--- title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown ou… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 826 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 1 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/826-pg27200-part37/) [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/) / 826 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown out and its gold star is pulled off **Tests:** 1 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 826 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/826-pg27200-part37/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo so when the candles burned down, who got to raid the tree? - **1.** the children — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** the youngest children and the maid together — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** the grown-ups — no support - **4.** the cook — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 1: «George chops down his father's young cherry tree and then confesses the truth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «george» (+2); the same property (+1). 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/826-pg27200-part37/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} ngl, what story did the fat dude tell first? - **1.** Snow White — score 2 - **2.** Tom Thumb — score 2 - **3.** Humpty Dumpty — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** The Frog Prince — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 10: «In the story he has nine hundred and ninety-nine wives besides Balkis, «just to show that he was the King». Having many wives was a custom of some old kings; t…», 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 (+3); the same thing acted on «king» (+2). 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/826-pg27200-part37/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} lowkey, where did the servants chuck the tree after Christmas? - **1.** into the cold shed — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** up to the garret — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** up the stairs to the dusty garret under the roof — score 1 - **4.** up to the attic — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 825, line 5: «When the wood-cutters come, the tree is chosen for Christmas, and it is carried to a grand room and dressed with lights and gifts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tree» (+2). Against it: a different action (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/826-pg27200-part37/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} no cap, why was the tree so bored in the dark? - **1.** nobody came to visit — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** it was dark — no support - **3.** no hare to look at — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** too cold — 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/826-pg27200-part37/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} bruh, what did the mice want to hear about? - **1.** the storeroom with cheese and hams — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** the dark pantry full of bread — score 3 - **3.** the kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** the cellar with jars of jam — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 370, line 17: «fact: The young Mouse took the Cock for "the most fearful monster" and the Cat for a creature with "a very kind and gracious look."», 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 (+3); the same thing acted on «fact» (+2); 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/826-pg27200-part37/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} fr, what did the rats say about Humpty Dumpty? - **1.** it was not a pretty story and they wanted a story about bacon and cheese instead — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** it was not a pretty story at all, and they had heard it many times before in the storeroom — score 2 - **3.** they liked it very much — score 1 - **4.** it was not a pretty story — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 826, line 14: «The rats call the story "not a pretty story at all" and say, "Many thanks to you then", before they go.», 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 (+3); the same thing acted on «story» (+2); a different action (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/826-pg27200-part37/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} sus, what would the tree be happy about if somebody came for it? - **1.** getting out of that place — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** getting out of that dusty place and back into the sunshine — no support - **3.** seeing the green forest again — no support - **4.** getting out of that place and being carried into a bright room full of children — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 825, line 5: «When the wood-cutters come, the tree is chosen for Christmas, and it is carried to a grand room and dressed with lights and gifts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4). 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/826-pg27200-part37/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} so like, what did the tree say about being old? - **1.** I am old — no support - **2.** Not old — score 3 - **3.** "I am not old" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **4.** I am only young — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 826, line 13: «The tree says "I am not old", because it only came from the forest that winter.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+8); the same property (+3). Against it: the same doer «tree» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/826-pg27200-part37/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} lol, who did the tree picture as a princess? - **1.** the sweet young willow-tree — score 6 - **2.** a princess — score 6 - **3.** the proud old oak-tree — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **4.** the pretty little birch-tree — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 203, line 17: «He cuts down an old tree and finds a bronze slab, ten steps, and fifty bronze jars full of gold dust.», 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 (+3); the same thing acted on «old tree» (+2); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/826-pg27200-part37/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} bro, what's left of the tree's branches out in the yard? - **1.** withered and yellow — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** frozen and grey — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** dry leaves — score 3 - **4.** broken twigs and dust — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 826, line 5: «Thrown out into the yard, the withered tree sees a child pull the gold star off its top.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). 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/826-pg27200-part37/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} ok real talk, who yanked the gold star off? - **1.** the fat man there — score -1 - **2.** the youngest child — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** the youngest child, who had been waiting by the tree all evening — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** the cook — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 795, line 12: «How long she waits: "In this way a whole year passed," with her missed from home on many nights.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); 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/826-pg27200-part37/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} vibes check, what were the swallows crying? - **1.** "Twit, twit, twit, my mate is coming" — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Chirp, chirp, my nest is near — no support - **3.** Cheep, cheep — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** Cheep, cheep, the summer is here — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 62, line 10: «The barge runs aground (gets stuck on the bottom) on the other side of the canal; the woman shouts «Stop, stop, stop!», just as the policemen on the engine sho…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+1). 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/826-pg27200-part37/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} dude, how did the tree feel when it was carried into the sun? - **1.** happy that life was starting again, as the warm sun shone on the green yard and the birds sang — no support - **2.** happy that life was starting again, for the spring had come and the snow had melted from the roof — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** happy that life was starting again — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** glad that spring had come back — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 233, line 1: «The Sultan asks how the Singing Tree came to the garden, and the princess promises to tell him the whole story later.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+5); the same doer «singing tree» (+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/826-pg27200-part37/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which request did the listeners make at the close of the first story? - **1.** a tale about a brave prince — **← Mova's choice** · score -3 - **2.** another tale, namely of Ivede-Avede and the three golden birds of the king — no support - **3.** another tale, namely of Ivede-Avede — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** one more song, and then bed — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 823, line 19: «Old word: "mead" is a drink made from honey; people drank it from a "golden drinking-horn."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-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/826-pg27200-part37/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} In what manner did the mice regard the tree's account of its youth? - **1.** with delight — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** with some interest and care — score 2 - **3.** with much surprise and fear — score 2 - **4.** with great attention and delight — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 145, line 2: «The Town Mouse thinks this is poor food and boasts of his grand larder, so he takes his friend back to town.», 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 (+3); the same thing acted on «friend» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/826-pg27200-part37/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What was the fir-tree's conclusion regarding its future after the garret? - **1.** It would be lonely once it was burned there — no support - **2.** It would be content once removed from that place, and the mice would come back to visit it every night — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** It would be content once removed from that place — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It would be content once it was removed from that dusty place and carried back into the sun — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 826, line 9: «Why: the tree longs for company because "it is terrible lonely here", so the mice visit it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «visit» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/826-pg27200-part37/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which subjects did the rats desire to hear of in a tale? - **1.** bacon and tallow in the storeroom and the cheese and hams hanging up there — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** sugar and butter in the cellar — no support - **3.** mice and cheese in the kitchen — no support - **4.** bacon and tallow in the storeroom — **✓ 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/826-pg27200-part37/e4/) - ← previous: [825. 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