Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fails to revive the Princess, is nearly hanged, and is saved by the old man
Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 487 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, so the Pope totally flopped with the breathing thing, right?
- 1. yeah, nothing happened, bruh — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, she came back, fam — no support
- 3. yeah, nothing happened at all, the Princess stayed dead, bruh — no support
- 4. yeah, nothing happened, and the King was super mad about it, bruh — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 2: «They jump about like mad things while explaining, then suddenly sit down sadly and quietly. To show Alice, they dance round and round her, treading on her toes…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4). 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, why did the king wanna hang the doctor, like for real?
- 1. cause he lied, bro — no support
- 2. cause the princess was still dead, fam — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. cause the doctor messed up the cure, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. cause he was lazy, fam — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 155, line 21: «A "quack" is a pretend doctor who makes false promises, and an "impostor" is a cheat who pretends to be what he is not.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «pretend doctor» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the Pope runs to get the old man, that's the plan?
- 1. nah, he went to the palace — no support
- 2. yep, dude ran straight for him — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. yeah, he ran to the old guy — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. nah, he walked — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 487, line 2: «The King is furious, has the doctor sent to the gallows, and the Pope begs for time and runs to fetch the old man.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+2); the same doer «pope» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
lol the old man keeps asking who ate his loaves, sus right?
- 1. yeah, sus — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. totally sus, and the king keeps asking who ate them — score 4
- 3. totally sus, and the Pope keeps saying not me — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. totally sus — score 6
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 487, line 14: «The money is split into three heaps, because the old man keeps a share for the one who ate his loaves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruh the Pope's head is literally in the noose and he still says not I?
- 1. no cap, that's wild, he's lying hard and his head is literally stuck in the rope — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. fr, that's wild, he's innocent, fam — no support
- 3. no cap, that's wild, he's lying hard — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. no cap, he's telling the truth — 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 old man actually bring the princess back, like for real?
- 1. yup, she stood up alive and well, and the whole kingdom celebrated for days — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. yup, she got up and walked — no support
- 3. yup, she stood up alive and well and thanked everyone in the palace — no support
- 4. yup, she stood up alive and well — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 344, line 2: «The next day the young man comes by again, but he is no longer happy. He has left his red coat at home and keeps sighing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did the King give them after all that, cash or what?
- 1. some land and a horse, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. a huge chest of silver and gold and some jewels, so mad loot — score 3
- 3. silver and gold and a big castle, so mad loot for all of them — score 3
- 4. silver and gold, so mad loot — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 468, line 17: «Old word "caftan" means a long coat, worn in Russia and nearby lands; the King's gift was a red one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «gift» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
why'd they split the money into three piles, weird flex?
- 1. one pile is for the loaf thief, lol — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. for the thief, lol — no support
- 3. just to confuse everyone, lol — no support
- 4. it's a trap for the Pope, lol — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
the Pope said the Devil got hold of him, a total excuse, right?
- 1. yeah, he was trying to dodge the blame — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yeah, he was just making stuff up — no support
- 3. yeah, he was trying to dodge the blame for eating the loaves and get off the hook — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. yeah, he was trying to dodge the blame, and the devil didn't even do anything there, bro — 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 487, line 11: «The old man asks, "Pope! who ate my loaves?" three times, once on each step of the gallows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «loaves» (+4); the same action «eat» (+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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the old man gave the Pope all the money in the end?
- 1. yep, all of it, he gave it away — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. yep, all of it — no support
- 3. nah, just some — no support
- 4. yep, every bit of it, super generous — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 336, line 18: «Old word: "quietus" means a final end, so "give the quietus" means to kill someone for good.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «final end» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
so after the lecture the old man just vanished into thin air?
- 1. yep, poof, gone straight after — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yep, poof, gone straight after the lecture, leaving no trace behind him at all — no support
- 3. yep, he walked off slowly — no support
- 4. yep, poof, he vanished straight after the lecture, and nobody ever saw him again — 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 ✗
lol the old man told the Pope not to hit Nicholas with the keys, bro what?
- 1. nah, it's not weird, just a normal warning — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yep, it's a warning — no support
- 3. yeah, it's a strange rule, but whatever, fam — no support
- 4. yeah, it's a weird warning, but that's the vibe — ✓ 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 ✗
ok last one, was the Pope kinda a greedy clown in this story?
- 1. yeah, super greedy, total clown move, and he got what he deserved in the end — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, kinda greedy, not gonna lie — no support
- 3. yeah, super greedy, total clown move — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, super greedy, total clown move, he tried to lie to everyone on the gallows, bro — 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 ✗
In what manner does the Pope respond when the old man inquires, on the gallows, as to who consumed the loaves?
- 1. He stays silent and refuses to answer the old man's question — score 7
- 2. He keeps denying it and asks the King for mercy in court — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. He repeatedly denies the act, invoking Heaven as witness, and begs the old man for mercy and forgiveness — score 7
- 4. He repeatedly denies the act, invoking Heaven as witness — ✓ the right answer · score 5
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 9, line 14: «In "You are old, Father William" a young man asks his father, in this order, why he stands on his head, how he turns a back-somersault, how he ate a whole goos…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «young man» (+1); the same receiver «father» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What disposition of the reward does the old man make upon the conclusion of the affair, and what admonition does he give?
- 1. He divides it and warns the Pope about greed — no support
- 2. He allots the whole sum to the Pope, counsels him against greed, pride, and dishonest dealing, and tells him to repent before God — no support
- 3. He gives the whole sum to the King and urges him to pray more — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. He allots the whole sum to the Pope and counsels him against greed — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 485, line 12: «Why: the rich brother got no bread because "St. George found that he had no bread to give to one of his wolves."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «one» (+5). The right option, 4, 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 is the Princess restored to life, and by whose agency does this occur?
- 1. By the old man, who reassembles her body and breathes upon it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Through a prayer by the Pope's own hands — no support
- 3. By the Pope with holy water — no support
- 4. By the doctor, who sews the pieces and breathes slowly on them — 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 the fate of the old man at the close of the narrative, and in what manner does he depart?
- 1. He vanishes at once, having delivered his admonition — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He goes home to bed after giving his warning — no support
- 3. He walks off to the palace, still angry at the Pope — no support
- 4. He vanishes at once, having delivered his admonition, and leaves nothing behind but the empty gallows and the money — 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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