--- title: Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well and goes hun… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1004 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1004-pg27200-part215/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1004 # Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well and goes hunting for a better world **Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1004 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo did the farm guy actually try to squash the toad or what - **1.** Nah, he didn't really try, he just stamped his foot and shouted at her from the gate — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Yeah, he kicked at her with his wooden shoe — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Yeah, he swung his big boot at her — score 3 - **4.** Yeah, he kicked at her hard with his heavy wooden shoe and missed — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 72, line 8: «Toad tries «Me stop indoors and write a lot of rotten letters on a jolly morning like this...» then turns: «I sacrifice this fair morning on the altar of duty…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+4); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} so wait why did she just keep going up and up though - **1.** She just had a massive longing for something better and kept climbing till she reached the roof — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** She had a massive longing for something better up above her — score 1 - **3.** She had a massive longing for something better — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** She had a strong wish for more — 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 293, line 12: «The Finland woman is "diminutive and dirty," and she "never threw anything away," so she keeps the fish in her cupboard.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «woman» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} ok real talk, the frogs' concert, was it lit or nah - **1.** Nah, the music was pretty weak, the water was free — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, the singing was dead thin, honestly, but at least the water and drinks were free to all — no support - **3.** Nah, the singing was dead thin, but the drinks were free — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nah, the singing was dead thin and the frogs were loud, but the drinks were free — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} bro the caterpillar was going full drama, right - **1.** Yeah, it was all about its property and its leaf — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, it was all about its property and its leaf and its big scene — no support - **3.** Yeah, it went on about its leaf — no support - **4.** Nah, it was pretty calm, it only talked about its leaf and the hen once — **← 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 9, line 6: «The Caterpillar speaks in "a languid, sleepy voice" ("languid" = slow and lazy) and asks "Who are you?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+4); the same doer «caterpillar» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} did the hen actually eat the caterpillar tho - **1.** Nah, she only pecked it a bit, then flew off and bailed on it totally — no support - **2.** Nah, she only pecked it at first, then got bored and bailed on it — no support - **3.** Nah, she just pecked and left — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** Nah, she only pecked it, then bailed on it — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1004, line 4: «In a kitchen garden a hen pecks a caterpillar, and the toad steps in to help, which scares the hens away while the caterpillar complains.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «peck» (+4); the same thing acted on «caterpillar» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} why'd the hens just walk off like that - **1.** Cuz the toad had friends around — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Cuz the toad looked like she had allies — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Cuz the toad looked like she had a whole bunch of allies behind her — no support - **4.** Cuz the toad looked like she had allies coming, so they just walked off — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} how long was the toad stuck by that well, like actual days - **1.** Eight days and eight nights, super long — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Like three days — no support - **3.** Nine days and nights, super long — no support - **4.** Eight weeks, super long — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} the poet and the naturalist, were they cool with each other - **1.** Nah, they fought about her — no support - **2.** Nah, they argued about the toad a lot and never really got along — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Nah, they argued about the toad a lot, though they both cared about her in the end — score 3 - **4.** Nah, they argued about the toad a lot — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 401, line 3: «He decides not to worry about their pecks, since they cannot even get along with each other.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «get along» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} wait the naturalist wanted to bottle the toad, lol - **1.** Yeah, he wanted to pickle it in spirits — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Nah, he wanted to sell her — no support - **3.** Yeah, he wanted to pickle it in spirits and show it off — score 3 - **4.** Yeah, he wanted to jar her up — no support **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 223, line 4: «She dresses in her grandest jewels, then sends word that she wants to see the prince.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} so is the jewel thing real or just a fairy tale vibe - **1.** Who knows, the toad says she hasn't got one, she only wondered about it a bit — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Who knows, the toad says it's gone — no support - **3.** Who knows, but the toad says she hasn't got one, so it's kinda a fairy tale — no support - **4.** Who knows, the toad says she hasn't got one — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} did the toad end up somewhere nice or nah - **1.** She got to the stork's roof, kind of up high, so it was nice enough for her — no support - **2.** She got to the stork's roof, kind of up high, and was fine there — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** She got to the stork's roof, kind of up high — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** She got to the barn, kind of low — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 2: «Why so willing? Toad has had «a fine idea». In every invitation he boasts about how he flattened the Chief Weasel, and he adds a programme for the evening: SPE…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} honestly was the toad a good hero or just lucky - **1.** Kinda both, she saved the hen — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** Kinda both, she helped the caterpillar out a bit, though it was mostly luck — score 2 - **3.** Kinda both, she helped the caterpillar out — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Kinda both, she helped the caterpillar out and got lucky too — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 3: «Next morning Toad sleeps and sleeps, while the Rat and the Mole do all the work, the Mole walking miles for milk and eggs Toad forgot. Toad strolls out fresh a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+2); the same thing acted on «eggs» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} so the bit about the sun being a bucket, was that a real thing - **1.** Nah, the toad just wondered if it might be a bucket for her to step in — score 2 - **2.** Nah, the toad just thought it was — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Yeah, the toad said it was — score 6 - **4.** Nah, the toad just wondered if it might be — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 69, line 4: ««You silly ass, Mole! You've been and spoilt everything!» cries Toad. But Badger says Mole has «more sense in your little finger than some other animals have i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} In the passage, what is the principal means by which the toad is removed from the well? - **1.** She is lifted in a basket by a rope — no support - **2.** She is lifted out in a wooden bucket filled with water by the farm girl — score -1 - **3.** She is lifted out in a bucket filled with water, and the farm boy watches it all — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** She is lifted out in a bucket filled with water — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 61, line 2: «It is an early summer morning and he has the whole world to himself, but nothing can tell him the way home. He finds a road, then a canal running beside it, an…», 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 (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which group of creatures does the toad encounter at the pond, and how do they receive her? - **1.** The frogs, who ignore her — **← Mova's choice** · score -4 - **2.** The stork, who greets her kindly — no support - **3.** The frogs, who welcome her warmly — **✓ the right answer** · score -4 - **4.** The hens, who chase her away — score -4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 981, line 6: «Who: Gerda, a little girl, is walking alone in the wide world to find her friend Kay.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «friend» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} What is the principal reason the hens give for abandoning their attack upon the caterpillar? - **1.** They deem the caterpillar too small to be worth eating, so they leave for their own dinner — score 3 - **2.** They deem the caterpillar too small to be worth eating — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** They deem the caterpillar too small and too tough to be worth eating at all — score 3 - **4.** They think it is not worth eating — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1004, line 4: «In a kitchen garden a hen pecks a caterpillar, and the toad steps in to help, which scares the hens away while the caterpillar complains.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hen» (+2); the same thing acted on «caterpillar» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} What does the naturalist propose to do with the toad, and what is the poet's reply? - **1.** He proposes to keep her in a jar, and the poet begs her to be freed — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** He proposes to preserve her in spirits, and the poet urges that she be left alone — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **3.** He proposes to preserve her in spirits as a specimen, and the poet urges that she be left alone to live her life — score -1 - **4.** He proposes to pickle her, and the poet urges she be set free — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 70, line 2: «They slip into a hole in the river-bank. Of course Toad falls into the water with a splash and a squeal. In the cold, dark, narrow passage he lags behind, gets…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «toad» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/e4/) - ← previous: [1003. Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flou…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1003-pg27200-part214/) - next →: [1006. Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1006-pg27200-part217/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)