Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, part 27: a wife's curse on her children, then a King and an Eagle

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 435 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 ✗

Bruv, why did the daughter go mental at the dike?

1. cos she found out her mum drowned Osip after he got back from the war, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. cos mum drowned him — no support
3. cos her mum drowned Osip, dead rough innit — no support
4. cos her mum drowned Osip, proper savage — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 87, line 4: «Taffy sees that the snake sign could mean «Daddy is thinking, come in quietly». Tegumai's eyes shine: he thinks his daughter has found the biggest secret of th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «daughter» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did she turn her girl into, like?

1. a tiny wren, bare small, innit — no support
2. a bird, yeah — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. a sparrow, lol — no support
4. a wren, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 307, line 4: «At Roeskilde, King Hroar and the kings and queens of Denmark walk up to the church, and a peasant-woman from Soroe turns into a frog.», 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 «kings» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so her boy became what bird, yeah?

1. a nightingale, like proper singing, sick — score 4
2. a nightingale, that's mad, sick tbh — no support
3. a nightingale, sick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. a goldfinch, innit — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 124, line 3: «He falls down as a handsome Prince with beautiful eyes, and soon becomes her dear companion and betrothed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+2); the same doer «father» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Nah, what did the mum actually do to Osip?

1. she chucked him in, straight up — no support
2. she drowned him in the pond after dinner, straight up — score 8
3. she drowned him in the dike at night, proper mad, straight up — score 8
4. she drowned him, straight up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 435, line 2: «She looks into the water, sees his head floating, and knows her mother has drowned him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «osip» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «drown» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, why did the King keep feeding the Eagle?

1. cos it moaned at him, proper needy — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. cos it kept on begging, dead needy — no support
3. cos it begged him, dead desperate — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. cos it was hungry — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 435, line 5: «The Eagle carries the King off, drops him into three seas, and flies him to its sister, who sets dogs on him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «eagle» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how many seas did the Eagle chuck him in?

1. three seas, bare mad — score -4
2. three lakes, dead scary — score -4
3. two seas, yeah — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. three seas, proper scary — ✓ the right answer · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 8: «Five splashes paint on Two and blames Seven, who «jogged my elbow»; Seven answers «Always lay the blame on others!»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, how far did the King sink in the first one?

1. to his shins, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. up to his knees, lol — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. up to his ankles, lol — score 5
4. his knees, lol — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 365, line 14: «Who: the Wolf in the third tale is proud, and a Lion is the one who strikes him down with a single blow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «lion» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, where was the sister's house, like?

1. on the right, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. on the left, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the left side — no support
4. down the road, bruv — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did the sister set on the King, fam?

1. greyhounds, straight up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. wolfhounds, straight up — score 5
3. loads of massive greyhounds, dead scary, fam — score 5
4. a pack of greyhounds, straight up, fam — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 405, line 5: «The Lion recognizes him, lays a paw on his lap, and the King pardons the Shepherd and frees the Lion.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lay» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So was the Eagle getting revenge or nah?

1. nah, for a random thing, bare proper — no support
2. yeah, it was payback for something ages ago, proper bare, bruv — no support
3. yeah, for the old score, bare proper — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, he was getting back at the King for the old score, bare proper — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 435, line 5: «The Eagle carries the King off, drops him into three seas, and flies him to its sister, who sets dogs on him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eagle» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, why did the Eagle say he was scared?

1. cos he was scared — no support
2. cos he was dropped — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. cos he got chucked, no cap — score 4
4. cos he was dropped, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 402, line 5: «A breeze fans the spark into flames, the baby eagles roast and drop dead, and the fox gobbles them up while the eagle watches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+3); the same doer «baby eagles» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the manner in which the Eaglet first petitions the King?

1. by entreating him three times not to shoot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. by entreating him three separate times not to shoot him — no support
3. by singing a song to the King — no support
4. by warning the King of the danger — 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 ✓

Which of the following identifies the location to which the Eagle conveys the King?

1. the house of its youngest sister — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the house of the eldest sister — no support
3. the house of its youngest sister on the left side of the road — no support
4. a castle by the western sea — 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 of the following accurately states the punishment the daughter gives her two children?

1. she transforms the girl into a wren and the boy into a nightingale after the drowning — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. she changes them to a wren and cuckoo — score 6
3. she transforms them into a wren and a nightingale and herself into a cuckoo — score 6
4. she transforms them into a wren and a nightingale — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 113, line 1: «Bearskin hands his ring-half to the youngest daughter and sets off for three more years of wandering.», 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 «bearskin» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best explains the depth to which the King sinks in the third sea?

1. the King sinks up to his neck and then is pulled under — score 6
2. up to his neck — no support
3. the King sinks up to his neck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. the King sinks to his hips — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 82, line 1: «On the banks of the muddy Amazon live two friends: Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog, who eats snails, and Slow-Solid Tortoise, who eats lettuces. Painted Jaguar lives…», 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 «mother» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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