Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his mother's money on a dog and a cat
Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1717 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, who's the bloke who spent his mum's money on a dog?
- 1. Martin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Stefan — no support
- 3. Ivan — no support
- 4. Karl — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, what did the butchers want for the dog, like, real cash?
- 1. A hundred florins — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Ten florins — score 0
- 3. Ninety guilders — score 0
- 4. Fifty crowns — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1620, line 9: «Why: he thinks "our innocent wishes ought to be fulfilled", so he wants to get in and lean against the stove.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «want» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, why'd the Prince wanna nab the foal anyway?
- 1. Cos it's his pet — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. Cos the magician said it can fly over mountains — score 0
- 3. Cos it's dead fast — score 0
- 4. Cos it's super quick — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 672, line 17: «old word: a "foal" is a young horse, and "Magyars" is the old name for the Hungarian people, who are still called Hungarians today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «foal» (+1). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, what did the magician say all fake nice to Iwanich?
- 1. Thrice my kind benefactor, you've saved my hide! — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "Thrice my kind benefactor!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Oh, my kind saviour sir! — no support
- 4. My dear friend, welcome! — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓
Was the mum proper mad at Martin for the dog, or nah?
- 1. Yeah, she was livid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, she was chill — no support
- 3. Yeah, she was pleased — no support
- 4. Yeah, she went totally mental and yelled at the whole village — 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 ✗
Why'd the fox go running in with the hens, innit?
- 1. To steal the eggs — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. To eat — score 0
- 3. To make a racket — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. To hide — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+1); the same thing acted on «hens» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which animal did Corva say was lazy, like?
- 1. The old grey stallion who guards the stables — no support
- 2. Corva — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. The fox — no support
- 4. The foal — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1263, line 16: «What: the witch says she needs "the flowers of the everlasting plant and some of dragon's blood" to bring her back to life.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Who's the witchy one who tries to stiff Iwanich?
- 1. Corva — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Militza — no support
- 3. Mare — no support
- 4. Fox — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, what did the cat do that the peasant was mad about?
- 1. Killed a goose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. Chased a hen — score -1
- 3. Caught a mouse — score 0
- 4. Crept into the barn and killed the prize goose — 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 1717, line 19: «What: Martin buys the cat Waska for a hundred florins, because the peasant says it "has just killed a goose".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «goose» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «kill» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what was the mare's cheeky tip for Iwanich?
- 1. Take the mare — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ask for the magician's gold, the carriage, and the foal — no support
- 3. Ask for the mare — no support
- 4. Ask for the foal — ✓ 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
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did the foal finish off the magician, like, properly?
- 1. Kicked him up into the sky and let him fall far away — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Kicked and stamped him — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Trampled him in the mud — score 5
- 4. Bit and kicked him hard — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 1582, line 6: «Who: Cinderlad is the hero, and the seven foals are really the brothers of the Princess he is to marry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «seven foals» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, did Martin's dad leave them skint or proper rich?
- 1. Nothing at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Just debts — no support
- 3. Two hundred florins — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A hundred florins — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓
Gutted for the mum, but what did Martin buy with her money first?
- 1. A hen called Mirka — no support
- 2. A dog called Schurka — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. A big stag-hound named Schurka from the butcher's shop — no support
- 4. A horse named Grisha — 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 1658, line 15: «Old word: "malt" is grain soaked, dried and used to brew beer; today we buy it in shops, mostly for baking or flavouring.», 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 «word» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which animal did Martin purchase on his first journey to the town?
- 1. The wolfhound — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. The greyhound — score -1
- 3. The stag-hound — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. The cat — 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 1717, line 19: «What: Martin buys the cat Waska for a hundred florins, because the peasant says it "has just killed a goose".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «buy» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Upon what grounds did his mother reproach him?
- 1. He had expended the money upon a useless animal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He had wasted the family savings on useless things — no support
- 3. He had spent the whole inheritance on a dog that devoured a pig and ran off — score 1
- 4. He had given the coins to a worthless beggar — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1227, line 17: «"Behold" is an old word meaning "look at," and the mother uses it to present her daughter to the sun.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the Prince overcome the magician?
- 1. With a sword — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. By seizing him by the beard and casting him down — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. By bribing him with a golden ring — no support
- 4. By tripping him up and then pinning him to the ground — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1345, line 18: «old words: "sake (rice wine)" is a drink the tortoise likes, and "Ojisan" means "Uncle".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «uncle» (+4); the same action «mean» (+3). 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 ✗
What sum did the butchers demand for the dog?
- 1. Three hundred ducats — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. One hundred florins — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. Two hundred florins — score 0
- 4. One hundred florins and a silver cup from the shop — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1654, line 2: «The prince asks for the princess, and the witch brings him a shaggy grey ass and then an old, wrinkled hag.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «ask» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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