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title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Gerda and Kay come home grow… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 986 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 12 tests right, exam 1 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: Gerda and Kay come home grown up, and the Flower is thrown away

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**Tests:** 6 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 986 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/986-pg27200-part197/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Mate, where did Gerda and Kay end up going?

- **1.** A small room at the top of their grandmother's house, lit by a candle — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Their grandmother's house — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Their grandmother's house in the far north beside the frozen sea — no support
- **4.** The palace of the Snow Queen — 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/986-pg27200-part197/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Wait, what's the crow's missus wearing round her leg?

- **1.** Black worsted wool — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Golden wire ring — no support
- **3.** Blue woolen yarn — no support
- **4.** Black string — 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/986-pg27200-part197/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Did Wind and Weather diss the Flower or give her a hug?

- **1.** They hugged her and kissed her — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** They welcomed her with a bow — score 1
- **3.** They dissed her as a summer gauk — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** They laughed at her — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 986, line 12: «Wind and Weather scold her: "You have come too early", and the cold days bring no sunbeam at all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «weather» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/986-pg27200-part197/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Bruv, why did the Flower come up too early?

- **1.** She was tempted by the Sunbeam — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She was pushed by the warm rain — no support
- **3.** She was called by the Wind — no support
- **4.** The sun was too hot — 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/986-pg27200-part197/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Who was the legend who said "snip, snap, snare" lol?

- **1.** The robber-girl who lived in the old castle with the wild crows — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The robber-girl — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The robber-king — no support
- **4.** The little robber-girl who laughed at the reindeer and the crows too — 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/986-pg27200-part197/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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How did the young man react when the letter landed, was he buzzing?

- **1.** He was not pleased at all — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He was very pleased indeed — no support
- **3.** He was not pleased at all and cursed the letter loudly — no support
- **4.** He was not happy — 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/986-pg27200-part197/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Was the Flower's trip in the post all lovely and fresh?

- **1.** No, she got squashed and crushed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No, she was lost — no support
- **3.** Yes, she was lovely and fresh — no support
- **4.** No, she came out fresh and new — 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/986-pg27200-part197/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Ngl, what nearly happened to the verses?

- **1.** They were burnt to ashes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** They were lost — no support
- **3.** Nothing happened — no support
- **4.** They were torn into bits — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 986, line 18: «The Flower is tossed into the fire at the end, as the verses and the paper are "being burnt to ashes".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burnt» (+4); the same thing acted on «verses» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/986-pg27200-part197/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Who picked the Flower up in the cold?

- **1.** Some farmers — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Some children — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Some children who were walking home from school in the snow — score -2
- **4.** The gardener's wife — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 222, line 9: «How do the courtiers react? "A shout of laughter burst from the courtiers" when they hear the Indian's words.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hear» (+1); the same thing acted on «indian words» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/986-pg27200-part197/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What was spring like on the walk home, was it green?

- **1.** Cold and grey and wet — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** White with frozen snow — no support
- **3.** Green and full of flowers — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Green and full of flowers, with birds singing in every tree — 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/986-pg27200-part197/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Mate, the girl found a new bestie in the summer, right?

- **1.** Another friend, a girl who chose her in the summer — score 2
- **2.** Another friend who lived in the house next to hers — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Her best friend — no support
- **4.** Another friend — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 906, line 12: «Where: Rome, where a little girl lives in "a little mean house" near the ruins of the imperial palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same place «little mean house» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). 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/986-pg27200-part197/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Is the Flower sad at the end, or what?

- **1.** Yes, she was flat and faded — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No, she was bright and fresh — no support
- **3.** No, she is fine — no support
- **4.** Yes, she was dry and dull — 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/986-pg27200-part197/t12/)

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

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With what sentiment does the young man receive the correspondence?

- **1.** With open delight and joy — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** With evident displeasure — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Happily — score 3
- **4.** Gladly — score 3

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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 922, line 7: «What: the soldier cries "I will go to the wars!", and then the old man "did not find him" because he has fallen through a crack.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/986-pg27200-part197/e1/)

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

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What is the precise nature of the girl's conduct during the summer season?

- **1.** She selected another companion — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** She selected another companion, a boy from the village near the mill — score 6
- **3.** She kept her first companion — score 6
- **4.** She selected another companion and forgot all about the first one — 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 847, line 11: «Why does the girl take only one leaf? She knows a flower "would so soon fade", and she is too gentle to break one off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+4); the same action «take» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/986-pg27200-part197/e2/)

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

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To what state does the Flower return while enclosed within the letter?

- **1.** A state of light, as before — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A state of darkness, as before — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A state of darkness, as before, and silent in the long night of the drawer — no support
- **4.** A state of darkness, as before, cramped and cold inside the envelope — 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/986-pg27200-part197/e3/)

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

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By what means does the Flower first leave her place of growth?

- **1.** By the cold frost of the early snow — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Being broken off by a child's hand — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Being broken off by a child's hand in the early spring garden — no support
- **4.** By the wind — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 915, line 8: «Where: the street lay in Copenhagen, and its name may come from "Hauschen", which means "a little house".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+1); the same thing acted on «little house» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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/986-pg27200-part197/e4/)

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