Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 700 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 · ★ · right ✓

yo bruh, what did the fox whisper to the wolf?

1. what they'd eat for dinner once he was gone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. what they'd cook for lunch when he left — no support
3. what they'd eat for dinner, plus where the bear was hiding the stash — no support
4. how they'd split the snow-shoes and then eat the crow for dinner once he was gone — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, why did the wolf get shook?

1. he'd be the tiniest one left alive — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he'd be the weakest one to fight — no support
3. he'd be the smallest one left to eat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he was too small — 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 ✗

so what plan did the wolf pitch, fam?

1. split the snow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. hunt alone — no support
3. share one meal and split up later — no support
4. live together and hunt one shared dinner — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what was the fox tryna get from that tree?

1. a young magpie for dinner — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a whole nest of young magpies to keep for the winter — no support
3. the magpie's whole nest and every feather inside it — score -1
4. a young crow for supper — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 686, line 8: «Ilse is "hated by everybody," so the young folk would "go miles out of their way" to avoid her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same place «way» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

ngl the magpie was so extra, what was he begging for?

1. the fox to spare his nest — no support
2. the fox not to cut his tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. the fox not to chop his branch — no support
4. to be spared — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 700, line 3: «The fox wants a young magpie, so he threatens to cut down the magpie's tree for snow-shoes until the magpie hands over two chicks.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «cut down» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «tree» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, how many babies did the magpie hand over the first time?

1. like four of them at once — no support
2. two — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. one — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a whole bunch of them at the start — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 700, line 11: «What the magpie loses: he gives away two young ones, and he is "deeply grieved" each time.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, who was the sus bird that roasted the magpie for being dumb?

1. the owl — no support
2. the bear who came to mourn the magpie — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. the crow — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a raven — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 700, line 18: «The wolf's offer: he cries, "Oh, let me mourn for you," but the bear wants to know if he can howl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mourn» (+4); the same doer «bear» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok real talk, why'd the crow say the fox couldn't cut the tree?

1. no tools — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no saw, no blade — no support
3. no axe, no knife — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no saw — 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 ✗

so when the fox played dead on the road, what did the crow do?

1. tried to pull his ear — no support
2. flew down and tried to peck out the fox's eyes and his ears — no support
3. gathered all the birds and tried to peck at the fox from every side — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. tried to peck his tongue — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 700, line 5: «The fox plays dead, the crow tricks him, and the fox meets the bear, who needs someone to mourn his wife.», 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 action «meet» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, how'd the fox snag the crow?

1. seized him by the beak — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. grabbed him by the wing — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. held him — score 6
4. caught him — score 6

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 146, line 5: «A kind Farmer warms a frozen Viper, which bites him; a Lion flees a Cock's crow, then turns on the Ass who chased him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lion» (+2); the same thing acted on «crow» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the crow was so clever, what did he say from the air?

1. you know how to take but not to keep — no support
2. you know well how to catch the birds from the high trees, but you cannot keep — no support
3. you know how to catch but you can't keep — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. you know how to catch and to run and to hide, but you can never keep anything you take — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 432, line 11: «The crow catches the duck for Ivan, and the pike brings the egg up out of the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «crow» (+2); the same action «catch» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, who did the fox bump into after getting dissed?

1. a wolf — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. the bear — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. a bear that had lost his wife — no support
4. a crow — 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 280, line 12: «Feeling: he will not call for help, because he would be ashamed to be found "like an outwitted fox."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same action «find» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

so why's the bear going round lookin for someone?

1. to seek a helper for his lost cub — score 5
2. to find a crow to fly with him and sing for his dead wife's grave — score 5
3. to find someone to mourn his dead wife, since the fox ate her — score 3
4. to find a mourner for his dead wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 700, line 5: «The fox plays dead, the crow tricks him, and the fox meets the bear, who needs someone to mourn his wife.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bear» (+5); the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

and what did the wolf say he could do?

1. mourn for him — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. hunt — no support
3. cry for him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. sing for him — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 613, line 2: «Mowgli calls the old wolf Akela, and together they split the herd into two groups: the cows with their calves, and the bulls.», 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 «call» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which two companions accompany the fox at the beginning of the passage?

1. The wolf, the bear, and the old crow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The magpie and the crow — no support
3. The wolf and the bear — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The wolf and the bear and the magpie — 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 · right ✓

What is the stated reason for the magpie surrendering his young ones to the fox?

1. Fear that the fox would starve in the snow and then turn on all the birds — no support
2. Fear that the fox would cut down the nest tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Hope that the fox would spare the whole nest — score 1
4. Fear that the crow would fly down and take his children away forever — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 700, line 12: «What the crow points out: the fox "has neither axe nor knife," so he could never cut down the tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+2); the same action «cut down» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «tree» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what method does the fox ultimately fail to secure the crow as his dinner?

1. Escape by wing — no support
2. The crow escapes by hovering beyond his reach — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The fox drops him after the crow bites back — score 2
4. The crow flies off by hovering nearby — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 700, line 14: «How the crow escapes: he asks to be thrown over a precipice, then flies up, "hovering just out of reach."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hover» (+3); the same place «reach» (+3). Against it: the same doer «crow» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What request does the wolf make of the bear at the close of the passage?

1. To be given a share of the meal — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. To leave — score 3
3. To be allowed to weep with him — score 3
4. To be permitted to mourn for him — ✓ 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 399, line 13: «WHAT: the Ass pretends to be lame, and the Wolf "consented and lifted up the foot", giving his whole mind to the thorn he cannot find.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolf» (+2); the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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