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title: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 922 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 14 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden

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**Tests:** 4 of 14 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 922 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.

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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/922-pg27200-part133/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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ok so where did the tin soldier actually end up, like which gap?

- **1.** by a gap in the fence and out into the wide street — score -4
- **2.** beneath the old oak floorboards — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** through a hole near the window frame — no support
- **4.** through a crack between the boards — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 366, line 21: «Old word: "chasm" means a very deep gap or crack in the ground, like the one the Goats had to cross.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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/922-pg27200-part133/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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wait, why did he wanna go to the wars so bad?

- **1.** for the medals — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he hated the dust on the shelf — no support
- **3.** he wanted to see the world — no support
- **4.** he was sad and bored, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/922-pg27200-part133/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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what was up with the piano when the old man played?

- **1.** it was proper out of tune — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** it was loud — no support
- **3.** the pedal squeaked a lot — no support
- **4.** it was broken — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 874, line 2: «The moonlit room is full of flowers dancing in long rows, with a yellow lily playing the piano.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «piano» (-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/922-pg27200-part133/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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how did the little boy say bye to the old man?

- **1.** he tipped his cap and said nothing — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** he stood still on the step and bowed deeply to the coffin until it was out of sight — score 4
- **3.** he ran after the cart shouting the old man's name until his mother called him home — score 4
- **4.** he kissed his hand to the coffin — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 921, line 14: «Why: the boy says "all the old pleasant thoughts come back here to pay visits", so he finds the house beautiful.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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what did the neighbours reckon about the old house getting knocked down?

- **1.** We never liked that dreadful house with its broken windows and we are glad it is finally gone — score 0
- **2.** Finally, no more eyesore — score 2
- **3.** Our gardens will look much better now that such an ugly eyesore has been cleared away — no support
- **4.** "What a good riddance" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 890, line 17: «What he does while thinking: he "stood the whole of the following day on one leg, with half-shut eyes".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «think» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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what grew all over the walls by the new garden?

- **1.** tall nettles — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** bindweed — score 4
- **3.** thorny briars — score 4
- **4.** wild vines — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 160, line 7: «What: a tear falls to the ground, and "a flower grew out of the ground" where it landed, a flower "not at all like any that grew in the garden".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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what did the young wife dig up, like out of nowhere?

- **1.** an old brass key — no support
- **2.** a broken doll with a china face and a silk dress — no support
- **3.** a little tin soldier with a red coat and one leg — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **4.** the tin soldier — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 876, line 3: «Each princess has her own garden plot, and the youngest, the quiet one, plants a willow beside a marble statue of a boy.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «princess» (-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/922-pg27200-part133/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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what did she wipe the soldier with first, before her hanky?

- **1.** a soft cloth she had brought from the kitchen sink — score -6
- **2.** a dry cloth — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **3.** a green leaf — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the corner of her silk apron, which was already dirty — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -2, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 633, line 19: «Old words: A "coronet" is a small crown worn by lords and nobles, and "hanky" is an old word for a handkerchief, a small cloth for wiping the nose.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «small cloth» (-3). 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/922-pg27200-part133/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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what did the young man reckon about the soldier?

- **1.** "It can scarcely be the same" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** I doubt it is the same one — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** Surely that is not the same — no support
- **4.** Goodness, I have never seen anything so dirty, it must be a completely new one — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 735, line 17: «Why she agrees: she thinks the frog "can never even get out of the spring to visit me", so she promises whatever he asks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (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/922-pg27200-part133/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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who was actually talking from the rag of leather?

- **1.** the tin man — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** the torn leather rag — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the little girl — score 5
- **4.** a dusty wooden box — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 852, line 5: «Rudy is a bold climber who loves his grandfather's tales, and he talks with the cat and the dog.», 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 circumstance (+2). 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/922-pg27200-part133/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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what did the rag say about gilding, like the shiny bit?

- **1.** it fades quickly in the damp, leaving the soldier ugly and bare — no support
- **2.** it lasts for many years — no support
- **3.** it fades in damp weather — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** it is shiny — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 922, line 16: «The leather rag says "Gilding will fade in damp weather", but the soldier does not believe it, so he is not persuaded.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fade» (+5); the same place «damp weather» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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what did the soldier say was delightful, even though it's sad?

- **1.** not to be forgotten — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** to be loved by all — no support
- **3.** to be remembered well — no support
- **4.** to be sad — no support

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**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/922-pg27200-part133/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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what was the name of the little sister who was dancing?

- **1.** Maria — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Mariana Josephine — score 4
- **3.** Hannah — score 4
- **4.** Louisa — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 733, line 7: «What: the soldier is "all the time invisible" and dances with the princesses, and he drinks their wine so that "the cup was empty" when they lifted it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dance» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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why did the little sister's dancing look well weird?

- **1.** too tired — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** she fell — no support
- **3.** the stage was too small — no support
- **4.** the tune was too slow — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/922-pg27200-part133/t14/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following describes the location to which the old man's coffin was conveyed for interment?

- **1.** to a village far away, where his parents and his old friends were all buried together — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the country, to be buried in his own grave — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** to the village church where his parents rest — no support
- **4.** to the countryside to be laid beside his wife in the cemetery under the oak tree — no support

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**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/922-pg27200-part133/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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In what manner did the young wife's handkerchief distinguish itself upon the soldier's recovery?

- **1.** it released a soft and gentle fragrance — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** it emitted a pleasant and beautiful perfume — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** it gave off a sweet and lovely scent — no support
- **4.** it smelled of roses — no support

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**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/922-pg27200-part133/e2/)

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

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What was the principal response of the young man upon examining the discovered tin figure?

- **1.** he was certain it was an entirely different toy — no support
- **2.** he bent down, studied it carefully and declared that a new soldier must have been made — score 4
- **3.** he examined it closely for a long while and then gave a long speech about tin — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** he expressed doubt that it was the identical soldier — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**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 920, line 18: «Old word: "courtship" means the time when a man tries to win a woman's love, and "benevolence" means kindness.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+4); the same doer «man» (+2). 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/922-pg27200-part133/e3/)

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

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Which description most accurately identifies the reason the tin soldier desired to depart from the room?

- **1.** he disliked the room and its dusty corners — no support
- **2.** he was bored — no support
- **3.** he found the room too dull — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** he found his confinement tedious and melancholy — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 691, line 16: «Quote: the sleeping queen had "her embroidery still in her hands", and the prince finds the needle room "quite empty".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); the same thing acted on «needle room» (+2). Against it: a different doer (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/922-pg27200-part133/e4/)

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