Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper, part 61: Andras kills the Stalo's dog and takes his gold, then the sick king gets a magic slipper

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1195 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, why'd the Stalo jump so high, innit?

1. To dodge the arrows — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. To escape the boat — score 3
3. Because the arrows were poisoned and he wanted to be safe from them all — score 4
4. To scare the archer — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1195, line 1: «Andras shoots at the Stalo, who dodges the first two arrows by leaping high into the air.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dodge» (+2); the same doer «stalo» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, what's the wildest bit about the dog?

1. Its licking can wake a dead master — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It barks loud — no support
3. It can run across the fiord — no support
4. Its bite can kill a grown man — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1143, line 19: «Old words: "whey" is the thin watery liquid left when milk turns sour and forms curds, and a "hag" was an ugly old witch; today we say "drink" and "witch".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «milk» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, where'd Andras get the bling?

1. From the sea bottom — no support
2. Found it — no support
3. From the Stalo's boat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. From the Stalo's boat, which he had sunk in the fiord — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1195, line 11: «Andras keeps his promise and sails "across the fiord" to the Stalo's house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). 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, is Andras's ending mint or what?

1. He gets rich and married — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He stays a poor farmer — no support
3. He sails to a new land — no support
4. He gets rich, marries a wealthy wife, and buys reindeer for his farm — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, was the king's foot dead gutted?

1. It was sore and festering — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It was bruised and bleeding — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. It was cut and healing — score -1
4. It was sore, swollen, and festering with a deep wound that would not heal — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1195, line 5: «A new tale begins: King Balancin hurts his foot on a hunt, and a doctor gives him a shiny white goat-skin slipper.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+3); the same thing acted on «foot» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what's the doc's gig with the shoe?

1. He wraps the foot in goat-skin and paints a secret varnish on the shoe — no support
2. He uses secret varnish — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He sells shoes — no support
4. He binds it with gold thread — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1191, line 18: «fact: Old and hard words: a wigwam is a home of the tribe, kelp is a large brown seaweed, and maize is what we now call sweetcorn.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «old hard words» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, who's Diamantina, the total peak?

1. The king's wife — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The king's fifteen-year-old daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The king's sister, a grieving old widow — no support
4. The king's fifteen-year-old daughter who loves the hunt and the sea — 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

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why'd the king go down in the brambles?

1. He chased a stag, slipped — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He tripped — no support
3. He chased boars and fell — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He ran off — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 787, line 5: «At the third feast the king slips a gold ring on her finger, and when she tears free with one finger still white he pulls off her fur and finds the princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slip» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the White Slipper, like, kind of magic?

1. No, it is just leather — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yes, it stops the pain — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Yes, it makes him run — no support
4. Yes, it stops the pain and keeps the king's foot safe for many years — score 1

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 1085, line 20: «Finally, the slipper "fitted her, as if it had been made of wax", so the gentleman knew she was the owner.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «slipper» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Honest question, what does "fiord" even mean, sis?

1. A river — no support
2. A sandy beach shore — no support
3. A large lake — score -6
4. A narrow sea inlet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1194, line 19: «Old word: a "fiord" is a long, narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; today we still use the word for such Norwegian coastal inlets.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fiord» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Stop, what's the king's birthday bash in June?

1. A river party with fireworks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A banquet with music and song — no support
3. A dance in the great hall — no support
4. A grand river party with fireworks, music, and a feast for all the court — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, did the Stalo's son actually get saved, fam?

1. Nope — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, he died — no support
3. Yes, Andras spared him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No, Andras killed him — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, why's the doc not stayin' at court?

1. He wanted to travel home soon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He is lazy — no support
3. Sick folks were waiting at home — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His horse was sick at home — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following did Andras do after sailing across the fiord?

1. He took the gold and left — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He slew the dog with one blow — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He slew the Stalo's dog with one blow after returning to the boat — score 1
4. He sailed back to the king — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1195, line 3: «Andras kills the Stalo's dog, takes the gold and jewels from the boat, and sends the boy off to drift.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «gold» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the physician assert that the slipper would remain durable?

1. By a varnish that hardens the leather — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By a balsam that strengthens its material — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By a balsam that strengthens its material and keeps out all water and dirt forever — no support
4. By a secret that shrinks the sole — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which condition did the physician set for his payment?

1. He received a horse as payment — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He accepted only the agreed sum and refused any gift the king offered later — score -1
3. He wanted the king's crown instead — score -1
4. He accepted only the agreed sum — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 453, line 15: «One forgetful word, "It is mine," sets the corn on fire; he saves it by naming Militsa as owner.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «corn» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the princess arrange for the poor people on the king's birthday?

1. A cup of wine for each — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A loaf of bread for each — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. A coin for each child — score 1
4. A large loaf of bread and a warm coat for each poor person in the village — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1093, line 6: «Who: the Prince, the only child of the King and Queen, who is "beyond words in love."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «only child» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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