Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31: a lost golden shoe, a hunt for its owner, and a girl locked in a closet
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 3 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2012 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 ✗
So like, what was Trembling riding at the third Mass, yeah?
- 1. a black horse — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. a grey pony — no support
- 3. a golden-saddled white mare — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a bay mare with silver reins — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 2012, line 16: «"Vexed" is an old word meaning annoyed or troubled, and the henwife notices that Trembling is "so changed in the face".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
Ah here, who grabbed her foot at the gate?
- 1. the prince of Emania — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. a servant — score 6
- 3. the prince of Munster — score 8
- 4. the king — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2012, line 1: «Trembling rides off from Mass on a golden mare, and the prince of Emania grabs her foot at the gate and pulls off one shoe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «gate» (+3); the same action «grab» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gas, what did the prince walk off wit?
- 1. a hat — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the golden shoe with the red toes — no support
- 3. the golden shoe — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a shoe — 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 ✗
How far did he run wit the mare, like?
- 1. a field — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. thirty perches — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. a mile — score 2
- 4. twenty perches — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 208, line 18: «Old word: a vizir was the chief minister of a king, the one who ran the government and gave orders in the king's name.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Did the henwife go mad about the shoe?
- 1. no, she just laughed at the thing — no support
- 2. no, she said it might be the best thing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. yes, she cried and ran off — no support
- 4. yes, she went mad — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2012, line 2: «She rides home in a panic, sure the henwife will kill her, but the henwife only says it may be the best thing that ever happened to her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «henwife» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where did the sisters stash Trembling, yeah?
- 1. in a locked closet beside the kitchen fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. in a closet — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. in the cellar — no support
- 4. under the stairs — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the sisters reckon she was good for?
- 1. scrubbing the pots — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. putting out the ashes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. putting out the ashes and minding the hens at the back — no support
- 4. carrying in the turf — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
Why was Trembling stuck in the closet?
- 1. the sisters bolted the closet — no support
- 2. they locked her — no support
- 3. the sisters locked the door on her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -11
- 4. the sisters hid the key away — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2012, line 6: «WHO: Trembling, the youngest sister, and the henwife who helps her with magic, plus the two sisters Fair and Brown who scold her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); the same doer «henwife» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which lads were after the lady, like?
- 1. the young men of Dublin — score 3
- 2. all the princes of Erin and every lad who came to the church — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. all the princes of Erin — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. every prince and young man from Emania down to the southern sea — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1735, line 5: «A fair-haired lad comes to make his food, says the Princess sent him, and then sticks a pin into the Irishman's coat so that he falls asleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «fair haired lad» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
How many Sundays were in this bit, yeah?
- 1. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. seven — score -3
- 3. three long weeks of Sundays and then the wedding — score -2
- 4. until the feast day at the end of the harvest — score -3
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 1675, line 16: «The devil's purse needs three years, three months, and three days without washing, combing, or shaving.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «three days» (-1); the number the lesson gave for it (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Were the sisters happy to let her try the shoe?
- 1. no, they locked her in — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. yes at first, then they changed their minds and locked her in the closet — score 4
- 3. no, they sent her out — score 4
- 4. no, they locked her in the closet and laughed at her — 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 1178, line 4: «The sisters trick the witch into pitch and hot stones, and then they nurse their husbands back to health.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «witch» (+3); the same doer «sisters» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who stays on the big hunt wit the shoe?
- 1. the henwife — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Fair — score 3
- 3. the prince of Emania — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. the prince of Leinster — score 3
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 1550, line 2: «The Prince sees her again, and she jumps over a tar puddle, leaving one gold shoe stuck in it before she rides off.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stick» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the shoe fit anyone, like, in the end?
- 1. only Brown — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. no one — no support
- 3. Fair and Brown both — no support
- 4. not Fair or Brown — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
In the passage, what does the prince of Emania take from Trembling's foot at the church gate?
- 1. the slipper — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. the golden shoe — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. a golden ring — score 2
- 4. the silver bridle — score 0
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 1891, line 6: «The eldest Fairy carries her Book of Magic on a "thick silver chain" hung from her girdle.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same place «thick silver chain» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what length does the prince run with the mare before releasing her?
- 1. fifteen perches — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. ten perches — score 1
- 3. thirty perches — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. until the mare was tired and the prince stopped by the river — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 2012, line 11: «A perch is an old measure of length, about five and a half yards, so the prince ran roughly the length of a long street.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Why do the sisters conceal Trembling inside a closet?
- 1. so the princes wouldn't see her — score 0
- 2. because the princes wanted to marry her — score 0
- 3. to keep her safe — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. to prevent her being seen by the princes — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 1308, line 3: «The brother makes his sister put everything outside, and she keeps only a small pot and a corn bowl.», 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 «sister» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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