Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets to the church first and marries the bride

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 433 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 ✗

Dude, so Ivan just strolls into the church and marries her, right?

1. Yeah, he rolls up in his fancy prince clothes and marries her right there, and the brothers are totally shook, mic drop — no support
2. Yeah, he totally beat his bros to it, mic drop — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, the old lady sorted it out for him and he sat in the back pew the whole time, honestly wild — no support
4. Nah, he married her after the brothers left, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 432, line 4: «Ivan squeezes the egg and smashes it, and Koshchei dies; but his brothers cut the ladder and leave him stranded.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); the same doer «brothers» (+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, how much is the old lady charging for her stuff?

1. Like two ducats a pop, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Like one ducat a pop, fam — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A ducat — no support
4. Free, fam — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 238, line 6: «Who: the youngest daughter, who goes away on the Black Bull after her two sisters went off in coaches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the old lady made the dress herself, or what?

1. Nope, she bought it all from some shop, no cap — score 6
2. Yeah, she told him she sewed it all, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yeah, she said she made everything herself, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Nah, bought it — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 426, line 7: «The lady says that a young man will be her "husband dear", so she is ready to marry the Prince at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «lady» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Ivan dress up like a prince all of a sudden?

1. To scare off the brothers at the church — score 4
2. To make sure the king would see him at the wedding and give him the throne right away — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. To show the old lady he's a real prince — score 5
4. To show the old lady who he really is — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 433, line 5: «The king is glad, banishes the two elder princes and makes Ivan his heir.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «ivan» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayy, the old lady totally begged him for forgiveness, right?

1. Nope, she ran — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, she dropped to her knees, bro — no support
3. Yep, she cried — no support
4. Yep, she fell at his feet, no lie — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

The eldest bro saw them walking home together, what happened?

1. He stomped off all mad, bro — no support
2. He joined them at the church and then started yelling about the wedding in front of everyone — no support
3. He turned back all shamed, bro — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. He went back all embarrassed, bro — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 433, line 4: «His eldest brother comes too late, sees them walking home together, and turns back in shame.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn back» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

So the king kicked out the two big bros, huh?

1. Yup, exiled — no support
2. Yup, he banished them, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Nope — no support
4. Yup, he jailed them, no cap — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 433, line 5: «The king is glad, banishes the two elder princes and makes Ivan his heir.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «banish» (+4); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who got to be the heir to the throne in the end?

1. The youngest one, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Prince Ivan, obviously, bro — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. The one who got married in the church first, bro, duh — score 3
4. The queen — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

The author talks about a story where a whirlwind kidnaps someone, right?

1. Yeah, it's Prince Arikad's mom, fam — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it's a totally different story about a dragon and a princess who got kidnapped from a castle, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, fam — no support
4. Yeah, it's the king's wife, fam — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 233, line 1: «The Sultan asks how the Singing Tree came to the garden, and the princess promises to tell him the whole story later.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «whole story» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the egg thing is in a bunch of tales, right?

1. Yeah, fam — no support
2. Yeah, it's in loads of them, no cap — no support
3. Yeah, like all over the place, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, only in one old tale, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «old tales» (+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

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Koshchei dies cuz Ivan cracks the egg?

1. Yep, he falls over and dies, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yep, when the egg cracks he falls over and dies, and his whole castle collapses after, bro — no support
3. Yep, he falls over and dies, lol — no support
4. Nope, he gets up, laughs at Ivan, and then turns into a snake and slithers away, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 428, line 9: «WHY: Ivan rode out because he "grew weary" of living alone, and he set out "in search of my sisters".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «ivan» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Satou hides his heart in a tree, bro?

1. Yep, in the birch leaves, no lie — no support
2. Nope, he hides it in a golden chest under the palace floor, and nobody can find it, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yep, in the acacia flowers, no lie — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, he hides it in the flowers of the acacia tree in the valley, no lie, the valley far away — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 433, line 20: «The Egyptian tale of Satou hides his heart in an acacia tree, so that if the tree falls he dies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same thing acted on «heart» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So that tress of hair, it floats down the river, right?

1. Yup, it floats right to the King, fam — no support
2. Yup, it goes straight to the King, fam — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yup, it floats to the Queen, fam — no support
4. Nope, it floats down the river and sinks, but a fish swallows it and then the King catches the fish, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 396, line 1: «A Fox swims across a rapid river, and the current sweeps him into a very deep ravine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swim» (+4); the same place «rapid river» (+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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what extent did the monarch, following the solemnization of the nuptials, dispose of the two elder princes?

1. He forgave them publicly at the wedding feast and then gave them new lands in the north — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He jailed them — no support
3. He banished them from the realm — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He exiled them — 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 ✗

In what manner did the bridegroom's eldest brother react upon observing the procession returning together?

1. He withdrew shamefully — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He fled — no support
3. He wept — no support
4. He retired ignominiously — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which folk-tale does the author cite as an instance of the Queen-Mother being abducted by the Whirlwind?

1. The old tale of the Queen-Mother and the Whirlwind that the author recalls from childhood — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The tale of Prince Arikad — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The story of Prince Koshchei — no support
4. The story of Prince Ivan — 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 377, line 11: «The larks hear the news: "When the young Larks told their mother what they had heard that day."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2). Against it: the same doer «young larks» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the old woman obtain the bride's requirements, and at what remuneration?

1. Through Ivan's secret gold, which she exchanged in the market for silk and lace at great profit — no support
2. By Ivan's aid, at one ducat per delivery — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By the king's order, at one ducat each — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. By Ivan's help, at two ducats per delivery — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 232, line 2: «The princess asks the Talking Bird what to serve, and the bird tells her to dig under a tree.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «bird» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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