Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: the boy buys the holy image and is sent to the church

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1107 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 ✓

Yo, why'd the rich dude even beat up the icon, like for real?

1. cause it stood surety and flaked on him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. cause it wouldn't pay him back — no support
3. cause the icon had stood surety for the rouble and then it flaked and cracked on him — no support
4. cause the icon was holy and he didn't want to pray before it at all — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, did the poor guy's wife even get paid back?

1. nah, the husband was already dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, the husband had died a while back and she never saw a kopek from the rich guy — no support
3. nah, the husband was already dead and buried, so the rich man kept the rouble — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. nah, the rouble went to the priest — 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 96, line 14: «The Butterfly says «you know what wives are like» and «One must keep them in order somehow»; jokes like this, that all wives or all husbands are a certain way,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «one» (+2). 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the kid just bought the icon with one rouble, huh?

1. yup, he stole it from the church — no support
2. yup, straight from his dad's stash — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yup, straight from his dad's stash, and he didn't even ask first — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. nah, he got it from the Tsar — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 362, line 3: «The Kid begs the Wolf to pipe him a tune first, so he can dance and be merry before he is eaten.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kid» (+2); the same property (+2); 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what's up with the uncles' ship, like what'd he take?

1. a load of laths and boards — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. barrels of tar and flax — no support
3. a whole load of laths, boards and iron nails — no support
4. a cargo of tar and wax — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, the Tsar's daughter, what knocked her out?

1. she got sick from the cold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she got possessed after a dip without crossing herself — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she was possessed after a midnight bath in the cold river water — no support
4. a demon took her after a swim at night — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, why'd the church end up with bones swept out every morning?

1. the floor was never cleaned properly — no support
2. the bones of the drowned sailors were brought there after every storm at sea — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. merchants kept dying there reading prayers aloud at the altar every single night — no support
4. merchants kept dying there reading prayers — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 549, line 2: «Years later Cimon brings Theseus's bones home to Athens, and a temple is built in his honour.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «bones» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, did the simpleton actually go in the church?

1. nope, he was too scared to try — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, after St Michael told him to — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, he only went in after the Tsar's soldiers dragged him to the door — no support
4. yeah, after St Michael told him to go and fear not, he went in alone — 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 ✗

Yo, the eldest uncle wanted the kid to swap in, right?

1. yeah, he promised him the whole ship — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, he promised him a share — no support
3. yeah, he promised him the whole ship and a share of the silver — no support
4. nah, he wanted the boy to stay — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 568, line 5: «Uncle Remus ends the tale by saying nobody is sure whether the fox ate the rabbit, since some say Judge B'ar came and freed him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «uncle» (+2); the same thing acted on «tale» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, why did the simpleton bail on the first try?

1. he was afraid of the dark night — no support
2. he thought the door was locked — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. he was just lazy — no support
4. he was scared she'd tear him to bits — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 420, line 9: «Why: he thinks the creaking means bargaining, so he says, "Surely it must be bargaining for my ox?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+1). Against it: the same doer «simpleton» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ya, what did the Tsar say he'd give whoever saved her?

1. a third of his kingdom — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. his gold and land — score 6
3. half his power and tsardom — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. his crown and half the land — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 152, line 8: «WHY: the father "was unwilling to give her to so fearsome a husband".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «father» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the fox and hare, did they both get out alive?

1. yeah, the fox got stuck inside — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. nope, the fox ate the hare after they reached the felled oak — score 5
3. yeah, they scampered out and the fox ran home with the hare's tail in his mouth — score 5
4. yeah, they scampered out safe and sound — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 569, line 1: «The little boy asks Uncle Remus whether the fox ate the rabbit after he got stuck to the Tar-Baby.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Honestly, why was the rich guy so mad at the poor guy?

1. the rouble never came back to him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the rouble never came back to him, and the poor man never paid the interest — no support
3. the rouble was lost on the road — no support
4. the poor man never paid him back — 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the act by which the rich man disposed of the icon of St Michael?

1. He dug out its eyes and gave it to a dog — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He beat it with a stick — score 1
3. He burned it and hid the ashes in the barn — score 2
4. He dug out its eyes, beat it, and trampled it in a puddle — ✓ the right answer · score 4

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 1107, line 18: «Old word: "ikon" is a holy picture painted on wood; today people usually write the English word "icon."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «english word» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which was the stated condition under which the Tsar would reward whoever delivered his daughter from the evil spirit?

1. His daughter's hand and a golden crown — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Half his power and half his tsardom — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A third of his kingdom and his crown — no support
4. Gold and silver — 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 ✗

Which object did the youth carry on board his uncles' ship in addition to his laths and boards?

1. The painted icon of Michael — score 0
2. The holy image of St Michael and a bundle of fishing nets — no support
3. The holy image of St Michael — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A wooden cross from church — ← Mova's choice · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 965, line 10: «Jurgen and Martin are friends, and they take service together in a ship to Norway and then to Holland.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «ship» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same action «take» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately states the reason the Tsarivna fell ill, as given in the text?

1. She fell asleep in the forest, and an evil spirit entered her body during the long night — no support
2. She went out at night and a witch cursed her — score -1
3. She bathed without first crossing herself, and the Evil Spirit took possession of her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. She bathed without first crossing herself, and the Evil Spirit took possession of her while she slept by the river at dusk — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1107, line 13: «Why: the Tsarivna falls ill because she "plunged into the water without first crossing herself," letting the Evil Spirit in.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cross» (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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