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title: Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 795 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 14 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 Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul

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**Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 795 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/795-pg27200-part6/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Mate, was Anne Lisbeth just ill or proper mad from the start?

- **1.** She was proper ill, sleeping on the beach every night — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** She was just ill — no support
- **3.** She was in a fever, thinking she had half a soul — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** She was just grieving her poor child at sea — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 794, line 8: «Where: She walks along the sea shore at night, then goes to the churchyard, where she digs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «anne» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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/795-pg27200-part6/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Oi, so what did the voice on the beach wail?

- **1.** Her name — no support
- **2.** Her child's name — no support
- **3.** A cry for her child — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** Only half a grave — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 161, line 17: «fact: Old word: "lamentations" means loud crying and wailing of sorrow, a word we rarely use now.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/795-pg27200-part6/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Bruv, why'd she sit on the shore every night for a whole year?

- **1.** Because she was looking for shells — no support
- **2.** To wait for the spectre to come — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** To wait for the spectre to come back from the sea, as he had promised her — score 1
- **4.** To wait for the spectre to come, and to dig a grave for him when he arrived at last — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 795, line 2: «She goes home changed, and for a whole year she sneaks out at night to wait for the spectre on the shore.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wait» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/795-pg27200-part6/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Wait, where did they find her in the end, like proper?

- **1.** In the church porch — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Lying down by the altar in the church, after the clerk had rung the vesper bell — no support
- **3.** By the altar in church — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** By the altar in church, with the sunlight falling across her still hands — no support

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**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 73, line 15: ««Under severe compulsion from the Badger» the barge-woman was found and paid the value of her horse; Toad «kicked terribly at this» and still called her rude n…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «barge woman» (+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/795-pg27200-part6/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Was the sunset bit creepy or proper sad?

- **1.** Peaceful, she was happy and at rest — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Sad at first, but then peaceful, she was happy and at rest after the long year on the shore — no support
- **3.** Peaceful, she was happy and at rest, with the light of the evening sun on her face — no support
- **4.** Peaceful, but she was still afraid — 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/795-pg27200-part6/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Fam, what did the spectre say she'd buried?

- **1.** Her child — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Him, in her heart — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Her heart — score 6
- **4.** Her own son, at sea — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 795, line 4: «That night the spectre comes to her and says she has buried him in her heart for a year and a day.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «spectre» (+5); the same action «say» (+1). 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/795-pg27200-part6/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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So did she get her soul back, innit?

- **1.** Nah, it stayed at the sea — no support
- **2.** Yeah, she got it back — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Yeah, he gave it back to her — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Yeah, he gave it back to her once she had buried him in her heart — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 795, line 11: «What she must do: carry the spectre to the churchyard and dig him a grave there, to win back her soul.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «win back» (+4); the same thing acted on «soul» (+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/795-pg27200-part6/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Wasn't the Bible on the altar open at some random page?

- **1.** Nah, it was Joel, rend your hearts — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Yeah, it was Joel, tear your hearts — no support
- **3.** Nah, it was Job — no support
- **4.** Nah, just a psalm — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 795, line 14: «The open Bible: it lies at the words of the prophet Joel, "Rend your hearts and not your garments."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rend» (+4); the same thing acted on «hearts» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/795-pg27200-part6/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Did the spectre say she'd dug only half a grave?

- **1.** Nah, she dug well — no support
- **2.** Nah, "thou hast dug me a full grave" — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Yeah, "thou hast dug me only half a grave" — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Yeah, "thou hast buried me in the sand" — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 795, line 15: «What the spectre says: "Thou hast dug me only half a grave."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dig» (+3); the same receiver «spectre» (+2). 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/795-pg27200-part6/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Bro, when did her troubles finally end?

- **1.** When the sun went down — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** When the clerk rang out — no support
- **3.** At night — no support
- **4.** At dusk — 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/795-pg27200-part6/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Did the clerk find her in the morning or the evening?

- **1.** Towards evening, when he rang out the hymn — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Early at dawn — no support
- **3.** In the morning — no support
- **4.** Towards evening, as he went to toll the bell — **✓ 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/795-pg27200-part6/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Yo, was she missing for one night or a few days?

- **1.** Gone an hour — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Gone a whole year, found in spring — no support
- **3.** Gone three nights, found on the shore — no support
- **4.** Gone one night, then found the next day — **✓ 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/795-pg27200-part6/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Yeah but who was the spectre really?

- **1.** The sea itself — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A ghost — no support
- **3.** Her soul — no support
- **4.** Her own child — **✓ 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/795-pg27200-part6/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14}

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Like, what's a spectre, bro?

- **1.** A ghost — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A demon — no support
- **3.** A dog — no support
- **4.** A bird — 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/795-pg27200-part6/t14/)

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

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To what region did Anne Lisbeth's soul rise when the sun set?

- **1.** The region where there is no more pain, and the bell tolls for the souls at rest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The region where there is no more pain — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The land where the sea meets the sky — no support
- **4.** The place of endless peace — 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/795-pg27200-part6/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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By what means did the spectre restore the soul of the woman?

- **1.** By declaring he was buried in her heart — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** By giving her back the sea water — no support
- **3.** By prayer — no support
- **4.** By the bell — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 795, line 16: «Where he is buried: "altogether in thy heart," for "it is there a mother can best hide her child."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bury» (+2); the same place «heart» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/795-pg27200-part6/e2/)

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

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Upon which book did the light of the setting sun fall within the church?

- **1.** A cross of gold on the altar — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Bible, open at the words of Joel, lying on the altar cloth in the church — no support
- **3.** The Bible, open at the words of Joel — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The old Bible by the window pane — 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/795-pg27200-part6/e3/)

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

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What was the nature of the injury Anne Lisbeth sustained while digging on the shore?

- **1.** A cut to her hand from broken glass — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A wound to her arm from a shell — no support
- **3.** A scrape on her knee from rocks — no support
- **4.** A deep cut to her hand from a piece of broken glass she found in the sand — 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/795-pg27200-part6/e4/)

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