Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen dances in red shoes until she loses her feet, then repents

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 309 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 ✗

Bruv, what colour were Karen's kicks?

1. tan — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. blue — no support
3. jet — no support
4. red — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

Was the old lady proper livid when Karen wore them to church?

1. She was livid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She was sad — no support
3. No, calm — no support
4. She was 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Who was the sus old soldier chatting to Karen, fam?

1. the wicked old soldier of the wood — score 4
2. the strange old soldier who had a sword — no support
3. the old clergyman — no support
4. the old soldier — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 309, line 2: «The old soldier says the shoes are dancing shoes, and then Karen cannot stop dancing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old soldier» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the soldier say the shoes were, like?

1. dancing shoes — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. wonderful dancing shoes for ever — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. beautiful red shoes that made her dance — no support
4. magic slippers — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 142, line 19: «The brave Soldier tells his partner, "you run away like a hare", so he thinks his friend is a coward.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brave soldier» (+4); the same action «tell» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Why couldn't she stop dancing, mate?

1. the shoes had power — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. her feet were bewitched by the old soldier's words — no support
3. the shoes were red — no support
4. the shoes had a magic power over her feet — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 309, line 13: «When the soldier says "Look, what beautiful dancing shoes!", her feet begin to dance, "as though the shoes had power over them."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «power» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «shoes» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the executioner, like, chop her head off?

1. no, just her feet — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yes, she was dead — no support
3. yes, but he gave her head back again — no support
4. yes, he chopped off her whole head — ← Mova's choice · 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 256, line 13: «fact: Old word: "headsman" means the man whose job was to cut off a person's head with an axe or sword; today we would say executioner.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+4); the same thing acted on «head» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did she get instead, lush?

1. clogs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a cane — no support
3. iron feet — no support
4. wooden feet — ✓ the right answer · 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did she end up, fam?

1. the village inn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the church — no support
3. the parsonage — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the old mill — 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 ✗

At the end, was she still obsessed with red shoes?

1. no, she died — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, she was red — no support
3. no, she was chill — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, she was 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what was the angel holding?

1. a sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a golden lily flower — no support
3. a lantern — no support
4. a rod — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the angel say she'd dance till?

1. till night — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. pale and cold — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. tired and sore — score 7
4. until she was pale, cold and dead — score 5

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 309, line 4: «An angel says she must dance until she is pale and dead, so she begs the executioner to cut off her feet.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «angel» (+4); the same action «dance» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did she kiss, mate?

1. the bloody hand of the executioner and his axe — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the executioner's bloody axe handle — no support
3. the executioner's hand — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the old woman's hand — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where was the big ball, innit?

1. at home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in town — no support
3. in the city — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. by the river — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did she go into the church, like, after all?

1. no, the shoes made her run away — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, the shoes made her turn back — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yes, she did — no support
4. no, she went in — 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 ✗

What was the colour of the shoes worn by Karen at her confirmation?

1. Blue — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tan — no support
3. Red — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Jet — 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 ✓

What did Karen request the executioner to remove from her body?

1. Her hat — no support
2. Her arm — no support
3. Her heart — no support
4. Her feet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 309, line 16: «The executioner says, "I strike bad people's heads off," and Karen begs him, "strike off my feet in the red shoes!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «karen» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «feet» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the angel wear upon his person?

1. A white robe — score 6
2. A cloak — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. A long white cloak — score 9
4. Long white garments — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 205, line 17: «Old word: A "talisman" was a small charm, believed to hold magic power, and people often wore it or kept it in a box.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Where did Karen seek employment upon her final repentance?

1. In the old mill — score 0
2. At the house of the parson and his wife — score 0
3. At the village inn — score 0
4. At the parsonage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 309, line 17: «Karen then goes to the parsonage and begs them to "take her into service," to be with good people.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «karen» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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