Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an old man is sent to school, a nobleman gives him a purse, and his sons are tricked

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1124 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, the old man's sons got totally rinsed, right?

1. Yeah, they opened it and it was just glass — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yeah, they cried when it was empty — score 3
3. Yeah, they opened the casket in front of everyone and it was only glass inside, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yeah, they fought and it was all fake — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1124, line 5: «After he dies, the sons open the casket, find only glass, and the whole village laughs at them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sons» (+2); the same thing acted on «casket» (+2); the same action «open» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the old dude had to go to school at his age?

1. Yeah, his sons forced him, pretty rough tho — no support
2. Yeah, his sons made him go to school and he had to learn his letters before he died — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, his kids made him, lowkey so cringe — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, his kids dragged him to school even though he was almost dead and could barely walk — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 676, line 20: «When the prince asks, "Tell me how I can reach you?", Wildrose only smiles and shakes her head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same action «reach» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the nobleman just give him a fat purse for free?

1. Yep, with a secret compartment for notes — no support
2. Nope, it came with a hidden trick — no support
3. Yep, with a little pocket for coins — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, he got a fat purse with a little sack for coins and a letter telling him what to do — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1124, line 2: «On the forest road a nobleman stops him, hears his sad story, and gives him a fine purse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «nobleman» (+2); the same thing acted on «fine purse» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the old man buried money under an oak, so what?

1. Yeah, he went back to the oak, dug the hole up, and gave all the gold to his sons — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Nah, the sons found it years later — score 4
3. Yeah, the sons dug up gold later on — no support
4. Nah, it was just glass the whole time — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 436, line 4: «A man from the water offers to pack the cattle away if the King gives him whatever he has at home that he does not know about, and the King agrees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «give» (+1); the same receiver «man» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why did the sons all act nice when he came back?

1. They wanted him to go to school so the village would respect them and praise them — score -1
2. They wanted the money, obvs — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. They thought he was dying and wanted to be nice so he'd leave them his house — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. They wanted to be kind, honest — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1083, line 6: «Who: a miller left his three sons his mill, his ass, and his cat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «three sons» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the village people laugh at the sons?

1. Yeah, they teased them a lot — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. No, they felt sorry — score 4
3. Yeah, they roasted them hard — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, they cheered — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1124, line 7: «He has four sons, and each has a house, yet they send him to school, which he calls "strange indeed."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «four sons» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Hold up, what is a sorokoust, like a fancy party?

1. Nah, forty days of prayers for the dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, a fancy party — no support
3. Nah, a long funeral banquet for guests — no support
4. Nah, a kind of dance or game — 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 ✓

So the casket was just full of glass? That's wild

1. Yeah, the old man totally trolled them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, the old man played a clever trick on his greedy sons, and the whole village saw it — no support
3. Yeah, he pranked his sons pretty hard — no support
4. Yeah, the old man tricked them good — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why didn't the old man just let the casket go?

1. He was too weak — score 1
2. He was too kind — score 1
3. He knew his sons were greedy — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. He wanted them to suffer — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1114, line 14: «Why the old man lets them go: he gets what he wants, and each time he says "see that you do it!"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «man» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the sons fight in front of everyone?

1. No, they left — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Almost, they were super mad — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, they shouted a lot — score 3
4. Nope, they were calm — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 695, line 4: «The king punishes the two jealous soldiers, but the second tale starts with an old man's eldest son going out to see the world.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eldest son» (+2); the same action «go out» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

So, the nobleman really was cool, yeah?

1. Nah, he was mean — no support
2. Yeah, he gave the old man a plan — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Yes, he helped the poor man out — no support
4. Nope, he was rude — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1124, line 2: «On the forest road a nobleman stops him, hears his sad story, and gives him a fine purse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1); the same receiver «man» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayy, the sons got rolled over by their own dad?

1. Yes, he fooled them quite cleverly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, he played them right good — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yep, he got them good, sure — no support
4. Yep, the old man out-smarted his greedy sons and the whole village laughed at their shame — 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 phrase in the text describes the old man's reaction when he is told he must attend school?

1. he was forced to go although he cried out that he was too old to learn anything at all — score 1
2. "his children prevailed against his feeble old voice" — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. he tried to speak but his sons ignored him at the door — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. his sons overruled him, and he wept, saying that he was far too old to learn his letters — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1009, line 2: «When he says the single word "shoe," she turns as pale as a ghost, because he has guessed right.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «single word» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «john» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which item was the nobleman's purse said to contain, apart from coins?

1. a little sack hidden in the lid — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a little note tucked in the middle — no support
3. "a little sack in the middle of it" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a silver clasp — 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 ✗

What did the brothers find inside the casket when it was opened in the presence of the people?

1. old broken stones — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. glass — score 2
3. "nothing but glass" — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. a small dry note — 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 238, line 9: «Why she is given fruit: each brother tells her not to break the apple, pear or plum "till she was in the greatest strait ever mortal could be in".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the people of the village say regarding the education of the old man in the concluding passage?

1. he had learned some letters at last — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he learned nothing — no support
3. he learned his letters at school now — no support
4. "he learned something at school after all" — ✓ 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

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