Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 973 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 ✗

ngl, so who actually ends up marrying the princess?

1. The learned man — no support
2. The prince — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The shadow, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. The old chamberlain — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 742, line 5: «The king gives in and marries him to his daughter, but when the queen overhears him talking in his sleep, the men sent to kill him run away in fear.», 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 action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what did the shadow threaten to do if the learned man talked?

1. Jail him — no support
2. Have him hanged at dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Ruin him — no support
4. Get him sent to prison — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 726, line 8: «The men to be hanged are his brothers, who "had turned robbers".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «men» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «hange» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, why did the princess want the mad shadow gone?

1. She feared his rumors spread — no support
2. It was cruel — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. She thought it was policy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was mad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 973, line 12: «The shadow says the learned man can "lie at my feet as becomes a shadow", which is a cruel order to a man who once was equal to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shadow» (+1); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

fr, what did the shadow say was wrong with his shadow?

1. He had gone mad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He was lost — no support
3. He had wandered off and abandoned his master completely — score 1
4. He had been stolen — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 973, line 5: «The shadow gets the guards to lock the learned man up, tells the princess his shadow has gone mad, and the princess agrees to have him put out of the way.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «shadow» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok but be real, what do the shepherdess and the sweep look like?

1. Both are painted clay — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Both are fine china figures with gilt and painted faces — no support
3. Both are china figures — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Both are made of wood — 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 ✗

no way, what is the name the kids gave the goat man?

1. Billy-goat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The goat man — no support
3. Sergeant Ram-horns Smith — no support
4. Billy-goat's-legs general — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, did the learned man get to marry the princess?

1. Nah, he got sent away — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nah, he got executed — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Nah, he got thrown in prison and then executed — score 5
4. Yeah, he got to marry her — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 821, line 9: «The brother sends him away "over mountains and seas", so he will be far from his bride.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send away» (+3); the same thing acted on «man» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

nah real talk, what was the watering-place for the princess?

1. A healing well — no support
2. A spa where she felt cured — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. A spring where she got better — score 2
4. A garden where she met a man — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 951, line 5: «The princess cannot sleep, feels the pea through everything, and the prince marries her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same action «feel» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

vibe check, what did the princess say the foreign guy's illness was?

1. Not having a shadow — score 7
2. Not casting a shadow — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Being too pale to see — no support
4. Not being able to cast a shadow in the sun — ← Mova's choice · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 973, line 7: «The princess says the man's illness is "not being able to cast a shadow", and the shadow answers with a joke about his fine clothes and his own shadow.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+6); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: the same doer «illness» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what did the shadow pay the learned man each year?

1. A hundred thousand dollars and a fine house — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Ninety thousand dollars — score 3
3. A hundred thousand dollars — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Two hundred thousand dollars — 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 726, line 9: «He pays because the people say no unless he will "bestow all his money upon the rascals".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2); the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, what was the sweep's face supposed to have?

1. Rosy red cheeks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Black eyes — no support
3. Black marks on it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Black soot on hands — 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 did the guards do when the shadow told them?

1. They ignored him — score 6
2. They bowed low and obeyed every order he gave — score 8
3. They arrested him — score 6
4. They obeyed him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 973, line 13: «The guards "readily obeyed him", because they knew he would soon marry the king's daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «man» (+4); the same doer «guards» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «obey» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

salty much, what does the princess tell the shadow about his noble character?

1. She scolds him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. She sends him a letter praising his noble character greatly — score 8
3. She bows deeply and offers him her hand in marriage — score 8
4. She bows to him — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 973, line 15: «The shadow pretends to sigh, and the princess says it is "policy" to put the mad shadow out of the way, which is a cold word for getting rid of someone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «mad shadow» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

What is the principal consequence, as stated in the text, of the learned man's intention to disclose the truth to the princess?

1. He is sent to prison, tried by the court, and later executed — score 5
2. He is sent to prison and later executed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He is banished from the kingdom — score 1
4. He is released from prison and then exiled to a distant land forever — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 921, line 8: «What: the boy sends the old man a gift, "I have two tin soldiers, and this is one of them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+3); the same thing acted on «old man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object, according to the narrator, is depicted upon the cupboard door in the parlor?

1. An engraving of a battle scene — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A painted figure of a noble lady — no support
3. A carved figure of a grotesque man — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. A carved figure of a grotesque man with a goat's legs — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 687, line 2: «He tests the root on Dame Ilse's cupboard with seven locks, and the door flies open to show her hidden gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «show» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner does the princess respond to the shadow's account of his shadow's supposed derangement?

1. She shows anger and orders his arrest quickly — score 3
2. She expresses sympathy and proposes his removal — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She laughs at him — score 3
4. She mocks his story — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 735, line 18: «Why she breaks her word: she runs home with the ball "and never thought of the frog", and he calls after her in vain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal characteristic of the china chimney-sweep, as described in the closing passage?

1. His face is black — no support
2. His clothes are plain and his shoes worn — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. His face is fair and rosy, contrary to his trade — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His hat is tall and his coat is torn — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 895, line 12: «Old word: "ineffable" means so great that it cannot be described in words.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). 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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