Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and the wedding

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1550 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 ✗

bruh, how did Kari even get to church in that wooden gown, no cap?

1. The rock gave her the gold outfit — no support
2. She rode a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. She got leave and went to the rock for a gold outfit — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. She got leave and rode to church — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1550, line 20: «Kari's stepsister and mother are not named, but Kari is a King's daughter, which is why the Prince is gladder still when he learns it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kari» (+4); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl the Prince was lowkey obsessed with her, right?

1. No, he only wanted the gold shoe — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, he fell more in love every time he saw her — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, he grew fond of her each time — no support
4. Yes, he fell more in love every time he saw her, and he searched the whole land for her — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what was the tar thing about, was he being extra?

1. He had tar poured in the porch to help her over, so the gold shoe would stick there — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He wanted the stairs tarred for the feast — no support
3. He had tar poured in the porch to help her over — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He had a firkin of tar emptied in the porch so that she could cross over easily to the church door — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the gold shoe fell off, and that's how he found her, fr?

1. She lost it in the mud, so he kept it — score 7
2. The shoe fell off in the tar and the Prince kept it safe and then called for all women to try — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. She left it stuck in the tar, so he kept it — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. She left it stuck in the tar, so he kept it and searched the whole kingdom with it — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 791, line 12: «What: the children have "no shoes nor stockings", yet they have "red cheeks and what angels' eyes".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «children» (+4); the same thing acted on «shoes» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

bro, the stepmom's daughter was so sus, did she actually get the shoe on?

1. Yes, it fit her foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. No, it was too small, so her mother cut her toe and blood ran out — score 1
3. No, too small — no support
4. No, it did not — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 659, line 13: «Each shoe has "five holes in it for the drakling's five claws", so the shoes fit its feet exactly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «feet» (+2); the same doer «shoes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

that bird was sayin' blood is in the shoe, what even?!

1. The bird was right, blood was trickling from the shoe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The bird was right, the shoe was full of tar — score 1
3. The bird was right, for blood was trickling from the shoe that her stepmother had cut — score 2
4. The bird was right, blood was trickling from the shoe and staining the Prince's floor — 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 1550, line 14: «The bird's song about "a slice off her heel" warns that the shoe fills with blood, and blood is "trickling out of the shoe" on the way to church.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «blood» (+1); the same place «shoe» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

did the Prince believe the bird or nah?

1. He remembered the song and asked for Kari — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He believed it and sent for Kari — score 2
3. He ignored the bird — score 2
4. He forgot the song and ignored it — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1550, line 15: «The Prince remembers the bird's song because he "understood the song of birds", which helps him remember Kari.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «song» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

so the servants were all salty about Kari trying the shoe?

1. Yes, they laughed and mocked her and said she had feet like a horse — score 2
2. Yes, they all laughed loudly and mocked the poor girl and her wooden gown — score 2
3. Yes, they shouted and jeered — score 1
4. Yes, they laughed and mocked her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1550, line 9: «Kari's own family and the other servants scold her and say she is "so black and ugly" that the Prince might see her and make them all suffer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «kari» (+2); the same doer «own family» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, Kari's whole vibe with the dragoons clatter on the stairs was a lot

1. Her wooden gown clattered like a regiment — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Her shoes clattered like a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Her gown rattled like a drum — no support
4. Her wooden gown clattered like a whole regiment of soldiers marching down the stairs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1092, line 17: «Old word: a "scullion" was a servant who scrubbed pots in a kitchen, and today we rarely use the word at all.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

so in the end, did they have a wedding or nah?

1. Yes, they had a feast — no support
2. No, the Prince went away and never married her, so no wedding at all followed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yes, they had the wedding — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, they had a grand wedding with feasting and music for a week — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 832, line 20: «At the end the child is now an old woman, and in her last hour she remembers Inge and prays for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old woman» (+2); the same doer «child» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

fam, did Kari look any different when she put the shoe on?

1. Yes, she was in a golden gown that flashed like sunshine and shone over the whole hall — no support
2. Yes, she was in a golden gown that flashed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, she wore a silver gown that shone — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. No, she wore her wooden gown still — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1550, line 8: «Kari is called Kari Woodengown because she wears a black wooden gown that the others mock as "so black and hideous".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «black wooden gown» (+2); 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

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what made the Prince know it was her in the end?

1. The shoe on her foot and the golden gown, along with the song of the little bird — score -6
2. The ring on her hand and the blood — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The shoe on her foot and the golden gown — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. The shoe on her foot and the golden gown that flashed like sunshine as she came in — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 662, line 13: «Old word: a Regent is a person who rules a land in place of a king who is away; the prince was made Regent.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which garment did the Prince's servants instruct Kari Woodengown to wear before the trial of the golden shoe?

1. The silver gown that gleamed brightly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The golden gown which flashed like sunshine and the gold shoe from the rock — no support
3. The golden gown which flashed like sunshine — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The embroidered cloak of white silk — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which action did Kari perform in order to pass the trial, as recorded in the account?

1. She prayed at the church and then fitted the shoe onto her foot with ease and great joy — score -1
2. She slid the shoe onto her foot quickly — score -1
3. She fitted the shoe onto her bleeding foot, having cut off a slice of her heel first — score -1
4. She fitted the shoe onto her foot with ease — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1550, line 11: «The Prince has tar emptied into the porch so he can help her over it, but she steps straight into the tar and jumps, leaving a gold shoe behind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kari» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «gold shoe» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which reason did the Prince give for permitting Kari to attempt the shoe after the others?

1. All the others had tried it, so Kari might try too — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Since all the women tried, Kari could too — score 0
3. The others had failed, so Kari might try — score 0
4. All the others had tried it, so Kari might try too, for the gold shoe fit no one else — ← 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 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1550, line 11: «The Prince has tar emptied into the porch so he can help her over it, but she steps straight into the tar and jumps, leaving a gold shoe behind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kari» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which conclusion is recorded at the close of the narrative concerning the Prince and Kari?

1. They were married, and the wedding followed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They were married at once, and the wedding followed in the church, and the stepmother was sent away forever — no support
3. They married and lived happily ever after — no support
4. They were married, and the wedding followed with a great feast and music for the whole kingdom — 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

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