Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 436 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 ✗
ngl the king was SO sus opening that red coffer, fr?
- 1. he opened it cause he was too curious and the eagle said not to, so he did it anyway — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he opened it cause the queen dared him and his horse wanted the snacks inside — no support
- 3. he opened it because the eagle lied — no support
- 4. he opened it cause he was too curious — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
lowkey who was that guy coming out of the water, no cap?
- 1. a fish — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the king's own brother — no support
- 3. the man from the water — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the eagle — 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 · ★ · right ✓
wait so baba yaga is like a witch in a hut, right?
- 1. no, she lives in a cave by the river — score 5
- 2. yes, she lives in a hut in the forest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. no, she's a queen — no support
- 4. no, she lives at sea — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 436, line 18: «Baba Yaga is a witch of Russian folk tales who lives in a hut in a dense forest and asks visitors whether they seek work or shun it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same place «hut» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
yo was the prince's ma cool with giving him up, fr?
- 1. yes, they were happy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yes, they were happy about it — no support
- 3. no, they all cried, they had no choice — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. no, the mum wanted to keep him — 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 ✗
bro what did the eagle's mum and sis do when the king showed up?
- 1. they fed him and gave gifts — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. they gave him respect and a warm welcome — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. they gave him respect and a warm welcome and fed him a huge feast — score -1
- 4. they gave him cold silence — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 294, line 15: «fact: THE KING'S PRIZE: He will give his daughter "to him who jumps highest," but the Leap-frog wins by jumping onto her golden stool, which shows understandin…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «king» (+2). Against it: the same action «give» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
ayy what's the bridge built out of, our kid?
- 1. crystal from the sea floor — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. crystal — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. silver — no support
- 4. pure crystal and silver ropes — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
ok real talk, who's the eldest spoonbill maiden?
- 1. the eldest — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. vasilissa the wise — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. marina — no support
- 4. the second maiden sister — 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 · ★ · right ✓
no cap, how many spoonbills flew down to the shore?
- 1. six — no support
- 2. twelve — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. two — no support
- 4. thirteen — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 436, line 19: «Vasilissa the Wise is the eldest of twelve spoonbills who turn into maidens, and she asks for her shift back with the words "Do give me my shift!"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
so why'd vasilissa help the prince out, bruh?
- 1. he gave her shift back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. he was her cousin — no support
- 3. he promised her gold — no support
- 4. he gave her shift back after she showed him the bridge — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
yo, who sweeps the bridge clean in the morning?
- 1. the old woman — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. the youngest maiden — no support
- 3. the youngest maiden of the twelve spoonbills — no support
- 4. the prince — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 430, line 2: «Ivan steals the sorry colt at midnight while the witch sleeps, and gets away by waving his handkerchief to make a bridge.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «witch» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
nah fr, how many coffers did the eagle hand over?
- 1. two — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. four — no support
- 3. one — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. none — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 405, line 13: «The Lion is kept in a cage, and when he is released he does not attack the man who once helped him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «man» (+3). Against it: a different action (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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, what did the man say he would do with the cattle, bro?
- 1. pack the cattle away and return them to the sea floor at dawn — score 8
- 2. return them to the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. pack all the cattle away into the coffer for a price — no support
- 4. pack all the cattle away — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 419, line 11: «Why the moujik comes back is simple: he wants his copeck, and Marko says "I've come for my copeck" is what the moujik says at the gate.», 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 «come back» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
lol the king just forgot about the son once he saw the garden, right?
- 1. no, he kept the garden — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. yes, he forgot about his wife — score 5
- 3. yes, he forgot about giving him up — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. no, he remembered — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 189, line 15: «The king orders Sindbad's adventures to be written "in letters of gold" and kept in the archives.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which objects did the Eagle bestow upon the King at the time of his departure?
- 1. Two coffers — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. A boat alongside one coffer — score -1
- 3. A carriage with three chests — score -1
- 4. A ship accompanied by two coffers — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 137, line 11: «fact: The Pedlar "detected the trick", so he knows the Ass did it on purpose the second time.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did the King first become acquainted with the contents of the red coffer?
- 1. By disobeying the Eagle's express instruction — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. By asking nicely — no support
- 3. By ignoring the Queen's advice — no support
- 4. By breaking the lock with an axe — 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 ✗
In what manner did the King's household resolve the matter of the Prince's surrender?
- 1. By holding a great feast and then leaving him alone at the mouth of the river with a sword — no support
- 2. By giving him to the Water King — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. By leaving him at the mouth of the river — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. By leaving him at the mouth of the river in a basket at dawn — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 232, line 7: «What: The princes tell the Sultan they will agree to his wishes, and he keeps them by his side "for the rest of the day."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What task was the Prince required to accomplish before the Water King, and within what period?
- 1. A silver ring by dawn — no support
- 2. A golden crown in a week — no support
- 3. A crystal bridge within a single night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 4. A crystal bridge within a single night, swept clean by morning — 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 436, line 5: «At home the King learns he has a newborn son, the Prince is left at the river, and after Baba Yaga and Vasilissa the Wise he builds a crystal bridge for the Wa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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