Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king loses his slipper and a youth offers a cure

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1196 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, so what made the king trip, bruh?

1. a nail sticking out of the boat — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a rusty hook on the side wall — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. a sharp nail sticking up from the boat's floor where he stepped barefoot — no support
4. a rusty metal spike poking out of the wooden side of the barge near the stern rail — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 732, line 7: «WHAT: The sparrow answers every complaint with "Not wretch enough yet!", so she keeps making his trouble worse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «trouble» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, why'd everybody think the king went mad?

1. he kept insisting the boat was sinking — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. he kept pointing at the water and screaming nonsense about a missing royal slipper for minutes — score 2
3. the sailors saw him waving his bare foot and repeating strange orders over and over again — score 2
4. he kept yelling "my shoe" over and over — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1167, line 5: «The king copies the table and keeps the real one, so Jack breaks the copy, and the king gives back the real table and his daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, how'd they get the king out of the water?

1. one dude grabbed his tunic and pulled — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. they lowered a ladder and a couple of men pulled him up slowly by the arms and legs — score 2
3. a boatman hooked him with an oar — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. a whole crew of sailors jumped in, formed a chain, and hauled the king back up onto the deck — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 827, line 17: «Old word: "steeped" meant soaked in water to soften the stalks, and today we would say soaked.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «soak» (+3); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

fr, how long was the king stuck in a fever?

1. like three whole days without waking up once, sweating and mumbling the entire time — no support
2. a whole night — score 1
3. like three days straight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. like almost two weeks total — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1094, line 6: «Who is the girl? She is the princess who lodged "at the bottom of that dark alley in the third yard of the farm".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «princess» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so was the doctor still around to make a new one?

1. yeah, he left town last year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he retired to the coast — no support
3. nah, the old maker had passed away long before the king's accident and nobody had his tools — no support
4. nah, he'd died weeks before — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

bet you can't guess what the king promised the finder?

1. the crown after his death, the princess as bride, and a full palace of treasures for his family — score -1
2. lands and a fat purse of gold coins — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. the crown plus the princess's hand — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the whole kingdom's throne plus the princess's hand in marriage and a great royal wedding — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1157, line 16: «The husband warns her, asking, "will you swear never to part from it", but she promises and pretends to be delighted.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the princess like the whole marriage plan?

1. nah, her heart sank but she stayed quiet — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, she was thrilled about the plan — score 3
3. not at all, she was super sad about it and felt really trapped but never told a single soul — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. nah, she felt awful inside but kept her mouth shut so her father wouldn't get angry at her — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1086, line 11: «Why: The eldest princess is sad because "the wit of her sister" wins all the company, and she "would have given all her beauty" for half of it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eldest princess» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

why'd so many rich dudes keep searching the river?

1. for the gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. they all wanted the princess and crown — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the king was paying them handsomely — no support
4. they were bored — 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 ✓

what did the servants do to the youth, lol?

1. they beat him up — score 4
2. shoved him out and gave him some hits — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. they kicked him out and hit him hard — score 4
4. they kicked him — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1064, line 2: «Queen Rigru and her son Segda give the High King a meal and a cloak, with no servants needed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «give» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

okay, what did the king say about the youth?

1. he came from kindness, so no harm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. he's a liar — score -2
3. he tried to sneak in for money — score 0
4. he was a thief — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1196, line 17: «the servants "pushed him out of the palace" and gave him blows, but the king said "He came here from kindness."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+5); the same place «kindness» (+5). Against it: the same thing acted on (-2); the same doer «king» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why's the youth called Gilguerillo?

1. cause he sings — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. cause he joked all day long — score 1
3. cause he sang his way through life — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cause folks loved his big voice — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 672, line 5: «The youth and two identical twins fool the Sultan, and the Sultan finally sends the youth alone to Turkey at sunrise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+1); 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

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the youth promise, like for real?

1. heal the wound within some weeks — score -3
2. make the slipper that fits the king — score -3
3. cure the king in about a fortnight — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. make a healing slipper and nurse the king back to full health over the coming season — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1127, line 17: «fact: Why: she says "Not every bush bears a berry!" which means many promises come to nothing, so she asks Ivan to promise marriage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «many promises» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

what's he want to help him, bro?

1. gold coins — no support
2. a good horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. a fast horse, some money, and a letter from the palace — score 2
4. a cloak — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1187, line 5: «Jose comes out of the oil as a handsome youth, the old king throws himself in, and the horse reveals it was the soul of a man Jose once helped.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

so did he have parents or nah?

1. yeah, they lived nearby — score 1
2. nah, they left — score 1
3. nah, his dad left at four — no support
4. nah, they died when he was six — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1196, line 18: «Gilguerillo said "I have no parents; they died when I was six, sire," and he asked for "a good horse."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same doer «parents» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which object was lost in the river, causing the king's distress?

1. a small white shoe belonging to the princess that had slipped off in the water — score 1
2. the white slipper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. the king's white slipper, which had fallen off his foot near the barge's nail — no support
4. the golden ring — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 728, line 1: «Hans, now light-hearted after losing his heavy stone in a river, walks home to his mother and tells her how easy the road to luck is.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «river» (+5). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means was the king's life rescued from the current?

1. a servant pulling his hair — no support
2. a boat hook — no support
3. a swimmer seizing his tunic — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a sailor grabbing his arm — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1193, line 19: «fact: An old word here is "mantle," which means a loose cloak or covering; today we would say a coat or cape.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reward did the proclamation offer to the finder of the slipper?

1. estates and a noble title here — no support
2. the crown — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. heirship and the princess's hand — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a grand palace and some gold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1159, line 5: «At the harbour his twelve foster brothers have turned to the queen, so he walks home alone until a man in a red tunic offers him a sword for a promise.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the youth's proposed remedy for the king's affliction?

1. a fresh cloth and a healing salve — score 0
2. a healing potion — no support
3. a new slipper with healing plaster — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. a special brew and some honey — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1196, line 19: «he promised to finish "in a fortnight," which the king thought was a long time to make one slipper.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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