Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 484 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 ✗
lowkey, who even wrecked the Moujik's field with that hail?
- 1. Nicholas did — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Elijah's storm, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. The Priest's hail, fr — score 3
- 4. The Priest did — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 484, line 2: «Nicholas tells the Moujik to sell his corn to the Priest of Elijah, and then a hailstorm flattens the whole field.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «nicholas» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
ngl, was selling the corn to the Priest a W or an L for the Moujik?
- 1. An L, the Priest cheated — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An L, the hail wrecked it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. An L, but honestly a W too, because the Priest paid him well before the storm — no support
- 4. A W, since he got cash before the hail wrecked the rest of his field — 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 ✗
what even is a peck, like how much grain?
- 1. Two pounds of flour — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. A quarter of a bushel — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A third of a sack — no support
- 4. A sack — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 475, line 19: «Old word: a "flail" is a tool of two sticks joined together for beating grain; it was used to thresh corn.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
did the Moujik get tricked again with those sheaves, or nah?
- 1. Nah, Nicholas warned him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Yeah he got tricked, because Nicholas was too busy with the candles to warn him — score 5
- 3. Yes, Elijah warned him — score 4
- 4. Yeah, the sheaves tricked him again, since Nicholas never warned him at all — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 484, line 11: «Why: Nicholas warns the Moujik to sell "at once" because otherwise the hail will beat everything "flat."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «warn» (+4); the same receiver «moujik» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
which candle did the Moujik hand to Elijah, the big one or the tiny one?
- 1. The big copeck one — score 5
- 2. The tiny one — score 5
- 3. The small one — score 5
- 4. The big rouble taper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 484, line 17: «What: the Moujik offers a rouble taper to Elijah and a copeck taper to Nicholas, and Elijah is "appeased" by the trick.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «elijah» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «moujik» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
so how'd Elijah end up after the candle trick, still salty?
- 1. Still angry, plotting more — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Chill, appeased, all done — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Calm, but still threatening — no support
- 4. Chill and appeased, but he sent a storm to the next village anyway — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's Ilya's whole deal, like what storm stuff does he do?
- 1. Floods and drought — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Hail and thunder — no support
- 3. He sends thunder, lightning, hail, and sometimes whirlwinds across the fields — no support
- 4. Thunder and lightning — ✓ 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 ✓
yo, what did Nicholas say about the Moujik's field at first?
- 1. It will burn — no support
- 2. It will fall into good hands — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. It will be sold to traders — score -1
- 4. It will fall to the Priest — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 484, line 8: «What: Nicholas says the field "will fall into good hands," but Elijah answers that he will "burn up all his land with lightning."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same place «good hands» (+4). Against it: the same doer «field» (-1); the same thing acted on (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
why did Elijah get mad at the Moujik anyway, like the real reason?
- 1. He skipped Elijah's day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. He mocked Elijah's storm — no support
- 3. He insulted the Priest — no support
- 4. He stole candles — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 484, line 13: «Why: Elijah plans to make the Moujik "learn to keep Elijah's day holy," so he punishes him for ignoring that day.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
fr, what did the storm cut the corn down with?
- 1. Like a knife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Like a sickle — no support
- 3. Like a sharp knife through the wet stalks of rye and wheat — no support
- 4. Like a scythe — 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 ✗
at the end, did the Moujik keep both saints' days, or just one?
- 1. Only Nicholas's day — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Both, but Elijah more — no support
- 3. Only Elijah — no support
- 4. Both, equal honour — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the Priest get his money back, or nah?
- 1. All of it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Half of it back, yeah — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Half of it back, plus a bag of grain to make up the loss for the Priest — no support
- 4. Yeah, about a third — 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 Moujik's first sale of his crop to the Priest of Elijah?
- 1. It was made by the Moujik's own choice, without any advice. — no support
- 2. It was made on the advice of St. Nicholas, before the hailstorm. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It was made on the advice of St. Elijah, after the hailstorm had ruined the entire crop in the field and the farmer was destitute. — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. It was made on the advice of St. Nicholas, before the hailstorm, and the Priest paid double the price. — 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 146, line 7: «What: the Stork is caught with the cranes that "ruin my crops," so the Farmer says it "shall suffer" too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ruin» (+4); the same thing acted on «crops» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the principal purpose of the copeck taper offered by the Moujik?
- 1. To honour St. Nicholas with a modest gift, and to thank him for the warning about the sheaves. — no support
- 2. To honour St. Nicholas with a modest gift. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To ward off Elijah's anger with a bribe. — no support
- 4. To honour St. Elijah with a modest gift of candle, and to settle the debt owed to the Priest for the corn sold earlier. — ← Mova's choice · 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 341, line 17: «Old word: "bidden" means told or ordered, so "as he was bidden" means the servant did what the king commanded.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
By what means does the Moujik's harvest become abundant enough to fill his new barns?
- 1. By threshing sheaves singly, each yielding a peck of grain. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. By sowing the field with extra seed in the autumn. — no support
- 3. By buying more grain from the Priest's stores. — no support
- 4. By selling the corn early. — 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 · right ✓
What is Elijah's final disposition towards the Moujik at the conclusion of the narrative?
- 1. He withdraws to heaven, still seeking revenge. — no support
- 2. He is appeased and forbears from further threats, and even blesses the Moujik's new barns. — score 3
- 3. He is appeased and forbears from further threats. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. He is fully appeased, forbears from any further threats, and promises a generous harvest to the Moujik's family. — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 484, line 17: «What: the Moujik offers a rouble taper to Elijah and a copeck taper to Nicholas, and Elijah is "appeased" by the trick.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «elijah» (+2); the same action «appease» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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