Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow returns as a fine gentleman and boasts of what he saw

Tests: 9 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 304 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 ✓

So what is the shadow actually doing in this bit, in one word?

1. Bragging — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Showing off wildly — no support
3. Exaggerating his own greatness — no support
4. Scolding — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, why does the shadow want the learned man to say "you" instead of "thou"?

1. He wants to be treated as an equal — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. He wants to be liked by everyone — score 0
3. He wants respect from the learned man — score 0
4. He wants to be treated as an equal and as a friend of the learned man's family — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 220, line 6: «Who: Ali Cogia is the man who left a vase of olives with his friend the merchant, and the merchant is the man he accuses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «man» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Was the shadow lowkey sus about peeping in people's windows?

1. Yes, he peeked where nobody should peek — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, he peeked where nobody should peek, and he was ashamed of it afterwards in the morning — no support
3. Yes, he peeked into private windows where nobody at all should ever be looking — no support
4. No, he only looked where it was allowed — 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 ✓

Ngl, what does the shadow say he wears on his feet?

1. Patent leather boots — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Shiny patent leather boots with silver buckles on the sides — no support
3. Black leather gloves — score 7
4. Tall patent leather boots that reach up over his knees and were bought new — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 225, line 14: «Old word: a "dervish" is a holy man of Islam who lives poor and simple, often in a convent, and wears a plain robe.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+3); the same doer «holy man» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Is the shadow, like, a real man now, or nah?

1. He looks like one, dressed the part — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. No, a shadow — no support
3. Not at all — no support
4. He looks the part, in fine clothes — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 49, line 18: «The Rat rows and the Mole steers, carefully, because the shadows on the water look «as solid to all appearance as the banks themselves».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same doer «shadows» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

What's the learned man's vibe when his old shadow comes back?

1. Totally shook and amazed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Bored — no support
3. Really scared and confused — no support
4. Happy — 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 ✓

Where did the shadow chill for three weeks?

1. Across from the learned man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Downtown — no support
3. Opposite the old church — no support
4. In a barn — 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 ✓

Who's the Poesy lady the shadow keeps going on about?

1. A charming being who lived opposite — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The cake woman — no support
3. A lovely person who lived nearby — no support
4. A young lady who lived down the road — 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 ✗

Deadass, what did the shadow hide behind to get his outfit?

1. The cake woman — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A tree — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The garden gate — no support
4. The baker's oven — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 304, line 10: «Why he hid: he says "I took my way to the cake woman... I hid myself behind her," because he was ashamed to walk out without human clothes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the learned man promise to keep the secret?

1. Yes, he swore an oath — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Not really — no support
3. Yes, he gave his word — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. No — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 214, line 14: «The blind man begs, "Strike me, I beg of you, one blow," because he has sworn an oath to accept chastisement with every alm.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swear» (+4); the same doer «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «oath» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Cringe or nah: what does "betrothed" mean, the thing the shadow wants?

1. Wedded to a rich old man — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Engaged to be married, which is what the shadow hoped Poesy would one day agree to — no support
3. Engaged to be married to a lady of high rank and wealth in the town — no support
4. Engaged to be married — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

Bet, what is Duus?

1. Friends clinking glasses, drinking together and calling each other brothers in the old way — score 10
2. Guests singing and toasting their old teachers — no support
3. Friends clinking glasses and calling each other brothers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Friends dancing and calling each other sisters — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 304, line 17: «Drinking "Duus" means friends clink glasses and call each other "Duus Brodre," thou brothers, and then use "thou" for ever after.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «clink» (+5); the same doer «friends» (+3); the same thing acted on «glasses» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the shadow's whole deal with climbing walls?

1. He does it because the learned man ordered him to, and he dislikes it very much — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He is bored of it, and so is Poesy — no support
3. It tickles his back and he loves it — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. It warms his back, and he likes it — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 304, line 15: «Old word: "circumspect" means careful and slow to act, and the shadow says "I was circumspect, I took time to think."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «shadow» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Honestly, what does the shadow say he knows?

1. That he knows nothing of the world — no support
2. That he has seen all the town — no support
3. That he has seen and known everything there is, and that he understood it all — score 6
4. That he has seen and known everything — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 304, line 7: «What: the shadow boasts that he "saw everything, and I know everything!" and talks down to his master's new shadow, which lies "like a poodle-dog at his feet."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+3); 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which phrase best describes the learned man's response on seeing his former shadow restored as a gentleman?

1. He feels amazed and says he could not recover his composure at all — no support
2. He expresses profound astonishment and disclaims any recovery from his surprise — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He reacts with calm indifference and treats the event as ordinary — no support
4. He shows profound astonishment, insisting he has never recovered from the surprise, and asks the restored gentleman to explain everything at once — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 255, line 17: «Old phrase: "neck or nothing" meant doing something with reckless courage, risking everything, which we might now say as "go for it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «everything» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old phrase» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal subject of the shadow's account of his three weeks in the adjacent dwelling?

1. His new clothes — no support
2. His meeting with Poesy — no support
3. His journey through the town and his visits to many friends — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. His encounter with Poesy and his acquisition of human form — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 2: «Behind one drawn blind they see the shadow of a bird-cage and a little bird who wakes, yawns and tucks his head back in. It feels so cosy that they forget they…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the passage, what custom governs the use of "thou" and "you" between acquaintances in Denmark?

1. Only kings say you — no support
2. Friends use thou — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Intimate friends employ "thou", whereas strangers employ "you" — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Dear friends call each other thou, and strangers are called you — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 304, line 17: «Drinking "Duus" means friends clink glasses and call each other "Duus Brodre," thou brothers, and then use "thou" for ever after.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+3); the same doer «friends» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement most accurately characterises the shadow's conduct during his nocturnal wanderings?

1. He spied through windows and saw things that others missed — no support
2. He crept along walls and watched private rooms unseen — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. He slept in the streets — no support
4. He peered into windows and observed private matters unseen by others — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 304, line 5: «Then he admits he crept along walls and peeped into windows, spying on what people hide from each other.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «walls» (+2). Against it: the same action «creep» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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