Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 442 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 ✗
ok so why did Vasilissa have to go to the scary house, bruh
- 1. cuz the candle got snuffed and the work wasnt done — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. coz the stepmom said so and she had no choice — no support
- 3. cuz the candle died while she was sewing and nobody would help her get home — score 4
- 4. cuz her stepsis blew out the candle and the boss witch wanted her to work all night — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 442, line 15: «The witch threatens: "if you won't, I'll eat you!" so Vasilissa has no choice but to work.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «work» (+4); the same doer «vasilissa» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait who snuffed the candle, was it sus or nah
- 1. her older sister, totally by mistake lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the stepmom, on purpose, to get rid of her — no support
- 3. one stepsis, on purpose, faking an accident — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the stepmom and both stepsis together, planned it all week long — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did the doll say to her, like the vibe
- 1. "Fear not, my dear, go on." — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "Go on." — no support
- 3. "Never fear, Vasilissa dear!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. "Don't cry, little 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 · ★ · right ✓
did the white dude on the white horse come first or nah
- 1. yes — no support
- 2. no, the red one did — no support
- 3. yep, he came first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. nah — 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 75, line 7: «On Monday morning the Horse came first, "with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth" and asked him to trot; the Dog came "with a stick in his mouth" to f…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same property (+3); the same doer «horse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
the fence was made of what, be honest
- 1. skulls and rib cages from a graveyard the stepmom dug up — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. dead mens bones — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. bones with skulls on sticks, like spooky decor, all around — no support
- 4. stone and clay — 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 ✓
what was the gate lock, fr
- 1. a mouth with sharp teeth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a rusty padlock lol — no support
- 3. a rope tied in a knot — no support
- 4. a chain lol — 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 ✗
how does baba yaga get around, is she on a bike
- 1. in a mortar she carved herself from an oak, rowing with a long pestle — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. on a flying horse, pretty fast — no support
- 3. in a mortar, pushing with a pestle — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. in a giant wooden bowl that flies over the trees all night long — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 440, line 1: «The Baba Yaga leaps into her mortar and chases the girl, who has run away from her house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «mortar» (+4); the same doer «baba yaga» (+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 8 · ★ · right ✓
what did baba yaga sniff out, like what she smelled
- 1. blood — no support
- 2. Russian flesh — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. smoke — no support
- 4. Russian bread — 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 442, line 14: «Why: the witch sniffs the air and cries, "I smell Russian flesh!", which means she smells a human.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did she threaten to do if vasilissa didnt work, lol
- 1. sell her — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. lock her up — no support
- 3. feed her to the wolves out in the woods tonight — no support
- 4. eat 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
what leftovers did she get for supper, like scraps
- 1. the stepsisters' leftovers, cold and greasy and scraped off plates — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. whatever bones and gristle were left in the pot after she ate — no support
- 3. bread crust and a bit of pig — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. some cold stew and rye — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
whats the wheat task again
- 1. sift two quarters of rye — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. clear four quarters of wheat — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. clear four quarters of wheat of every seed and then sweep the whole barn — no support
- 4. clear four quarters of wheat before the candle burns down tonight — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
who actually did the wheat, real talk
- 1. a magic helper that the stepmother had hidden in the attic — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the doll — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. she did — no support
- 4. the stepsis — 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 ✗
what did baba yaga say at the end, lol
- 1. "Well, well! very good!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. "Well, well, very good indeed, now you may leave my house forever!" — no support
- 3. "Oh, very well then." — no support
- 4. "Well, I suppose that is acceptable, you may go to sleep now, child." — ← 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 430, line 14: «What: The Baba Yaga looks at the bridge, says "A capital bridge!", and drives on, but it breaks in two halfway across.», 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 «baba yaga» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
With reference to the passage, which rider's appearance coincides with the onset of daylight?
- 1. The rider in red who galloped to the gate last of all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The white horseman — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The rider in black — no support
- 4. The black horseman who vanished through the gate at midnight — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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 ✗
Which proverb does the doll offer Vasilissa before she retires to rest?
- 1. Night is wiser than the morning — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The night brings better counsel — no support
- 3. The morning is wiser than the evening — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Wait till dawn — 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 ✗
By what implement does Baba Yaga propel her mortar, as described in the passage?
- 1. By pushing hard with her bare feet on the ground — no support
- 2. With a long iron pole she pushes against the ground — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. With a shovel — no support
- 4. With a pestle — ✓ 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 440, line 1: «The Baba Yaga leaps into her mortar and chases the girl, who has run away from her house.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «baba yaga» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What is the precise nature of the task imposed upon Vasilissa by Baba Yaga on her first evening?
- 1. Cleaning wheat — no support
- 2. Sifting six sacks of barley by dawn — no support
- 3. Clearing four quarters of wheat of other seed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 4. Separating four baskets of rye from weeds — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 442, line 4: «Baba Yaga eats up the food, then orders Vasilissa to clear four quarters of wheat by morning or be eaten.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «clear» (+3). 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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