Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 479 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 ✗

Dude, was that Warlock actually dead or just napping in his grave?

1. Totally dead, the cocks crowed, he flopped, and the villagers burned him after — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Not dead, he just woke up after the cocks sang — no support
3. Totally dead, the cocks crowed and he just flopped — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Still alive, he got up when the bells rang out — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 479, line 4: «The soldier learns how to beat him, then wrestles him at the grave until the cocks crow.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crow» (+5); the same doer «cocks» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why did the Warlock steal the wedding blood in those little bottles?

1. For his boots — no support
2. He wanted their money to buy a new horse — score 3
3. He wanted to rule the village and the church — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. So the couple would die and he could bring them back — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 479, line 9: «Why: the Warlock says he wants the couple to die so that only he can bring them back to life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «warlock» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how did the soldier even know how to beat him?

1. The Warlock was bragging about his maggot and the soldier listened closely — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He had secretly learned the Warlock's weakness from an old peasant woman in the village long before — score 6
3. The Warlock was bragging and he listened — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He tricked the Warlock with a riddle — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 479, line 10: «The soldier listens carefully and remembers the Warlock's secret, so he can beat him later on.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «listen» (+5); the same doer «soldier» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, the Warlock said a maggot could ruin everything?

1. Yep, one tiny maggot could make him escape — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yep, a small grub helped him flee — no support
3. Yes, a worm could let him slip away — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Nope, never — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 479, line 12: «He also warns that if "so much as a single maggot" escapes, "in that maggot I should slip away!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slip away» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

So the peasants burned him with brooms and shovels, lol?

1. Yeah, they chased the snakes and crows into the fire — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nope, they dragged him to the river and drowned him — no support
3. Yeah, they threw the Warlock's corpse into the stream — no support
4. Yes, with brooms — 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 ✗

Did the soldier get a reward after saving the young couple?

1. Yeah, some food — no support
2. Yeah, they gave him a big hug — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yes, they gave him a thank-you — score 2
4. Yeah, the family gave him loads of stuff — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+4); the same receiver «soldier» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, who's the Starosta, like the boss of the village?

1. Yeah, he called everyone to bring the wood and then led the whole village to the graveyard — score 8
2. Yeah, he ordered the peasants to chase the dog — no support
3. Yes, he was the village headman who ran things — no support
4. Yeah, he called everyone to bring the wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 22, line 10: «The Hatter mumbles about «the twinkling of the tea»; the King says «Of course twinkling begins with a T! Do you take me for a dunce?» (dunce = a stupid pupil).», 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 «me» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Was the Warlock sewing boots at the graveyard for real?

1. Nope, he was mending a broken saddle here — no support
2. Yep, that's exactly what the soldier saw — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yep, boots — no support
4. Nope, sewing — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 304, line 1: «The learned man is amazed to see his old shadow back as a fine gentleman, with boots, rings and a gold chain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the soldier say he wasn't scared of the Warlock?

1. He had a gun — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He said a soldier belongs to the crown — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He believed the Warlock was just a fool — score 4
4. He was brave — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 479, line 10: «The soldier listens carefully and remembers the Warlock's secret, so he can beat him later on.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «soldier» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So after all that, did the soldier just go back to the army?

1. Yeah, he served the Tsar faithfully in the army and then retired to a quiet life in the village — score 3
2. Yeah, he served the Tsar for years and then retired to live at ease in his village — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yeah, he served the Tsar and then retired — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yes, he went back to the regiment and fought — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 469, line 12: «Who: the Soldier, who served "fifteen years" without seeing his parents, is now walking home to a town in Kief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «serve» (+4); the same property (+3). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the village peaceful after the Warlock was gone?

1. Yes, the wolves came back soon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, there was peace from that time forth — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, calm — no support
4. Nope, chaos — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did the Warlock say his biggest weak point was?

1. The sight of a holy cross on the wall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Holy water — no support
3. A single maggot escaping from his body — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Crowing cocks at the first light of dawn — 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 soldier tell the family the truth about the Warlock?

1. Yes, he told them the Warlock was a saint — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. No, he said nothing about the Warlock to them — score 4
3. He said the Warlock had been haunting the village — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He told them the wedding was cancelled — 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 347, line 2: «The soldier says he could never kill a wounded enemy, so the king makes him a knight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why does the writer talk about vampires at the very end?

1. To explain why the bride's family was wealthy — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Because such stories are common among Slavonic peoples — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Because such stories are common among Slavonic peoples and the writer heard them as a child — score 0
4. Because the writer once met a vampire himself — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 479, line 20: «The tale ends, and the writer then explains that vampire stories are common among Slavonic peoples.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «explain» (+3); the same doer «writer» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the act performed by the Warlock upon the wedded pair?

1. He pierced both their hands with an awl and drew off all their blood into many phials — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He pierced their hands with an awl and drew off their blood into two phials — score 6
3. He drew off their blood into two phials — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. He pierced their hands with an awl — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 479, line 7: «What: the Warlock draws the blood of the bride and bridegroom with an awl and keeps it in his pockets.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «draw» (+5); the same thing acted on «blood» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement correctly identifies the material with which the pyre was to be constructed?

1. Aspen boughs, to the number of one hundred loads, piled high in the graveyard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Aspen boughs, to the number of one hundred loads — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pine logs, a hundred loads in all — no support
4. Oak logs, to the amount of fifty heavy 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately records the manner in which the Warlock was finally destroyed?

1. He was beaten to death with iron shovels there — score 6
2. He was burned on a pyre and his ashes scattered to the winds by the peasants — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. He was burned on a great pyre of aspen and his ashes strewed across the fields and forest — score 6
4. He was burned on a pyre and his ashes scattered — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 479, line 15: «The peasants burn the Warlock with brooms, shovels, and fire-irons, and they "knocked them down" one by one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burn» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «peasants» (+1); the same thing acted on «warlock» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which option correctly states the reason the Soldier gave for not fearing the Warlock?

1. He believed the Warlock's power was just a trick — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. A soldier belongs to the crown, which cannot be harmed, so he feared no devil or witch — score 5
3. A soldier belongs to the crown, which cannot be harmed — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. A soldier belongs to the crown, which cannot be harmed by any sorcerer or dark power — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 309, line 14: «At the ball she puts on the red shoes because "she thought there could be no sin in it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «soldier» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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