Russian Folk-Tales, The Fool and the Pike: the fool's magic orders win a palace and the King's pardon
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 468 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 the fool just tells the stove to walk to the King's, right?
- 1. Nah, he rode a horse there — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Nah, he took a cab — score 4
- 3. Nah, he flew on a broom — no support
- 4. Yeah, the stove literally walks, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 3: «He shoots the fox-red horse before the King can ride it, then burns the bridal shirt with his gloves on.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+4); the same thing acted on «horse» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, the King wanted to kill him and the princess still liked him?
- 1. Nah, she was scared of him — score 1
- 2. Nah, she hated him from start — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Nah, she was just bored — no support
- 4. Yep, she was totally into him — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 427, line 7: «Who: a princess, who "seized him by the hand" and brought him into the hall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, why did they get put in a tarred tub?
- 1. Cause they lost a bet — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cause the King was super mad — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Cause they ate the Pike — no support
- 4. Cause they stole the stove — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lowkey, how did the tub even get back to land?
- 1. The King sent a boat — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The wife swam it in — no support
- 3. A whale pushed it in — no support
- 4. The fool ordered it ashore — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Fr, did the fool just make a marble palace out of nothing?
- 1. Yup, in one instant, by magic — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, it was a tent — no support
- 3. Nah, he bought it cheap — no support
- 4. Nah, his dad built 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 468, line 4: «The fool orders the tub onto the shore, then orders a marble palace built right across from the King's.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+4); the same thing acted on «marble palace» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what's the deal with the Pike being like a god in Russia?
- 1. It's a fish that sings daily — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It's a pet that lives in the palace — no support
- 3. It's a fish that can talk — no support
- 4. It's a famous fish in old myths — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, does the King stay mad forever at the end?
- 1. Nah, he pardons them all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Nah, he just leaves — score 4
- 3. Yeah, he banishes them — score 4
- 4. Yeah, he locks them up — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 405, line 5: «The Lion recognizes him, lays a paw on his lap, and the King pardons the Shepherd and frees the Lion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pardon» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, the Witch Girl Cossack cut off an arm, right?
- 1. Nah, he sprinkled her with water — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he just yelled at her — no support
- 3. Yeah, with one sweep of his sabre — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he shot her with a bow — 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 ✓
Bro, so the witch hid in the cottage with the stove?
- 1. Yeah, she hid under the stove — score 3
- 2. Nah, she was in the Ponomar's house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Yeah, she hid in the cellar — score 3
- 4. Yeah, she hid in the tub — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 238, line 4: «She climbs to a glass hill she cannot climb, serves a smith for seven years for iron shoes, and ends up at the washerwife's house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «house» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, how do the villagers punish the witch at the end?
- 1. They drown her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They throw her in jail — no support
- 3. They make her a cook — no support
- 4. They let her go free — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, what's a Sotnik, like a king's guard?
- 1. A priest in a village — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A baker in the palace — no support
- 3. A Cossack captain of a hundred — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A sailor on a boat — 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 ✗
Ngl, what's a Ponomar, like a cool wizard or something?
- 1. A fish from Novgorod — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A soldier of the King — no support
- 3. A witch in a graveyard — no support
- 4. A village church reader — ✓ the right answer · 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 13 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, what does a caftan even mean, like a hat?
- 1. A kind of shirt — score -2
- 2. A pair of boots — no support
- 3. A long coat with sleeves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. A metal crown — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 468, line 17: «Old word "caftan" means a long coat, worn in Russia and nearby lands; the King's gift was a red one.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which object does the fool instruct to convey him to the royal residence?
- 1. The horse — score 0
- 2. The stove — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. The tub — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. The boat — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 468, line 4: «The fool orders the tub onto the shore, then orders a marble palace built right across from the King's.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fool» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which party does the King initially resolve to execute?
- 1. The daughter — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. The stove — score 4
- 3. The Pike — score 4
- 4. The fool — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 210, line 2: «Saouy sneakily swallows the top of the letter, so the king decides not to obey and hands Noureddin over to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «decide» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which structure does the fool command to be erected opposite the royal palace?
- 1. A marble palace — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. A tent — score 0
- 3. A stone tower — score 2
- 4. A wooden hut — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 468, line 4: «The fool orders the tub onto the shore, then orders a marble palace built right across from the King's.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which sentiment does the King ultimately display towards the couple?
- 1. Vengeance — score 2
- 2. Terror — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Clemency — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Indifference — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 104, line 4: «The King makes him lord of the castle and he marries the princess, but he still cannot shiver.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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