Russian Folk-Tales, The Straw-Stuffed Ox: the old couple trap the bear, wolf, fox and hare and grow rich

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1114 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, what was the ox stuffed with, fr?

1. hay — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. dung — no support
3. straw — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a bundle of wet straw and reeds — 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 ✓

bruh, who got stuck on the ox first, the wolf or the fox?

1. the wolf — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the bear, who got stuck very first — no support
3. the hare — no support
4. the fox, because he was first — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, what did the bear promise the old man, like, for real?

1. milk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. figs — no support
3. berries — no support
4. honey — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

so like, what did the hare promise, no cap?

1. beets and peas — score 1
2. carrots — score 1
3. kale and cauliflower — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. leeks and onions — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1114, line 13: «The gifts: the bear brings honey, the wolf brings sheep, the fox brings hens and geese, and the hare brings kale.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hare» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, where did the old man sit to sharpen his knife?

1. on the step — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. on a bench — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. by the stove — no support
4. on a wooden bench by the fire — 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 · ★ · right ✓

bro, where did the old man chuck the bear?

1. in the cellar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. out the door — no support
3. in the sty — no support
4. down into the deep cold cellar — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, how old is the ox supposed to be?

1. four years old — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. two years — score 5
3. three years old — ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. a year old — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 785, line 20: «Old word: "steed" means a strong horse, often a war horse; today we would just say horse.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «strong horse» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why did the old lady run home the first time?

1. she heard the wolf at home — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. she thought the ox went home — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. she thought the wolf had eaten the ox — score 3
4. she saw the fox run off — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1080, line 9: «Why: the wife begs for time to pray, and Blue Beard gives her "half a quarter of an hour, but not one moment more."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, what did the wolf get all tangled up in?

1. the tar — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a log — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. a rope — no support
4. the sand — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 615, line 12: «The wolves are sick of "lawlessness" and want to be "the Free People once more."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolves» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what does the old man want to make from a fox?

1. a collar — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. collars and trimmings — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a fur trim — no support
4. gloves and boots — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, what did the old lady grab before she ran home?

1. her basket — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. her spinning wheel and her shawl — score 0
3. her distaff — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. her rake — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 244, line 15: «The wife catches the king's son "by the two heels" and throws him into the chest, then fastens it down.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

yo, what did the stepmother hand the girl to unravel?

1. flax — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. tow — score 4
3. rag — score 4
4. wool — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 765, line 7: «What: he gives the father a gold chain and gives Marleen a pair of red shoes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «stepmother» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, which girl in the next story is the total sus lazy one?

1. the youngest daughter — no support
2. the old woman's daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the girl who sat by the stove all day — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. the stepmother's own lazy daughter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 306, line 8: «Where: she sits "in a corner formed by two houses, of which one advanced more than the other".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «girl» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which animal was the last to be captured and offered a gift in exchange for its release?

1. the hare, offered a gift to go free — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. the ox — no support
3. the fox — no support
4. the hare — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1100, line 7: «What: the poor man gets magic gifts from the Wind, a drum of henchmen, a sack, and a ram.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «poor man» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What material did the elderly woman employ for spinning upon arriving at the mound?

1. the raw flax from her basket — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. hay — no support
3. tow — no support
4. flax — ✓ 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 · right ✓

By what means did the wolf become affixed to the ox?

1. by chewing the rope — no support
2. by pulling hard on the sticky tar — no support
3. by pulling the tar — no support
4. by tugging at the tar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1114, line 3: «A wolf and then a fox run out, ask the ox who it is, and get stuck fast when they tug at the tar on its sides.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tug» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What did the old man threaten to fashion from the skin of the hare?

1. gloves and mittens — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a fine pair of gloves and mittens — no support
3. boots and socks — no support
4. gloves, mittens and a warm hood — 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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