--- title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1737 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 1 of 13 tests right, exam 2 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/1737-pg640-part61/) [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/) / 1737 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich from three dogs and a witch's trick **Tests:** 1 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1737 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/1737-pg640-part61/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Bruv, the Soldier got mad gold, yeah? - **1.** Nah, he left the gold behind and went home to his mum, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** Yeah, proper rich now, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah, dunno — no support - **4.** Yeah, he filled his pockets with gold from the third room, innit — 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 1695, line 10: «Why: he leaves gold for the girl because he wants to "prepare a surprise for this beautiful creature on her birthday".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+1); the same doer «boy» (+1); the same thing acted on «gold» (+1). The right option, 2, 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/1737-pg640-part61/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Wait, why was the dog's stare so mental? - **1.** Cos it was ever so tired — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Cos its eyes were like saucers, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Cos its eyes were like saucers and it was guarding the copper chest, innit — no support - **4.** Cos its eyes were huge like mill-wheels and it had been up all night, bruv — 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/1737-pg640-part61/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Did the Witch just ask for an old tinder-box? - **1.** Nah, she wanted a shiny ring — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Yeah, she wanted gold, innit — score 2 - **3.** Yeah, that was the whole deal, mate — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Dunno, bruv — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1659, line 9: «Why: The witch wants to eat Esben, and she has killed her own daughters for her wicked ways.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+1); the same doer «witch» (+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/1737-pg640-part61/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Was she actually a proper nasty Witch? - **1.** Nah, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, she was well nice, mate — no support - **3.** Dunno, bruv — no support - **4.** Yeah, she was well dodgy, mate — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1737-pg640-part61/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Did the Soldier chop her head off, for real? - **1.** Nah, he tied her up and took her to the king for justice, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Yeah, he sorted her out and cut off her head with his sword, bruv — score 2 - **3.** Nah, he just ran off, bruv — no support - **4.** Yeah, he sorted her out, bruv — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1238, line 8: «Why the boy is in danger: the soldiers lead him to the cask, where "the horrid black pitch \[is\] boiling and bubbling over the sides."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+1); the same thing acted on «boy» (+1). 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/1737-pg640-part61/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Why was he dropping his gold everywhere? - **1.** He was tired, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He was greedy, innit, pure greedy — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He was greedy, innit, and his pockets were far too full, pure greedy — no support - **4.** He was just really excited about the gold, mate, and tripped on the stairs — 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/1737-pg640-part61/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Bro, how did he get the gold out of the hall? - **1.** He climbed, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He jumped out the window — no support - **3.** He got pulled up the tree by her — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** He rode a horse out — 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/1737-pg640-part61/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Was the inn fancy, or just a manky old shed? - **1.** Pretty okay, with a small room, innit — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Proper fancy, with the best room, mate — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, it was a manky old shed with no beds, mate, and rats — no support - **4.** Proper fancy, with the best room and a dinner, mate, and free beer — 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/1737-pg640-part61/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Did the servant spot his boots were dodgy? - **1.** Dunno, bruv — no support - **2.** Yeah, they were proper old, innit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Yeah, they were proper old and falling apart, innit, pure ancient — score 1 - **4.** Nah, they were just dusty, innit — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1737, line 5: «He cuts off the Witch's head, buys the best room at an inn, and a servant notices his boots are very old.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boots» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1737-pg640-part61/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Was the Irishman well happy at the wedding? - **1.** Nah, he was miserable because the Princess was grumpy, mate, and it ended early — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, it lasted a whole year and a day, with a massive feast, bruv! — no support - **3.** Yeah, it lasted a year and a day! — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nah, it was a bit rubbish, mate — 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/1737-pg640-part61/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Did the Eagle drop him in the sea? - **1.** Yeah, he dropped him in the sea but he got ashore just in time — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Nah, he got ashore just in time — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Nah, he flew off the rock, mate — no support - **4.** Nah, the Eagle never flew over the sea, he walked back home along the coast, bruv — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 435, line 5: «The Eagle carries the King off, drops him into three seas, and flies him to its sister, who sets dogs on him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «three seas» (+4). 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/1737-pg640-part61/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Did the Princess want to marry someone else? - **1.** Yeah, she wanted the Witch, bruv — score 2 - **2.** Nah, she waited, but then she ran off with the Eagle, mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** Nah, she waited for the man who freed her — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Yeah, she wanted another prince, but she waited for the man who freed her — score 3 **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 1734, line 1: «The Princess hears the Swineherd's tune and wants his pot, so she pays with ten kisses while her ladies-in-waiting hide the kissing.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). 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/1737-pg640-part61/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} Did the old hen-wife get a tip? - **1.** Nah, he gave her nothing, bruv — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** Yeah, a guinea, mate, a proper tip — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah, a guinea, mate, a proper tip and a bit of bread too — no support - **4.** Yeah, a penny, mate, a small tip — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1360, line 15: «The wife has never seen a mirror before, and she asks, "What is it that you have given me?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1). Against it: the same receiver «wife» (-1). The right option, 2, 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/1737-pg640-part61/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following accurately describes the reward the Witch demanded from the Soldier in exchange for her assistance? - **1.** She demanded a copper chest that her grandmother had once owned. — score -3 - **2.** The Witch wanted only gold from his pockets, which he had gathered. — score -3 - **3.** The Witch demanded only an old tinder-box, which her grandmother had previously left behind. — **✓ the right answer** · score -3 - **4.** The Witch demanded only an old tinder-box, which her grandmother had carelessly left behind in the hollow tree. — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1517, line 13: «In the tree: the witches make a smith's anvil and a piece of iron, and the third makes a hatchet to cut the tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same place «tree» (-2); the same doer «witches» (-4). 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/1737-pg640-part61/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the correct sequence in which the Soldier collected treasure from the three chambers beneath the tree. - **1.** Copper from the first room, silver from the second, and gold from the third, then he dropped the copper. — no support - **2.** He took copper from the first, silver from the second, and gold from the third, filling his pockets on the way. — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Gold from the first, silver from the second, copper from the third. — score 2 - **4.** Copper from the first, silver from the second, and gold from the third. — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1002, line 11: «He chooses coppers in the first room, then silver in the second, then gold in the third, and he throws the lesser money away each time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «choose» (+1); the same doer «soldier» (+1); the same thing acted on «coppers» (+1); the same place «first room» (+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/1737-pg640-part61/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} State the approximate number of lamps illuminating the underground hall, as described in the narrative. - **1.** Many lamps, perhaps ten. — score 1 - **2.** Almost a hundred lamps were burning there. — score 2 - **3.** More than three hundred lamps were burning in the hall. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Around two hundred lamps were lit in the hall. — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1002, line 7: «Where: a hollow tree on the high road, then a large hall "in which many hundred lamps were all burning."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «large hall» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1737-pg640-part61/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Explain the principal reason the Soldier gave for ceasing to carry the copper and silver in his possession. - **1.** He wanted more room. — score 2 - **2.** He found the gold heavier and more useful to him. — score 1 - **3.** He swapped them for gold because it was shinier. — score 2 - **4.** He exchanged them for gold, which is of greater value and fills his pockets more richly. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1737, line 12: «The Soldier is greedy: he throws away the copper for silver, then the silver for gold, and fills "all his pockets, his knapsack, cap and boots even."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fill» (+2); the same doer «soldier» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1737-pg640-part61/e4/) - ← previous: [1736. Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1736-pg640-part60/) - next →: [1738. Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62: the Soldie…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1738-pg640-part62/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)