Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volunteer shrinks to wander through strange hearts, then a clerk puts on the goloshes and feels like a poet

Tests: 7 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 840 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 ✗

ok so who is the guy who shrinks to get into people's hearts?

1. the volunteer — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the watchman — no support
3. the clerk who went to the steam bath by mistake — no support
4. the young officer who shrinks to get into hearts — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 20: «OLD WORD: The "bosom" was the front of the chest or the part of a dress over the heart, where the princess hid the hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol what was in the first heart, like a lady's?

1. plaster casts of deformed limbs and crooked faces in the dusty room — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. plaster casts of deformed limbs from a hospital in the old town — no support
3. plaster casts of deformed limbs — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. painted portraits of kings — 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 ✓

wait, the church heart had a dove right?

1. a black crow — no support
2. a silver swan of grace — no support
3. a white dove of innocence — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. a golden bird of peace — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 840, line 11: «The church heart has "the white dove of innocence fluttering over the altar," and he feels like "a better man."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «white dove» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro which heart was the butcher's shop, the rich guy's?

1. the poor tailor's shop — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. the rich respectable man's — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. the wealthy banker's — no support
4. the butcher's — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 840, line 9: «Why: he wants to know what is inside people, and he expects to find "a large millinery establishment," which is a shop of hats, in a lady's heart.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «shop» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the mirror room look like, sus?

1. a mirror — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a box of silver spoons — no support
3. a window — no support
4. a cabinet of mirrors — ✓ 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 ✗

the needle heart, was it an old maid's, fr?

1. no, a sailor's — no support
2. yes, an old maid's — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. yes — no support
4. no, a young officer's — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 414, line 16: «Old word: "trough" is a long open tub for holding water or food; the witch is laid in one.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, why did he think his brain was softening?

1. blood rushing to his head from standing too long in the sun — score 0
2. too much wine at dinner — no support
3. blood rushing to his head after reading too many poems at night — score 0
4. blood rushing to his head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 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 217, line 13: «Old word: "prudently and discreetly" means carefully and quietly, behaving with good sense, so he guesses she has been taught to eat politely in front of men.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

so he got in a steam bath with his boots on?

1. yeah, boots and goloshes on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, boots and goloshes on, he sat right down in the hot steam — no support
3. no, just his socks off — no support
4. yeah, boots and goloshes on, plus his hat and coat as well — 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 ✗

what excuse did he give the attendant, like, lowkey?

1. "I am a doctor" — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "It was my own idea" — no support
3. "Sorry" — no support
4. "It is for a wager" — ✓ 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 ✓

next morning, was he left with a sore back?

1. no, fine — no support
2. no, a sore neck — no support
3. yeah, a sore back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. nope — 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 840, line 4: «He lies on a shelf in a steam bath with his boots and goloshes on, is stopped by the attendant, and wakes up with a sore back from the blisters.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

who handed the goloshes in to the police, the watchman?

1. no, the coachman — no support
2. no, the clerk — score -6
3. yeah, the constable — no support
4. yeah, the watchman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 838, line 2: «A watchman finds a pair of goloshes by the lieutenant's door and puts them on, because they fit his feet exactly.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «goloshes» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «watchman» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

the clerk thought the wet pair were his, right?

1. no, he was wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. yeah — no support
3. yes, they were his — no support
4. no, they were not — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 281, line 22: «The clerk guesses "those which are wet" must be his own, and he is wrong, because they are the shoes of Fortune.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «clerk» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

where was the clerk walking to on Sunday, bruh?

1. To Fredericksburg to see the old gardens — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Kronborg Castle — score 1
3. Fredericksburg, to visit the poet at the castle by the sea — no support
4. Fredericksburg — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 282, line 2: «He sits by a daisy, thinks about light and air, and sees a boy splash a ditch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «clerk» (+4); the same action «see» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

the poet was going on a trip, like, summer vibes?

1. yeah, a summer excursion — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. no, a spring picnic — no support
3. yeah, a summer excursion through the forests with his family — no support
4. yeah, a winter journey — 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 ✗

Which character first enters the hearts of the spectators?

1. The poet — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The watchman — score 4
3. The volunteer — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The clerk — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 180, line 7: «Where: he first enters "a square court, into which opened a hundred doors, ninety-nine of them being of rare woods and one of gold."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «enter» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the clerk mistakenly conclude regarding the wet pair of goloshes?

1. That they were his own, although they were wet and very old — no support
2. That they belonged to him — no support
3. That they were his own pair that he had left by the door — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. That they were his own — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 840, line 5: «The watchman gives the goloshes to the police, a clerk puts the wet pair on by mistake, and walks out and talks with a poet, feeling like a poet himself.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «wet pair» (-2). 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 · right ✓

What was the principal consequence of the volunteer's adventure in the steam bath?

1. A painful blistering of his back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A sudden fever in his head — no support
3. A long cold in his chest — no support
4. A painful blistering of his back and neck from the steam bath — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the clerk consider the poet's advantage over a clerk?

1. A steady job at home — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Higher pay at work — no support
3. Freedom to write poetry — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Freedom to write poetry and to walk about the city all day — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 401, line 2: «The partridge thinks he is picked on only because he is a stranger, until he sees the cocks fighting each other without stopping.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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