Russian Folk-Tales, The Dead Witch: demons steal the witch's skin, and her body vanishes

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 414 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 ✗

Mate, so the witch told her daughter to scald her, right?

1. Yeah, boiling water, no lukewarm stuff — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, lukewarm water, mate — no support
3. Yeah, she said boiling water and no lukewarm stuff at all, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Nah, she said wash her in the lukewarm stuff from the pot, mate — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 101, line 19: «Hansel is shut in "a little cage with a lattice-door", and the witch wants him to "get fat".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «b» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «witch» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did the demons come out from under the stove or the loo?

1. From under the table — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. From under the stove — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Out the door — no support
4. From the loo — 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 ✗

Bruh, who ended up wearing the granny's skin?

1. The kid — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The big demon — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The daughter — no support
4. The little demon — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, where did the little one drag the flesh?

1. Into the yard out the back door — score 6
2. Under the stove — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. In the bin — score 6
4. Behind the trough — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 414, line 3: «The big demon tears off the witch's skin, and the little one drags her flesh under the stove.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drag» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «flesh» (+1); the same place «stove» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the kid was telling the truth, no cap?

1. Nah, she fibbed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, she was lying — no support
3. Yep, she wasn't lying — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, she was making it up — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the mum believe her, or was it sus?

1. She called it nonsense — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She called it a lie — no support
3. She thought it was true — no support
4. She laughed — 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 ✗

So the mum filled the big pot with what?

1. Hot water from the well out back — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Boiling water — no support
3. Lukewarm water — score 8
4. Cold water — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 396, line 18: «Old word "satiated": full up, having had as much as you can hold; today we say "stuffed".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+5); the same action «satiate» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who got the boiling water thrown at her?

1. The daughter who had been told not to do it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The dead witch — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. The old granny — no support
4. The little demon who was dragging the flesh — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 218, line 5: «Her magician daughter sprinkles water on him, and he becomes a man again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «water» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «magician daughter» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the demon stick around after that?

1. Nope, he dipped out the door — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nope, he hid — no support
3. Yeah, he hid under stove — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Nah, he stayed — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 414, line 7: «Who else: the big demon and the little demon, who come out from beneath the stove.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «stove» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «big demon» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so was the body still there at the end?

1. Nah, it had vanished — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it was carried off — no support
3. Nah, the demons had hidden it under the stove and left — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Yeah, it was still there — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 414, line 19: «Old word: "laying out" means washing and dressing a dead body before the burial.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dead body» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what even is a crone?

1. A girl — no support
2. A cat — no support
3. A young witch — no support
4. An old woman — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 195, line 16: «Old word: a "crone" is an old woman; the word is often used in an unkind way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old woman» (+5); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, the women said "what's this marvel"? What's a marvel?

1. Something boring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Something cold and wet — no support
3. Something wonderful and weird — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Something strange and scary — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, the witch said don't wash her with what?

1. Warm salty water — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Lukewarm water — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Water from the stream that had been standing — no support
4. Boiling water — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 414, line 1: «The dying witch tells her daughter to scald her body with boiling water after death.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dying witch» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which instruction did the dying witch give her daughter concerning the washing of her body?

1. That it be washed gently with lukewarm water and then left untouched — no support
2. That it be wrapped in clean linen — no support
3. That it be scalded with the hottest boiling water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. That it be carried outside and burned on the fire at dawn with herbs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 414, line 1: «The dying witch tells her daughter to scald her body with boiling water after death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scald» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what place did the two demons emerge, as the granddaughter observed?

1. From the cellar below — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Through the back door — score 5
3. From a hidden trapdoor beneath the kitchen floor — score 5
4. From beneath the stove — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 414, line 7: «Who else: the big demon and the little demon, who come out from beneath the stove.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come out» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was done with the witch's flesh once the old demon had removed her skin?

1. It was hidden in the chest — score 5
2. It was dragged beneath the stove — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. It was dragged out through the back door into the field — score 5
4. It was left on the bed — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 3: «Five weeks later, in a heat wave, the Rhino takes off his skin, which then buttoned underneath like a raincoat, and leaves it on the beach while he bathes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «skin» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the women conclude had become of the corpse once the demon had fled?

1. The demons had dragged her under the stove to hide — score 2
2. The neighbors had taken her — no support
3. The witch had got up and walked out of the cottage alone — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The demons had carried her off — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 388, line 13: «WHERE: The old woman makes her case "standing up in the Court," before a Judge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stand up» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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