- 1. Cheeky pests, bruv — no support
- 2. Rude bees, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Noisy lot of buzzers, mate — no support
- 4. Thievish rabble, mate — ✓ the right answer · 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 998, line 12: «The bees take the honey, and the thistle calls them "The thievish rabble!" because they leave the flowers behind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Did the thistle's mate the Nettle get to be cambric?
- 1. Yeah, mate — no support
- 2. Yeah, the Nettle got made into cambric, and the thistle was dead chuffed about it, mate — score 3
- 3. Dunno, it was only hoping, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Yeah, it got cambric, mate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 998, line 18: «"Cambric" is a fine white linen cloth, and the Nettle hopes to be made into it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hope» (+4); the same doer «nettle» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where did the couple put the last thistle, sorted?
- 1. On a shelf, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. In a jam jar, mate — score 4
- 3. In a picture frame, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. In a box, mate — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 725, line 14: «He puts the bird into the golden cage, and the bird "set up such a loud scream" that the soldiers wake up.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put» (+3); the same doer «bird» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the thistle figure out what to do next, or what?
- 1. Yeah, it figured it all out and went straight into a pot, mate, dead sorted — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Nah, it was still thinking about the wedding and the bees and the Ass, mate, all day — score 4
- 3. Nah, it was still thinking, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, it had a plan, mate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 998, line 5: «The thistle boasts that it will go into a pot, but bees steal its honey, and winter comes while it is still waiting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); the same doer «thistle» (+2); the same place «pot» (+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 ✓
With reference to the passage, to what extent does the thistle's self-regard prove to be justified by subsequent events?
- 1. It is shown to be wholly unfounded by the events — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is proven entirely false by the outcome — no support
- 3. Largely justified — no support
- 4. It is largely borne out by the later events — 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 ✓
Identify the precise object which the Scottish lady selects for the young gentleman's buttonhole in the garden.
- 1. The large thistle flower that the lady picks from the field beyond the wall of the garden — score 2
- 2. The yellow lily growing by the water trough — no support
- 3. The thistle flower growing beyond the palings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. The thistle flower growing outside the palings, which the lady cuts with her shears for the young man — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 935, line 2: «They cross a bridge as fine as lace and pearls to the island where the garden of paradise grows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «garden» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Explain why the Ass is unable to consume the thistle, with reference to the text.
- 1. His halter is far too short, and the thistle is also guarded by the palings and the gate — no support
- 2. The thistle grew on the far side of him — score 5
- 3. He is insufficiently strong to pull the palings down, and his halter cannot stretch to reach the plant at all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. His halter is insufficiently long to reach it — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 998, line 10: «The Ass cannot reach the thistle because "his halter was not long enough," so he is stuck on the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reach» (+4); the same thing acted on «thistle» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Describe the manner in which the thistle's expectations are ultimately revealed to be mistaken.
- 1. It is never moved into a pot as it hoped — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is left to wither in the bed — no support
- 3. It is never potted — no support
- 4. It is thrown on the compost heap — 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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