Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John promise to guard his son

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 114 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.

Test 1 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, who actually picked the peas for Cinderella, innit?

1. Mum — score 7
2. the hen — score 7
3. the birds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. the mother — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 114, line 1: «The birds pick the good peas out of the ashes so Cinderella can go to the feast, but her mother still says no.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «good peas» (+4); the same action «pick» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So was Cinderella proper gutted when her mum said no to the ball?

1. yes, she was happy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yes, she was gutted — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no, she was not upset because she knew the ball was not for her and she had other plans — no support
4. yes, she was gutted and cried all night in the ashes by the fire — 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

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did she shout under the hazel-tree to get the dress?

1. "Shake, shake, hazel-tree, throw down a gold and silver dress and slippers..." — no support
2. "Shake, shake, hazel-tree, throw me down the dress and slippers now..." — no support
3. "Shake, shake, hazel-tree..." — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. "Shine, shine, golden-tree..." — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 13: «The Cheshire Cat is sitting on a bough (a branch) of a tree; it looks good-natured but has "very long claws and a great many teeth", so Alice thinks it "ought…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, where did she hide from the prince the first night, like?

1. in the garden shed — no support
2. in the pigeon-house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. up in the pigeon-house on the palace roof tiles — score 6
4. behind the stove in the kitchen where the ashes lay — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 114, line 13: «The prince wants to know where she lives, so he follows her; she slips away and hides in the pigeon-house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same place «pigeon house» (+3). Against it: the same action «hide» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

On night two, did she hide up the pear-tree, yeah?

1. yes, up the pear-tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yes, up the oak-tree — no support
3. yes, she climbed up the pear-tree in the garden as the prince arrived — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. yes, behind the well — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 108, line 7: «Where: a wood at night, where the couple climb a tree, and then the fields and parson's field.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tree» (+2); the same action «climb» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

And what got left on the stairs, the thing the prince wanted?

1. her golden slipper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. her ribbon — no support
3. her left golden slipper which fell off on the stairs as she ran — no support
4. her golden comb — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 114, line 3: «On the third night she drops one golden slipper on the stairs, and the prince vows to marry the lady it fits.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «stairs» (+4); the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the sisters' mum tell her to chop off to fit the shoe?

1. her toes — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. her small toe — score 2
3. her big toe — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. a heel — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 69, line 2: «When the Sergeant told the «good woman» to run away, Mole said it wouldn't be her running away soon. Then, as a washerwoman who washed for Mr. Badger, he «warn…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «good woman» (+4). Against it: the same action «tell» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the bird actually grass on the sisters, innit?

1. yes, the dove sang the truth from the hazel-tree to the prince at the palace window — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, the dove only sang a song about the sisters and the prince's golden crown — no support
3. yes, the dove sang a lie — no support
4. yes, the dove sang the truth — ✓ the right answer · 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

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

How'd the prince know the fake bride was dodgy, like?

1. by the blood on her foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. by her voice — score 5
3. by the shoe on her heel — score 5
4. by her shoe — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 114, line 15: «The dove sings "The shoe is too small, and not made for you!" and the prince sees the blood and knows the trick.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mad, what was faithful John's whole deal with the king?

1. to guard him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to keep the prince safe — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. to feed the king — no support
4. to serve the king loyally — 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

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, what was the room John was NOT allowed to show, like?

1. the last room at the end of the long corridor behind the iron door — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the room at the end of the hall — no support
3. the golden room — no support
4. the last room in the corridor — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 114, line 17: «The old king says the last room holds "the portrait of the daughter of the King of the Golden Palace."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «last room» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead, who was in the forbidden portrait, do you reckon?

1. the sister of the King of the Silver Palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the old queen — no support
3. the niece of the old queen from the north — no support
4. the King of the Golden Palace's daughter — ✓ the right answer · 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

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

So the old king snuffed it, right? How did he go?

1. he expired after John's promise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. he died after John's oath — score 5
3. he died after the long feast — score 5
4. he died peacefully after he had called John to his side and given his final words — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 114, line 5: «Then an old king dies after begging faithful John to guard his son and keep him away from the portrait in the last room.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the manner in which the second stepsister's foot was fitted to the golden slipper?

1. She mutilated her toe in order to force the shoe upon her foot — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She trimmed her heel so as to press the slipper onto her foot — no support
3. She cut away part of her foot and her heel in order to make it fit into the slipper that had been made for another woman entirely — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. She cut her heel to make the shoe fit her foot — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 6: «Mole says the footsteps sound like someone «walking in carpet slippers that were too large for him and down at heel» — «which was intelligent of Mole, because…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «carpet slippers» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «carpet slippers» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the agent that revealed to the prince the deception practised upon him by the stepsisters.

1. The white dove. — no support
2. The white dove, which sang the truth from the hazel-tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. The old nurse. — no support
4. The grey pigeon, which warned the prince from the pear-tree — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 114, line 4: «The stepsisters cut off a toe and a heel to squeeze into the shoe, but a dove sings the truth until the prince sees the blood and chooses Cinderella.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sing» (+4); the same doer «dove» (+2); the same thing acted on «truth» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the precise reason the old king gave for forbidding the prince to view the portrait in the final chamber.

1. The picture would stir a passion that would bring him to a faint and ruin. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The portrait would kindle a deep love in his heart that would plunge him into a swoon and peril, so the king forbade it for the sake of his safety — no support
3. The portrait would kindle a love that would plunge him into a swoon and peril — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The portrait would kindle a love that would plunge him into a swoon, and he would be lost to his kingdom, his father, and his duty forever after — 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Specify the object that remained behind upon the stair and became the instrument by which the prince sought his bride.

1. The left shoe. — no support
2. The right golden slipper — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. A golden shoe. — no support
4. The left golden slipper — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 114, line 3: «On the third night she drops one golden slipper on the stairs, and the prince vows to marry the lady it fits.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «one golden slipper» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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