Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child says the truth
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 824 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, was the emperor lowkey obsessed with outfits?
- 1. Yes, he cared more about outfits than anything in his whole kingdom — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, he was all about fits — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, he was pretty plain — no support
- 4. Yes, he loved his robes — 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
so who were the swindlers, fr?
- 1. Two fake weavers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Two thieves — no support
- 3. Two clever tailors — no support
- 4. Two royal weavers — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
no cap, what did the emperor want the cloth for?
- 1. To test which of his courtiers were fit to keep their posts and titles — no support
- 2. To spot the stupid people — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To impress his guests — no support
- 4. To spot the stupid people in his court and city — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 111, line 19: «Old words: a "nosegay" was a small bunch of flowers, a "night-cap" was a cap worn in bed, and "fuel" meant wood for burning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old words» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
the old minister, was he sus or nah?
- 1. He was actually honest — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He praised it, not sincerely — no support
- 3. He was honest — no support
- 4. He praised it while lying — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
the second guy, was he being real about the cloth?
- 1. He praised a pattern he admired — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was sincere — no support
- 3. He sincerely admired the cloth — no support
- 4. He faked praising what he couldn't see — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro, how many candles did they burn overnight?
- 1. Far more than sixteen, burning all night long for the cloth — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Nearly twenty-four — score 3
- 3. More than sixteen, by the swindlers' own count — score 3
- 4. More than sixteen — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 285, line 5: «The candles burn low, the children strip the tree bare, and a little fat man tells them a story about Humpy-Dumpy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «candles» (+2); the same action «burn» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
the chamberlains' train thing, what was that about?
- 1. Holding an invisible train — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Walking behind the emperor while pretending to hold up a train of invisible cloth — no support
- 3. Pretending to hold a train — no support
- 4. Pretending to hold up an invisible train that no one could see — 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 ✗
wait, who finally yelled out the truth?
- 1. The palace guard — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. A little child who had no fear of the court — score 1
- 3. An old beggar — score -3
- 4. A little child — ✓ the right answer · 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 791, line 16: «Hard word: "biding" means waiting in hiding, and "sweetmeats" means sweets, what we now call candy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3). Against it: the same doer «hard word» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
the crowd was hyped, fr, but for what?
- 1. The emperor's "new suit" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 2. The parade — no support
- 3. The emperor's new hat — no support
- 4. A new suit — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 820, line 2: «The brothers reach the town gate first, where the suitors are packed into numbered rows.», 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 thing acted on (counts against) (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
why didn't anyone speak up, like for real?
- 1. Nobody wanted to look dumb — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nobody wanted to be fired — no support
- 3. Nobody wished to seem foolish — no support
- 4. Nobody wanted to look dumb in front of the emperor and the whole court — 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 ✗
did the swindlers actually sew anything, lowkey?
- 1. No, they sewed nothing — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. No, they only pretended — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. No — no support
- 4. Yes, a little — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 824, line 1: «The swindlers pretend to finish the suit all night, holding up empty air and calling it "the trousers" and "the coat."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pretend» (+3); the same doer «swindlers» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
so the emperor just stared in the mirror the whole time?
- 1. He checked his reflection — no support
- 2. He admired his own face — score 1
- 3. He turned slowly to check himself in the large mirror in the hall — score 3
- 4. He turned to check himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 824, line 14: «Why: the emperor does not admit he sees nothing, since he fears being thought "unfit to be emperor."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «emperor» (+2); the same thing acted on «emperor» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following best describes the attitude of the courtiers toward the imperial garment?
- 1. They loudly affirmed its excellence while secretly perceiving absolutely nothing whatsoever at all. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They praised it while seeing nothing at all. — no support
- 3. They affirmed its excellence while perceiving nothing. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The courtiers openly affirmed the garment's excellence, though each privately perceived nothing and feared exposure. — 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 · wrong ✗
Upon what basis did the Emperor commission the textile from the swindlers?
- 1. Belief in its power to reveal the incompetent and the unfit among his subjects and officials. — no support
- 2. Confidence in its power to unmask the unfit. — no support
- 3. Belief in its power to reveal the incompetent. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Belief in the swindlers' claims that the cloth was magical and could reveal the incompetent to all. — ← 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 824, line 9: «What: the swindlers claim the cloth is invisible to any man "unfit for his office or unpardonably stupid."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «claim» (+1). Against it: the same doer «swindlers» (-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 · wrong ✗
What is the principal consequence of the child's remark?
- 1. The collective pretence is exposed, and the emperor realises his procession was a complete farce. — no support
- 2. The collective pretence is exposed. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The emperor is forced to admit his error and the swindlers flee the city in fear immediately. — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. The crowd finally laughs at him. — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 1: «Alice notices she has slipped on one of the Rabbit's tiny gloves: she is shrinking again, and fast, because of the fan in her hand, so she drops it just in tim…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «slip» (+5); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which phrase most accurately characterises the Emperor's conduct during the procession?
- 1. He was proud. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He maintained a vain appearance. — no support
- 3. He sustained a display of vanity. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He kept up a show of pride. — 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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