Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess saves the Prince and the Fire-Bird is described
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 472 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, the Princess just chucked boiling stuff over the witch, proper gutted her, innit?
- 1. Nah, she said she was just stirring soup — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Yeah, she said she was just cooking dinner — score 4
- 3. Yeah, she said she was just getting a light — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Yeah, she said she was fine — 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 472, line 3: «He asks why he is in chains, and she tells him he went mad and ate people, which amazes him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, so the witch is actually dead, or is she just having a nap?
- 1. Dead, mate, proper dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, she's just having a kip — no support
- 3. Alive, but totally knocked out — no support
- 4. Dead, mate, proper dead, she's gone for good, innit — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, what did the Princess find in the pot?
- 1. A heart, that's it — score 1
- 2. A bloody knife, for real — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Just a heart — score 5
- 4. The Prince's heart, no joke — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 276, line 5: «The Prince decides that only a real Princess could feel a pea through so much bedding, so he marries her, and the peas go into a cabinet of curiosities.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «real princess» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «feel» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
When the Prince woke up, was he like, ok or totally bananas?
- 1. Ok, he was back in his head and sorted, innit — score 4
- 2. Ok, he was calm and quiet — no support
- 3. Ok, he was back in his head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Still bananas, he was mad — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 432, line 15: «Koshchei begs, "Don't kill me, Prince Ivan!", but the Prince "had no weight" in his words.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «words» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the Prince actually eat people, or did the Princess make that up?
- 1. She made it up, mate, honest — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He went mental — no support
- 3. He just went a bit weird — no support
- 4. He went mental and ate people — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what even is a Fire-Bird, is it like a bird on fire?
- 1. Basically, it's a golden bird — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Pretty much, it glows like flames — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, it's a bird made of ice that glows at night, mate — score 4
- 4. Pretty much, it glows like flames and sings like an angel, innit — 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 393, line 1: «A Birdcatcher catches a bird, which begs to live by reminding him that it sings him to sleep and calls the other birds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bird» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
How mental is a golden apple garden that lights up like a thousand fires?
- 1. Super bright, like a lamp — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Proper bright, like a rave — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Dead bright, like a fire — no support
- 4. Not that mental, just a quiet garden with a few lamps — 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 ✓
Dude, can one feather really light a whole room?
- 1. Nah, it just lights a corner — no support
- 2. Yep, it lights up a dark room like a sun in a cellar — score 7
- 3. Nah, mate, it's just a feather so it can't do much — no support
- 4. Yep, it lights up a dark room — ← 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, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 472, line 11: «Its feathers "blaze with silvery or golden sheen," and a single tail feather can light up a dark room.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «light up» (+4); the same thing acted on «dark room» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
So the bird sleeps when it's daytime, right?
- 1. Yeah, it sleeps at sunrise — score 4
- 2. Yeah, it crashes out at dawn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Yeah, it crashes out at dawn and sleeps like a log till dark — score 5
- 4. Nah, it flies all day long — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 51, line 1: «The sun's golden disc rises over the horizon and dazzles the two friends; when they can see again, the Vision has gone, and the air is full of birds singing in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «dawn» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which brothers were total losers in the king's story?
- 1. The two older ones, they fell asleep — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. The two elder brothers — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. The two older ones, they ran off — score 7
- 4. The middle brothers, they dozed off — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 472, line 13: «In the story of King Vuislaf, Ivan is the youngest of three sons, and his brothers are "envious."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «brothers» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was Ivan the one who got the feather, or was it his cousin?
- 1. Ivan, the youngest — no support
- 2. His cousin, the eldest, got it — no support
- 3. Ivan, the youngest, got the feather and then his brothers stole it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Ivan, the youngest, got the feather — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 433, line 3: «He slips into the church before his brothers arrive and marries the bride himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slip» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, the brothers killed Ivan out of jealousy, didn't they?
- 1. Yeah, out of pure greed — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, jealous — no support
- 3. Nah, it was over a horse — no support
- 4. Yeah, out of pure jealousy — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the golden horse eat when the hero was dead?
- 1. Yes, it ate the apples — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nope, it wouldn't eat at all — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nope, it wouldn't eat at all and just stood there sad — no support
- 4. Nope, it ate golden hay — 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, according to the passage, is the correct description of the Princess's actions upon finding the Prince's heart?
- 1. She returned to the Prince's chamber and restored his senses — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. She carried the heart to the king's hall and wept loudly — score 5
- 3. She took the heart to the witch's hut and burned it in the hearth with a spell — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. She returned to the chamber, restored his senses, and then wept for the witch's victims at length — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 253, line 10: «The wise woman says she needs "the heart of the thing thou likest best of all", and the fool decides it is his pig.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «heart» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which statement correctly identifies the Fire-Bird's habitat as described in the text?
- 1. It roosts on a silver perch — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It dwells in a golden cage — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It roams open forests — no support
- 4. It dwells in a golden cage kept under the palace roof — 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 ✗
Which of the following accurately records the function of the golden apples in the Fire-Bird's diet?
- 1. They feed the bird — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They confer youth and beauty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They restore its golden colour — no support
- 4. They grant long life to 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which option most precisely reports the outcome of Prince Ivan's attempt to carry off the cage?
- 1. He escapes safely after the guards are fooled — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He is taken prisoner after an alarm is sounded — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He is taken prisoner after an alarm is sounded by the guards at the gate — no support
- 4. He returns home with the bird unharmed — 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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