Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother
Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 431 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, who got snatched by Koshchei at the start?
- 1. Ivan's sister — score 3
- 2. The old woman who lives in the forest — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Ivan's mum — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The princess — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 316, line 16: «Peter feeds them by chasing birds and snatching their food, and the birds "would follow and snatch it back."», 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 «peter» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
ngl, what did the eldest bro ask his dad for?
- 1. His dad's old horse — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. His dad's blessing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Money — score -3
- 4. A horse — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 431, line 2: «Ivan asks for his father's blessing, but no horse suits him until an old woman shows him a buried iron plate.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
so when dad said no, what did Ivan say?
- 1. "if you do not bless me I shall go" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. "I will ride tomorrow at dawn" — score 6
- 3. "Then I will take the old horse" — score 6
- 4. "Fine, go then" — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 431, line 9: «Ivan answers that he will go either way: "if you do not bless me I shall go."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bless» (+4); the same thing acted on «ivan» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
no cap, what did the horse do when it heard him coming?
- 1. It bit the iron bars — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It ran — no support
- 3. It neighed and kicked — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It slept — 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 ✗
fr, how many chains was the horse tied with?
- 1. Twelve iron chains of great weight — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Twenty chains bound with silver rings — no support
- 3. Twelve — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Eleven — 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 ✓
bro, what did Ivan toss up in the air?
- 1. Ivan's own shield — score 9
- 2. His hat — score 9
- 3. Koshchei's sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 4. A golden apple — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 431, line 5: «At the top, a princess helps him, he tosses Koshchei's great sword, and in the second house he finds his mother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «toss» (+6); the same doer «ivan» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «great sword» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
ngl, how heavy was that rock?
- 1. Heavy enough to crush a whole ox cart — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Sixty poods — no support
- 3. A hundred and fifty poods — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A hundred and twenty poods — 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 ✗
so what did the words on the rock say?
- 1. Peace will fall now — no support
- 2. Riches — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. Fame will come soon — no support
- 4. A way will open — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 351, line 19: «Old word: "bade" means "told" or "ordered," so "He bade them good-by" means he said goodbye to them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+6); the same doer «word» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruh, what colour did the blood in the glass go if Ivan was doomed?
- 1. Red — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Silver — no support
- 3. Dark — no support
- 4. Black — ✓ 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 ✓
sus, what did the princess tell him to touch?
- 1. A chink in the wall — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. A bolt on the door — score 9
- 3. The lock on the iron gate of the garden — score 9
- 4. A hidden hole behind the golden throne — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 431, line 17: «The princess tells Ivan that Koshchei "is not mortal," and that his sword is "fifty poods in weight."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+6); the same doer «princess» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
what did the princess say Koshchei was?
- 1. A evil king — score 6
- 2. A wizard lord — no support
- 3. Cruel — no support
- 4. Not mortal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 431, line 17: «The princess tells Ivan that Koshchei "is not mortal," and that his sword is "fifty poods in weight."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+6); the same property (+3). Against it: the same doer «koshchei» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
fr, who did Ivan find in the second house?
- 1. His mum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. Gold — score 9
- 3. His horse — score 9
- 4. Dad — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 431, line 13: «She tells him to dig, and Ivan finds "an iron plate with twelve padlocks on it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+6); the same doer «ivan» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · right ✓
lowkey, what did Ivan give the old woman?
- 1. A silver coin only — no support
- 2. Thanks — no support
- 3. Money and thanks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Gold — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 431, line 15: «Ivan dresses in armor, saddles the horse with a Circassian saddle, and gives the old woman money.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «give» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which person was carried off by Koshchei the Deathless at the commencement of the narrative?
- 1. The king — ← Mova's choice · score 12
- 2. The mother of Prince Ivan — ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 3. His sister — score 9
- 4. The brother of Prince Ivan — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 431, line 6: «"Koshchei the Deathless carried off their mother" all of a sudden, and the eldest and second sons go off after her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry off» (+6); the same doer «koshchei» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «mother» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 12. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What reply did Prince Ivan make when his father feared the loss of a further son?
- 1. "if you do not bless me I shall go" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. "I will not stay here if you refuse me this blessing" — no support
- 3. "You may keep your fear, for I am leaving at dawn tomorrow" — no support
- 4. "Bless me or I will ride away now" — 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 · wrong ✗
What weight in poods was the iron rock recorded to possess in the narrative?
- 1. So massive that many men could not shift it at all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Heavy enough to block the whole mountain road — no support
- 3. A hundred and sixty poods — score 3
- 4. A hundred and fifty poods — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 428, line 17: «WORDS: "Tarry" means to stay or linger for a while, and a "wooer" was a suitor who came to ask for a bride's hand in marriage.», 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 «words» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What did the inscription upon the rock declare would be granted to the person who flung it?
- 1. A kingdom would be his — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. A reward would be given — no support
- 3. A crown — no support
- 4. A way would be opened — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 429, line 19: «Word: "outlandish" is an old word meaning strange or foreign, as if from a faraway land.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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