Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slippers are left behind and the search begins

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1115 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 ✗

ngl the heifer did the flax, right?

1. Yeah, it spun and wove it while she slept — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nah, the old man spun it all night — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, it wove the cloth while she dozed — score 3
4. Nah, the stepmother secretly came out at night and spun and wove the entire flax herself — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1113, line 3: «She drives the ox out to graze in the steppe, then sits behind a hillock to spin her flax and dozes off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spin» (+2); the same doer «woman» (+2); the same thing acted on «flax» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruh, what even is the magic willow?

1. Just a normal old tree the heifer hid behind in the field — no support
2. A tree that gives her what she asks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. A tree that scares off the stepmother — no support
4. A hazel bush that hides the girl — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 959, line 6: «who: the old willow is "the genealogical tree," a tree that shows where the noble family began.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old willow» (+2); the same thing acted on «genealogical tree» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why'd the Tsarevich stare at her so hard?

1. She reminded him of his mother — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. She was dressed so finely that he thought she must be a foreign princess from far away — no support
3. She looked too good to be real — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She smiled at him and he wanted to dance with her all evening long — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 433, line 12: «The old woman begs: "Pray forgive me for scolding you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol what did the jester use to catch her?

1. Sticky pitch on the spot — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A sticky net on the stairs — no support
3. Hot wax on the stone floor — no support
4. A big net made of rope hidden under the carpet by the altar — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1115, line 20: «Old word "under-wench" was an insult for a low servant girl; nobody uses it today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so how many gold coins did he promise, innit?

1. Half a kingdom's gold — score 1
2. A few coins — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. A bag of silver florins — score 2
4. A whole sack of ducats — ✓ the right answer · score 1

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 1003, line 14: «Old word: a shilling was an old British coin, and four shillings was a good reward for a boy's errand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shilling» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the stepmom like her stepdaughter at all?

1. Nope, she hated her more — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah at first, but then she grew jealous and hated her even more than before — no support
3. Nope, she was always sending her to the fields in the freezing rain — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Kind of, but not really — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 754, line 2: «She finds her own child dead in bed, then sees her stepdaughter fleeing with Roland and chases them in magic boots.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «witch» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 7 · ★ · right ✓

was the heifer gonna get killed or not?

1. Yeah, the cook — no support
2. Yeah, the butcher was called in — no support
3. Yeah, the old man was gonna do it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, it was saved — 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 1114, line 20: «The next tale, The Golden Slipper, begins "There was once upon a time," and the old man buys a heifer for his daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+2); the same thing acted on «heifer» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the heifer say to do with the entrails?

1. Bury them under the old barn — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Bury them in the field — score 5
3. Eat them all — no support
4. Plant the grain by the porch — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 129, line 18: «What: the wise Woman advises Two-Eyes to bury the goat's entrails "before the threshold of the door".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «entrails» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

who had to find the slipper owner, bro?

1. The jester and all of the Tsar's wise councillors together — no support
2. The Tsar's wise councillors — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Tsar's own servants — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. The Tsarevich and the Tsar's most trusted wise councillors of the court — 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 771, line 16: «Old word: a "ducat" was an old gold coin used across Europe; today it is only found in old stories.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

how did the councillors check the feet, mate?

1. They checked each maiden's hair — no support
2. They measured each maiden's foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. They looked closely — no support
4. They asked her name — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1115, line 16: «The search: the councillors measure "the feet of all the maidens against the golden slippers."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «measure» (+2); the same doer «councillors» (+2); the same thing acted on «feet» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

what happened to the councillors after all that walking?

1. They were so tired they could barely move — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. They were tired and very hungry — score 3
3. They fell ill from the long cold journey — score 4
4. They were so exhausted that they had to be carried back to the palace on carts by peasants — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 975, line 7: «What: a gentleman finds it in his purse and cries "here is a shilling from home".», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «gentleman» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

what'd the Tsar say would happen if they failed?

1. They would be jailed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They would be whipped — no support
3. They would be sent away — no support
4. They would be dead men — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the girl's fancy dress from the heifer or the willow?

1. From the nearby market stall — no support
2. From the willow-tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. From the old flax field — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. From the old man who lived beside the church — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1093, line 20: «Old word: a "corsage" is the upper part of a dress, like a bodice, and "furbelows" are frills.», 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 property (+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 · right ✓

Which object was instrumental in identifying the maiden at the church?

1. The golden slippers she left behind — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. The jewelled golden crown she dropped while running down the steps — score -2
3. The embroidered silk handkerchief — score -2
4. The silver brooch she dropped — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 934, line 14: «Old word: a "Hindoo widow" in the story means a woman who once threw herself onto her husband's funeral fire; this custom is now banned in India.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal consequence of the Tsar's order to his councillors?

1. They questioned the guards — no support
2. They measured every maiden's foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. They searched every maiden's chamber — no support
4. They questioned each maiden's family — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1115, line 16: «The search: the councillors measure "the feet of all the maidens against the golden slippers."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «measure» (+2); the same doer «councillors» (+2); the same thing acted on «feet» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which duty did the stepmother impose upon the old man's daughter before departing?

1. Sweep the floor — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That she spin all the flax into thread before the cock crows at dawn — no support
3. That she keep the fire burning — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That she mend all the clothes — 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 purpose did the jester state for smearing the spot with pitch?

1. To hide the stain from guests — no support
2. To make the slippers stick there — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. So that the Tsarevich would know exactly where to stand when he came back to the church again — no support
4. To make sure the girl would be caught and brought before the Tsar and his councillors — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 88, line 9: «Tegumai first thinks of «a spotty snake that hisses sh-sh», but Taffy fears the spots could be left out in a hurry, so for sh they put a picture of the drying-…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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