Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful: the skull burns the stepmother, and Vasilissa becomes the king's wife

Tests: 4 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 443 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 ✗

so like, what did the skull do to the stepmom's crew?

1. froze them — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. turned them into stone — no support
3. burnt them all to cinders — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. burnt 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

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, who did the king wanna marry?

1. Vasilissa — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Her mother — score 3
3. Eva — no support
4. Anna — no support

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 443, line 5: «Vasilissa weaves fine linen, marries the king, and keeps her doll in her pocket for the rest of her life.», 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 «vasilissa» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, which rider was the black one?

1. Black Rider — score 3
2. Midnight — no support
3. The rider who came after the red and the white one — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Dark Night — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 10: «Why the boy climbs: the calf says "climb up that tree, so that no one can come nigh you but the monkeys".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «one» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus question: what did the hag hate carried outta her house?

1. mud — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. dust — score 4
3. dirt — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. ash — 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 335, line 5: «Peter takes Wendy's place at the mast, crows, then reveals himself and fights until he faces Hook in a duel.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

how'd Vasilissa get a loom anyway?

1. a witch sold it — no support
2. her doll made it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the Baba Yaga gave it to her after the trials were done — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. her doll made it from the birch wood by magic — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score -1, 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4). Against it: the same receiver «vasilissa» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, how fine was her linen?

1. thin enough to pass through the eye of a needle easily — score 1
2. fine as a spider's web — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. thin enough for a needle — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. so fine that the king himself could not even see the weave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 443, line 5: «Vasilissa weaves fine linen, marries the king, and keeps her doll in her pocket for the rest of her life.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «fine linen» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

what did the king say he would never do?

1. lose thee — no support
2. leave thee — score 3
3. wed another bride — no support
4. part with thee — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 21, line 5: «The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter. He, the March Hare and the Dormouse each give a different date for when the tea…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2); the same action «take off» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

who came to live with her after the wedding?

1. mom — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the king — no support
3. her uncle — no support
4. her dad — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

where did Vasilissa keep her doll, fr?

1. her pocket — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. her pocket, wrapped in a cloth, until she died — no support
3. a box — score 10
4. a bag — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 443, line 5: «Vasilissa weaves fine linen, marries the king, and keeps her doll in her pocket for the rest of her life.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «doll» (+4); the same doer «vasilissa» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

salty stepsisters, what did their house lack?

1. a clean floor — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a spark of fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a spark of fire and the warmth of any living kin — no support
4. no light — 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 · ★ · right ✓

what did the skull say when she wanted to chuck it?

1. Do not throw me away; carry me to your stepmother's room — score 4
2. Carry me back to the stepmother's house and let her see the light — no support
3. Throw me in the stove now — no support
4. Carry me to your stepmother — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 443, line 8: «What: the skull says "Throw me not away. Carry me to your stepmother!" when Vasilissa wants to drop it at the gate.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same receiver «stepmother» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

what lit her way home, like, at a run?

1. the white horseman's lantern on the road home — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. the skull — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. the doll — score 8
4. a lamp — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 202, line 19: «Old word: "alighted" means that a bird landed or came down gently on the ground.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «alight» (+5); the same thing acted on «old word» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what did the stepmom think the skull would do?

1. keep the skull's light in and warm the whole room — no support
2. keep the light in — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. fetch more wood — no support
4. think the skull would keep the light in and bring her luck — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 443, line 12: «Why Vasilissa is safe: she is "none the worse," because the skull was her light and not her enemy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «light» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what did the hag call her when she got pushed out?

1. bless'd daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. sweet daughter — score 3
3. the blessed daughter, who was always kind and dutiful — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. a most blessed and beloved daughter of the house — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 435, line 6: «Who: the daughter, who calls "Osip, Osip, come here!" at the dike and weeps on the bank.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «daughter» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

who got cinders in the end?

1. the king and the servants — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. the stepmother and both stepdaughters who sat by the stove — no support
3. the stepmother, her daughters, and all the servants of the house — no support
4. the stepmother and daughters — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 15: «At the end the king says "You shall have my daughter and my estate", so the boy becomes a king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «end» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following did the Baba Yaga demand of Vasilissa each day, as stated in the text?

1. The weaving of linen and the sewing of shirts — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. The sorting of wheat, the cleaning of poppy seed, and the lighting of the stove at dawn each day — no support
3. The spinning of flax and the grinding of grain — no support
4. The sorting of wheat and the cleaning of poppy seed — ✓ the right answer · 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 443, line 5: «Vasilissa weaves fine linen, marries the king, and keeps her doll in her pocket for the rest of her life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «weave» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the agent through whose action the stepmother and stepsisters perished, according to the narrative.

1. The skull with blazing eyes that came from the Baba Yaga's yard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The skull with blazing eyes, carried home by the bold heroine herself — no support
3. The skull with blazing eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The stepmother's own hands — 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 ✗

State the relationship of the Kukla to the heroine's fortune, as explained in the editorial commentary.

1. It is a village spirit who guards the house door — no support
2. It is a puppet or figure through which the story is told, and it also stands for the mother's blessing and the moral lesson of the tale — no support
3. It is a puppet or figure through which the story is told — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is a puppet or figure through which the story is told and the heroine's fortune is carried along by it — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 279, line 3: «The Shoes of Fortune carry him there in seconds, and on the moon he sees a town of soft, glassy towers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same thing acted on «fortune» (+4). 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 · wrong ✗

Explain the outcome of the heroine's marriage with respect to her father's residence and her doll.

1. Her father stayed away, and she gave the doll to the king — no support
2. Her father lived with her in the new house, and she kept the doll with her until the very end of her life — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Her father lived with her and the king, and she kept the doll in her pocket for all of her long married life — score 8
4. Her father lived with her, and she kept the doll to her death — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 441, line 8: «The mother says, "Keep it always by you, and never show it to anybody."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «doll» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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