Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scatters money

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1099 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, why'd the man smash his sack?

1. It kept the bread away — no support
2. Cuz it sucked — no support
3. It wouldn't give him food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. It wouldn't feed him — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1099, line 7: «What: in anger he beats the sack "till he had knocked a hole in the wall" because it "wouldn't give me anything to eat and drink".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did the Wind give him instead?

1. A little ram that scatters money, and the Jews wanted to buy it — score -1
2. A ram that scatters money all over the floor whenever he says the words — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. A goat that spits coins — no support
4. A ram that scatters money — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1090, line 16: «The King "paid him very well for carrying his orders", and ladies gave him gifts for news of their lovers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «gifts» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the magic words, fam?

1. Little ram, little ram, bring bread! — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Little ram, little ram, scatter money for me and my kids, fam! — score -1
3. "Little ram, little ram, scatter money!" — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Little ram, little ram, scatter money now, and don't stop until I say so! — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1051, line 18: «Old word: "dowry" is the money or goods a bride brings to her husband when she marries; Becfola had none, so she is "the Dowerless".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Was the ram sus when the Jews saw it?

1. Yeah, they wanted to buy it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, totally — no support
3. Yeah, they wanted to steal it — score 5
4. Nope, they wanted to sell it — score 5

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 1099, line 3: «At the tavern, the Jews want to buy the ram, but he refuses and drinks with them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «jews» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the dude follow the Wind's rule about the tavern?

1. Nope, he went right back in, even though the Wind had warned him not to — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nope, he went right back in — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, he went right back in and drank with the Jews all night long — no support
4. Yep, he walked past it — 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 1098, line 11: «The Wind warns the man to "enter no tavern by the way," saying "I shall know it if thou dost."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «warn» (+2); the same doer «wind» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What got him so wasted he forgot about the ram?

1. Cups of cider and ale — no support
2. Pot after pot of mead — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pot after pot of mead, poured by the Jews at their big table — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Pot after pot of mead that the Jews kept pouring for him all night — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1099, line 12: «The trick: while the man sleeps off his drink, the Jews "changed rams with him" and left a plain ram in its place.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «jews» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Were the Jews being real when they said don't get drunk?

1. Nope — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes — no support
3. Nah, they were being sneaky — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, they were being kind — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

How'd the ram get swapped?

1. They switched it while he slept — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. They traded it while he ate — score 3
3. They sold it while he drank — no support
4. They switched it while he slept, putting an ordinary ram in its place — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1099, line 12: «The trick: while the man sleeps off his drink, the Jews "changed rams with him" and left a plain ram in its place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «plain ram» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Did the ram do the magic thing at home?

1. Nope, it just stood there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nope, it ran — no support
3. Nope, it just sat there — no support
4. Yes, it scattered dust — 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 · ★ · right ✓

What did the man do when the ram was a total dud?

1. He whacked it with a stick until it fell down and cried — score 6
2. He whacked it with a stick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. He hit it with a heavy club — score 6
4. He threw it out the door — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 906, line 14: «Where: the desert near Fezzan, where the men draw a square in the sand and write "a few words out of the Koran".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «men» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wifey was so salty about it, right?

1. Yep, she yelled at the kids — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, she railed and scolded him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yep, she railed and scolded him, and then refused to let him in — no support
4. Yep, she railed and scolded him for hours and hours without stopping — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What did the Wind do the third time?

1. Sent twelve henchmen to thrash him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Sent twelve henchmen to bring him back — score 6
3. Sent six henchmen to scold him — score 6
4. Sent a letter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 935, line 21: «The prince answers "I will remain", and the East Wind kisses him on the forehead before flying away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «east wind» (+4); the same thing acted on «prince» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Why'd the man get beaten up in the end?

1. He lied and kept going to taverns — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. He was drunk — no support
3. He stole the sack — score -1
4. He kept selling the ram — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 973, line 12: «The shadow says the learned man can "lie at my feet as becomes a shadow", which is a cruel order to a man who once was equal to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lie» (+1). Against it: the same doer «learned man» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the protagonist first respond to the sack's failure to provide sustenance?

1. He beat it with a club until it was completely destroyed and useless — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He beat it with a club until it was destroyed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He beat it with a club, then dragged the broken sack out to the field — no support
4. He hit it with a heavy stick — 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 · wrong ✗

Upon what condition did the Wind confer the ram upon the protagonist?

1. Upon the condition that he avoid the tavern — ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. Upon the condition that he avoid the tavern and never drink mead again — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Upon the condition that he sell none — no support
4. Upon the promise that he visit daily — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 757, line 15: «old word: "to stipulate" means to insist on a condition before agreeing, so Hans makes cleverness the price of his promise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the outcome when the protagonist commanded the ram within his dwelling?

1. The ram remained motionless and produced no currency — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The ram stayed still and made no coins — no support
3. It did nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The ram scattered dust and sat down — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1099, line 5: «The ram does nothing, so he kills it, and the Wind's twelve henchmen thrash him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ram» (+2); the same thing acted on «nothing» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the final consequence of the protagonist's third petition to the Wind?

1. He was punished by the Jews — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was beaten by six henchmen — no support
3. He was chastised by twelve henchmen from the drum — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was chastised by twelve henchmen who leapt from the drum and beat him — 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

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