Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents, part 36: Ivan Golik joins the prince and saves the mice

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1130 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 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, so the poor bro got rich cause of some goat, right?

1. Yeah, a goat that was the Devil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it was a regular goat, but the guy totally made up the Devil stuff later — no support
3. Nah, a bull that was a demon — no support
4. Yeah, a horned thing that was the Devil — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, the rich bro's pancakes ended up where, lol?

1. in the river, cause he was mad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in the pig, lol — no support
3. in the ditch, cause he was salty — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. on the roof, bro — 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 ✗

Bruh, what popped out of that water-skin?

1. a bunch of Unlucky Days, like seven of them, all super mad and whatever — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the Unlucky Days, plus this wild old grumpy guy who was basically the Devil — no support
3. the Cursed Nights, fr — no support
4. the Unlucky Days, straight up — ✓ the right answer · 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 162, line 4: «The Sultan lets Dinarzade sleep in their room, and Scheherazade starts the tale of the merchant and the genius.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «start» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the house went poof, like totally gone?

1. yeah, just a pile of soot — no support
2. yeah, just a heap of ashes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, like the whole thing burned down and the roof just fell in on everything — no support
4. nah, it's still there but everyone moved out and it's all falling apart now — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1129, line 8: «What: in the dark Wednesday cuts off "the forty heads above the collars," because the brides wear their husbands' nightshirts.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+3); the same doer «brides» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the naked dude just chillin on the beach?

1. Ivan Golik, the guy who got swallowed by a whale and came out with nothing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ivan Golik, the whale survivor — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. some prince's son who got yeeted off a boat and washed up here — no support
4. Ivan Golik, the sea captain — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, why did the prince yeet his son in the sea?

1. cause bored — no support
2. cause he was a wretch, fr — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause he was mad, bro — no support
4. cause he was mean — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1124, line 1: «An old man, too weak to learn his letters, is sent to school by his four sons.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «four sons» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what was the whale hiding in its wagons?

1. tobacco-pipes and tobacco — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. bags of silver coins and a bunch of fancy stuff, honestly — no support
3. cloth and tools and some old maps, like totally random stuff — no support
4. silk and cloth, ngl — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, which dude was actually the Devil?

1. the old guy with the stick — no support
2. the old goat with two horns — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the young shepherd who kept calling the goat his brother — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. the fancy man in the silver coat who gave the poor guy bread — 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 954, line 12: «At the end he cries, "O Lord, my Lord... be merciful and grant me faith," and then "His eyes gleamed, and then closed in death."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so the younger son wanted to hang the nobles, yo?

1. yep, every prince and noble — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, just nobles — no support
3. yep, the princes — no support
4. nah, only the old barons — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did the elder son want to make from the oaks?

1. nice bridges and houses — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. good barns and store-houses — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a bunch of fancy barns and big store-houses for the whole village to use — no support
4. some big wooden ships and a fleet of boats for the harbour — 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 ✗

Fam, why'd the rich brother get green in the face?

1. cause his brother had like a million gold coins and a huge fancy house — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. cause he was super jealous — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause he was kinda angry — no support
4. cause he drank way too much wine at the party and got sick on the floor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1089, line 2: «The brothers walk through the dark wood and reach a house, where a kind woman hides them under the bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Ayy, how long did the younger son stay in the whale?

1. maybe a whole year — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. maybe a month or so — score 0
3. a week — score 0
4. about six months — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 384, line 15: «The Hare loses because he trusted his speed and stopped to rest, not because he was slow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rest» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what did the mice do after Ivan talked?

1. they swept by safely — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. they stopped — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. they ran — score 10
4. they went away happy — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 826, line 4: «The rats find the tree's story dull and march off, so the mice stop coming and the tree sighs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mice» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «stop» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which implement did the poor man employ to secure the animal upon the mountain?

1. the bridle and saddle — no support
2. the harness and whip — no support
3. a stick — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. the bit and reins — ✓ the right answer · 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 225, line 17: «Old word: "paroxysms" are sudden, violent fits, and today doctors still use the word for a sharp attack of illness.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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 was the final condition of the rich brother's dwelling?

1. reduced to a ruin of charred beams — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. reduced to a pile of stones — no support
3. burned — no support
4. reduced to a heap of ashes — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

What did Ivan Golik request of the prince concerning the hosts of mice?

1. that they be moved to the barn — score 1
2. that they be given place without harm — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. that they be given a tax exemption and a formal pardon from the king's court — score 1
4. that the prince build them a new granary and protect them from the cats and the dogs — ← 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 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1072, line 18: «fact: Mananna'n is the sea god, and mac an Da'v says the clerics "don't believe in our gods".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the younger son of the prince survive his period within the whale?

1. by drinking sea water and rum — no support
2. by burning the wagon wood — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. by smoking the tobacco-pipes found within — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. by eating fish — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1127, line 19: «fact: Old word: "Tsarevich" means a tsar's son, or prince, and "thou" and "thy" are old words for "you" and "your."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «old words» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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