--- title: Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carried to Par… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 816 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 13 tests right, exam 0 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/816-pg27200-part27/) [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/) / 816 # Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carried to Paris and the Dryad longs to be human **Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 816 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/816-pg27200-part27/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} bruh, the tree literally got dug up and shipped to Paris, no cap? - **1.** fr, it got dug up and rode a wagon with chains all the way to Paris, super wild — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** fr, it rode a cart, kinda sus — no support - **3.** fr, the tree was dug up, wrapped in matting and shipped off on a wagon, lowkey wild fr fr — score 5 - **4.** fr, it rode a wagon with chains, lowkey wild — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 816, line 7: «What: people dig up the tree and lift it onto a wagon, "secured with chains."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dig up» (+4); the same thing acted on «tree» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/816-pg27200-part27/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} wait, why was the Dryad hyped on the wagon? - **1.** she was sad about the road — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** she was vibing, pure pleasurable hype — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** she was vibing, kinda mid — no support - **4.** she was bored, kinda — 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/816-pg27200-part27/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} did she say bye to the daisies before going? - **1.** yeah, she said bye, kinda — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** nah, she forgot — no support - **3.** nah, she forgot to bid farewell — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** yeah, she waved — no support **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 434, line 15: «The daughter says her life down there is "better than yours here," which warns her mother.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «daughter» (+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/816-pg27200-part27/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} so the fountain hyped the tree up with drops, that's lit? - **1.** nah, it was rude — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** yeah, kinda — no support - **3.** yeah, it was a welcome, bruh — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** nah, it was a mean splash — 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/816-pg27200-part27/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} the older trees said welcome, were they hyped too? - **1.** yeah, welcome, they were hyped — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, they whispered something rude about the new tree and went back to sleep — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** nah, they were just sleepy — no support - **4.** yeah, they were hyped and also shouted a long welcome to every passing wagon in the square — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 816, line 17: «The older trees whisper, "Welcome! welcome!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «whisper» (+4); the same doer «older trees» (+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/816-pg27200-part27/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} was Paris what she expected, or was it mid? - **1.** yeah, it was exactly what she expected and the big sights were all visible from the square — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** yeah, the sights were huge, fire — no support - **3.** nah, the big sights were hidden behind the roofs, but the square was still kinda bussin for a while — no support - **4.** nah, the big sights were hidden, mid — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 676, line 20: «When the prince asks, "Tell me how I can reach you?", Wildrose only smiles and shakes her head.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+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/816-pg27200-part27/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} the music from the side streets, was it bussin? - **1.** yeah, so fire, it made her wanna dance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, it was sad and dull, bruh — no support - **3.** yeah, it was lit, she sang along — no support - **4.** nah, it was boring and quiet, she just sat there bored all night 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/816-pg27200-part27/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} so she sees the city every day, same vibe, right? - **1.** yeah, same vibe every day, boring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, every day is different, lit — no support - **3.** yeah, same sights, kinda fun — no support - **4.** nah, always new, fire — 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/816-pg27200-part27/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} she says she wants to be human, for real? - **1.** yeah, she wants to be human for a whole year of dancing and singing, no cap — score 1 - **2.** yeah, one night of life, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** nah, she just wants to be a tree forever and never walk on the cobblestones — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** nah, she wants to stay tree — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 744, line 13: «The witch wants Gretel to bake first, so Gretel asks "how do I get in?" to make her show the way.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «witch» (+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/816-pg27200-part27/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} she's cool with getting punished, that's wild? - **1.** yeah, she'd take it for a day — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** nah, she'd refuse it, bruh — no support - **3.** nah, she refuses punishment and says the gods should stop being mean to trees — no support - **4.** yeah, she'd take it for one night — **✓ 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/816-pg27200-part27/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} what does she compare herself to, like a vibe? - **1.** a hawk circling high — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a lonely cloud drifting slowly away over the hills and the river — no support - **3.** a wisp of smoke fading slowly over the rooftops of the city — no support - **4.** a cloud drifting away — **✓ 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/816-pg27200-part27/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} which bug does she wish she was like? - **1.** the swift-winged dragonfly that lives on the pond — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** the ephemeral fly — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** the common gnat — no support - **4.** the summer butterfly that flutters through the old gardens of Paris — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 780, line 15: «The witch makes him sleep, and the lady takes the cloak "and wished herself home again."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-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/816-pg27200-part27/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} how did the chimneys look, bro? - **1.** like giant bronze bells — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** like crooked brick towers rising above the roofs of the old town — no support - **3.** like flower-pots in rows — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** like tall brick towers — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 319, line 13: «Why: Hook has been "searching in vain these many moons" for the hidden entrances to the boys' home.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «search» (+1). Against it: the same doer «hook» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/816-pg27200-part27/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} With reference to the passage, state the manner in which the chestnut tree was conveyed to its destination. - **1.** By steam train, lashed down, its roots exposed to the rain — no support - **2.** By cart, unwrapped — no support - **3.** By wagon, tied with ropes, its trunk left bare to the sun — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** By wagon, secured with chains, its roots wrapped in matting — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 406, line 4: «The Olive-Tree mocks the Fig-Tree, but the snow breaks the Olive while the bare Fig-Tree is left unhurt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). 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/816-pg27200-part27/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the emotion principally experienced by the Dryad upon departure. - **1.** Deep sorrow at parting from her companions — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Mild curiosity and fear, combined with a pleasurable expectation of the strange new city ahead and all its noisy streets — no support - **3.** Anxious dread mixed with the wish to return — no support - **4.** Pleasurable expectation tinged with forgetfulness — **✓ 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/816-pg27200-part27/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Describe the circumstances under which the Dryad's longing finds expression at the close of the passage. - **1.** Confined in the city, she prays to exchange her years for one human night, and she keeps wishing it every day under the gas-lamps and the fountain's spray across the square — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Confined in the city, she prays to exchange her years for one human night, and the gods answer her quietly by the fountain while the carriages pass — no support - **3.** Confined in the city, she prays to exchange her years for one human night — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Trapped in the park, she begs the gods to make her a cloud — 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/816-pg27200-part27/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} State what the narrator reports concerning the public's response to the arrival of the tree. - **1.** Officials argued about it, and shopkeepers complained loudly at the gate — no support - **2.** The crowds ignored it and walked past quickly — no support - **3.** Passers-by looked on, and children and old men gazed at the green tree — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Passers-by looked on, and children and old men gazed at the green tree, and some of them even bowed their heads to it as it passed — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 774, line 18: «Old word: "a trance" is a dreamy, sleep-like state in which a person cannot wake up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same circumstance (+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/816-pg27200-part27/e4/) - ← previous: [815. Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/815-pg27200-part26/) - next →: [817. Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/817-pg27200-part28/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)