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title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come home, the… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 294 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 2 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: Kay and Gerda come home, then a jumping contest begins

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 294 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/294-pg1597-part21/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Dude, how did Kay finally get his heart unfrozen?

- **1.** Gerda's warm tears melted the ice — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** A song melted the frozen glass — no support
- **3.** Gerda's warm tears melted the ice in his heart and his eye, and he wept — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** Gerda's hymn cracked the ice — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 294, line 2: «Her warm tears fall on his chest, melt the ice in his heart, and wash the splinter out of his eye, so he remembers her at last.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «heart» (+5); the same action «melt» (+2); the same thing acted on «ice» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bro, what song made Kay start crying?

- **1.** The hymn about the rose in the valley and the Christ child that made him weep — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** The sea shanty of the north — no support
- **3.** The rose in the valley hymn — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** The old hymn about the rose in the valley that grandmother sang — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 294, line 7: «fact: WHAT: Gerda's tears melt the ice in Kay's heart, and he cries until the splinter rolls out of his eye, as the text says: "he wept so much that the splint…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «tears» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Lol, who came flying in on a horse with pistols?

- **1.** The young Snow Queen — no support
- **2.** The little robber maiden — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** The little robber maiden on her magnificent horse with pistols — score 5
- **4.** The robber — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 294, line 12: «fact: THE ROBBER MAIDEN: She rides "a magnificent horse" with "pistols," and she says the Raven is dead, which shows she is bold and a bit rude.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «fact» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Mate, what happened to the Raven?

- **1.** He was gone — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was dead, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He flew off — no support
- **4.** He was alive, no cap — 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/294-pg1597-part21/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Ngl, which dude jumped into the Princess's lap?

- **1.** The Leap-frog — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** The Frog — score 2
- **3.** The Flea — no support
- **4.** The Grasshopper — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 294, line 5: «A new tale starts: a Flea, a Grasshopper and a Leap-frog jump for the King's daughter, and the Leap-frog wins by leaping into her lap.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «leap frog» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Yo, what was the Grasshopper's crib made of?

- **1.** Court-cards, in a painted hall — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Wax, in a gilded pasteboard box — no support
- **3.** Court-cards, in a pasteboard house — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Court-cards, in a pasteboard house with a painted door, in the King's 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/294-pg1597-part21/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Bruh, where did the Reindeer and the young one go?

- **1.** They walked back to the Lapland hut — no support
- **2.** They went with the children all the way to the boundary of the country — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** The Reindeer and the young one went with the children to the boundary and then came home to Lapland — score 5
- **4.** They went with the kids to the boundary — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 293, line 7: «What: the Lapland woman writes "a few words" on "a dried haberdine," which is a dried fish, because "paper I have none."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «few words» (+4); the same doer «lapland woman» (+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/294-pg1597-part21/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Dude, what did the old councillor reckon about the Leap-frog?

- **1.** He was a prophet who could foresee the winter, the snow, and the coming of the Snow Queen — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was a prophet who knew the winter — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He was a wise man of the court — no support
- **4.** He was a prophet who knew the winter was coming and would last a long time — 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/294-pg1597-part21/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Cuz, why was the King happy with the Leap-frog?

- **1.** He showed understanding by jumping to the Princess — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** He showed understanding by jumping to the Princess, and so the King chose him for his daughter's sake — score 3
- **3.** He jumped into the Princess's lap happily — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** He showed understanding by jumping to the Princess, while the others jumped to the King — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 294, line 5: «A new tale starts: a Flea, a Grasshopper and a Leap-frog jump for the King's daughter, and the Leap-frog wins by leaping into her lap.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «lap» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Lol, what did Kay get in the end?

- **1.** The whole world and a sledge — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** A sledge and a warm coat — score 4
- **3.** The whole world and a pair of new skates for the winter ice — score 1
- **4.** The whole world and new skates — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 288, line 1: «Kay ties his sledge to a big white sledge in the market-place, and its driver nods at him in a friendly way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kay» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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/294-pg1597-part21/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Yo, what did the clock say when they walked in?

- **1.** Tock! — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Tick! — no support
- **3.** Tick! tack! — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Tick! tack! tick! tack! tick! tack! — 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/294-pg1597-part21/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Ngl, what did the Flea do that nobody could see?

- **1.** He hid so well that nobody could find him — score 1
- **2.** He jumped so high nobody saw where he went, and he landed on the Princess — score 2
- **3.** He leapt so far that no one saw him fall — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** He jumped so high nobody saw where he went — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 33, line 1: «The Mole has long wanted to meet the famous Badger, whom everyone talks about and nobody sees. But the Rat always puts him off: Badger will turn up some day; h…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «see» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/t12/)

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

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In which place did Gerda first find Kay?

- **1.** A cold cave — no support
- **2.** The cold, empty halls of the palace — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** The cold, dark halls of the castle — score 0
- **4.** The palace — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 290, line 9: «Why: Gerda wants to find Kay, so she says, "I will soon come home, and then I will bring Kay with me."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/e1/)

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

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Which of the following best states the reason the King gave for choosing the Leap-frog?

- **1.** He had shown understanding by leaping to his daughter — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** He had proved he was the cleverest jumper of the court — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** He had jumped the highest — score 6
- **4.** He was the best jumper — no support

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**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 186, line 10: «What Sindbad makes: a saddle, "a bit and a pair of spurs", which the king tries and enjoys "quite delighted with the novelty".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+3); the same doer «king» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which of the following describes the state in which Kay and Gerda found their grandmother's room?

- **1.** Exactly as it had stood formerly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Empty and dusty — no support
- **3.** Dusty, but as it had stood before — no support
- **4.** Quite changed — 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/294-pg1597-part21/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Which of the following accurately reports the manner in which the robber maiden departed?

- **1.** She rode off without waiting for the children — score 6
- **2.** She left after a long goodbye — score 6
- **3.** She galloped off with her band — score 6
- **4.** She rode away after making her promise — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 294, line 12: «fact: THE ROBBER MAIDEN: She rides "a magnificent horse" with "pistols," and she says the Raven is dead, which shows she is bold and a bit rude.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «maiden» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/e4/)

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