Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Katoma swaps clothes with Prince Ivan and tears off a cow's hide

Tests: 8 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 465 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 so Katoma yanks the cow by the tail and the hide just rips off, bruh, who even does that

1. lol the cow broke the gate tho — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. lol the cow stayed at the gate tho and the princess yelled at him — no support
3. lol the cow stayed at the gate tho — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. lol the cow just stood there at the gate tho and didnt move at all — 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 ✓

wait so who's the dude that got his feet cut off, like for real

1. Ivan, the blind one — no support
2. Ivan, the one she set on a stump — no support
3. Katoma, yeah — no support
4. Katoma, the one she set on a stump — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 465, line 12: «Who: Katoma tells her "My name is Katoma dyadka, oaken shapka," and she knows he is the man whose feet she cut off.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «katoma» (+2); the same thing acted on «man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl the princess be like "seize him," no cap, she was mad

1. she screamed it real loud and everybody in the courtyard heard her clearly — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. yeah she yelled it loud and then ordered the guards to drag him off — score 5
3. yeah she yelled it loud — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. she yelled it at the cows — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 226, line 9: «Why: he hears the princess singing about her "sad destiny" and knows her madness is "feigned" because of love for him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+4); the same thing acted on «princess» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

bro Ivan was crying, did he get dramatic or what

1. he cried cuz he thought he'd never see Katoma again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. cuz he thought he'd never see the cows again — score 5
3. cuz he thought Katoma was mad — no support
4. cuz he got hurt — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 367, line 2: «The Wolf looks at the Lamb, who seems so helpless that he wants an excuse, so he shouts that she is muddying his water.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same action «shout» (+2); the same doer «wolf» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

so who gets to live with them in the palace, the blind guy or the merchant

1. the blind guy, the hero who was blind — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the princess and the blind guy — no support
3. the blind guy, the hero who was blind and his wife — score 3
4. the blind hero and the old merchant who gave them both a home in the city — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 464, line 8: «The blind hero says he has lived in the forest "for thirty years" and could not have eaten without his hunting.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «blind hero» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

my dude why did Katoma and his wife bounce to the merchant's crib

1. they moved to the poor merchant's shop — no support
2. they moved out — no support
3. they moved to the rich merchant's house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. they went to the old king's palace — 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 465, line 3: «Ivan and Katoma swap clothes, so Katoma drives the cows in Ivan's place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «place» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

fr what did the princess swear to do, like promise promise

1. always hate Ivan and disobey him — score 7
2. always love Ivan and obey him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. always love Ivan and obey him in everything he asks — score 10
4. never trust Ivan or obey him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 465, line 15: «What: The Princess confesses "all her sins" and swears to "always love Prince Ivan."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+4); the same thing acted on «prince ivan» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Ivan forgive her or nah

1. no way — no support
2. nah — no support
3. yeah, he cursed her — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. yeah, he forgave her — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 446, line 1: «Prince Ivan rides on and meets two old women and the giants Vertodub and Vertogor, who all have only a little life left.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «two old women» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the deal with dyadka, is that like a name or a thing

1. an old guardian or tutor, now it just means uncle in everyday speech — score -1
2. an old guardian, now it means uncle — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. a kind of hat, now it means uncle — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. a horse — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 464, line 19: «Hard word: "without reserve" means telling everything with nothing held back; today we say "without holding anything back."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «hard word» (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

what did Katoma swap with Ivan, like clothes or horses

1. horses, they swapped the cows — no support
2. cows, they traded their hats — no support
3. clothes, they swapped their outfits right on the road by the capital — no support
4. clothes, they swapped their outfits — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 465, line 3: «Ivan and Katoma swap clothes, so Katoma drives the cows in Ivan's place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swap» (+4); the same thing acted on «clothes» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what did the princess say about counting the cows

1. she has the maids count them from the gate — score 7
2. she always counts them herself from the balcony — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
3. she counts them from the stable window at dawn — score 8
4. she counts them herself — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 465, line 2: «Ivan is a herdsman now, and he says the Princess always counts the cows herself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «count» (+4); the same thing acted on «cows» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

bro what's with dog's-meat, that's a diss right

1. yeah, it's a rude insult to someone worthless — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, it's a rude insult to someone worthless, like calling them garbage — no support
3. nah, it's a rude name for a horse — no support
4. nah, it's a respectful title for a brave herdsman, not an insult at all — 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 princess confessed all her sins, did she really mean it

1. nah, she only confessed the small sins and kept the big ones hidden from him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. yeah, she confessed all her sins — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. nah, she confessed some of her lies — score 4
4. yeah, she confessed all her sins to Ivan right in front of the court — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 465, line 15: «What: The Princess confesses "all her sins" and swears to "always love Prince Ivan."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «confess» (+4); the same thing acted on «sins» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the action by which Katoma obtains the hide of the final cow, and state the precise manner in which the Princess responds to this action.

1. Katoma seizes the cow by its tail and tears off its hide in one pull, whereupon the Princess cries out from the balcony, orders him seized at once, and sends her guards to the courtyard gate. — score 8
2. Katoma seizes the cow by its tail and tears off its hide, whereupon the Princess cries out and orders him seized. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Katoma seizes the cow by its hind leg and tears off its hide, whereupon the merchant cries out and orders the gate closed. — score 8
4. Katoma seizes the cow by its ear and tears off its skin, whereupon the Princess laughs and orders him released. — score 5

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 465, line 4: «The last cow will not go into the shed, so Katoma yanks its tail and tears off its hide.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tear off» (+4); the same thing acted on «hide» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the circumstances under which Katoma and Prince Ivan exchange their garments, and identify the reason Ivan gives for his distress.

1. They exchange garments in the forest near the merchant's house, and Ivan regrets that Katoma is no longer alive to guide him. — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. They swap clothes on the road, and Ivan laments the herding. — score 8
3. They exchange garments on the road near the capital, and Ivan laments that Katoma is no longer living to spare him the herding. — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. They exchange garments at the river near the palace, and Ivan mourns that Katoma is no longer alive to help him. — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 446, line 7: «What: He asks the old women, "Take me to live with you," but they refuse because they are almost dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «ivan» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Indicate the manner in which the Princess resolves her quarrel with Prince Ivan, and specify the destination to which Katoma and his wife withdraw thereafter.

1. The Princess confesses her sins in tears, swears to love and obey Ivan forever, gives him back his cows and his horse, and Katoma and his wife withdraw to the rich merchant's large house beyond the walls. — score 9
2. The Princess begs Ivan's pardon, vows to serve him, and Katoma and his wife retire to the poor merchant's cottage. — score 9
3. The Princess confesses her sins, swears to love and obey Ivan, and Katoma and his wife withdraw to the rich merchant's house. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. The Princess confesses all her sins before the whole court, swears to love and obey Ivan for the rest of her life, and Katoma and his wife withdraw to the rich merchant's house in the city. — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 465, line 15: «What: The Princess confesses "all her sins" and swears to "always love Prince Ivan."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «confess» (+5); the same doer «princess» (+2); the same thing acted on «sins» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the significance of the term dyadka as used in the narrative and state its modern signification.

1. In the story dyadka denotes a wise hunter or herdsman, whereas today it denotes a cousin in the family. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Old guardian then, uncle now. — no support
3. In the tale it means a guardian; today it means uncle. — no support
4. In the narrative dyadka denotes an old guardian or tutor, whereas in modern usage it denotes an uncle. — ✓ 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

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