Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three snakes and tricks the Snake's wife

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 424 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, who was the lazy one who slept in the ashes, like for real?

1. the youngest son of the old tsar — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Ivan Popyalof — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ivan — no support
4. the lazy brother of the three sons — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 200, line 2: «Back in China the genii carry the princess home, and she wakes up calling for the young man who slept beside her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+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 ✗

Yo, how heavy was his first mace, like for real?

1. seven poods — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. three poods — no support
3. five poods — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. five poods of solid iron — 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 ✗

No cap, how many heads did the first snake have?

1. 1 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. three — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 2 — no support
4. four — 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

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did Ivan hang up before going in the hut?

1. bow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. hat — no support
3. his boots — no support
4. his gloves — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so who got turned into a cat?

1. the Snake's youngest brother — score 4
2. The Snake — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Ivan — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Ivan Popyalof himself — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 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 a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «magician daughter» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, how far did the Snake's wife open her jaws?

1. from the sky to the earth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. from the sea to the sky — score 5
3. very far — score 5
4. wide — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 424, line 18: «The Snake's wife opens her jaws "from the sky to the earth" to swallow Ivan, but swallows three poods of salt instead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «open» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «wife» (+1); the same thing acted on «jaws» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what did she swallow thinking it was Ivan?

1. three poods of salt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. salt — score 2
3. two poods of sand — score 2
4. bread — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 247, line 7: «What: he asks the wise woman to teach him, and she says "thou 'rt a bigger fool than I thought."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «woman» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did the brothers grab her tongue with?

1. iron hooks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. tongs — no support
3. hooks — no support
4. iron pincers — ✓ 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 ✗

Dude, what happened when Ivan whacked the cushions?

1. dust rose up — no support
2. blood came out — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. ash came out — no support
4. she fled — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 424, line 15: «The Snake calls a raven to fly to his wife, but Ivan calls the raven to fly to his brothers instead.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ivan» (+5); the same action «fly» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayy, what's a pood, like about how many kilos?

1. two — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. about sixteen — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. about twenty — no support
4. ten — 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 ✓

Lol, what happened when the raven croaked?

1. brothers woke and came — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the brothers woke up and came running to the hut — no support
3. the raven flew away — no support
4. the snake hissed loudly — 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 ✓

Fam, what did the brothers want to do at the apple-tree?

1. eat an apple apiece — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. eat all the apples from the tree — score 8
3. pick an apple each — no support
4. climb up and eat every apple on the apple-tree — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «eat» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how many heads did Ivan lop off the third snake?

1. seven — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. eight — score 1
3. thirty-three — score 1
4. nine — ✓ 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 200, line 11: «What: the elderly emir fails, and he "placed his head at his Majesty's disposal," so the king had it cut off.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+2). Against it: the same doer «head» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which weapon did the protagonist employ to strike the cushions and the apple-tree?

1. bow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a sword — no support
3. axe — no support
4. a mace — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the brothers subdue the Snake's wife at the twelve doors?

1. by pinning her down with a heavy chain — no support
2. by burning her with a hot iron rod — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. by cutting off her tongue with an axe and burning it in the fire — no support
4. by seizing her tongue with iron pincers — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 424, line 19: «The brothers hold her tongue with "iron pincers" and beat her with hammers, then burn her and scatter her ashes to the winds.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «burn» (+4); the same thing acted on «wife» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What relation did the meadow, cushions, apple-tree and spring bear to the Snake?

1. They were his servants — no support
2. They were the daughters of the Snake's first wife — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. They were cursed daughters whom the Snake had turned into the landscape — score 7
4. They were his daughters — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 424, line 4: «Ivan goes back for his gloves, turns into a cat, and overhears the Snake's wife and daughters; then he strikes the meadow, apple-tree and spring, which bleed b…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «wife» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what end did Ivan transform himself upon returning for his gloves?

1. He became a cat so that he could listen in secretly to the Snake's wife's plans — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He became a cat to overhear — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He became a fox to hide — score 3
4. He changed into a cat to sneak back in and overhear the wife plotting against him — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 424, line 16: «Ivan turns himself "into a cat" and mews at the door, so the Snake's wife and daughters let him in and he hears their talk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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