Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring: the son's shape-changes end in a wedding

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1097 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.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, did the son really turn into a greyhound to catch that fox?

1. Yep, fr, he ran it down — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yep, fr — no support
3. Yep, fr, he ran it down after a long chase — no support
4. Nah, he lost the trail — ← 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 140, line 4: «A Kid jeers at a Wolf from a roof, a Fox who lost his tail tries to make the others cut theirs, and a Jackdaw in borrowed feathers gets caught.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4); the same doer «fox» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why did the dad keep selling his own son?

1. They were broke, bruh, and wanted more ale — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They were broke, bruh, barely enough for the hut — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They were broke, bruh, barely enough for the hut and the old cow and the fields — no support
4. They were broke, bruh, barely enough for the hut, so he kept selling — 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

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did the son sell himself without the first time?

1. A chain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. A bridle — score 2
3. A bit — score 2
4. A golden chain and collar — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 793, line 19: «Old words: "thither" means "there," a "laborer" is a farm worker, and a "grazier" is a farmer who raises cattle to sell.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sell» (+1); the same doer «farmer» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

No cap, what did the gipsy's halter deal cost?

1. Five roubles extra — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Five roubles extra for the halter and rope — score 2
3. Three roubles extra — score 2
4. Five roubles extra, paid in silver coins — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 682, line 15: «Hard word "contrived": managed through cleverness, used when the horse "contrived to whisper" in the boy's ear.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «manage» (+1); the same doer «hard word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what turned into a perch at the river?

1. The greyhound and the horse both — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. The horse that the gipsy bought — no support
3. The horse — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The falcon — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1097, line 4: «Oh rides off, but at the river the horse turns into a perch, and Oh chases it as a pike; the perch escapes, swims ashore, and becomes a gold ring.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «horse» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who was chasing the perch as a pike?

1. I — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. O — no support
3. The son Oh — score 3
4. Oh — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 177, line 3: «The wolf turns into a cock and gobbles the seeds, but the last seed rolls into a canal and becomes a fish, and the cock chases it as a pike.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «chase» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, what did the perch turn into to get found?

1. A gold ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. A silver cup — score 2
3. A gold ring with stones — score 2
4. A golden bead — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 60, line 1: «After lunch the Sea Rat leans close, his sea-grey eyes and the red glow of his glass holding the Water Rat «body and soul»; his talk seems to turn into sailors…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+1); the same doer «talk» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what did the ring become when it hit the floor?

1. Millet — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Seed — score 1
3. Grain all over the floor — score 1
4. Millet seed everywhere — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 117, line 11: «He lies down to rest, sleeps too long, and wakes when "it struck the quarter to twelve."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «strike» (+1); the same doer «loaf» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ok, what did Oh turn into to eat all that seed?

1. A owl — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A cock — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A goose — no support
4. A hen — 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

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, did the Tsarivna keep the ring?

1. Nope, she tossed it on the ground — no support
2. Nope, she tossed it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, she tossed it and laughed at him — no support
4. Nope, she dropped it — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 779, line 7: «What: she ate a small piece from each little plate and drank a small drop from each glass, dropping her ring into the last one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the last seed grain turn into?

1. A fine young man — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A youth — score 1
3. A super hot youth — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. A super hot youth who was a prince — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1097, line 1: «The son turns into a greyhound, catches a fox the hounds couldn't, and the noblemen buy him for three hundred roubles.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «fox» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Tbh, what did the Tsar give them in the end?

1. His consent — no support
2. A feast — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. His blessing and a big wedding feast — no support
4. His blessing — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 208, line 18: «Old word: a vizir was the chief minister of a king, the one who ran the government and gave orders in the king's name.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «name» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same action «give» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following shapes did the son assume in order to sell himself at the fair?

1. A horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A golden-maned war charger — no support
3. A fine grey stallion — no support
4. A donkey — 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the object into which the Tsarivna's ring was transformed upon contact with the floor.

1. A heap of millet-seed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A heap of golden millet-seed scattered wide — no support
3. A heap of millet-seed and dust — no support
4. A heap of rye-grain — 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

State the reason Oh gave for requesting the return of the ring from the Tsarivna.

1. He claimed he could not live without it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He was thirsty — no support
3. He wanted it for his crown — no support
4. He said he would die if lost — 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Name the outcome of the single remaining grain of millet at the conclusion of the tale.

1. It became a beauteous youth — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It became a handsome lad — no support
3. It turned into a prince — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. A youth — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 254, line 11: «Jack must not stir in bed, for if he does, "you will turn into one of those things yourself."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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