--- title: Andersen's Tales, The Flying Trunk: the kitchen talk ends and the tr… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 829 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 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/829-pg27200-part40/) [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/) / 829 # Andersen's Tales, The Flying Trunk: the kitchen talk ends and the trunk burns **Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 829 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/829-pg27200-part40/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Oi, who got crowned with parsley by the broom, like proper? - **1.** the kettle — score 2 - **2.** the broom — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** the saucepan — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** the tinder-box — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 829, line 2: «The saucepan starts a tale, the plates and the carpet-broom praise it, and the broom crowns him with parsley.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crown» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «broom» (-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/829-pg27200-part40/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Why'd the tea-urn not sing, mate? - **1.** she was too tired — no support - **2.** she was too proud — no support - **3.** she said she had a cold — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** she had a cold — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 829, line 9: «What: the tea-urn says she has "a cold" and cannot sing "without boiling heat".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «tea urn» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/829-pg27200-part40/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Who was dancing with one leg up, lol? - **1.** the fire-tongs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** the tea-urn — no support - **3.** the matches — no support - **4.** the saucepan — 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/829-pg27200-part40/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} What did the matches do when the maid lit them, all sputtery? - **1.** blazed up then went out — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** sputtered — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** lit up the whole room — no support - **4.** blazed up very brightly, then all of them went out at once — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 829, line 13: «What: the maid lights the matches, and they "sputtered and blazed up" before their light goes out.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «sputter» (+2); the same doer «matches» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/829-pg27200-part40/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Wait, what did the merchant's son buy for his big finale? - **1.** crackers — score 7 - **2.** rockets and crackers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** sweets and toys — score 1 - **4.** silk and lanterns — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 829, line 14: «Who: the merchant's son buys "rockets and crackers" and packs them into his trunk.», 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 «rockets» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «son» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/829-pg27200-part40/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Why did his flying trunk go up in smoke, like totally? - **1.** a spark — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a spark from the fireworks — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** a candle left burning — no support - **4.** the Turkish lanterns — 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/829-pg27200-part40/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} Did the princess actually marry him in the end, innit? - **1.** no, she stayed waiting on the roof for years and years — score 6 - **2.** no, she stayed waiting on the roof — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** yes, the king gave them a big wedding — score 3 - **4.** no, she waited on the roof all night while the merchant's son slept below — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 702, line 2: «At the palace the princess stays silent, and the fox says the Count is too busy with his property to chat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/829-pg27200-part40/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} What made the Turks' slippers fly up, mate? - **1.** the wind — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the fireworks in the sky — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** the Turkish music loud — no support - **4.** the magic of the trunk — 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/829-pg27200-part40/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} What's the king's big line about the merchant's son? - **1.** thou shalt have our daughter and the whole of our kingdom too — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** thou shalt have our daughter — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** thou shalt have our daughter if thou canst fly to the moon — no support - **4.** thou art a clever lad — 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/829-pg27200-part40/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Wait, which one said they were only common people? - **1.** the tinder-box — score 2 - **2.** the urn — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** the matches — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** the broom — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 829, line 3: «The fire-tongs dance, the tea-urn says she has a cold and won't sing, and the others sneer at her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «tea urn» (-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/829-pg27200-part40/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Who's the grumpy one who reckons the saucepan talks too much? - **1.** the urn — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the saucepan — no support - **3.** the broom — no support - **4.** the tinder-box — **✓ 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/829-pg27200-part40/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} So what's the shepherd tale about, mate? - **1.** a wolf and a hare meeting — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** a stag and a roebuck dying — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** two proud deer who argue until one of them falls down dead in the snow — no support - **4.** a stag and a roebuck dying in the forest after a long hunt — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 372, line 21: «The tale is one of Aesop's fables, short stories where animals or gods teach a lesson at the end.», 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 «one» (+2); the same doer «tale» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/829-pg27200-part40/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} In which manner was the crowning of the saucepan effected? - **1.** the carpet-broom placed a sprig of parsley upon his head in the kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** the tea-urn sang a loud song — no support - **3.** the market-basket tied a ribbon — no support - **4.** the carpet-broom placed parsley upon him — **✓ 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/829-pg27200-part40/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} By what means did the merchant's son's trunk cease to exist? - **1.** it was crushed by a falling wall — no support - **2.** it was slowly consumed by a fire started by a spark from the rockets above — **← Mova's choice** · score -3 - **3.** it was consumed by fire from a spark — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** it was consumed by fire that jumped from a spark of the fireworks — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 20: «Real biology: elephants got trunks slowly over millions of years, as their ancestors changed from generation to generation; no nose was ever stretched by a cro…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «trunks» (-1); a different doer (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/829-pg27200-part40/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which phenomenon caused the Turks' slippers to fly upward? - **1.** the great display of fireworks and rockets lit up the whole night sky — no support - **2.** the bright moonlight over the sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** the display of fireworks that burst in the sky over the city — no support - **4.** the display of fireworks in the sky — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 760, line 12: «At the end the prince said, "This is the right bride," after Ashputtel put on the slipper "as if it had been made for her."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «slipper» (+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/829-pg27200-part40/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} What was the final condition of the princess as described in the tale? - **1.** she was sent away to the sea — score 2 - **2.** she remained waiting upon the high roof while the merchant's son slept inside — score 6 - **3.** she remained waiting upon the roof — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** she remained waiting upon the roof for many years until dawn — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 702, line 2: «At the palace the princess stays silent, and the fox says the Count is too busy with his property to chat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/829-pg27200-part40/e4/) - ← previous: [828. Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/828-pg27200-part39/) - next →: [830. Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 4…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/830-pg27200-part41/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)