--- title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 219: John mee… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1008 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 0 of 13 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1008-pg27200-part219/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1008 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 219: John meets the princess and sees the garden of dead suitors **Tests:** 0 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1008 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Oi, so the swan just snuffed it after singing, yeah? - **1.** It died as soon as it sang — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** It died after its song got weaker — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** It died after its song got weaker and it fell into the lake — score 6 - **4.** It went quiet and fell asleep — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1008, line 3: «A swan sings itself to death at their feet, and the traveller cuts off its wings to keep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+4); the same doer «swan» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Mate, wait, why'd the traveller nick the swan's wings? - **1.** They were worth loads of money — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** They were worth loads of money to the showman and his friends — no support - **3.** He wanted to fly away home — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** They looked well nice on him — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1008, line 3: «A swan sings itself to death at their feet, and the traveller cuts off its wings to keep.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «traveller» (+6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Bruv, how did the dolls end up dancing? - **1.** John's mate rubbed six dolls — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Ointment did it — no support - **3.** John's mate put ointment on six — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The showman rubbed them all — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Proper random, but who got the coachman's dance? - **1.** The cook — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The old groom — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** The lady maid — no support - **4.** The landlord's daughter who had come in from the kitchen — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 997, line 17: «Old word "galops": a fast, lively dance; today we would just say a fast dance.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «fast lively dance» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Yo, what was the princess riding, like, the snow one? - **1.** A snow-white steed with a silver bridle and saddle — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A black stallion — no support - **3.** A snow-white steed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A golden-maned mare — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Innit weird, the king's sword was the price, right? - **1.** The showman's old leather belt — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** The coins — no support - **3.** The sword the showman wore — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** The sword the showman wore at his side and the king's ring — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 462, line 17: «The old word "faulchion" means a broad sword with a curved blade; today we would say sword.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Wicked, what was the princess's cape made of? - **1.** The finest silk brought from the eastern islands across the sea — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Thousands of butterfly wings — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Thousands of butterfly wings stitched together with golden thread — no support - **4.** Embroidered velvet and gold — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Dead creepy, what was in the flower-pots? - **1.** Dried herbs and ash — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Skulls of every dead suitor who had ever come to the palace — no support - **3.** Human skulls grinning at the visitors from the stone steps — no support - **4.** Human skulls grinning — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} So the landlord reckons she's a witch, sus, yeah? - **1.** He is a lying fool — no support - **2.** She is a clever maid — no support - **3.** She is a wicked witch who has cursed every suitor in the land — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** She is a wicked witch — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 464, line 17: «The witch swears "On my troth" she will not deceive them, but the heroes still burn her in the fiery fount at the end.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swear» (+4); the same doer «witch» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Mad, what happened to the blokes who guessed wrong? - **1.** They got hanged or beheaded in the square before the palace gates — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** They were locked in the tower and forgotten by the whole court — no support - **3.** They got hanged or beheaded — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** They were sent to the mines — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Gutted for the old king, right? Why'd he cry? - **1.** He was so sad at her — score 1 - **2.** Because he was very old — score 1 - **3.** He was so upset by her — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** She hit him — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 697, line 17: «Who: Blauvor, who claims she was married to a king slain by Vikings; her daughter is Laufer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slay» (+3); the same thing acted on «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Lush, what's the gingerbread situation? - **1.** Every kind of sweet cake and biscuit from the palace kitchens in the town — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Gingerbread nuts and sweetmeats — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Gingerbread nuts, sweetmeats and a jug of spiced wine for all — no support - **4.** Cakes and wine from the cellar — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} Nah, so when's John trying the first riddle, then? - **1.** Dawn — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Today — no support - **3.** After the feast — no support - **4.** The next day — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which object did the fellow-traveller request as payment for the ointment application, and by whom was it worn? - **1.** The showman's sword, which he carried at his belt through every town on the road to the palace gates — score 4 - **2.** The showman's gold ring, worn on his finger — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** The showman's sword, worn by the showman at his side — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** The showman's sword, worn by the showman at his side, along with all of his silver coins and his horse — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 842, line 18: «Why: the travellers are hungry and worn out, so "all the longings of their heart" turn to a bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «travellers» (+4); the same action «wear out» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Describe the manner in which the king's garden was adorned, and state what the human remains in the flower-pots represented. - **1.** Skulls in pots — no support - **2.** Bones on trees — no support - **3.** Silver bells hung from the trees, and red roses in the flower-pots represented the king's lost love — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** Skeletons hung from the trees, and skulls in the flower-pots represented the dead suitors — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1008, line 17: «the garden: skeletons of dead princes hang on the trees, and "human skulls in the flower-pots grinned horribly".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hang» (+4); the same place «trees» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} State the condition by which a suitor might obtain the princess's hand in marriage, and the penalty imposed upon one who failed. - **1.** He must answer three riddles set by the king's council, and failure meant being sent into exile forever — score 1 - **2.** He must guess three things she had thought of, and failure meant being hanged or beheaded — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** He must guess three of her private thoughts within the set time, and those who failed to guess correctly were executed at dawn in the great courtyard before the royal family — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** He must guess the thoughts of her royal guards, and failure meant being thrown into the cold dungeon below — no support **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 793, line 16: «The laborer's wife says "He'll never cost you anything more," and Anne Lisbeth keeps quiet so no one thinks she misses her old place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «one» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Identify the day on which John was to attempt the first riddle, and the assembly that would be present to witness the trial. - **1.** The next day, with the judges, the counsellors, the old king, the princess and every noble and guest of the entire kingdom gathered to witness the trial — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The following morning, with the royal family and all the townspeople watching — no support - **3.** The next day, with the judges and the whole of the counsellors present — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The next day, with the judges, the whole of the counsellors and every townsperson who wished to watch the trial in the great hall — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/e4/) - ← previous: [1007. 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