Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17: the Serpent's three kisses, and Daniel's lucky gifts from a serpent-lady
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1111 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, so the snake lady says kiss her, and the dude gets knowledge. What's the first thing he gets?
- 1. He understands everything going on in the world and every thought in every heart — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. He knows everything going on in the world, even in the far lands beyond the sea — score 3
- 3. He learns the secrets of all the kings — no support
- 4. He knows everything going on in the world — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 980, line 17: «What does "conjure" mean? It is an old word for doing magic, making things happen with spells.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «making things» (+2); the same action «happen» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, why's Daniel always weeping?
- 1. His luck goes wrong with every master — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Every master he serves dies, and his luck goes wrong with each new one he finds — no support
- 3. His masters are always cruel to him — no support
- 4. His luck goes wrong with every master he serves, and he has been cursed since birth — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1111, line 6: «Who: the man who kissed the Serpent, and Unlucky Daniel, a youth who has bad luck with every master.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+2); the same thing acted on «bad luck» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what did the wolves do to the colt?
- 1. Ran it off the road — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Tore it to pieces in the forest at night — score 7
- 3. Ate the colt's flesh and left only the bones behind in the snow — score 4
- 4. Tore it to pieces — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 430, line 4: «Ivan fattens the colt into a wonderful horse, rescues Marya Morevna, and they ride off while Koshchei gives chase.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ivan» (+5); the same thing acted on «colt» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Is it sus that the hay-cock bursts into flames?
- 1. Nah, a fox was hiding in it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, just smoke — no support
- 3. No, just hay — no support
- 4. Yeah, a serpent was inside — ✓ 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
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Peak moment: what did the voice in the fire want?
- 1. Daniel's weapon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. The sword that Daniel carried at his side from the village — no support
- 3. Daniel's sword and his trusted horse — no support
- 4. Daniel's horse — 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 509, line 9: «Why: He wants to "interpret to mankind the will of his mighty father", so he needs a place to speak to people.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+1); the same doer «oracle» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what did the lady's courtyard look like?
- 1. Dead grey and proper rough — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dead boring — no support
- 3. Mega lush, bare and cold — no support
- 4. Mega fancy, proper lush — ✓ 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
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Ngl, what did the horse get in the courtyard?
- 1. Oats and water, till it was full — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Water only — no support
- 3. Hay and sugar, till it was full — no support
- 4. Just hay — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Bro, what did Daniel have to swap for the sword?
- 1. His sword and his fine cloak — score 3
- 2. His horse, armour and clothes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. His horse, armour, clothes and his silver purse as well — score 5
- 4. His horse, his full suit of armour, and all of his clothes from home — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1089, line 4: «Little Thumb swaps the crowns and bonnets, so the Ogre cuts the throats of his seven daughters by mistake.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same action «swap» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, what's the shift even for?
- 1. Nobody can grab you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Keeps you warm — no support
- 3. It makes you swift — no support
- 4. It keeps you dry — 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 ✓
Lowkey, who did the man end up marrying?
- 1. The Tsar's daughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. The Tsar's youngest son — score 4
- 3. The Tsar's daughter, after her long journey — no support
- 4. The Tsar's eldest daughter, who had been waiting for him in the palace — score 2
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 1097, line 5: «The Tsar's daughter keeps the ring, Oh comes as a merchant to get it back, and she throws it down; it becomes millet, and only one grain becomes a youth she ma…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, where does the serpent hide before the kissing?
- 1. Under a hazel-nut bush — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Under a hazel-nut bush at the edge of the field — no support
- 3. Inside a hollow oak tree — no support
- 4. Behind the old stone wall — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1104, line 3: «She thanks him and gives him a wolf-whelp, which trots behind him with his dogs, while the serpent hides as a needle in the wall of the hut.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «wall» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Fam, why does the serpent have to stay a serpent?
- 1. Cause she's cursed to be one for ever by a witch, and nobody can undo it — score -2
- 2. Cause a jealous witch cursed her long ago and she can never be human again, ever — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. Cause some wizard made her that way — score -1
- 4. Cause she's cursed to be one for ever — ✓ the right answer · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1111, line 4: «Unlucky Daniel reaches a burning hay-cock, pulls out a voice that is a serpent, and she makes him carry her home on his horse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1). Against it: the same doer «serpent» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
What knowledge did the man acquire after the third kiss, as reported in the text?
- 1. Knowledge of all that is going on under the earth and under the sea below the mountains — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Knowledge of all that is going on under the earth — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Knowledge of all the stars in the sky above — no support
- 4. Knowledge of every secret buried in the earth, in the graves and the mines of every land — 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 ✓
What power does the sword confer upon its bearer, according to the lady's words?
- 1. All men fall down before the bearer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. All men bow — score 2
- 3. All foes fall before the wielder — no support
- 4. Men bow before whoever holds it — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1041, line 21: «Old word: the Sacred Hazel's nuts fall into a secret pool, and a salmon eats them, so wisdom gets into its flesh.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same action «fall» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the function of the shift, as stated by the lady in the text?
- 1. It keeps you warm — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It renders its wearer impossible to seize — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It keeps its wearer safe from blades — no support
- 4. It hides its wearer — 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 ✗
What was the final destination to which the Serpent directed the man, as recorded in the text?
- 1. The palace of the king — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Tsar's gate — no support
- 3. The court of the Tsar — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The city of the Tsar — 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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