Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks the Zluidni into the river, and Friday punishes a spinner
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 453 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 ✗
Bro, why'd Ivan even go back to the old house?
- 1. To steal his father's axe — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. To grab his old boots — score 4
- 3. To pray — score 4
- 4. To grab his mill-stones — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 433, line 9: «Why: the eldest brother is the proper bridegroom, but Ivan takes his place because the brothers are late.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Okay but who were the Zluidni, like seriously?
- 1. Demons who stole Ivan's gold coins — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wicked spirits who lived in the forest mill — no support
- 3. Ivan's helpers from before — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Ivan's former neighbours — 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 ✓
So what did Ivan make them lug around?
- 1. The mill-stones on their backs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Barrels of water on their heads — no support
- 3. Two massive mill-stones tied to their necks — score 3
- 4. Every stone from the old mill's wall — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 453, line 9: «What Ivan does: he makes them go "in front of him" with the stones "on their backs."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «stones» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, how'd he finally get rid of them?
- 1. He shoved them off a bridge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He tricked them into a deep lake at night — no support
- 3. He tossed them in a pond — no support
- 4. He drowned 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, what's the deal with the Luck in that Servian story?
- 1. She sings — no support
- 2. She spins a plain thread — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. She sleeps — no support
- 4. She spins a gold thread — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 453, line 5: «Then the tale turns to Luck and Fate, and to the days of the week, ending with Mother Friday's punishment of a woman who spins.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spin» (+5); the same doer «woman» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
No cap, who's Mother Friday?
- 1. A Friday spirit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Pyatnitsa, the Friday saint — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Pyatnitsa, the Sunday saint — no support
- 4. A saint — 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 ✗
Why'd that lady get dust in her eyes, fr?
- 1. She sewed on Friday — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She slept — no support
- 3. She spun on Friday — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She sang — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ugh, what does Friday punish with those whitlows?
- 1. Baking bread on Thursday night — no support
- 2. Sewing and spinning on Friday — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Sweeping and washing on Friday — no support
- 4. Lazy sleep — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 453, line 5: «Then the tale turns to Luck and Fate, and to the days of the week, ending with Mother Friday's punishment of a woman who spins.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mother friday» (+2); the same action «punish» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, what did the king do to Luckless?
- 1. Stamped him and forced him to serve the court — score 1
- 2. Gave him a pardon and a title of nobility — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Freed him and sent him home — score 4
- 4. Stamped him and let him roam — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 436, line 4: «A man from the water offers to pack the cattle away if the King gives him whatever he has at home that he does not know about, and the King agrees.», 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 «give» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Fr, which day is the Carinthian Sibne dan?
- 1. Friday — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Sun — no support
- 3. Thursday — no support
- 4. Eve — 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 ✓
Ayo, what's a distaff even?
- 1. A stick for holding flax — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A tall stand for weaving the threads of the loom — no support
- 3. A tool for cutting wool — no support
- 4. A wooden beam used to press cloth — 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 ✗
Yo, so was Ivan a jerk to the Zluidni or what?
- 1. He chased them off the land — no support
- 2. He made them swear an oath to the king — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. He sent them to the mill — no support
- 4. He tricked them into the river — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 453, line 9: «What Ivan does: he makes them go "in front of him" with the stones "on their backs."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same doer «ivan» (+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 action does Ivan perform upon the Zluidni at the bridge?
- 1. He lifts them up onto the wooden bridge — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He orders them to jump after the stones into the river — score 5
- 3. He pushes them off into the dark swirling water below — no support
- 4. He pushes them over into the deep river — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 453, line 4: «On the bridge he gives them a shove, and they sink to the bottom with the stones.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «bridge» (+4); the same doer «ivan» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 ✗
What is the principal purpose of Fate's advice to the poor brother?
- 1. To secure the fortune of his niece Militsa — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. To teach the poor brother to spin golden thread for the king — no support
- 3. To protect the fortune of his brother — no support
- 4. To help the poor brother escape from his debts and misery — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 86, line 12: «His advice: next time «send a man who can talk our language with it, to explain what it means».», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
According to the text, what is the consequence of spinning on a Friday?
- 1. Blisters, sore-eyes and cramps — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Whitlows, agnails and fever — no support
- 3. Blindness — no support
- 4. Sore-eyes, whitlows and agnails — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which description best characterises the wife in the Grodno skazka?
- 1. She hides the coins from her husband — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She gives the money away to strangers without knowing — no support
- 3. She gives the money away unwittingly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She refuses all gifts and gives the money to the church — 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
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