Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard, part 8: Petrusha visits the Devil's palace and finds his drowned father there as a horse

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 416 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 · ★ · right ✓

yo so the old dude walks into a river with his boots round his neck, right?

1. lol yeah, and that's the end of him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yep, and then he just drowned lol — no support
3. lol yeah, and that's the end of him, the poor guy never even got out — no support
4. yeah lol, he walked in with the boots round his neck and that was it for him, dude — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, Petrusha is the son, yeah?

1. fr, he's the kid of the dead drunk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. fr, he's the son of the drowned dude — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. fr, he's the son of the drowned dude who went to the tavern every night — no support
4. fr, he's the son of the drowned dude and he goes to church on Sunday — 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 ✗

why'd the lady curse the rock?

1. cause it was in her way, dude — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cause she tripped on it and fell right over, duh, so mad — no support
3. cause she tripped on it, duh — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cause she tripped on it while carrying water, and she was so mad about it, duh — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

and what did Petrusha say to her?

1. he said the Devil ain't to blame, bruh — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. he said cursing the Devil is sinful, bruh — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. he said cursing the Devil is sinful and God will punish you, bruh — score 4
4. he said cursing the Devil is sinful, so chill out and pray instead, bruh — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 416, line 10: «Petrusha tells the woman that cursing the Devil is "sinful conduct" while she is going to pray to God.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «petrusha» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

so the Devil thanks him and invites him over, what's the deal?

1. he gave him a horse and bread, fr — score 8
2. he promised silver and gold, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. he offered him a horse, no cap — score 10
4. he promised silver and gold and a horse too, no cap, so he went — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 416, line 12: «The Devil invites him to a palace and promises "silver and with gold, with everything".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «silver» (+5); the same action «promise» (+4); the same doer «devil» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

how long did Petrusha walk to get to the forest?

1. three whole days through snow and mud, that's wild, bro, for real — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. three whole days and nights of walking, that's wild, no joke — no support
3. three long days, that's crazy — no support
4. three whole days, that's wild — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

what's the forest like, fam?

1. so dense you can't even see the sky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. so dark, bro — no support
3. super dark in there — no support
4. so packed you can't spot the sky — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 416, line 14: «The forest is so dense that it is "impossible even to see the sky from within it".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «sky» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

who's the girl in the palace?

1. a girl stolen from her village by the devils, super sad — score 1
2. a girl stolen from her village — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. a girl taken from the town — score 1
4. the devil's girl from the village — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 413, line 4: «A young seigneur takes the flower home, and at midnight it turns into Marusia, who eats and drinks, then becomes a flower again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «marusia» (+1). Against it: the same doer «marusia» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did she warn him about?

1. devils gonna tear him up into little pieces, dude, be careful — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. devils gonna tear him up, dude — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. devils gonna tear him up if he messes up, dude, so watch out — no support
4. devils gonna trick him, dude — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

so what did she tell him to ask for instead of gold?

1. the sad horse that pulls the cart — no support
2. the wretched horse that hauls wood, the one who's been stuck there forever, bro — score -3
3. the wretched horse that hauls wood all day in the forest, bro — score 5
4. the wretched horse that hauls wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 52, line 14: «She says: «I'll make him eat from my hand, and sit up, and do all sorts of things»: she thinks of him rather like a pet, but wisely never tells him so.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «things» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, who is the horse, for real?

1. his drowned dad, the one who went to the tavern, that's dark — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. his drowned uncle, that's grim — no support
3. his drowned dad, who got turned into a horse, that's really dark, bro — score 4
4. his drowned dad, that's dark — ✓ the right answer · 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 399, line 11: «WHY: the Lark mother waits, since "the man who only sends to his friends to help him with his harvest is not really in earnest".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «man» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

why are the devils making him haul wood?

1. cause he drowned drunk, fr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. cause he drowned drunk and they want to punish him, fr — no support
3. cause he sinned, fr, bro — no support
4. cause he was drunk, lol — 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 ✗

what's the Devil give him before he goes home?

1. money and a capital horse with a nice saddle, sick, right — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. silver and a good cart, sick — score 1
3. money and a capital horse and a free ride home, sick, dude — score 1
4. money and a capital horse, sick — ✓ the right answer · 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 416, line 5: «The Devil feasts him, then offers money and a fine horse so he can get home fast.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «money» (+1). Against it: the same doer «devil» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

What, in the view of the narrator, is the principal cause of the Devil's gratitude toward Petrusha?

1. The gold that Petrusha offered the Devil — no support
2. The sin that Petrusha confessed to him — no support
3. The good word that Petrusha spoke on his behalf before the court of hell — score 8
4. The good word that Petrusha spoke on his behalf — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 217, line 15: «Why she is angry: the narrator tells her he knows about the grave, and "I had no sooner uttered these words" than she rages.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «words» (+5); the same action «utter» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the condition in which the father was left and the manner of his death, as stated in the narrative.

1. Blind drunk, he fell off a bridge and died — score 6
2. Blind drunk, he walked into a river and drowned — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Blind drunk after the tavern, he walked into a river at night, and was never found again — score 7
4. Blind drunk, he walked into a river with his boots round his neck and drowned — 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 49, line 12: «A ford is a shallow place where you can walk across a river; the old ford was used «in by-gone days before they built the bridge».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+4); the same place «river» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the function of the maiden in the palace with respect to the protagonist.

1. She warns him and advises him how to secure his father's release — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She guides him toward the Devil's gold — no support
3. She warns him of the devils and advises him how to secure his father's release from the forest work — no support
4. She advises him to flee and gives him a horse to ride home — 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the duration of the protagonist's journey to the forest, as recorded in the text.

1. Three whole days — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Three long nights — no support
3. Three whole days and nights without any rest — no support
4. Four whole days — 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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