Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga, rescues Marya, and burns Koshchei

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

Lesson 430 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 bro, who even was the witch in this one?

1. the Baba Yaga — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Koshchei — no support
3. the wicked old Baba Yaga in the hut — no support
4. Marya's mother — 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 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey the mares were so sus, right? where did they go when they bailed?

1. into the blue sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. away — no support
3. to the sea — score 4
4. to the green hills — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 430, line 9: «Where: The mares flee "into the blue sea," where they "stood, up to their necks in water."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «mares» (+1); the same place «blue sea» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, how did Ivan get across the river?

1. by swimming — no support
2. a stone bridge that his horse built for him over the deep river — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. a bridge he made with a hanky — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. on a horse that could fly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 11: «A weir is a low wall built across a river; the water pours over it fast and foaming, which is dangerous for a small swimmer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+4); the same place «river» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the witch fell in the river, fr?

1. yeah, she sank in the water — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. yeah, the bridge snapped — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, she's fine — no support
4. nah, she just got wet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 12: «Tortoise ties Jaguar in knots of «she said I said» talk, then says «if you want to see me swim away you've only got to drop me into the water». Jaguar thinks i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+4); the same place «water» (+4). Against it: a different doer (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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what did the colt turn into?

1. a horse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a wicked steed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a shiny stallion — no support
4. a mare — 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 · ★ · right ✓

mad that Koshchei got cracked on the head, innit? what finished him?

1. his horse stomped on him — score -3
2. a club — no support
3. his horse kicked him, then a club — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. his horse — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 430, line 5: «Ivan's horse kicks Koshchei to death, Ivan burns his body on a pyre, and the pair visit the Raven, Eagle, and Falcon before going home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kick» (+2). Against it: the same doer «horse» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the two of them actually burn him?

1. nah, too wet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, just on grass — no support
3. yeah, on a big pile of wood — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, a fire — 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 ✗

ok so which bird was the first stop?

1. the magpie — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the old crow — no support
3. the big black Raven at the castle — no support
4. the Raven — ✓ the right answer · 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did Marya say when she saw Ivan, like the actual words?

1. where did you go, Ivan? — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. how did God bring you back to life after the Raven? — no support
3. how did you come back? — no support
4. how did God bring you back? — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 428, line 11: «WHAT: Marya left Ivan in charge of the housekeeping and told him not to open the closet, but he "rushed to the closet" as soon as she left.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

be real, why was Marya scared to go?

1. cause he's scary — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cause Koshchei might catch them — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause Ivan would get caught — no support
4. cause the Baba Yaga is near — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what kind of horse did Ivan say he got?

1. a flying one — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. one that flies like a bird — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. one that runs like the wind — no support
4. one that flies higher than any bird in the sky — 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 ✗

where did Ivan fatten up the colt, like which meadow?

1. the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. the deep old forest — score 8
3. the stable — score 8
4. the green meadows — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 430, line 4: «Ivan fattens the colt into a wonderful horse, rescues Marya Morevna, and they ride off while Koshchei gives chase.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «colt» (+4); the same action «fatten» (+3); the same doer «ivan» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the mares were in the sea up to their necks, right?

1. no, only up to their knees — no support
2. yeah, they were stuck all the way up to the neck in the cold water — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. yeah, all the way up to the neck — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, up to their ears — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 430, line 9: «Where: The mares flee "into the blue sea," where they "stood, up to their necks in water."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «water» (+4); the same doer «mares» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the witch who meets her death in the fiery river.

1. the old Raven — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Koshchei — no support
3. the Baba Yaga — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the witch — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 289, line 1: «explain: The old woman pulls Gerda from the river, feeds her cherries, and locks her in her cottage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «gerda» (+4); the same property (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which event brings about the downfall of the Baba Yaga?

1. She falls asleep — no support
2. The river rises — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. The bridge breaks in two — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The mares run away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 427, line 3: «She tells the King that this is the one who brought them out of the other world.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

On which hand does the Prince wave the handkerchief to narrow the bridge?

1. the left hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. the right hand — score 7
3. the hand he uses to hold the reins — no support
4. his other hand — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 430, line 13: «Why: He then waves it "twice only on the left hand," so the bridge is left "ever so thin."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «left hand» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the final fate of Koshchei the Deathless?

1. his ashes are scattered across the blue sea by the wind — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his ashes are scattered to the wind — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. his bones are left in the river — no support
4. his bones are buried deep under the oak tree in the forest — 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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