Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 485 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, who's the saint who whacks witches with a mace?

1. St. Paul — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Saint Michael the Archangel of the heavenly host — no support
3. St. Nicholas — no support
4. St. Andrew — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what did the witches nick from the sky?

1. the holy stars — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. the church bells — no support
3. the moon — no support
4. the golden crosses — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 485, line 2: «God sends St. Andrew to a village of witches who stole the holy stars, and the village sinks into a swamp.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «witches» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, who got the magic loaf that never ran out?

1. the poor brother — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the old beggar — no support
3. the boy — no support
4. the king — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 485, line 11: «What: St. George gave the poor brother "one loaf which remained over," which always renewed itself.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «one loaf» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did the Gypsy ask for as a pledge?

1. the horse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the golden stirrup — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the silver spurs — no support
4. his iron bridle — 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 ✗

No cap, what did the monster eat every single day?

1. a young prince — score -2
2. a child — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. a maiden — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. a lamb — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 337, line 20: «Old word: "exterminated" means wiped out completely, and Peter has killed the pirates.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, who dozed off with his head on the princess?

1. the Gypsy — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. St. Paul — no support
3. St. George — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. St. Andrew — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 288, line 5: «Gerda thinks Kay is drowned, so she goes to the river in her red shoes, throws them in, drifts off in a boat, and reaches a cottage where an old woman comes ou…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what woke the saint up from his nap?

1. her tears — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. her gentle voice — no support
3. a bird — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. a cold wind — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 3: «The shadow will not stick on with soap, so Peter sits on the floor and sobs, and Wendy wakes up.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «peter» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, what did St. Kasian not wanna mess up?

1. his silver shoes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the holy robes given to him by God himself — no support
3. his heavenly clothes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. his sacred garments blessed by the Lord in heaven — 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 ✓

Wicked, which saint actually helped the stuck cart?

1. St. Andrew — no support
2. St. George — no support
3. St. Basil — no support
4. St. Nicholas — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 485, line 5: «St. Kasian refuses to help a stuck cart, but St. Nicholas stops and helps the peasant, and the Lord hears both stories.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «nicholas» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what came out of the pipes in Troyan instead of water?

1. idols of bronze — no support
2. gold and silver — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the golden idols and the ancient pagan sacred oaks — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. the great bronze statue of their dead ancestral kings — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 233, line 8: «Where: the princess's garden, where the Golden Water and the Singing Tree grow, and the saloon where the Talking Bird hangs in a cage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Sus, what happened to the witches' village in the end?

1. it was turned to stone — no support
2. it sank into a swamp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. it burned down — no support
4. it flooded with a river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 485, line 2: «God sends St. Andrew to a village of witches who stole the holy stars, and the village sinks into a swamp.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sink» (+4); the same place «swamp» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what does the Lisun do with the wolves?

1. lets them roam free — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. eats them — no support
3. guards the flock — no support
4. herds them — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 395, line 21: «Who: the Shepherd, whose Dog warns him against letting "a wolf into the fold" at night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «let» (+1); the same thing acted on «wolf» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Fr, which saint is the patron of wolves?

1. St. George — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. St. Nicholas — score 1
3. St. Paul — score 1
4. St. Ivan — 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 484, line 6: «Who: the heroes are the Prophet Elijah (Ilya), a storm-god figure, and St. Nicholas, a gentler saint, who walk "over the land belonging to this Moujik."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which saint is described as transfixing monsters with his lance?

1. Saint Demetrius of the Thessalonian host and army — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. St. George — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. St. Michael — no support
4. the wandering monk Saint Sergius of the northern lands — 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 · wrong ✗

By what means did the Lord relieve the inhabitants of Troyan of their thirst?

1. by digging wells — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by providing a deep lake near the city — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. by bringing rivers from the sea — no support
4. by opening a spring in the hills — 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 ✓

What reason does St. Kasian give for declining to assist the moujik?

1. concern for the preservation of his heavenly apparel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. fear of spoiling his clean heavenly garments — no support
3. a vow he made never to touch the earth or its mud with his holy robes — no support
4. his duty to preserve the sacred garments given to him by God in heaven — 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 object did the Gypsy request from St. George as surety?

1. an iron bridle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the sacred silver cross from his neck and chain — no support
3. the golden saddle from his noble white war horse — no support
4. a golden stirrup — ✓ 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

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