Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part 40: the fish, the eagle and the fox help Iwanich get the horses back

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1716 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, how long was Iwanich meant to mind them horses, fr?

1. Two weeks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ten years — no support
3. A whole year — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Several seasons — 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 ✗

Bruh, what did the fish want Iwanich to grab off it?

1. A tooth — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. An eye — score 4
3. A scale — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. A fin — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 698, line 3: «They hide in a grove of red and green trees, and the queen Blauvor learns of a prince who wants to marry Lineik.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+3); the same action «want» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

No cap, which bird got rescued from them ravens?

1. A bat — no support
2. A great golden eagle — no support
3. A serpent — ← Mova's choice · score -7
4. An eagle — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1708, line 4: «His brothers try to drop him by letting a stone fall, but he rescues the children and kills a serpent.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «serpent» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

So what did the eagle give him, like as a thank you?

1. A feather — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. A ring — score 1
3. A claw — score 1
4. A small gem — score -2

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 147, line 14: «The Shepherd "clipped its wings", which means he cut the flight feathers so the bird could not fly off again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «flight feathers» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, which critter got let out of the trap?

1. A bear — no support
2. Hare — no support
3. A wolf — no support
4. A fox — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1716, line 3: «He frees an eagle from ravens, which gives him a feather, and he frees a fox from a trap, which gives him two hairs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «fox» (-1); the same place «trap» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, how many hairs did the fox give him?

1. Three — score -1
2. Two — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. 1 — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. 0 — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1434, line 12: «Money: his father gives him fifty dollars and tells him to "tell no one where you come from or who your father is."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Okay but where did the witch want the horses to chill the first time?

1. In the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. At sea — score 9
3. In the lake — score 9
4. The fire — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1687, line 16: «fact: "Thenceforward" is an old word that means "from then on", and "wineglass" is an old word for the glass a person drinks wine from.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+5); the same doer «old word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the witch's magic do to Iwanich?

1. Knocked him out with sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cast a heavy spell on him — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Turned him into a stone — no support
4. Trapped him in a dream of the forest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1715, line 7: «What: Iwanich throws the hare to the beasts, and it runs off "like an arrow from a bow", so the Prince is left alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «throw» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did the Prince bin when he saw the horses were gone?

1. He hurled the stone at the wall — score -2
2. He chucked the scale in the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He ran to the witch and begged for mercy — score -2
4. He chased the fish all the way downstream to the sea — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1711, line 5: «They hurry to the old King, who is glad to see them, and the next day a gorgeous wedding feast is held.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); the same thing acted on «fishes» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Proper wild, how many days was he stuck there for?

1. Three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Three more days and nights — no support
3. Twelve — no support
4. Two — 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

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what got the horses back out of the clouds?

1. The falcons — score 2
2. The foxes — score 2
3. The eagles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. The witch's servants who flew above — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1509, line 1: «The King asks his advisers how to get back his daughter and his treasures, and the Prime Minister guesses that the Princess loves the Ambassador.», 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 doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, what did the witch want the horses doing in the clouds?

1. Hiding till she called — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Hiding quietly until the dawn came — score 0
3. Grazing in the meadow — score -1
4. Sleeping — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1591, line 7: «Dorothy wants to go home: "I want him to send me back to Kansas."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+6). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); the same thing acted on «dorothy» (-2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Fam, what happens to Iwanich's head if he messes up?

1. He is chained in the witch's tower — no support
2. It goes on a spike — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He is thrown into the river to drown — no support
4. He loses his sword — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1679, line 8: «Where: she sits in a tree in the forest, "looking only at her work", and the hunters find her there.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the penalty which the witch declares shall befall the Prince should any animal escape from his care.

1. His head shall be displayed upon a spike. — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He shall be driven from the kingdom and forbidden ever to return to his homeland. — no support
3. He shall be bound in iron chains and cast into the dungeon beneath the castle. — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. He shall be cast into the deep sea. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1650, line 20: «Old word: a "forfeit" was a penalty you had to pay if you lost a wager, and here it means the loss of one's head.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «penalty» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the means by which the Prince is enabled to summon the eagle to his aid.

1. He must tie the feather to his arm and climb the highest mountain in the land. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He must blow the feather into the air. — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He must carry the feather across the sea and blow it upon the old stone altar. — no support
4. He must wave the feather at the sky. — 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 ✗

Determine the reason why the Prince did not awaken until the evening of the second day.

1. He had been deliberately drugged by the witch's servants during the night while guarding the horses at the river. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The witch cast a spell that kept him in a deep sleep, which the eagles and the fish had warned him about in advance of the trial. — score 2
3. He was overcome by a magic sleep imposed by the witch. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was tricked by the eagles into falling asleep. — 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 1205, line 12: «The king-lion says, "Sleep at ease; my guards will watch," so the lions guard the prince while he sleeps.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «guard» (+2); the same doer «lions» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Specify the number of days remaining in the Prince's term of service at the time the horses first escaped.

1. Three days. — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Five days. — no support
3. Six days. — no support
4. Three days remained until the year ended. — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1685, line 3: «The Prince recognises her, and she stays with him for three months until his enchantment ends.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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