Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53: the clerk wakes at his table; the student's goloshes carry him to Italy

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 842 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 ✓

bro, who asked to borrow the goloshes?

1. the divinity student — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. the travelling peddler — no support
3. the clerk — no support
4. the old innkeeper — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 842, line 2: «Next morning the young divinity student borrows the goloshes to smoke his pipe in the garden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «young divinity student» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

ok but how many trees were in that garden, lowkey?

1. two trees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. three trees — score 1
3. four bushes — score -1
4. two tall willow trees by the wall — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 807, line 13: «What is the willow like? He is "a large venerable tree" whose branches hang "just like green hair".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «willow» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

so the student was in Switzerland in a flash, no cap?

1. yeah, totally — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nope — no support
3. no — no support
4. maybe a little — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the coach was packed with how many others?

1. eight other sleepy passengers — score 2
2. nine people — score -1
3. eight other passengers — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. eight others — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 842, line 12: «Where: in the coach he is "closely packed with eight others" in the diligence.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+4); the same action «pack» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, why was he stressed about the letter of credit?

1. he worried a thief would steal his goloshes tonight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he worried he couldn't get cash — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he feared the bank would refuse him — no support
4. he thought the bank was closed — 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 flies were, like, everywhere, right?

1. they buzzed around the stable all night long — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. they stung every face and every hand — score 3
3. they stung the horses — score 3
4. they stung every face — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 802, line 20: «The time is June: "the weather is clear in the bright June night," and the eye can range to the Bay of Aalborg.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «weather» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol the beggars were literally saying eccellenza what?

1. vagabondi — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. miserabili — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. disgraziati — score 3
4. miserabili, Eccellenza, per favore — 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 196, line 11: «Schacabac says "never have I tasted anything so delicious," even though he "beheld neither meat nor bread."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «schacabac» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

was it the inn that smelled so bad, bruh?

1. the bad old beds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the smell inside — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the dust — no support
4. the food — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

the travellers were joking about supper in the stable, fr?

1. yes, to hide the dust — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, not really — no support
3. yeah, to show the smell — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, to keep the warmth — 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 hostess had bare feet and a dirty blouse, yeah?

1. yeah, bare feet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. no, she had shoes — no support
3. no, shoes — no support
4. no, boots — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 842, line 17: «Where: they reach a lonely inn, where the hostess has "bare feet, untidy hair, and a dirty blouse".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the ending was just the clerk's dream, deadass?

1. he was in bed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he woke in his room — no support
3. he was in the coach — no support
4. he was back at his table — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the canary singing about dark-green trees?

1. yeah, about the sun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, just singing — no support
3. yeah, about his homeland — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, about his old cage — 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 ✗

lowkey the goloshes are wild, right?

1. they were too big — no support
2. they fit him nicely — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. they carried him far — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. they were magic and took him to Switzerland — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fit» (+4); the same doer «goloshes» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the parrot kept shouting let us be men, yeah?

1. yes, very loudly — no support
2. no, it only shouted once at the very end — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. yeah, over and over in the cage all night — no support
4. yeah, over and over — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 154, line 13: «The Cat says she was born in the house, but the Parrot calls her voice "a perfect nuisance."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same doer «parrot» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly states the number of persons with whom the student was confined within the diligence?

1. nine companions — score 2
2. eight others — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. eight other sleepy passengers in the diligence — score 2
4. eight other persons in the coach — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 15: «Alice: «that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.» King: «It's the oldest rule in the book.» Alice: «Then it ought to be Number One.» The King turns…», 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 «rule» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the designation of the document carried in the student's right-hand pocket?

1. bank draft note — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. letter of credit — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a letter — no support
4. passport — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which lake is described as glittering in the evening sunlight like a sheet of molten gold?

1. lake Como — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. lake Bolsena — no support
3. lake Maggiore — no support
4. lake Thrasymene — ✓ 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal means employed by the travellers to repel the insects?

1. a myrtle branch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a green wet cloth — no support
3. a long branch of a sweet-smelling tree — no support
4. a bundle of dried green herbs — 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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