Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 450 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 ✗

Yo, did the smith really hide in a sheep-skin to sneak past her?

1. Yeah, wool side out, like a sheep — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he crawled out wearing the whole sheep-skin, wool side out, like a real sheep for sure — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Yeah, he wrapped the sheep-skin round himself with wool side out, like a sheep — score 8
4. Yeah, wool side in, like a coat — no support

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 379, line 2: «An Ass finds a Lion's skin in the forest, puts it on, and scares every animal that passes, until his loud bray gives him away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put on» (+4); the same thing acted on «skin» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, why'd he tie her with the thick cord, not the skinny one?

1. Cuz the skinny one's weak, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cuz the skinny one snapped right away when she pulled on it, no cap at all — no support
3. Cuz the skinny one snapped, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cuz the thin one tore, no cap — 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 ✗

Wait, the smith burned her eye with what?

1. A red poker, pretty rough — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. A red-hot awl, lowkey brutal — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. A red-hot awl he'd heated in the forge, lowkey brutal, no joke at all — score 4
4. He used the red-hot awl from the forge, lowkey super brutal honestly — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 450, line 1: «A smith boasts to an old woman that he can forge an eye, and she lets him tie her up with cords.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «smith» (+4); the same thing acted on «eye» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, did his hand actually stick to the hatchet?

1. Nah, it's loose — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, stuck tight, he couldn't break it — no support
3. Yep, stuck fast, couldn't pull free — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, glued on, couldn't let go — 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 ✗

So what did he do when his hand was stuck?

1. Hacked it clean off, mad respect — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He ran away — no support
3. He sawed it off, pretty gross — no support
4. He cut it off — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 450, line 17: «The smith cuts off his own hand "clean off," so the tale is harsh and its ending is grim.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «own hand» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «cut off» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, why did Likho chase him through the forest?

1. Cuz he tricked her and was running off with her sheep, so obvi she chased him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cuz he was trying to escape, obvi — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cuz he stole her golden hatchet, obvi — no support
4. Cuz he tried to escape her cottage and steal her golden hatchet from the tree — 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, what was the thing with the golden hatchet, like the trap?

1. It was a bait, he got stuck — no support
2. The hatchet was bait set in a tree, and he got stuck when he grabbed it greedily — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. He wanted it so bad, he got stuck — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He saw the glittering hatchet, wanted it badly, reached out and got stuck tight — 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 450, line 4: «In the forest he grabs a golden-handled hatchet, his hand sticks to it, and Likho comes after him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grab» (+4); the same thing acted on «handled hatchet» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did he claim to the village about his comrade?

1. Said Likho devoured his comrade whole in the cottage while he escaped, wild — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Claimed Likho ate him, crazy — no support
3. Said Likho ate him up, wild — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Said Likho ate him up after he'd lost his hand to her, wild stuff — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ok, so was he the one who gets tricked, or the tricker?

1. He got tricked, then tricked her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was the tricker at first, but she tricked him back and he lost a hand — no support
3. He tricked her, then got tricked back — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He tricked her, she tricked 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what's Likho even mean, like in plain talk?

1. Some kind of monstrous forest demon who eats travelers and lives in the woods — no support
2. A wicked forest spirit who ruins people's lives and steals their wealth — no support
3. Evil or misfortune, like bad luck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Curse or doom, like bad fate — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 77, line 7: «Kipling keeps saying "'sclusively", his baby-talk for "exclusively", which here means "only, completely".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+5); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, did she believe the smith was a sheep?

1. Nah, she saw through him, pushed him — no support
2. Nah, she didn't — no support
3. Nah, she caught him and shoved him out — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she thought he was a sheep — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 376, line 10: «The Fox says sheep are "such stupid mutton heads," so he thinks eating them is no crime, and the animals all cheer for him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what's a pelisse, like what's the vibe?

1. A long sheep-skin coat, cozy and warm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. A long sheep-skin coat with a hood, cozy and warm for winter travel — score 7
3. A heavy sheep-skin overcoat that keeps the wearer cozy and warm in snow — no support
4. A long fur coat, warm and toasty — score 7

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 450, line 12: «A pelisse is a long coat, here made of sheep-skin, and he turns it "inside out so that the wool was outside."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «long coat» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, is the smith a hero at the end?

1. Yeah, he's brave, pretty cool now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he's not a hero, he lost his hand and his comrade got eaten by Likho — no support
3. Nah, he lost a leg, kinda messed — no support
4. Nah, he lost a hand, pretty messed up — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the means by which the smith escapes the cottage in the morning?

1. He conceals himself within a sheep-skin garment, reversing its wool outward — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. He disguises himself as a sheep in the field, facing outward — score 0
3. He disguises himself — score 0
4. He wraps himself in a cloak of straw and walks out — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 450, line 3: «She breaks free and sits at the threshold, and in the morning he hides in a sheep-skin and slips out with the flock.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+5); the same doer «smith» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what object does the smith's hand become immovably affixed in the forest, according to the narrative?

1. A golden-handled knife, nailed to a log — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A golden-handled hatchet wedged into the bark of an old oak tree in the forest clearing — no support
3. A golden-handled hatchet, lodged deep in the trunk of a birch tree near the path — no support
4. A golden-handled hatchet, lodged in a tree — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal consequence of the smith's injury, as he presents it to the inhabitants of his village?

1. He lost his left foot, which he displays as proof of his tale — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He has lost his right hand, which he offers as evidence of Likho — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He has lost both hands and his comrade, which he offers to the villagers as undeniable evidence of Likho's power over the forest — no support
4. He has lost his right hand entirely, which he displays to the villagers as undeniable evidence that Likho truly exists — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which term, occurring in the narrative, denotes the misfortune or evil personified in the old woman?

1. The old woman of the forest cottage — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Vasilisa — no support
3. Likho — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Koschei — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 450, line 6: «Who: a clever smith who tries to fool an old woman called Likho, whose name means evil or misfortune.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «evil» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «name» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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