---
title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bush grows f… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 295 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 13 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/295-pg1597-part22/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / 295

# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bush grows from a teapot and shows an old couple's golden day

<!-- .vintro -->
**Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 5 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

<!-- .vabout -->
Lesson 295 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.

<!-- .vabout -->
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/295-pg1597-part22/).

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

<!-- .q -->
bro why did the kid get sick, like what actually happened?

- **1.** cause he played in the rain all day long — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he got bitten by a dog — no support
- **3.** he was out too long in the snow and his nose went red and he coughed all night — no support
- **4.** cause he got his feet soaked in the gutter — **✓ the right answer** · no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t1/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa ok -->

### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

<!-- .q -->
lowkey who is the old dude upstairs?

- **1.** the guy with no wife or kids — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the old man with the pipe — no support
- **3.** the old dude who was married to the elder tree and never had kids — no support
- **4.** the guy who sells the tea — no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t2/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa ok -->

### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

<!-- .q -->
so how did a whole bush show up in the teapot?

- **1.** the lid lifted and flowers shot out the spout — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a branch pushed up through the handle — no support
- **3.** the old granny pushed the bush inside the pot while the boy was sleeping — no support
- **4.** the bush grew out of the cup — no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t3/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

<!-- .q -->
fr who is old Granny, for real?

- **1.** the tree spirit who lives in the bush and the mother of all elder trees — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the elder tree mother in the bush — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the wise woman of the town — no support
- **4.** the old woman who lives at the top of the house and tells the children tales — no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t4/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

<!-- .q -->
no cap, how many years had the couple been married?

- **1.** ten — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** fifty years — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** two — no support
- **4.** twenty years — no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t5/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

<!-- .q -->
bruh, where even is the New Booths, is it a mall?

- **1.** a big old block of flats for the poor families of the city — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a row of houses by the harbour — no support
- **3.** the famous castle where the king lived near the old harbour in the north — no support
- **4.** seamen's buildings in Copenhagen — **✓ the right answer** · no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t6/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

<!-- .q -->
vibe check, what did the wife get in the post?

- **1.** a parcel from her sister — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a big parcel from the old sailor with gifts for the whole family and coffee — no support
- **3.** a letter from her man at sea — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a letter from her husband who had gone to sea many years before and never came home — no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t7/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

<!-- .q -->
lol what did the little fam plan for that night?

- **1.** cold pudding — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** hot potatoes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** to sit by the fire and tell old fairy tales until the morning came — no support
- **4.** a big dinner of roast pork and red cabbage with plenty of apple sauce — no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t8/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

<!-- .q -->
wait, did the flea actually win the princess?

- **1.** nah, he went home and rested — no support
- **2.** yes, he married her in the end — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** nah, he went off to foreign lands to serve and was shot in battle — no support
- **4.** nah, he went abroad and got killed — **✓ the right answer** · no support

<!-- .why -->
**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 276, line 5: «The Prince decides that only a real Princess could feel a pea through so much bedding, so he marries her, and the peas go into a cabinet of curiosities.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same thing acted on «princess» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/295-pg1597-part22/t9/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

<!-- .q -->
sus, did old granny just sit there doing nothing?

- **1.** she sang a little song quietly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** she stood up and told the whole room to be quiet and sit down — no support
- **3.** she clapped and smiled softly — no support
- **4.** she shouted hurrah with the rest — **✓ the right answer** · no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t10/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

<!-- .q -->
real talk, what did mum put in the pot?

- **1.** mint leaves — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** elder-flowers — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** rose petals — score 4
- **4.** a handful of fresh elder-flowers picked from the bush outside — no support

<!-- .why -->
**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 60, line 19: «Later the Rat's eyes were «clear and dark and brown again as before», but he could not explain: «how could he put into cold words what had mostly been suggesti…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «cold words» (+2); the same action «put» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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/295-pg1597-part22/t11/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

<!-- .q -->
mad, what did the boy finally say at the end?

- **1.** good night — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** it's over — no support
- **3.** that's no fairy tale — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** it was not so bad — no support

<!-- .why -->
**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 295, line 21: «At the end the boy says "that is no fairy tale", which shows he thinks the story was only about an ordinary old couple.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+3); the same place «end» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/295-pg1597-part22/t12/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

<!-- .q -->
ok but who were the couple's kids, like names?

- **1.** Anna, Lars, Hans, Christine — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Mary, Lars, Olaf, Hans — no support
- **3.** Mary and Peter — no support
- **4.** Mary, Nicholas, Peter, Christian — **✓ the right answer** · no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/t13/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa ok -->

### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

<!-- .q -->
Where does the elder-tree bush first appear in the narrative?

- **1.** In the kitchen by the teapot — no support
- **2.** On the window — no support
- **3.** In the boy's bedroom, where it pushes aside the curtains — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **4.** In the garden — no support

<!-- .why -->
**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 295, line 11: «The bush fills the bed, "pushed the curtains aside", and has such a strong odour that the boy notices it at once.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «push» (+4); the same thing acted on «curtains» (+4); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/295-pg1597-part22/e1/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa ok -->

### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

<!-- .q -->
What is the attitude of the old man towards the children?

- **1.** He is fond of them and knows many fairy tales — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He scolds them for playing loudly — no support
- **3.** He is strict and sends them to bed early and never tells any stories — no support
- **4.** He dislikes them and keeps the door locked so they cannot come up the stairs — no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/e2/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

<!-- .q -->
To what does the phrase "the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage" refer?

- **1.** Their wedding day — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A party for the couple's new home built long ago — no support
- **3.** The fifty-fourth birthday of the wife — no support
- **4.** The fiftieth yearly celebration of the couple's wedding — **✓ the right answer** · no support

<!-- .why -->
**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/295-pg1597-part22/e3/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div qa no -->

### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

<!-- .q -->
Which description best characterises the closing remark of the little boy?

- **1.** He admits that the story was a little bit scary and he wants to sleep — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** He insists the account was wholly invented — no support
- **3.** He says it is a fairy tale and asks the old man to tell another one — no support
- **4.** He doubts that the account is a fairy tale — **✓ the right answer** · no support

<!-- .why -->
**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 295, line 21: «At the end the boy says "that is no fairy tale", which shows he thinks the story was only about an ordinary old couple.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «fairy tale» (+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/295-pg1597-part22/e4/)

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [294. Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/294-pg1597-part21/)
- next →: [296. Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/296-pg1597-part23/)
- ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)