Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier drives a witch's coffin and tricks her

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 471 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 ✗

Mate, how much did the soldier get paid for the dead girl gig?

1. fifty roubles — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a few coins — score 1
3. a hundred and seventy roubles — score 1
4. a hundred and fifty roubles — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 471, line 6: «Who: the Soldier, a poor man who has done a lot of work, and the merchant, who pays him a hundred and fifty roubles.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «hundred roubles» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, so the hoops snapping, how many went before he jumped?

1. three of them, all at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. two — no support
3. three — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. four — 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 ✓

Bro, did the soldier just sit there and let the witch eat him?

1. yes, he sat still — score 4
2. no way, he jumped on the horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. yes, he just sat there — score 4
4. no, he ran off into the woods — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 471, line 4: «When the last hoop breaks, the soldier jumps on the horse and rides backwards through the wooden arch, so the witch chases his tracks again and again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «jump» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Wicked, what's a duga, like a proper word for the horse thing?

1. the wooden arch over its neck and mane for pulling the cart — no support
2. the iron ring round its legs — no support
3. the wooden arch over its neck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. the big wooden frame that goes over the whole back of the horse — 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 471, line 17: «Old word: "duga" is the wooden arch above a horse's neck, and "full split" means at top speed, which we would call flat out today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wooden arch» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit mad, which way did he ride off, forwards or backwards?

1. forwards — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. round in circles — no support
3. backwards — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. down — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what made the witch just flop down flat on the road?

1. the Soldier threw holy water at her — score 4
2. the cocks started crowing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. the horse kicked her hard — no support
4. the cocks crowed and the sun rose over the hill — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 471, line 14: «Where: the witch ends "stretched out flat on the road" when the cocks begin crowing.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «begin» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «cocks» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, did the grandfather say go or stay at the merchant's?

1. stay home and wait for the witch — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. go to the graveyard — no support
3. stay at the merchant's — no support
4. go to the merchant's — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

Proper, what did the merchant do with his eyes when he saw the soldier?

1. he stared at the Soldier with eyes full of tears — score 6
2. stared with them wide open — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. he covered them with his hands and wept — score 2
4. opened them very slowly — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 471, line 16: «What: the merchant stares "with wide-open eyes" and says "you know more than we do!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the soldier do with the witch in the end?

1. burned her to ashes — score 4
2. left her lying on the road — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. put her in the coffin and buried her — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. took her home to the village — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 471, line 5: «At cockcrow the witch lies flat on the road, and the soldier buries her, then gets two hundred roubles and feeds his family a feast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «lie» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Seriously, how much money did he get in the end?

1. a hundred and fifty roubles and a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. two hundred roubles — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. fifty roubles — score 8
4. three hundred roubles — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 422, line 20: «OLD WORD: "Gallows" is the wooden frame used for hanging criminals, which was a common punishment in old tales, and the word is now mostly used in stories.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «stories» (+4); the same doer «old word» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Dead cool, what did the soldier do after all that?

1. sold the horse to a farmer — score -1
2. gave his family a feast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. went back to the merchant for more money — score -3
4. built a new house for them — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 471, line 5: «At cockcrow the witch lies flat on the road, and the soldier buries her, then gets two hundred roubles and feeds his family a feast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «soldier» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «feed» (+1); the same thing acted on «family» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ha, what does "full split" even mean in this story?

1. top speed, flat out — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. half speed, steady — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. split into two pieces by the wheel — no support
4. quite a bit later — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 107, line 17: «"Liquor" here means the beer itself, though today the word usually means strong spirits such as whisky.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «mean» (+1); the same circumstance (+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

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did the witch say she wanted to do to him?

1. take his money — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. kill him — no support
3. eat him up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. keep him here — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 194, line 11: «Why the old woman refuses his money: she is offended that he takes her for a beggar, and she says, "I am thankful to say I do not need it."», 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 doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the sum of money first paid to the Soldier by the merchant.

1. a hundred and seventy roubles — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a small sum — no support
3. fifty roubles — no support
4. a hundred and fifty roubles — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

State the number of iron hoops that snap before the Soldier leaps onto the horse.

1. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. three, but only after the horse slowed — no support
3. four — no support
4. all three of the iron hoops — 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 · right ✓

Specify the location in which the Soldier interrs the witch's coffin.

1. the graveyard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the cellar — no support
3. the riverbank — no support
4. the forest — 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 ✗

Describe the means by which the witch is finally rendered powerless.

1. the sound of a bell — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the crowing of the cocks — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the rising sun — no support
4. a holy prayer — 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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