Russian Folk-Tales, The Bad Wife: a peasant frees a demon from a pit and cures the town

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 418 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 ✗

Bro, so the wife just dove in the bush and went flop into the pit, no cap?

1. Yeah, straight down the bottomless hole, no cap fr fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, into the bush and then the pit — no support
3. Yeah, but she climbed right back out — no support
4. Yeah, straight down the bottomless hole — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did the husband fish out with his cord?

1. A tiny demon, lowkey scary — no support
2. A little demon — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A small fish — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. A little demon with horns — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 167, line 5: «In the palace kitchen a damsel steps out of the wall, scolds the fish, and turns them to cinders, so the cook cries and the fisherman must fish again.», 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 «fish» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how long did the husband chill before peeking?

1. Like three whole days — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two weeks — no support
3. Three days and then some — no support
4. Three days — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Fam, what did the imp beg for when he got pulled up?

1. Don't send me back down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Let me go — no support
3. Don't — no support
4. Don't put me back down — 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 ✗

So the peasant got loads of cash, right? Like from who?

1. From the rich lords — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. From the grateful folks — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. From the happy villagers — no support
4. From the Boyar — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, who did the demon want to chomp on at the end?

1. The peasant, if he cured her — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The peasant, if he didn't cure her daughter in time — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The Boyar's whole family — score -1
4. The peasant, if he failed to cure her — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 21: «Old word: "hankering" means longing or wanting something very much, and the Lion was blamed for hankering after a better prize.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did the coachmen shout?

1. Fire, run away now! — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Bad Wife has come! — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hey, the Bad Wife has come, everybody run! — no support
4. The Boyar is here! — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the demon do at the window?

1. Stared and asked where to hide — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Ran back to the pit — score -1
3. Shouted and ran away — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Stared at them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 418, line 14: «What: the demon runs to the window, hears the shouting, and cries "wherever can I take refuge?"», 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 (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what did the Boyar give the peasant?

1. His daughter and half of all his stuff — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gold and half his barn — no support
3. A horse and his land — no support
4. His daughter and half his stuff — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, where's the Bad Wife now?

1. Still in the pit in Tartarus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Still in Tartarus — no support
3. Back in the woods now — no support
4. In a pit — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 418, line 1: «A greedy wife jumps into a currant bush and falls into a bottomless pit.», 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 doer «greedy wife» (+1); the same place «bottomless pit» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, what did the husband tell his wife at the start?

1. Don't touch it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Don't go near the pit — no support
3. Don't pick the bush — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Don't eat the berries — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, why did the demon get scared at the window?

1. The shouting outside about the Bad Wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The men shouting about a wife — no support
3. The dogs barking at the house — no support
4. The shouting outside — 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 ✗

Be honest, what's the Bad Wife's whole deal?

1. She's sad and always cries — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She's rude and always fights — no support
3. She's nasty, bites people and never shuts up — no support
4. She's nasty and never shuts up — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what object did the wife of the peasant precipitate herself?

1. The oak tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The big currant bush near the woods — no support
3. The currant bush — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The currant bush beside the pit — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what locality did the peasant practise his cures?

1. The city of Kazan — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Vologda — no support
3. The town — no support
4. The town of Vologda — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What recompense did the Boyar bestow upon the peasant?

1. His daughter and half his property — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. His daughter, his house and half his property — score 1
3. A horse and his estate — score 1
4. His daughter and half of all his property — 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 418, line 12: «Why: the Boyar's daughter goes crazy and "wanted to eat people," so the Boyar sends for the peasant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «boyar» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the final abode of the Bad Wife?

1. The pit in Tartarus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The cellar of the Boyar — no support
3. The deep hole of Hades — no support
4. Tartarus — 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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