--- title: Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a to… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1614 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 1 of 12 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/1614-pg5615-part3/) [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/) / 1614 # Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire **Tests:** 1 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1614 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/1614-pg5615-part3/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} bro the goblin borrowed the wife's tongue, like for real, so what happened next? - **1.** the grocer fell asleep — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the fire alarm rang and the tub started talking loudly — no support - **3.** the tub started talking — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** the tub started talking about poetry and art — 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/1614-pg5615-part3/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} lowkey the student's book made a whole tree of light, no cap, was it lit or nah? - **1.** it was pretty meh, fam — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** it was super scary, bro — no support - **3.** it was lit, super magical — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** it was lit, super magical and really wild — 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/1614-pg5615-part3/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} wait so the goblin stood outside the attic all night, was that sus or just sweet? - **1.** it was sweet, he just loved the music and stayed out there all night — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** it was sweet, he loved the music — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** it was sweet, he loved the music so much he stayed — no support - **4.** he was just being nosy here — 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/1614-pg5615-part3/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} fr the grocer's till was talking about art and drama, was that real or fake? - **1.** it was the till — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** it was the tub, not the till — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** it was the cat, not the tub — no support - **4.** it was the maid, all fake — 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/1614-pg5615-part3/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} ngl the fire alarm woke everyone up, who grabbed the wildest stuff first? - **1.** the grocer's wife, her gold earrings, then the account books — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** the grocer's wife, her earrings — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** the grocer's wife grabbed her gold earrings first — score 3 - **4.** the watchman, his old horn — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 215, line 9: «The narrator grabs "the first pile of gold within my reach", while the dervish collects "precious stones".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grab» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1614-pg5615-part3/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} bruh the goblin hid the book in his red cap, where did he go after? - **1.** to the attic — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** down to the cellar — score 4 - **3.** up on the chimney — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** up the stairs — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 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: the same thing acted on «word» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1614-pg5615-part3/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} yo the goblin said he could not give up the grocer, why tho? - **1.** he loved the grocer — no support - **2.** he liked the candles — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** because of the jam — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** because the grocer had given him the jam — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 834, line 7: «What: he wants to stay with the student and says, "I should like to stay here with the student."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «like» (+2); the same doer «goblin» (+1). 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/1614-pg5615-part3/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} so the watchman was blowing his horn, what was the big deal? - **1.** a great fire was in town — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** the watch was on break — no support - **3.** a great fire was burning in the town square — no support - **4.** a great fire was spreading through the whole town — 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/1614-pg5615-part3/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} no way the goblin cried at the key-hole, was he sad or happy? - **1.** angry and very tired — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** both sad and happy at the very same time — no support - **3.** sad and happy at once — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** sad, then very happy — 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/1614-pg5615-part3/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} the dragon in the first part swallowed the king, what a wild ending, right? - **1.** the king lived happily ever — score -4 - **2.** the king vanished in the jaws — **✓ the right answer** · score -4 - **3.** the king vanished inside the dragon's jaws — score -4 - **4.** the king vanished in the jaws and never returned again — **← Mova's choice** · score -2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1367, line 4: «The cuttlefish reaches down the TAI's throat, pulls out the hook, and the Sea King gives it back to the Hunter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «give back» (-2); the same doer «sea king» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1614-pg5615-part3/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} real talk, the student bought cheese and got a whole book, was that a good trade? - **1.** no, he gave up cheese for a book he lost — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** yes, he got the book — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **3.** no, he got cheese — no support - **4.** yes, he got the whole book and more — score -2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1614-pg5615-part3/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} lol the grocer's wife could talk and nod, which one was she better at? - **1.** nodding — no support - **2.** both — **← Mova's choice** · score -2 - **3.** nod — score -2 - **4.** talking — **✓ the right answer** · 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 1428, line 7: «What: the Princess wakes after a hundred years, and "they talked four hours together, and yet they said not half what they had to say."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «children» (-2). 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/1614-pg5615-part3/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which character, having been granted possession of the book by the student in exchange for cheese, subsequently preserved it from destruction by fire, and where did he conceal it? - **1.** The goblin, who concealed it in his red cap — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **2.** The goblin, in his cap — score -3 - **3.** The grocer, who hid it under his counter — score -2 - **4.** The goblin, who had hidden the book in his red cap while the shop burned around him below — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1614, line 17: «The goblin puts the book "in his red cap", climbs out on the roof and sits on the chimney, holding it with both hands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «red cap» (+1). Against it: the same doer «goblin» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1614-pg5615-part3/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the precise location in which the goblin remained after the fire was extinguished, and state the reason which he gives for not wholly abandoning the grocer. - **1.** On the chimney, because he could not give up the grocer and the jam at all — score 4 - **2.** In the cellar, because of the cat — no support - **3.** On the chimney, because of the jam — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** On the high chimney above the shop, because he still cared for the grocer and his jam — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 834, line 7: «What: he wants to stay with the student and says, "I should like to stay here with the student."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «like» (+3); the same doer «goblin» (+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/1614-pg5615-part3/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Explain by what means the goblin first obtained knowledge of the student's poetry, and identify the object which first gave voice to its opinion. - **1.** He heard the student read aloud, and the tub spoke before the wife did — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** He first borrowed the grocer's wife's tongue from the cellar drawer, and then the waste-paper tub spoke first of all — score 1 - **3.** He borrowed the wife's tongue, and the waste-paper tub spoke first — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** He found a book, and the till spoke first — score -6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 97, line 5: «That is the end of the twelve Just So Stories: twelve made-up «how it came to be» tales, told with the sound of a voice talking to one listening child, O Best…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/1614-pg5615-part3/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Describe the circumstances under which the grocer's wife came to lose her earrings, and state which valuable item she secured in their place. - **1.** She removed them in fear of the fire, and secured them in her pocket — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** She removed them in fear — no support - **3.** She pulled them off in panic at the noise, and carried them in her apron — no support - **4.** In her pocket, from fear — 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/1614-pg5615-part3/e4/) - ← previous: [1613. 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