Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked

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

Lesson 419 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 ✗

Bruh, did Marko even pay the copeck back or nah?

1. Nah, he kinda dodged the whole thing — no support
2. Yeah, he paid it back eventually once the whole funeral thing was over — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Nah, never, he faked being dead to dodge the dude totally — no support
4. Nah, never, he totally ghosted the dude — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 111, line 5: «The Golden Goose begins: Dummerly shares his bread with a little old man, who rewards him with a goose of pure gold.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «reward» (+2); the same doer «little old man» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the beggar got the copeck, right?

1. Nope, the robbers took it all — no support
2. Nah, the moujik gave it to Marko for his trouble — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Yeah, Marko gave it to him — score 8
4. Yeah, the moujik gave it to him — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 419, line 11: «Why the moujik comes back is simple: he wants his copeck, and Marko says "I've come for my copeck" is what the moujik says at the gate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «copeck» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «moujik» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd Marko hide under the holy pictures, lowkey?

1. To dodge the moujik for good — score 1
2. To fake being dead so he wouldn't pay — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Cause he was scared of the moujik — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. To fake being dead so the moujik would give up and leave him alone forever — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 419, line 12: «Marko plans his trick when he sees the moujik through the window: he says he will "strip myself naked and lie down under the holy pictures".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «marko» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, that boiling water part was wild, right?

1. Yeah, and the whole thing was honestly kinda funny to watch for everyone there — no support
2. Yeah, the moujik roasted him for his copeck — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, the moujik poured boiling water on him just to get the copeck back from him — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Yeah, the moujik cooked him for money — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 414, line 5: «When the boiling water is poured over the corpse, the demon flees, and the body is gone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pour» (+5); the same thing acted on «boiling water» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Did the moujik just read psalms and bounce, or what?

1. He hid in the church all night — no support
2. He sang them and then ran off — score -2
3. He read them, then hid behind the altar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He read them then went home for dinner — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 419, line 11: «Why the moujik comes back is simple: he wants his copeck, and Marko says "I've come for my copeck" is what the moujik says at the gate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «moujik» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

How'd the robbers end up running off, fam?

1. Marko jumped up and they freaked — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The moujik shot them with a gun — no support
3. Marko jumped up like a madman and the robbers ran screaming out of the church — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. The moujik yelled and they fled — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 242, line 10: «The robbers shout "Stand and deliver!", which means "hand over your money at once."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+5); the same doer «robbers» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So who got the golden sabre in the end?

1. The moujik got it because he was the one who was hiding in the church the whole time — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Marko took the golden sabre — no support
3. The priest took it home quietly — no support
4. Nobody, they split all the money — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 388, line 20: «OLD WORD: A "charger" was a war horse, and "mattocks" were digging tools with a blade on one side, both still known in old stories.», 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). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, real talk, is Marko the Rich a total skinflint?

1. No, not at all, he was super generous to the poor folks around him all the time — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, he's actually pretty generous — no support
3. Yes, he's the stingiest dude ever, he wouldn't even pay back a single copeck — no support
4. Yes, he's the stingiest dude ever — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Marko's wife help him or nah, bro?

1. Yeah, she cried loudly and pretended he had died so the moujik would believe it — score 5
2. Yeah, she cried and played dead for him — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yeah, she told the moujik he was dead — score 7
4. Nah, she didn't help, she just told the moujik to go away and leave them alone forever — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 164, line 18: «Old word: a "widower" is a man whose wife has died, so the son "has become a widower" in the first tale.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «man» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «wife» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Why's the moujik so chill about the copeck?

1. He wanted to get Marko back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He trusted Marko to repay him — no support
3. He's rich — no support
4. He was patient — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

What's a copeck, like, in real money?

1. a tiny coin, a hundredth of a rouble — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a small coin, about a tenth of a rouble — no support
3. a tiny coin, a hundredth of a rouble, which was worth almost nothing at the market — no support
4. a tiny note, a fifth of a rouble — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the robbers see the moujik hiding, or what?

1. No, he ran out of the church and went home safely before the robbers even came inside — no support
2. No, he stayed hidden behind the altar — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, they found him behind the pews — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. No, he hid under the stairs down — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 357, line 20: «Quote: Ralph cries, "Oh, what a wretch am I!" when he understands what has happened to him.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «happen» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So did the whole coffin thing actually work, fr?

1. Yeah, the moujik was in there instead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it failed because the moujik saw through the trick and opened the coffin lid — no support
3. Nope, the robbers opened it and saw — no support
4. Yeah, Marko was in there, so it worked — ✓ 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 ✗

Which of the following best explains why the moujik was unable to recover his copeck from Marko the Rich?

1. Marko pretended to be dead, which made it impossible for the moujik to collect the money from him — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. The moujik had lost the receipt for the loan — score 6
3. Marko feigned death and thereby evaded repayment — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Marko ignored the moujik and kept his money safely — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 280, line 2: «A young man finds the Shoes on the floor and slips out into the rain to make a visit in town.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «young man» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner does the wife of Marko the Rich assist her husband in the deception?

1. She weeps and pretends that he has died — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. She cooks dinner — score 4
3. She brings the moujik a cup of tea — score 4
4. She sends the moujik away with a coin — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 418, line 7: «What: the wife cries "Yes, you bugbear, I shall go!" and then jumps into the currant bush.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal moral conveyed by the account of Marko the Rich?

1. Marko was punished because he was too cheap and the poor man outwitted him fairly — ← Mova's choice · score 11
2. Stinginess is harmful, and the rich should always give money freely to beggars and friends — score 4
3. Avarice is punished by the cunning of the poor — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Wealth brings happiness to every person — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 419, line 6: «Marko the Rich is a merchant, and the tale says "a stingier fellow never lived!" so he is the greedy man of the story.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «greedy man» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which term denotes the small Russian coin at the centre of the dispute?

1. rouble — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. small Russian coin of low value — no support
3. copeck — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. moujik's coin of the Russian empire — 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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