Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's pike-magic pails, sledge and cudgel make the town angry, so they plan a trick
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 467 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 · ★ · right ✓
yo, so the fool was actually dumb, or was he just playing everyone?
- 1. just playing everyone, dude, he's clever — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. naw, dude, he was seriously dumb, the stove was his whole life and he never learned nothing from anyone, innit — no support
- 3. he was dumb but got lucky at the end — no support
- 4. he was totally dumb the whole time, lol, the brothers were just way smarter than him, dude, 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
bruh, what did the pike want for letting itself go?
- 1. it wanted him to be lucky — no support
- 2. it wanted gold — no support
- 3. to be free — no support
- 4. it wanted the fool to get good luck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 467, line 2: «In the river he catches a pike that promises good luck if he lets it go home.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «good luck» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
why'd the pails just wander home like that, innit?
- 1. cause the fool said the magic words — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. cause the pike moved them home — no support
- 3. cause the fool shouted at them — no support
- 4. the wind pushed them — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 467, line 3: «He says the magic words, and his pails walk home alone, which makes everyone stare.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same thing acted on «magic words» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the sledge have a horse hitched up or nah?
- 1. yes, a brown horse pulled it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. nah, no horse, it just went — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yep, a horse hitched up — no support
- 4. yeah, a horse — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 349, line 17: «The bell rings "Some one has done me wrong!" when the horse pulls at the vine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pull» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was up with the axes, were they chopping by themselves?
- 1. nah, they were just lying there, the fool had to chop everything himself with his hands — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. yep, one axe felled the trees and the other axe cut up the wood into logs for the fool — score 5
- 3. yep, one felled, one cut up the wood — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, the fool did all the work — no support
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 467, line 13: «The cudgel is cut "as heavy a one as I can lift", and it pounds the townspeople until they lie like "sheaves of corn".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «axes» (+4); the same action «lie» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
the cudgel went wild on the townsfolk, right? what happened after?
- 1. they all got knocked down like corn bundles and then the fool walked home happily — score 5
- 2. they all fell down in the street — no support
- 3. they all got knocked down like corn bundles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. they fell over like sacks of grain — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 252, line 13: «The children ride away "Rejoicing" on a cock-horse, which means a stick pretend to be a horse.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «stick» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, why were the townspeople so mad at the fool anyway?
- 1. he hit them and broke the bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he knocked them down and wrecked the whole town with his cudgel and their houses too — no support
- 3. he knocked them down and wrecked the town — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. he beat them and broke their carts — 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 · ★ · right ✓
so what's the townspeople's big plan to catch him?
- 1. offer him red clothes, a red caftan and boots — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. give him red clothes and boots — no support
- 3. offer him red clothes, a red caftan and boots and then catch him when he puts them on — no support
- 4. offer him a red coat and hat — 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 ✗
what do they call the thing they wrote to the King, like a formal complaint?
- 1. a complaint — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a letter — no support
- 3. a petition — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a note — 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 ✓
what's a caftan, anyway, like what kind of clothes?
- 1. a long loose coat with a belt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. a coat — no support
- 3. a hat — no support
- 4. a tall fur hat worn by men — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 420, line 18: «Old word: a caftan is a long coat, and "skirts of his caftan" means its long lower hem, which can hold a great deal of gold.», 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's a cudgel, is that a bag or a stick?
- 1. a stick — no support
- 2. a small woven basket of reeds — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. a short thick wooden stick — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. a thin iron chain with links — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 255, line 16: «Old word: "wallet" meant a small bag or purse, the sort of pouch you would carry on a belt or over the shoulder today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «small bag» (+4); the same property (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
how did the fool get the townspeople to stop chasing him?
- 1. he didn't, they just lay there knocked out until the King's guards came and carried them home — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he didn't, they just lay there knocked out — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the King's guards arrested him in the street — no support
- 4. he stopped and bowed to 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following describes the means by which the fool's sledge was propelled towards the forest?
- 1. The sledge proceeded without a harnessed horse, at the fool's spoken command — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. By the fool's word alone — no support
- 3. The sledge moved with a horse, by whip — no support
- 4. The sledge ran with a harnessed horse driven along the road by the fool's own hand — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 288, line 2: «The white sledge races out of town into a blinding snowstorm, and Kay cannot untie himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «race» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «white sledge» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the object which the townspeople proposed to present to the fool in order to deceive him.
- 1. A golden crown and a horse — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A red hat — no support
- 3. Red boots — no support
- 4. Red shirt, red caftan and red boots — ✓ 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 ✗
Identify the creature which spoke with a human voice and conferred good fortune upon the fool.
- 1. The fox — no support
- 2. A fish — no support
- 3. The large talking pike that lived in the river — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. The pike — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 16: «Extras at the sea school: «French, music, and washing»; Alice's school taught French and music but not washing, and she says «You couldn't have wanted it much,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same place «bottom» (+4). Against it: 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Describe the manner in which the townspeople arrived at their decision to petition the King against the fool.
- 1. They gathered together after the cudgel had struck them, and resolved to deceive him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They met and planned to trick him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. They met in the square, which was full of wreckage, and agreed to ask the King for help — score 5
- 4. They met in the square and agreed to fool him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 266, line 4: «At dawn the king is tricked with a needle prick and a "fish" from Jack's hand, so he spares him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+4); the same thing acted on «king» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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