Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and the Brides from the Other World: the brothers' trick and the Prince as a tailor's lad

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1532 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, so the bros dropped the rope on purpose, right?

1. Yeah, they wanted the brides for themselves — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, a witch cut it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Nah, the rope just snapped by itself — score 5
4. Nah, the King told them to do it — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1532, line 1: «The three brothers pull the Prince and the brides up, then plot to cut the rope and leave him below.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «rope» (+3); the same action «cut» (+1); a different doer (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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, did the Prince get stitched up or what?

1. He got left down the pit — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He got made King — score 2
3. He got a massive reward — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He got a lift home — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 997, line 9: «How he gets work: the emperor says "I require somebody to look after my pigs," so the prince becomes imperial swineherd.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the Prince was sat under a tree in a storm, innit?

1. Nah, he was in a palace — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yeah, covering up some birds — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he was on a boat — score 2
4. Nah, he was in a shop — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1532, line 16: «The Prince turns the maidens' eggs into three palaces, takes their robes, and turns the palaces back into eggs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1); the same place «three palaces» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why'd the big bird help him, then?

1. She was his sister — no support
2. The King paid her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He'd been kind to her babies — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She fancied him — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 833, line 16: «Why: It gives so much away because it wants that "the hungry sparrows" also have food, and that is its kind heart.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «bird» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So was the Prince proper ill-dressed when he got to the other world?

1. Nah, he wore a shiny suit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, he was dressed like a king — score 4
3. Nah, he was in armour — no support
4. Yeah, he looked like a total scruff — ✓ the right answer · score 4

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 1430, line 15: «The Prince has it "proclaimed, by sound of trumpet," that he will marry the girl whose foot fits the slipper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «suit» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did the tailor reckon about him?

1. He was a secret prince — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He was a lazy waste — no support
3. He was a good worker — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was a wizard — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1456, line 10: «Why the horse is missing: the prince thought he had been a crab "only a few hours," but in fact "more than ten days" had passed.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+8); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «crab» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-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 ✓

Did the brides want clothes made the normal way?

1. Nah, in gold ones — no support
2. Nah, exactly like their old ones — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, measured like usual — no support
4. Yeah, the cheap way — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1344, line 7: «WHAT: The old man gets a box of gold and silver, but the wife wants the big box for herself.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

How'd the Prince get the robes, then?

1. He used the magic eggs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He nicked them from the King — score 2
3. He bought them off the tailor — score 2
4. He got them from a witch — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 691, line 1: «The prince uses a magic ring to wish himself to the end of the world, where he meets the young queen of the Blue Kingdom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); the same action «use» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what's the deal with the ring at the end?

1. It was a fake — no support
2. The youngest bride spotted it on the beggar — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. The King gave it to him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The brothers lost it — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1478, line 8: «What: The Fairy gives him a ring that "will prick your finger" each time he does a bad deed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «ring» (+3); the same action «give» (+1); the same doer «fairy» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So, did the youngest bride spill the tea on the brothers?

1. Nah, she told the tailor — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, she told the King all of it — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Nah, she ran off — no support
4. Nah, she kept it quiet — no support

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 1508, line 15: «fact: She says she will marry him "instead of your master", and that she will be fond of him even though he is not a prince.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the King chill with the brothers?

1. Yeah, he made them tailors — score 4
2. Yeah, he gave them gold — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, he punished them — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, he threw a party — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hard words» (+3); the same receiver «jack» (+2); the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how many weddings happened, then?

1. Two — no support
2. Three — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. One — ← Mova's choice · score -6
4. Seven — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1461, line 15: «Frisk is the messenger who carries the news and tells Charming what is happening, so he is a good friend.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Honestly, what was the Prince's big mistake?

1. He trusted his brothers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He told a lie — no support
3. He stole the robes — no support
4. He ate the birds — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the action by which the Prince's brothers attempted to secure the brides without him?

1. They resolved to cut the rope after raising him partway, so that he might perish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. They resolved to tie the rope to a tree, so that he might climb unaided — score 1
3. They resolved to lower the rope fully, so that he might be restored to the company — score 1
4. They resolved to release the rope and summon the King, so that he might be rescued — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1295, line 1: «The three brothers wake to find their sheep dead too, so they decide to take the wolf-seller back to Toueno-Boueno for a thrashing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «decide» (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). Against it: the same doer «brothers» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the Prince fasten the rope to in order to defeat his brothers' design?

1. A barrel — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A stone — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. A pillar — score 1
4. A tree — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1309, line 14: «His trick: "he had pretended to be ill in order to soften his parent's hearts."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Prince's mother-bird convey him to the other world?

1. By a boat across a river — score 5
2. By a large vessel borne upon her back — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By a ladder of birch wood — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. By a chariot drawn by horses — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1532, line 10: «Where: after the storm, he finds young birds "being thoroughly drenched" under a tree and covers them with his coat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «birds» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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 · right ✓

What became of the youngest bride's ring when she met the Prince disguised as a beggar?

1. She recognized it upon his hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. She gave it to her sisters — score 0
3. She lost it in the hall — score 0
4. She sold it to the King — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 783, line 5: «The proud princess mocks every suitor, her father makes her wed the first beggar to come to the door, and she sighs at the lost king's lands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «first beggar» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «princess» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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