Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 10: the Tsar milks three wild mothers and gains new companions while the serpent's plan fails
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1104 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 ✗
Bruh, so the sis is faking sick just to get him killed, no cap?
- 1. Yeah, it's kinda shady — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, she's totally innocent — no support
- 3. Yep, that's lowkey so sus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, not really — 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, why did the wolf let him go, ngl?
- 1. She let him go because he saved her cub, so he owed her — score -1
- 2. He milked her and let her go, so she paid him back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. He let her go since she owed him — score -1
- 4. He milked her and let her go, so she paid him back with a wolf-whelp gift later on — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 144, line 4: «A Hound plays with a Hare, a Mouse wakes a Lion, a Trumpeter is captured, and a Wolf is rewarded with a boast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reward» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «wolf» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which dog was the real hero who ran the wolf down?
- 1. Protius, the fastest of the three dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. The grey hound Protius, who ran her down — score -3
- 3. Bogdan — no support
- 4. Protius — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1103, line 19: «Old word: a "gimlet" is a small hand tool for boring holes, like a tiny drill, and "nag" means a small horse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what did the serpent turn into to hide in the wall?
- 1. An ant — ← Mova's choice · score 12
- 2. A needle — ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 3. A spider — score 12
- 4. A pin — score 12
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 833, line 3: «The shy, voiceless bird hides in a ruined wall, but it discovers how lovely the air, moonlight and flowers are.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «ruined wall» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same action «hide» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 12. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Like, which mega-cute baby animal did he get first?
- 1. A wolf-whelp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A tiny grey wolf-whelp from the den — no support
- 3. A fox-kit — no support
- 4. A bear-cub — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, how many dogs were trotting behind him after the wolf?
- 1. Four — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Three — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Seven of the dogs in a row — score 7
- 4. Twelve dogs in all — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 700, line 1: «The fox trots with the wolf and the bear and whispers that they will be next on the dinner list.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same action «trot» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Okay real talk, what's the sis's excuse for wanting bear's milk?
- 1. She dreamed it would heal her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. To heal her — no support
- 3. A dream — no support
- 4. She thought it would make her well — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1104, line 9: «Why: the sister wants him killed, so she says she "dreamed a dream" that animal milk would make her well.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same doer «animal milk» (+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
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Bro, what did the handkerchief turn into when waved?
- 1. A bridge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. A path — score 5
- 3. A wall — score 5
- 4. A ship — 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 1103, line 14: «The bullock's right ear gives a little handkerchief, which becomes a bridge over the sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+3); the same doer «little handkerchief» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «bridge» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Ngl, what did the she-hare promise him?
- 1. A hare — no support
- 2. A kit — no support
- 3. A leveret — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. A fox-cub — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1104, line 13: «The she-bear promises "a bear-cub," and the hare promises "a leveret," so the Tsar's train grows bigger each time.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same action «promise» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «leveret» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sus, where was the hut sitting?
- 1. In woods — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. By the sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Near — no support
- 4. By a river — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
So what's the serpent's final vibe?
- 1. Giving up, "We shall never do for him" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Hoping it will work out soon — no support
- 3. Furious and determined, saying 'We shall try again' with a grin — no support
- 4. Plotting a new scheme with delight — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, how many guardians does he have by the end?
- 1. Four — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. 1 — score 2
- 3. Six — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Five — 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 75, line 11: «A "Djinn" (genie) is a magic spirit from Arabian stories; this one travels "rolling in a cloud of dust", and calls the Camel "My long and bubbling friend" and…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «djinn» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Enumerate the animals from which the Tsar obtained milk in the course of this part, in their order of appearance.
- 1. She-wolf, she-bear, she-hare, vixen, and finally the serpent — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She-wolf, she-bear, vixen, hare — no support
- 3. She-wolf, she-bear, she-hare, vixen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She-wolf, she-bear, she-hare, vixen, and then a hound — 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 ✗
Identify the dog that held each captured animal fast, as stated in the narrative.
- 1. Bogdan — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ved — no support
- 3. Nedviga, the swift grey hound — no support
- 4. Nedviga — ✓ 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the number of companions accompanying the Tsar upon his final return home.
- 1. 0 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Six — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 1 — no support
- 4. Four — 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 ✗
Explain the purpose the serpent assigns to the sister's requests for animal milk.
- 1. To let the animals turn on the Tsar — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To kill the Tsar — no support
- 3. To make the Tsar die by beasts — no support
- 4. To have the Tsar killed by his own beasts — ✓ 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
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1104-pg29672-part10/