Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 422 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, did the smith actually fry the lord or nah?
- 1. Nope, he only pretended to fry him, then the lord ran off laughing into the forest — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Yeah, straight up cooked him in the furnace — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he cooked him in the furnace and then dumped him in the milk pail — no support
- 4. Nah, he just tossed him in water — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 263, line 3: «The lord follows her to the forest and sees her change into her catskin, so he knows she is his scullery-maid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «forest» (+4); the same doer «lord» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, so the journeyman was a demon the whole time?
- 1. Yep, a proper demon from the pit, and he vanished in smoke after saving the smith — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Yep, a proper demon, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nope, he was really the lord's cousin in disguise who wanted a laugh — no support
- 4. Nope, he was a friendly man — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 422, line 5: «The Demon fetches the seigneur, now young and alive, the Smith is freed, and the Demon vanishes for good.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «vanish» (+5); the same doer «demon» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
how did the smith not get hanged in the end?
- 1. The demon swooped in and saved him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. The lord came back alive and begged the lady to let the smith go free — no support
- 3. The demon swooped in, grabbed the rope and carried the smith off — score -1
- 4. The servants let him loose by chance — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 422, line 20: «OLD WORD: "Gallows" is the wooden frame used for hanging criminals, which was a common punishment in old tales, and the word is now mostly used in stories.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
what did the demon make the smith promise, lol?
- 1. Never to strike him with any tool, including the tongs and bellows, ever — score 8
- 2. Never to hit him with the hammer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Never to lift the hammer again — no support
- 4. Never to hit him with the hammer again, even if provoked by the lord — score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 422, line 4: «On the way, the journeyman Demon shows up and makes a deal: the Smith must never hit him with a hammer and must respect him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «hit» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «demon» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the seigneur come back alive or nah?
- 1. Yeah, alive, young again, and he married the lady once more — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Yeah, alive but still old — no support
- 3. Yeah, alive and young again — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nope, he stayed a cinder but the lady remarried a stronger man — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 413, line 5: «He marries her, they have a son, but a Fiend threatens their family at church, and the grandmother's two phials save them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+5); the same doer «seigneur» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
where did the demon go after all that?
- 1. Vanished, never seen again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Stayed in the castle — no support
- 3. Walked back to hell with the lord's old cloak on — score -3
- 4. Hid in the forge loft — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 5, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 422, line 5: «The Demon fetches the seigneur, now young and alive, the Smith is freed, and the Demon vanishes for good.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «vanish» (+4); the same doer «demon» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the lady wanted her hubby back in a trice, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, quite slow actually — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, super fast, like ASAP, straight away after the trick — no support
- 3. Nope, but very quickly — no support
- 4. Yeah, super fast like ASAP — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
was the smith properly scared or just acting?
- 1. Totally fine, just pretending to be scared — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He was acting the whole time, pretending to be terrified for the lady's amusement — no support
- 3. Proper scared, like shaking-in-boots scared, and he was sweating buckets — no support
- 4. Proper scared, like shaking-in-boots scared — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 422, line 2: «The Smith is scared, so he copies the journeyman: he burns the seigneur in the furnace and throws the ashes into the milk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «smith» (+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 ✗
what did the servants do with the smith at first?
- 1. Bound his feet and threw him out — no support
- 2. Threw him in the dungeon and forgot about him for three days — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. Tied his hands and dragged him off — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Stripped him and beat him soundly — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 265, line 13: «Their joy at the Childe's safety makes them forget their orders, so the old father rushes out to clasp his son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «forget» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
did the lovers, I mean the lord and lady, end up okay?
- 1. Yeah, living their best life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Not really, they split up — no support
- 3. Yes, happily — no support
- 4. Kind of, but it was complicated — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was the old wife's problem, like, before the trick?
- 1. He was old and frail, and the lady wanted him to marry a younger wife — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She was old and the lady wanted youth, so she demanded a potion — no support
- 3. The lord was old and wanted youth — no support
- 4. She was old and the lady wanted youth — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
so did the smith ever pick up his hammer again?
- 1. Nope, he sold it to a monk — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he used it every day — no support
- 3. Yes, he did — no support
- 4. Nope, he gave it up for good — ✓ 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 · right ✓
Identify the character who is revealed at the close of the narrative to be supernatural in nature.
- 1. The journeyman, who is a Demon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The lady's chaplain, who is a Demon disguised as a priest — no support
- 3. The smith, who is a Demon — no support
- 4. The journeyman, who is secretly a shape-shifting Demon from hell — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓
State the sequence of events by which the Smith's attempt at rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death.
- 1. He melts the seigneur in the furnace and dumps the lady's gold into the stream — score 9
- 2. He cooks the seigneur in the furnace, scatters the ash over the fields, and then fetches the lady's servants to hang him — score 9
- 3. He burns the seigneur in the furnace and tosses the remains into the milk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 4. He roasts the seigneur in the forge and throws the ash into the well water — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 13, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 422, line 2: «The Smith is scared, so he copies the journeyman: he burns the seigneur in the furnace and throws the ashes into the milk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burn» (+5); the same thing acted on «seigneur» (+4); the same place «furnace» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Explain the significance of the journeyman's intervention in relation to the Smith's imminent execution.
- 1. He arrives to watch the hanging — no support
- 2. He appears and frees the Smith by pleading with the servants — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. He arrives and secures the Smith's release by bringing the revived seigneur — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He returns and wins the Smith's freedom by showing the lady her husband alive — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 422, line 5: «The Demon fetches the seigneur, now young and alive, the Smith is freed, and the Demon vanishes for good.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «free» (+5); the same thing acted on «smith» (+4). 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 · right ✓
Describe the outcome for the seigneur and his lady following the events described in the closing passage.
- 1. They lead a prosperous life together — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. They are unhappy and split apart — no support
- 3. They rule the town quite wisely — no support
- 4. They are very poor — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 58, line 10: ««It is a goodly life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are strong enough to lead it!» The Water Rat answers «Yes, it's the lif…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+5); the same thing acted on «river» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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