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title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda learns Kay is… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1626 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 15 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda learns Kay is at a princess's palace and sneaks in, only to find the wrong boy

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**Tests:** 5 of 15 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 19 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1626 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.

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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/1626-pg5615-part15/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Oi, so did Gerda actually get out of the garden, or what?

- **1.** Yeah, she ran off with her shoes on through the field — no support
- **2.** Yeah, she legged it barefoot through the gate — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **3.** Yeah, she ran out barefoot — no support
- **4.** Nah, she got stuck inside the garden wall and the crow had to fetch her back out through the old gate — no support

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**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 1204, line 7: «Where: a magic garden behind a palace, walled high enough that the prince must leap to get out.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «magic garden» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1626-pg5615-part15/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, it was still summer when she left, innit?

- **1.** Yeah, still summer — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, it was late autumn already — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** No, it was spring then, mate — no support
- **4.** No, it was winter — no support

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**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/1626-pg5615-part15/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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That crow was well weird, wasn't he? What did he reckon about Kay?

- **1.** He said Kay had forgotten Gerda — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** He said Kay was in the palace — score 3
- **3.** He said Kay had found a princess — score 3
- **4.** He was a liar — no support

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**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 1590, line 3: «Crows fly down to eat the corn, until an old crow tells him that brains are the only thing worth having.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old crow» (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1626-pg5615-part15/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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The princess was dead clever, yeah? How'd she pick her fella?

- **1.** Whoever spoke loudest in the hall got to marry her after the whole court had voted — score 2
- **2.** Whoever bowed lowest won — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Whoever could answer her riddle won — score 4
- **4.** Whoever spoke loud enough won — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 1576, line 9: «Why: the elder princess wins because she was "bigger and stronger", and Minnikin knew this from the start.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «elder princess» (+3); the same action «win» (+1). The right option, 4, 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/1626-pg5615-part15/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Why did the lads all go mute in the palace, though?

- **1.** They were all struck dumb by the sight of the princess and her shining throne in the hall above — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** The guards were too strict — no support
- **3.** They were too proud to speak — no support
- **4.** Their wits left them inside — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 200, line 14: «Where: the ship sinks "within sight of the palace" where the prince lives with his father and the grand-vizir.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «palace» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1626-pg5615-part15/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Kay strolled in dead cool, didn't he? What did he say to the footmen?

- **1.** Looked dull — score -3
- **2.** That standing looked a bit dull — no support
- **3.** Very dull — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** That standing about looked dull — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1361, line 11: «Why: the father is "distressed to see her so unhappy," so he asks his wife to explain, and she tells him about the image.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «child» (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 4, 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/1626-pg5615-part15/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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His boots were mint, innit? What did they do?

- **1.** They squeaked — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** They squeaked quite softly — score 5
- **3.** They clicked on the floor — no support
- **4.** They creaked loud as anything — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 290, line 17: «Gerda knows it is Kay because of his new boots, which she "heard creaking in grandmama's room".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «new boots» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «creak» (+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/1626-pg5615-part15/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Mate, what was the princess sitting on?

- **1.** A golden stool — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A great carved throne of gold with rubies all around the arms — no support
- **3.** A massive pearl — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A huge pearl the size of a hen's egg, set in silver — no support

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**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/1626-pg5615-part15/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Gerda didn't half hope it was Kay, yeah? Which bed was she after?

- **1.** The gold one — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The red one — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The bed in the corner, which was smaller and red — no support
- **4.** The white one — no support

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**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/1626-pg5615-part15/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Did she find him in the end, or was it some other lad?

- **1.** A lad with a different face — no support
- **2.** Another boy with a rough chin — no support
- **3.** Some other lad with a similar neck — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** Some other lad — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 239, line 18: «What goes wrong: Tom's work is done for him, and the other lads find "theirs undone for them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «other lads» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1626-pg5615-part15/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Blimey, how'd the crow get her in?

- **1.** Through a back-door and the back-stairs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Through the servants' entrance route — no support
- **3.** Up the main staircase, through the grand hall, and past the sleeping footmen at the top — no support
- **4.** Through the great front doors and past all the sleeping guards in the hall — no support

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**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/1626-pg5615-part15/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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The crow's sweetheart brought her a bit of grub, didn't she?

- **1.** Some bread — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A little roll — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A warm little pie — no support
- **4.** A soft piece of cheese — no support

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**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/1626-pg5615-part15/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Gerda's gran taught her manners, right? What did she teach her?

- **1.** To speak politely — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To sit — no support
- **3.** To curtsy — no support
- **4.** To bow properly — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/1626-pg5615-part15/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Bruv, why was Gerda so nervy on the stairs?

- **1.** She heard a loud creak — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** The stairs were creaking loudly — no support
- **3.** She felt like she was doing wrong — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** She was scared — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 290, line 17: «Gerda knows it is Kay because of his new boots, which she "heard creaking in grandmama's room".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1626-pg5615-part15/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15}

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Who woke up when the lamp went on, then?

- **1.** A boy who wasn't Kay — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** A footman from the stairs — no support
- **3.** The princess's own brother, a young lad whom the crow had mistakenly brought in — no support
- **4.** A young man from the palace who had been asleep in the red bed all night long — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1618, line 12: «What: a friend sends him an old trunk with the message "Pack up!", and he climbs in because he has "nothing to pack up".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1626-pg5615-part15/t15/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following constitutes the principal objective of the princess in announcing her matrimonial test?

- **1.** To find a husband who could chat with her properly — score 2
- **2.** To choose a suitor who could dance well at court — no support
- **3.** To discover a husband capable of conversing with her — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** To choose a tall prince — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1417, line 10: «Why: He rides away sadly because the enchanter has taken the Princess, and he will not go home until he finds her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2). The right option, 3, 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/1626-pg5615-part15/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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By what means did the crow ascertain the events concerning Kay?

- **1.** Through intelligence supplied by his tame sweetheart — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Through news brought by his sweetheart from the palace — score -6
- **3.** Through a message from his sweetheart — score -2
- **4.** By flying to the palace windows and reading the newspapers left out by the princess's servants — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1467, line 18: «fact: Old word: "incommoded" means troubled or burdened, so the children were a heavy weight on the poor family's life.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). 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/1626-pg5615-part15/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Under what condition was Gerda conducted towards the sleeping-room?

- **1.** Up the stairs — no support
- **2.** Along the garden wall at night — no support
- **3.** She was led by the crow along a back-stair — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** She walked alone through the great front door — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 986, line 1: «Gerda and Kay walk home hand in hand, and spring gets greener and prettier the closer they get.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+2); the same doer «gerda» (+2). The right option, 3, 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/1626-pg5615-part15/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which of the following accurately describes the bed in which Gerda discovered her error?

- **1.** It was a large red bed with gold curtains, and the sleeper had Kay's hair and a long brown neck — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It was blue, and the sleeper snored loudly all night — no support
- **3.** It was red, and the sleeper's neck resembled Kay's — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It was white and the sleeper was tall — no support

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**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/1626-pg5615-part15/e4/)

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