--- title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Clau… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 868 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 10 tests right, exam 2 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/868-pg27200-part79/) [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/) / 868 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast **Tests:** 3 of 10 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 868 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/868-pg27200-part79/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} ok but why does Little Claus keep yelling gee-up - **1.** cuz he's showing off with five horses he doesn't own — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** cuz he's trying to scare off the big thief forever — no support - **3.** cuz he's showing off with five horses he doesn't own and the whole village is watching him from the windows — score 7 - **4.** cuz the horses are hungry and he wants them to run faster so they reach the farm before the storm starts tonight — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 868, line 15: «What does Little Claus do wrong? He keeps boasting, shouting "Gee-up, my five horses!" even after Big Claus warns him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «little» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/868-pg27200-part79/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} that Big Claus is so sus lol - **1.** fr he hits the horse with a hammer and it dies right there on the road, then he sells the skin — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** fr he sells the horse to the butcher in town — no support - **3.** fr he kills the horse with a hammer and then pretends it was an accident when the neighbors ask him questions — score -2 - **4.** fr he hits the horse with a hammer and it's dead — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 868, line 16: «What happens to his horse? Big Claus strikes it with a hammer, and "he fell dead instantly".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «strike» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/868-pg27200-part79/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} how did Little Claus get the horse skin to town - **1.** he put it in a bag on his shoulder — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **2.** he tied it to his back — score 2 - **3.** he got a stranger to help him carry it all the way along the muddy road into the town square — score 2 - **4.** he carried it — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 868, line 17: «What does Little Claus do next? He takes off the horse's skin, hangs it to dry, and carries it to the next town to sell.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same doer «little» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/868-pg27200-part79/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} why'd he go through that scary forest tho - **1.** cuz it's a shortcut — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** cuz the road was closed and he didn't want to wait — no support - **3.** cuz the storm messed up his path and it's a long walk — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** cuz he was lost and wanted a quick shortcut home — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/868-pg27200-part79/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} the shed roof sounds lit for sleeping - **1.** nah it's too high — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** ya but he's worried the stork might bite his legs — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** ya but he's worried the fox will sneak up on him — no support - **4.** nah cuz the roof is wet and he might slip off — 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/868-pg27200-part79/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} what's the feast like through the window - **1.** a crowded table with cake and beer — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a fancy table with candles and roast fowl — no support - **3.** a big table with wine, meat and a fish — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** a set table with cakes and cheese — 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/868-pg27200-part79/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} so who's the sexton anyway - **1.** the church guy who helps out at the church and also collects the money from every family in the village — no support - **2.** the church guy who helps out at the church — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** the man who helps the priest with mass — no support - **4.** a helper who takes care of the church bells and also lights the candles and digs the graves for the village — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 258, line 5: «Then a sexton digs a grave, hears nine black cats, and Old Tom learns that Tim Toldrum is dead, so he becomes King o' the Cats.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dig» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, 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/868-pg27200-part79/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} did the angels actually find the pearl - **1.** yeah, Sorrow made it from a tear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** nah, the fairy kept it hidden away — score 2 - **3.** nope, too far — no support - **4.** yeah, Joy found it in a river — 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 868, line 2: «The good angel says the fairy Sorrow must bring the last pearl, so the two angels fly off to find her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «last pearl» (+2); the same doer «fairy sorrow» (+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/868-pg27200-part79/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} what's the point of the pearl thing - **1.** it's a gift for the baby lol — score 1 - **2.** it helps the baby sleep through the night — no support - **3.** it links the earth to heaven like a rainbow bridge and it also gives the newborn child great wealth — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** it links the earth to heaven like a rainbow bridge — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 833, line 16: «Why: It gives so much away because it wants that "the hungry sparrows" also have food, and that is its kind heart.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «bird» (+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/868-pg27200-part79/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} ok so what's the big lesson here - **1.** sad stuff matters too and it's part of life — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** you should never cry about loss — no support - **3.** sad stuff matters too and it's part of life, and everyone who loses someone must learn to smile again soon — no support - **4.** happiness wins in the end — 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/868-pg27200-part79/t10/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which character, in the first part of the narrative, is responsible for the final gift to the newborn child? - **1.** The guardian angel who finally returns with the gift — score -1 - **2.** The fairy Sorrow, whose tear was turned into a pearl that completes the crown of gifts given to the newborn child by all the angels — score 4 - **3.** The guardian angel, who travels far to find the last pearl and brings it home to the newborn child's crib at dawn — score -1 - **4.** The fairy Sorrow, whose pearl completes the crown of gifts — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 868, line 7: «What does Sorrow bring? Her gift is the last pearl, and the angel says "it is the last pearl that is wanting" from the crown of gifts.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crown» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/868-pg27200-part79/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} What object does Little Claus carry into the next town, and for what purpose does he carry it? - **1.** The horse's hide, carried in order to be sold — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The farmer's old hammer used to strike a horse — score 0 - **3.** A bundle of wood for the fire at home — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** The horse's hide, which he carries across the frozen river in order to sell it to the tanner in town — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 284, line 18: «Old word: a "vetturino" was a hired coach driver who carried travellers from town to town.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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/868-pg27200-part79/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Which location does Little Claus observe from the roof of the shed, and what does he see there? - **1.** The farmhouse window, where a fire burns brightly and a sleeping child lies in a warm cradle — no support - **2.** The farmhouse window, where a feast is laid out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** The farmhouse window, where a feast is laid out for the guests and the family is singing loudly in the hall — score 4 - **4.** The chimney of the farm, where smoke rises — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 868, line 5: «Then the story turns to Little Claus, who loses his horse to Big Claus, sells its hide, and watches a feast from a shed roof.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «feast» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/868-pg27200-part79/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} In what manner does the narrator describe the grief of the family in the house of mourning? - **1.** As a loud and angry scene full of shouting relatives — no support - **2.** As an expression of sorrow conveyed without any spoken word — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** As a scene of pure happiness — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** As an expression of deep sorrow that is conveyed through long silences and a few gestures of love between the family members — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 329, line 17: «Old word: a "hanger" is an old word for a short sword, the weapon Tootles draws in the story.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «draw» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-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/868-pg27200-part79/e4/) - ← previous: [867. Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/867-pg27200-part78/) - next →: [869. Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Cla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/869-pg27200-part80/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)