Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Martin's magic ring, and his castle is rebuilt

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1720 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 cat actually get the ring back or nah?

1. Nah, the cat kept the ring tho — score 0
2. Yeah, the mouse snuck it out fr — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Nah, the princess hid it under her pillow for good — score -1
4. Yeah, it stayed in the palace lol — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1533, line 12: «The girl's ring sticks because the Prince "had had it smeared with tar", so the latch catches it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stick» (+1); the same doer «ring» (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruh the mouse gonna get cooked for real?

1. Nah, the princess freed him but he was hurt badly — score 0
2. Yeah, the cat ate him up after the ring was back — score 1
3. Nah, the king saved him — score 1
4. Nah, Waska let him live — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 883, line 6: «Who: Tiny, a girl only an inch high, and the kind field-mouse, who lives under the corn-stubble with a whole roomful of corn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+1); the same doer «kind field mouse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl was the princess lowkey sus?

1. Nah, she was just tired — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, she was super shady — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she was kinda mean — no support
4. Nah, she was just a sleepy girl who had no idea — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the feathers made her sneeze, lol?

1. Nah, the fluff made her cough — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, the ring fell off her — no support
3. Yeah, she sneezed so hard the ring flew out the window — no support
4. Yeah, sneezed the ring right out — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

how long was martin stuck, like days?

1. Three days, no food at all and the tower was locked tight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Three days, no food at all — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Weeks and weeks, he lost his castle and his whole kingdom — no support
4. Four days, barely any water — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the palace music lit or what?

1. Nah, the king was angry and shut the music down right away — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, everyone stopped to listen and some thought it was witchcraft — no support
3. Yeah, the whole town came out — no support
4. Yeah, everyone stopped to listen — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1552, line 5: «Angry, the piper leaves, and on Sunday the townsfolk find all their children gone, drawn away by his music.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «children» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the king come check it out himself?

1. Nah, he never came, he sent his advisors instead — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yeah, and he was spellbound — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Yeah, but he was furious — score 1
4. Nah, he sent a messenger — 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 1682, line 15: «Old word: "enchanter" means a magician who casts spells, and the old King sends for all the enchanters and magicians to help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+1); the same doer «old king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what did martin want rebuilt?

1. His castle, his kingdom, and a crystal bridge over the river — score -4
2. His kingdom and a silver wall — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. His palace and a golden gate — score -4
4. His castle and a crystal bridge — ✓ the right answer · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1720, line 5: «Martin rebuilds his castle, and he forgives his wife when her father asks him to.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rebuild» (+1). Against it: the same doer «martin» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the wife forgiven or still banished?

1. Forgiven, but she was sent to live in the tower — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Forgiven, they lived happily — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Forgiven, but she left town — score 2
4. Banished, and he wept alone — no support

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 1314, line 6: «Who: Matte and Maie are an old fisherman and his wife who live on a red rock, and Ahti is the sea-king with a long beard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+1); the same doer «wife» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the old mother get to chill with them?

1. Nah, she was banished forever and he never saw her again — score -1
2. Yeah, but she left later — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, she moved in with him and they all ate together — no support
4. Yeah, she moved in with him — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1718, line 4: «She turns into a Serpent, leads him underground to her father's palace, and the King gives him a magic ring.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+1); the same doer «mother» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the ring stayed with martin for good?

1. Nah, he gave it to the youths but then got it back later — score 0
2. Yep, he never let it go, not even when the King asked — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yep, he kept it close — score 0
4. Yep, he never let it go — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1720, line 5: «Martin rebuilds his castle, and he forgives his wife when her father asks him to.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+1); the same doer «father» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

is the new tale about a prince on a horse?

1. Yeah, a prince finds an old lady — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Nah, a girl finds a bird — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nah, a dragon — no support
4. Yeah, a knight meets a witch — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1699, line 14: «The Prince cuts the cord that chains the Princess, and then he feels "the Princess's hand in his."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+1); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the part, which creature does Waska spare, and under what condition is it spared?

1. The King of the Mice, on condition that he steal the Princess's ring — ✓ the right answer · score -8
2. The Princess, on condition she gives the cat her ring at dawn — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The King of the Mice, provided he returns the Princess's ring to the cat — score -2
4. The mouse, if he steals the ring — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 736, line 1: «A cat and a mouse agree to share a house and save a pot of fat for the cold winter.», 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 «pot» (-2). The right option, 1, scored -8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Why does the Princess cough and sneeze in her bedchamber at night?

1. Because fluff from her pillow is drawn into her nose and mouth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Because a cold wind enters through her open window at night — no support
3. Because the mouse sends fluff up her nose and the cat wakes her up all night long — no support
4. Because her pillow is full of old feathers and the mouse is spreading dust through her whole bedchamber — 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 event causes the townsfolk to gather near the Starvation Tower?

1. The music sounding from the tower, which they take for witchcraft and a curse on the whole kingdom — no support
2. The sound of music from the tower, which the King has forbidden and which they take for witchcraft and sorcery — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The music sounding from the tower, which they take for witchcraft — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The shouting of guards at the gate, which they fear is war — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 934, line 2: «The East Wind arrives from China, boasting of his wild dance round the porcelain tower and bells that jingled.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «porcelain tower» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «porcelain tower» (-2). 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 ✗

What does Martin ultimately decide regarding his wife's punishment after the King's request?

1. He orders her banished from the kingdom at once — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. He forgives her and restores her to his heart — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. He banishes her — score -4
4. He keeps her locked in the tower for years — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1720, line 15: «Martin is starving in the "stone tower," and he says he has not "tasted food" for three days.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). Against it: the same doer «martin» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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