Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb

Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 440 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, did she really flip the whole towel into a river?

1. Yeah, a deep one, kinda — no support
2. Yeah, a wide one, straight up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, a huge one, flowing right out the door — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Yeah, a tall one, sort of — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, 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 a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «feed» (+1); the same doer «old woman» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 2 · ★ · right ✓

So the witch just got bullied by oxen? lol

1. Kinda, not really — no support
2. Pretty much, they drank the river dry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
3. Pretty much, yeah — no support
4. Pretty much, the oxen ate the hay — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 440, line 3: «The witch fetches her oxen, which drink the whole river dry, and she chases on again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+4); the same thing acted on «whole river» (+4); the same property (+3); the same doer «oxen» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the comb made a forest? That's sick

1. Yeah, an awfully thick one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Kinda, just trees — no support
3. Yeah, a really dense one — no support
4. Yep, a super dense one — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the girl just put her ear on the ground like a detective?

1. Yep, that's how she spotted him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yep, that's how she heard the witch coming down the road at night — score 5
3. Yep, that's how she heard her coming — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Nope, she hid behind a tree — no support

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 91, line 13: «The girl picks out the soft eyes of the twin nut «with her little golden scissors».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick out» (+4); the same doer «girl» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Her stepmom sent her to the witch's place for needles, no way

1. Yeah, to ask for needle and thread — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, to beg a needle, thread and a basket of bread from the old witch — no support
3. Yeah, to fetch the bread and milk — no support
4. Yeah, to ask the witch for a needle and some thread for the shift — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, her dad shot the stepmom? That's cold

1. Yeah, he was furious, so he grabbed his gun and shot her dead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he got really mad, so he loaded his rifle and shot her right there — no support
3. Yeah, he was sad, so he left her — no support
4. Yeah, he was mad, so he shot her — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, in the other version the husband gives the advice, right?

1. Yeah, not the witch, the cat — no support
2. Yeah, not the dad, it was the husband who told her what to do — no support
3. Nope, not the old miller, it's the husband who gives the advice there — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Yeah, not the dad, the husband — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 401, line 20: «WHY: the Owl's warnings are ignored, so she now "laments their past folly" instead of giving advice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «advice» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did she really give the Cat a lump of butter? Mad generous

1. Yeah, and then the Cat helped her escape from the witch's hut at night — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, and the Cat was so grateful it helped her out of the forest — score 5
3. Yeah, and the Cat helped her out — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, and the Mouse ran off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 2: «The Cat flatters her: she is wise and beautiful and should not be cruel. The Woman makes a bargain: one word in his praise and he may come into the Cave; two w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «woman» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Why does the witch need to sharpen her teeth? Mega weird

1. So she can eat the girl — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. So she can cook the girl up in a big iron pot tonight — no support
3. So she can catch the girl and eat her whole for dinner — no support
4. So she can bake a pie — 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 ✗

The brush makes a whole wood, that's wild

1. Yeah, a little wood from each bristle, and then a whole lake too — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, a little wood from each bristle — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Yeah, a little pile from every hair — no support
4. Yeah, a whole big wood sprouted from each of the bristles at once — 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 292, line 1: «Gerda rides with the little robber maiden deep into the woods to the robbers' castle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «woods» (+4); the same property (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the golik whisk turns into a forest? Legit?

1. Yeah, from a bath-room whisk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, from a kitchen spoon — no support
3. Yeah, a whole forest grew up from one little birch whisk in the sauna — no support
4. Nah, from a bath-tub brush — 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 · ★ · right ✓

The Old Prussian witch's egg made a frozen lake? Cool, innit

1. Yeah, and she slipped and broke her neck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she just sank — no support
3. Yeah, and she slipped and hurt her arm — no support
4. Nope, and she sat on a ledge quietly — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Sanskrit earth turned into a mountain, cup of water a river? Makes sense

1. Yep, the spell was broken — no support
2. Yep, the rule is simple: like produces like, every single time in these tales — no support
3. Yep, like produces like, so the earth became stone and the water became a river — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yep, like produces like — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 19: «The Duchess says "If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a deal faster than it does", and Alice, "very glad to get an opportunity of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same doer «earth» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Kamm in German is a comb AND a mountain ridge? Mind blown

1. Nah, just a hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, like the French ridge — no support
3. Nope, like the Latin word — no support
4. Yeah, like the Spanish sierra — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following objects, when thrown by the heroine, produced a river in the tale of the Baba Yaga?

1. The basket — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Comb — score 3
3. The mirror — score 3
4. The towel — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 329, line 17: «Old word: a "hanger" is an old word for a short sword, the weapon Tootles draws in the story.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «old word» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did the heroine's father respond upon learning of his wife's conduct?

1. He cried — no support
2. He shot her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He locked her in the cellar for good — no support
4. He tied her up and dragged her outside — 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 440, line 5: «The girl gets home and tells her father everything, and he shoots his wife for her cruelty.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «wife» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What action did Ivan take upon discovering the injuries sustained by his companions?

1. He went back to the hut and healed every one of the wounded men — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He fixed the broken bridge — score 5
3. He left them — score 5
4. He restored the strips — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 428, line 3: «When she goes off to war, Ivan opens a closet and finds Koshchei chained up there, and gives him water until he is strong enough to break free.», 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 «ivan» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What word did Ivan utter to command the izba to face the company?

1. Turn your face to me, izbushka, now — no support
2. Izba — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Izbushka — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Dvorets — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 373, line 9: «WHY the Wolf speaks: men often blame others for what they do themselves.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+2); the same doer «wolf» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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