Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1935 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, the wolf was literally a boat, no cap?

1. yeah, it was a boat full of silks and then it turned back into the wolf lol — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, a boat full of silks — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. yep, a ship with fancy cloth — no support
4. nah, he was a big wolf who turned into a silk-filled fishing boat in the middle of the sea — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1805, line 14: «Secret: the father is a magician, and he changed himself into that wolf to frighten his daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «wolf» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the mermaid kept calling him and he just ignored her?

1. nah, he turned around and went to her but then the wolf yelled at him to keep going — score 2
2. yeah, he kinda ignored her calls — score 2
3. yeah, he kept steering to shore and never looked back at her once, even when she screamed — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. yeah, he was like "nah, come to me" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1935, line 3: «The mermaid calls to him, but he ignores her, sails back to the shore, and she swims after him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «mermaid» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what did the wolf tell him to say to her?

1. say that she should come to the market instead — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. say the seller never goes to the buyer, the buyer comes — no support
3. tell her that the buyer always comes to the seller and the seller never has to go to the buyer, no matter what — score 2
4. "the buyer comes to the seller, not the seller to the buyer" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1272, line 13: «The wolves: they stand a little way off, afraid to come nigh, and howl "most dismally."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «wolves» (+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 ✗

was the mermaid lowkey scared when the boat turned into a wolf?

1. yeah, she clung to the Prince for dear life — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. yeah, she jumped into the water and swam away fast — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. yeah, she screamed and hid behind the Prince while the wolf growled at the edge of the deck — score 5
4. nah, she was actually excited and asked the Prince if she could ride the wolf back to her palace — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 881, line 16: «After her fall, "the warm rays fell on the cold foam", and she rises instead of melting away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «mermaid» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, which emperor gave up the mermaid, the horse one or the bird one?

1. the horse one, the first one — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the bird one — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. the first one, the bird guy — score 7
4. both of them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 55, line 14: «The driver: «I fear that you have been indeed a wicked toad, and by rights I ought to give you up to offended justice. But you are evidently in sore trouble an…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give up» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «toad» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the Emperor with the bird throw a huge feast or nah?

1. nah, only a quick meal in the hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, they served a huge banquet at noon — no support
3. yeah, everyone sat down to a massive dinner — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, a small lunch — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

fam, was the wolf invited to sit at the table?

1. yeah, the Emperor saw him at the gate and ordered a special chair brought to the high table for him to sit in — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. nah, he came in the back door and the Emperor himself told him to leave the hall, but he sat down anyway — no support
3. nah, nobody asked him, he just sat down — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. nah, the servants pulled a chair out — no support

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 1921, line 4: «Little Three-eyes keeps her third eye open, sees the magic table, and tells her envious mother everything.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little three eyes» (+2); the same action «see» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the brothers totally hate the Prince?

1. cause the King kept giving him gifts and they thought he would get the whole kingdom in the end — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. cause he had stolen their horses and their wives and they wanted revenge for all of it — score 1
3. cause the King loved him more — score 1
4. cause he was getting all the good luck — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1905, line 14: «Old word: "plighted" means promised solemnly, so "plighted my word" means the Prince has made a serious promise to another maiden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did the brothers kill him, was it sus?

1. they lured him into the wood on a hunting trip and then beat and stabbed him with knives — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. they hit him with clubs in town — score 3
3. they ambushed him on the road in the wood and beat him with clubs until he stopped moving — score 3
4. they beat him to death in the wood — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1585, line 17: «Old word "bane" means ruin or killer, so Sigurd is the one who killed the dragon Fafnir.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «one» (+2); the same doer «sigurd» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

did the mermaid just give up when he died?

1. yeah, she went back to the sea and told all the fish that the Prince had died in the wood — score 0
2. nah, she sat by him for weeks crying — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. yeah, she went back to sea — no support
4. nah, she stayed and kept crying — 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 1935, line 4: «He seizes her, kisses her, and rides with her to the Emperors, who give up the golden horse and the golden bird.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, how did the wolf get the Prince alive again?

1. he dug up the body, washed it in the river, and then breathed over the flowery grave — no support
2. he breathed over a flowery grave — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he got the mermaid to bring a potion and then he breathed over the flowery grave — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. he prayed over the old grave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1934, line 21: «The Prince is told his life will be spared only if he brings the golden mermaid, "whom hitherto no mortal had ever approached".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+1); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the mermaid do to the wounds on his forehead?

1. she bandaged them — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. she cried — no support
3. she kissed them gently — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she licked them clean — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 968, line 17: «WHERE Jurgen is taken: to a smith and general dealer's house on the sand-hills, where his wounds are bound until a surgeon can come.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «bind» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the King was happy, or nah?

1. yeah, his joy was huge, he hugged his son — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. yeah, he was very happy — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. nah, he was mad — no support
4. nah, he was sad and kinda upset — 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 1893, line 19: «Why the King is happy: he wants Mannikin as his "son-in-law and successor," and he gathers the nobles in the Council Chamber to announce it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «king» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which course of action did the Prince adopt upon hearing the mermaid's summons, in accordance with the wolf's instruction?

1. He shouted to the mermaid to wait, then turned the boat around and tried to reach the wolf in the water before she could — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He refused every one of her pleas and kept steering the vessel straight back toward the land as the wolf had instructed — score 3
3. He disregarded her calls and steered towards the land — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He answered her and turned the ship around — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1420, line 9: «fact: Why: the girl must reach the Prince because she "ought to marry" him, so she refuses to give up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «fact» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means were the designs of the Prince's brothers ultimately frustrated?

1. The wolf dug up the Prince's body and then breathed over him near the flowery grave until he woke — no support
2. The brothers were punished by the Emperor — score 4
3. The wolf restored the Prince to life by breathing upon him — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The mermaid kissed the wounds until he woke — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1576, line 7: «What: Minnikin asks King Pippin to change clothes, so the princesses will kiss the wrong brother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princesses» (+5); the same action «kiss» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the nature of the gift presented to the Prince by the Emperor of the golden horse?

1. A golden horse given as a royal reward — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. An entire stable of golden horses, offered as a token of pardon for the brothers' crimes against the Prince — score -3
3. The golden horse, offered as a token of pardon — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. A golden horse together with a golden saddle, a bridle, and a purse of gold offered as a token of pardon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1354, line 19: «Old word: a "junk" was a large Chinese sailing ship with flat sails; the Emperor gave Jofuku one of his best junks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «one» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which faithful companion of the Prince declined to remain with him after their final parting?

1. The wolf, who had been the Prince's faithful friend since the prison road and who disappeared into the thicket after the feast — score 4
2. The wolf, who ran off into the woods — score 7
3. The wolf, who vanished into the thicket — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. The mermaid, who had come on board to look at the silks, and then left the Prince on the shore to weep alone — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 681, line 1: «The prince leaves his fairy wife and sisters because he longs to see the world.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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