Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 279 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 did u see the watchman just sit there staring at the moon like a total zombie
- 1. yeah, he just sat there all night — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. yeah, he was dead — no support
- 3. yeah, and then he just went down like a sack of spuds — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. nah, he was just tired lol — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 36, line 19: «The Rat: «But as you haven't, I suppose you're going to sit on the snow all night and talk? Get up at once and hang on to that bell-pull». The Mole swung on it…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+4); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
bruv the watchman was like "i'd leg it up to the moon" lol
- 1. nah, he took the bus instead — no support
- 2. nah, he tried it but he couldn't get off the steps at all — no support
- 3. yeah, he flew up in a minute — no support
- 4. yeah, and the shoes made it happen in seconds — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 279, line 10: «The shoes cause the change: "It was the shoes that caused the metamorphosis," so the watchman takes on the lieutenant's thoughts and feelings.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+5); the same doer «shoes» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
ngl the lieutenant sounded proper gutted at the window
- 1. nah, he was buzzing about the rich lady's party and his new coat — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, sad about his job, no money — no support
- 3. yeah, skint and lonely, always moaning about the rent and the boss — no support
- 4. yeah, skint and lonely, no cash, no mates — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
that drunk geezer was well out of order
- 1. yeah, he tweaked the watchman's nose and he dropped dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yeah, he was just having a laugh — no support
- 3. yeah, he shoved him and he fell — no support
- 4. yeah, he tweaked the watchman's nose and then ran off down the street — 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 · ★ · right ✓
wait so the watchman croaked, sus or what
- 1. yeah, proper dead, and they took him to the hospital — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. yeah, he got up and went home — no support
- 3. yeah, dead as a doornail — no support
- 4. nah, he just fainted on the steps — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 279, line 5: «A drunk passer-by tweaks his nose, the watchman topples over and dies, and in the morning he is carried to the hospital.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+5); the same place «hospital» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
the moon people was arguing about us like 'is earth even sick' lol
- 1. nah, they reckoned the moon's too cold — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, they reckoned the air's too thick for breathing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, they reckoned the air's too thick for proper creatures to breathe freely — no support
- 4. nah, they reckoned the Earth's too bright and noisy for anyone to live — 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 · ★ · right ✓
the morning-star is a mace with spikes, not a star yeah?
- 1. yeah, a heavy stick the guards used — no support
- 2. nah, a long silver pole that the lieutenant used for signalling the ships — no support
- 3. yeah, a proper club the watchmen lugged about at night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. yeah, a proper heavy club with iron spikes the watchmen lugged about at night — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 279, line 15: «OLD WORD: a "morning-star" was a heavy wooden staff with iron spikes, a club the watchmen carried on their night rounds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «watchmen» (+2); the same thing acted on «iron spikes» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro the watch got home to his mum and kids, right?
- 1. nah, he went to the pub instead — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, he got home to his mum and kids and had a cup of tea — no support
- 3. nah, he was on the steps the whole time, dreaming — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, he got home and saw the kids — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
a danish mile is like 4 and a bit english miles, innit
- 1. nah, it's more like 9 and a half English miles, a proper long walk — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, nearly 5 and a half — no support
- 3. yeah, nearly 4 and three quarters English miles, roughly the walk to town — no support
- 4. yeah, nearly 4 and three quarters — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
the falling star, he didn't care cos there's loads more, yeah?
- 1. yeah, he didn't care, but he wanted the shoes to fall too, he said — no support
- 2. nah, he wanted it for himself — no support
- 3. nah, he cared loads cos there's barely any left in the sky — no support
- 4. yeah, always enough left, he said — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 279, line 13: «The falling star is just a star; he says "there are always enough left," so he is not frightened by it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+5); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
the shoes made him feel what the lieutenant feels, but he didn't like it, right?
- 1. nah, he kept feeling the lieutenant's money worries for days after — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 2. yeah, he was back to watchman quick smart — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, he was back to watchman quick smart, and he never wanted those shoes again — score 0
- 4. nah, he kept the shoes on all night — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 278, line 18: «The lieutenant holds a sheet of rose-colored paper with a poem called "OH, WERE I RICH!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+6); the same doer «lieutenant» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which event in the passage brings about the sudden death of the watchman?
- 1. The drunken passer-by tweaks his nose and the watchman falls. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. The lieutenant faints at the window. — no support
- 3. The watchman leaps to the moon, and the drunken passer-by tweaks his nose before he returns. — score 12
- 4. A patrol finds the watchman on the steps. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 279, line 5: «A drunk passer-by tweaks his nose, the watchman topples over and dies, and in the morning he is carried to the hospital.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «tweak» (+3); the same doer «drunk passer» (+3); the same thing acted on «nose» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What does the narrator state about the nature of the shoes?
- 1. They let the watchman feel the lieutenant's thoughts. — no support
- 2. They cause a change in which the watchman takes on the officer's worries and thoughts entirely. — no support
- 3. They cause the metamorphosis by which the watchman assumes the officer's thoughts. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They are magic shoes that carry the watchman to the moon, where he feels the lieutenant's thoughts. — ← Mova's choice · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 217, line 17: «What happens: the narrator feels no change, but "I suddenly knew that I had ceased to be a man".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+6); the same doer «narrator» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 3 · formal language · right ✓
Describe the reasoning given for the Selenites' doubts about Earth.
- 1. The air is thought too thick for reasonable beings to breathe. — no support
- 2. The air is considered too dense for rational creatures to breathe freely, so they doubt any life can exist there. — score 5
- 3. The air is considered too dense for rational creatures to breathe freely. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Earth's air is thought too heavy and damp, with its dark seas and wild storms making life impossible for rational creatures. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 12, line 18: «The Cat asks if Alice plays croquet with the Queen today; she has not been invited yet, and the Cat says "You'll see me there", and vanishes (that is the first…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «cat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What is the final destination of the watchman's corporeal remains?
- 1. The hospital, where they are carried in the morning. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The patrol station on East Street. — no support
- 3. The hospital, where the patrol carries them each morning after the long night shift. — no support
- 4. The hospital, where the doctors will examine them carefully in the morning. — 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
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