Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks, the dragon claims Ivan, and his three tasks begin

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1127 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 ✗

Bro, the eagle dropped him how many times in this bit, for real?

1. Like three times, I reckon — score 4
2. Four times, maybe even more — score 3
3. Twice — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Thrice — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 435, line 5: «The Eagle carries the King off, drops him into three seas, and flies him to its sister, who sets dogs on him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+5); the same doer «eagle» (+2). Against it: the same action «drop» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the eagle said "we are quits," right? What's that even mean, innit?

1. Nobody owes anybody — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Neither of them ever gets to fly again — no support
3. The archer still owes the eagle a huge debt — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. They're even — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1127, line 7: «fact: What: the eagle says "We are quits. I owe thee naught, and thou owest naught to me," so the debt between them is settled.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Who even gave the archer the egg in the end, the old dad?

1. The eagle's mother — score 1
2. The eagle's father — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. His dad — score 2
4. The old dad — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 208, line 18: «Old word: a vizir was the chief minister of a king, the one who ran the government and gave orders in the king's name.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same place «name» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, the lucky penny, what was that the dad offered him?

1. A lucky penny for his long journey — no support
2. A small penny said to bring good luck — no support
3. A golden cup — no support
4. A lucky penny — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 1127, line 9: «fact: Why: the eagle's father offers "the lucky penny," but the archer says "I don't want the lucky penny, give me the magic egg!"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why'd the egg crack? Did he trip on a rock or sum?

1. He stumbled over a rock beside the spring water — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He stumbled at the spring when his foot slipped in the mud — no support
3. He slipped on the ice — no support
4. He stumbled at the spring — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 691, line 15: «What: the silver flask holds enchanted water that kills, and the golden flask holds water from "the rock of eternity" that brings the dead back to life.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «rock» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, an ox came out of the egg?! Pure mad. What did the she-dragon want for fixing it?

1. His ox — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Silver — score 3
3. What he had at home — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His wife and kids — 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 651, line 15: «Old word "pledge" means something given to keep a promise, so the dragon wants a pledge that John will untie it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, so the archer didn't even know his kid was born? Savage. What was the kid called?

1. Yu — no support
2. Ivan — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Ed — no support
4. Vladimir — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1127, line 13: «fact: Why: the archer did not know that "a son had been born to him there," so his father "was very grieved for a time."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, who helped Ivan do the jobs, the dragon's daughter?

1. The dragon's youngest daughter, who was very clever — no support
2. The dragon's daughter — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. The old she-dragon — score -2
4. The old woman who lived beside the river — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. 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 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). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the daughter want anything back, like a reward or sum?

1. For him to marry her and take her home — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Some gold coins — no support
3. For him to wed — score 3
4. Him to marry her — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 973, line 13: «The guards "readily obeyed him", because they knew he would soon marry the king's daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «daughter» (+2); the same action «marry» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Dnieper flowed right over the mountain, sick. What were the store-houses for?

1. To keep the flood water away from the fields — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Storing the wheat — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Storing the wheat from the flooded valley fields — score 3
4. Keeping the seed — 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 810, line 4: «Then a new tale begins: a rich merchant's house holds a children's party full of chatter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

What's the last job? Catch the golden hare, right?

1. Catch it by morning before the sun rises — score 0
2. Chase it at night — score 0
3. Catch the hare and bring it to the dragon by morning — score 0
4. Catch it by morning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1114, line 4: «The old man locks the wolf and fox in the cellar too, and then he catches the hare the same way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «hare» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

And then what did Ivan do, just cry again?

1. Wept at the fence — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Wept loudly at the fence until the dragon came out — score 9
3. Stood at the gate — score 8
4. Wept at the fence and then went inside to sleep — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1127, line 5: «Ivan must do the dragon's three tasks, and the dragon's daughter does the first two for him, while he weeps at the fence before the third.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ivan» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «weep» (+1); the same place «fence» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which number, as stated in the passage, correctly gives the times the eagle released the archer from flight?

1. 1 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. One — no support
4. No — 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 ✓

By whom was the magic egg first broken during the archer's return journey?

1. The she-dragon — score 0
2. The archer's own horse, who stepped on it — no support
3. The archer himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The eagle's uncle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1127, line 9: «fact: Why: the eagle's father offers "the lucky penny," but the archer says "I don't want the lucky penny, give me the magic egg!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «magic egg» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What precisely did the old she-dragon demand of the archer in exchange for restoring the ox to the egg?

1. His horse — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. What he had at home — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The child that was just born at home — no support
4. All of his cattle — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 636, line 9: «why: The Manticora says "I do not care for public life", so he asks to go back into the book.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same doer «dragon» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which task did the dragon first set Ivan, and what was required of him in performing it?

1. Feed the oxen — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Chop the wood for winter — no support
3. Weed and sow the meadow — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Plough the dark field — 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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