Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1719 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, did the baker's tray flip or what?

1. Schurka rushed between his legs, the tray tipped and all the sweet cakes went flying into the mud — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Schurka rushed between his legs and the rolls went flying — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Schurka rushed between his legs and the rolls went flying across the market square — no support
4. Waska climbed onto the counter and knocked rolls down — 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 ✓

Bro, who was actually the cat in this story?

1. Waska — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Schurka — no support
3. Waska, the widow's grey cat — no support
4. The dog — 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 ✗

Sis, so the King wanted the widow's son tarred and feathered, right?

1. No, he would be sent to the high tower — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yes, if the castle was not built in a single day by morning — score -1
3. Yes, if the castle was not built in a day and night by the widow's son — score 0
4. Yes, if the castle was not built in a day — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1554, line 5: «The King wants Curlicue to marry a lame Princess, Curlicue refuses, and he is locked in an old tower.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «old tower» (+3). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, but how did the castle pop up overnight?

1. The ring summoned twelve youths from the forest who built it under the moon — score 3
2. The ring summoned twelve youths who built it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Martin's wife called the workers quickly — score -5
4. The ring summoned twelve youths who built it all before the morning bell — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1719, line 1: «The King gives Martin an impossible task: build a castle, crystal bridge and church in one day, or he and his mother will be tarred and burnt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, why did the Princess steal the ring?

1. To make Martin lose his power, so he would be jailed and sent back to his hut — no support
2. To make Martin lose his power and be sent back to his hut — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To make Martin lose his power and be sent back to his hut forever — no support
4. To make the King angry at Martin and his cat — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1719, line 7: «What: the King sets Martin an impossible task, and Martin's ring builds a castle in one night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «castle» (+1). Against it: the same action «build» (-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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did Martin's wife do with the potion stuff?

1. She asked him kindly for the secret — score -1
2. She sold the potion to the baker — score -1
3. She hid the secret — score -1
4. She made him drunk so he told her the secret — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 15: ««What is the use of repeating all that stuff, if you don't explain it as you go on?» says the Mock Turtle: «It's by far the most confusing thing I ever heard!»…», 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 action «say» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Ha, what was Martin's job before he got rich?

1. He was a shepherd in the hills — no support
2. A poor boy — no support
3. He was the poor widow's son — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He was a royal builder — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1718, line 1: «Martin's mother scolds him for spending all his money, calls him useless, and sends him off to find work.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mother» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «martin» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, where was Martin locked up at the end?

1. In a jail — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. In a deep dark dungeon — score 6
3. In a cell — score 6
4. In a high stone tower — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1516, line 2: «The Queen visits the hen-wife, who names a huge price and then reveals that the King keeps three sons locked in a tower.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «three sons» (+5); the same action «lock» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

So what did Schurka and Waska grab from the baker?

1. Fresh rolls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Sweet cake — score -2
3. Fresh rolls and the baker's whole tray — score -2
4. Fresh rolls and a sweet cake — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1719, line 5: «Schurka the dog and Waska the cat steal rolls from a baker and climb to Martin's window to bring them to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same place «baker» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Man, why was Martin starving in the tower?

1. He had no water — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The King gave him no food or drink — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He had no food — score 2
4. The cat took all his bread away — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1715, line 11: «What happens next: after he pours water on the man, "the palace itself... whirled round the bewildered Prince's head" and then "vanished into thin air".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1); the same thing acted on «water» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, what did the King think Martin had done?

1. Lying about the golden ring — score -1
2. Witchcraft and deceiving him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Stealing gold — no support
4. Theft of rolls — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1166, line 6: «Who: the old man's three sons are Martin, Michael and Jack.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Haha, what did the Princess want most?

1. More gold from the baker — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Rid of her undesirable husband — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. A quiet life in the palace — score 1
4. Rid of her undesirable husband and his power forever — 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 1685, line 9: «Why: the Princess is ill and only stories do her good, so she wants to hear the old man's tale and go there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, last one, what did Martin call himself?

1. Hungry and cold in tower — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Almost starved to death — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Almost starved to death in a high stone tower — score 1
4. Nearly frozen to the bone — no support

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 1718, line 1: «Martin's mother scolds him for spending all his money, calls him useless, and sends him off to find work.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which entity was instructed by the monarch to construct a palace, bridge and ecclesiastical edifice within a period of four and twenty hours?

1. The Princess's guard, as ordered by the King — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The son of the old woman, as commanded by the King and the royal council — score -2
3. The baker's cat, as ordered by the Princess — score 1
4. The son of the old woman, as commanded by the King — ✓ the right answer · 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 222, line 7: «Who is the king? A monarch with a large kingdom, who says "My kingdom is large, and filled with fair cities."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the Princess obtain the secret of her husband's power?

1. By administering a potion and listening while he slept — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. By threatening him with the King's guards at night — no support
3. By administering a potion and listening while he slept beside the tower wall — no support
4. By administering a sleeping potion and listening carefully while he slept and talked — 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 was the sentence imposed upon the protagonist by the royal council?

1. Imprisonment in a stone tower until death by starvation and cold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Being tarred, feathered and sent to the forest — no support
3. Imprisonment in a high stone tower with the cat until death by starvation — no support
4. Imprisonment in a stone tower until death by starvation — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which animals undertook to obtain sustenance for the imprisoned protagonist, and by what method?

1. Schurka and Waska, by stealing rolls and sweet cake from the baker's shop — score -5
2. Schurka and Waska, by stealing rolls from a baker — ✓ the right answer · score -5
3. Schurka, by bringing food from the King — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Schurka and Waska, by stealing fresh rolls from a baker in the market — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1560, line 18: «Old word: "fodder" meant food for animals such as hay and oats; today it still means feed for farm animals.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «food» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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