Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1803 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 twins walk in with their lambskin caps on, right, and the cushions just drop one by one like dominoes?

1. Yeah, each time they sing, a cushion drops down — no support
2. Nah, the cushions stayed up the whole time — no support
3. Yeah, every time they sing a bit, another cushion crashes down — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope, the cushions only fell when the emperor stood up and walked out — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1803, line 7: «What: the princes sing the story of their lives, and the cushions fall; then the youngest son's frog spins fine linen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+5); the same doer «cushions» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why do the princes even keep their caps on in front of the emperor?

1. Cause the emperor was blind and never noticed their hats at all, lol — score 2
2. They forgot to take them off — score 2
3. The emperor told them to keep them on — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The emperor said stay as you are, so they kept them on — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 1803, line 11: «The emperor says "Stay as you are," so the boys keep their caps on, and this shows he is no longer angry.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «emperor» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the guards actually catch the twins at the gate, or what?

1. Yeah, the guards caught them right away — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Yeah, they got caught at the gate and dragged back in — score -7
3. Nope, the guards chased them off — no support
4. Nope, they got past them like quicksilver — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1517, line 2: «The steed neighs and shakes, the bells ring, and the knight's guards catch every one of them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «guards» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the youngest brother's bro-squad basically roasted him, right?

1. They laughed at him — no support
2. His brothers laughed and teased him for hours — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The village girls laughed in his face and mocked him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The village girls ignored him and walked off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1584, line 11: «Regin wanted Sigurd to roast the heart and "let him taste of it", but the hero is the one who tastes it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hero» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the frog just spun the thread for him for free?

1. Nope, she charged him — no support
2. Nah, she wanted a kiss first — score 6
3. Yeah, she did it free — score 1
4. Yeah, she said don't cry, give it here — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1690, line 5: «The frog scolds him, then gives him a golden grain and a diamond, and he cuts the bird's branch, but at the fountain he finds a palace and a maiden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); the same doer «frog» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was that linen actually fire or what, like compared to his brothers?

1. Yeah, it was way finer and whiter than theirs — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Yeah, it was way finer and whiter than theirs and everybody noticed — no support
3. Nah, it was coarser than theirs — score 1
4. Nah, it looked the same as theirs but smelled like pond water — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1758, line 9: «Why: the eldest prince dies because he trusts the witch, so his brothers go looking, and the witch turns each of them to stone in turn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+5). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the mom wanted puppies next, lol, what was up with that?

1. She wanted to see how the girls keep dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. She just wanted puppies for her own children to play with all day — score 0
3. She wanted to test the girls' cooking — no support
4. She wanted to see how the girls train dogs — ✓ the right answer · score -7

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 8, line 4: «There a puppy, enormous to tiny Alice, bounds at her; she keeps it busy with a stick, dodging round a thistle, until it gets tired and she escapes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «alice» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, the frog took his puppy too? Like, just took it?

1. Yeah, she took it into the pond with her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yeah, she carried it into the water — score 4
3. Nah, she only held it for a second and then gave it back to the boy — score 4
4. Yeah, she took it right into the pond with her and vanished — 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 1803, line 5: «Next the mother gives each son a puppy to train, and the frog takes the youngest son's puppy away into the pond.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+5). Against it: the same thing acted on «puppy» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Hold up, the mastiffs were scary, right? Like actually growling?

1. Yeah, they barked so loudly the mom jumped — no support
2. Yeah, they growled so fiercely the mom trembled — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Yeah, they growled so fiercely that the mom trembled and hid behind the door — score 9
4. Nah, they were actually really friendly and the mom just wanted to pet them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1803, line 18: «The mastiffs "growled so fiercely" and looked savage, so the mother trembled with fear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «growl» (+5); the same doer «mastiffs» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the emperor's wife, and was she chill about the boys?

1. The sister, and she was not happy with the boys — score 1
2. The empress, and she was not happy with the singing — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The empress, and she was delighted by the boys and gave them each a gold ring — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The empress, and she was pleased with the singing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1794, line 18: «Ending: the boy feeds his father a date: "if you will open your mouth you shall see what dates taste like."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feed» (+5). Against it: the same receiver «father» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

So the stepmother got what was coming, yeah?

1. Yeah, she got tied to a wild bull — no support
2. Nah, she got locked in a tower — no support
3. Yeah, she got tied to a wild horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Nah, she got off free — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1362, line 3: «He scolds her, sure that she has been wishing her stepmother dead, and she swears she is still his obedient child.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stepmother» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the youngest brother cry by the pond in the first place?

1. He had no girl to spin his skein — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He had been mocked by the girls and had no one to spin his skein for him — no support
3. He had no girl willing to spin his skein of flax — no support
4. He had no girl to weave his skein — 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 reason the youngest son weeps beside the pond at the commencement of the tale?

1. He has no bride willing to spin his skein of flax — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. He lost his flax — score 0
3. He has no wife willing to weave his flax — score 0
4. He has no bride willing to sell his flax — 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 1724, line 16: «For the Fire-son he builds a house with "huge ovens all round it," so the heat is never let go.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «house» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the means by which the frog produces the linen presented to the mother.

1. She weaves fine linen — score 4
2. She spins the skein of flax into fine linen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. She dyes the skein of flax into fine silk — no support
4. She spins the whole skein of flax into very fine white linen overnight — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1803, line 7: «What: the princes sing the story of their lives, and the cushions fall; then the youngest son's frog spins fine linen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spin» (+5); the same doer «frog» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the purpose of the mother's second test, namely the distribution of three puppies.

1. To determine which bride trains her dog best and which one is worthy of the youngest son — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. To determine which bride trains her dog best — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To find out which of the brides can train the puppy to obey and bring it back to the palace — score 4
4. To decide which bride keeps her dog best — 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 867, line 20: «New tale: a rich house has a "son and heir" newly born, and mother and child are doing well.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mother» (+2); the same property (+2). 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 ✗

Evaluate the outcome of the mother's inspection of the mastiffs brought by the two eldest sons.

1. She is greatly amused by the gentle animals — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She is greatly frightened by the savage animals — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She is quite annoyed by the large animals — no support
4. She is greatly frightened by the savage animals and hides from them — 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

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