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title: Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the un… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1108 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the unclean spirit and wins the Tsar's daughter

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1108 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.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, the church lady in the coffin, was she a real ghost or what, no cap?

- **1.** Nah, she was just sleeping in a box — no support
- **2.** Yeah, a spirit was possessing her — no support
- **3.** Yeah, she had an unclean spirit in her — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, she was a real ghost with an unclean spirit that had possessed her body — **← Mova's choice** · score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 18: «She planned to ask a lady "Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?" but decided not to ask, because the lady would think her "an ignorant little girl"…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «polite word» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruh, why did the dude keep reading and not even look up?

- **1.** Because he was afraid of the ghost — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He just wanted to finish fast — no support
- **3.** Cause the saint told him to keep reading and never look up at her — no support
- **4.** Cause the saint said don't look up — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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so why throw pears at a ghost, lol?

- **1.** To distract her from the youth — no support
- **2.** To keep her busy picking them up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** Because pears were the only thing that scares off the unclean spirit — no support
- **4.** To trick her into following the pears out of the church door forever — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1108, line 2: «St Michael tells him to ring himself with boards and scatter pears, so she stops to pick them up until cockcrow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick up» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «pears» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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okay but the nuts night, what happened, fam?

- **1.** She gathered all the nuts and then went back to the coffin at once — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She counted every single nut slowly — no support
- **3.** She scattered the nuts over the whole floor — no support
- **4.** She picked up all the nuts till cockcrow — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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third night, poppy seeds and holy water, sus or nah?

- **1.** Nah, she still got through it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Smart move, it kept her out — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Sus, it failed — no support
- **4.** Nah, it failed — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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how'd she get back in her box, like what was the signal?

- **1.** The first cock crow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** She heard the uncles calling her name from outside the door — no support
- **3.** A loud church bell — score 3
- **4.** When the sun rose and the priest rang the church bell loudly — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1097, line 5: «The Tsar's daughter keeps the ring, Oh comes as a merchant to get it back, and she throws it down; it becomes millet, and only one grain becomes a youth she ma…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «get back» (+2); the same doer «daughter» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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real talk, why was the Tsar's daughter sad all the time?

- **1.** She had been cursed by a wicked witch and could not leave the church — score -3
- **2.** She missed her dead mother badly — score -3
- **3.** She loved the guy who saved her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** She lost her favorite pet bird — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 747, line 6: «Who: a miller, his beautiful daughter, a rich suitor who is really a robber, and a very old woman who saves her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «save» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «daughter» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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the Tsar literally dreamt it, lol, like a fake one?

- **1.** Yep, it told him why she was sad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Yep, the dream was sent by a saint who wanted him to find the youth — no support
- **3.** Nah, he made the whole story up — score 4
- **4.** Nope, it was a trick the uncles played, not a real dream at all — no support

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**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 67, line 20: «Badger: «I haven't said my last word yet. Now I'm going to tell you a great secret» — one that Toad's father told him and «wouldn't have dreamt of telling» his…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «father» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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what did the Tsar do with the boards, bro?

- **1.** He bought them all and threw them into the sea without looking inside — score 4
- **2.** He had them carried to the palace and split open, finding jewels inside — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Split them, found gold coins — score 4
- **4.** Bought them, found jewels inside — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1104, line 11: «The she-wolf orders the whelp: "Thou shalt serve this dear little Tsar as though he were thine own dear father."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tsar» (+4); the same thing acted on «own dear father» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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did the merchants stick around or what?

- **1.** Yeah, they stayed in the palace — score 2
- **2.** Nope, they sailed off with the nephew and never came back to the kingdom — score 1
- **3.** Yes, they stayed a year and drank wine — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** Nope, they sailed off with the nephew — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 163, line 6: «Who: the merchant is the main person here, and he tells his family "I have only a year to live."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «merchant» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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he got half the kingdom?? wild, right?

- **1.** Yes, half the gold and some land — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yep, a third of his gold and a castle — no support
- **3.** Yep, half his power and half his land — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yep, half his power, half his land, and a daughter to marry him — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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the uncles called him what, ngl?

- **1.** Lazy dreamer — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** A simpleton — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** A fool — score 4
- **4.** Little idiot — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1108, line 6: «Who: the merchants' nephew is the hero, and his uncles call him "simpleton" when they say "Go thou, simpleton, in my stead!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «uncles» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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how did he stay calm the whole time, like a total boss?

- **1.** He kept praying and never looked up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He kept praying out loud and never once looked up at the ghost — no support
- **3.** He just kept his eyes shut — no support
- **4.** He prayed hard and avoided her gaze — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which instruction did Saint Michael give the young man concerning his conduct during the first night's vigil?

- **1.** To keep reading his prayers and not look up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** To keep reading his prayers, never look up, and scatter pears on the floor — score 4
- **3.** To hide under the altar and wait for dawn — no support
- **4.** To sprinkle poppy seeds and rest quietly — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1108, line 15: «She begs "Come down, come down!", but he "answered her never a word" until she calls him "my consort".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+2); the same doer «michael» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Which object did the young man scatter in order to delay the Tsarivna during the second night's vigil?

- **1.** Pears — no support
- **2.** A basket of nuts — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Nuts — no support
- **4.** A jar of honey — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1105, line 19: «Old word: "harrows" means dragging a spiked frame over a field to break up the soil.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «break up» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Which relation of the young man was responsible for sending him to the church on each occasion?

- **1.** The merchant uncles who had raised him from childhood — score 1
- **2.** The merchant uncles — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** The Tsar's own steward, who had sent him out each time — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** The village priest — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 921, line 3: «He sends one of his tin soldiers to the lonely old man, and the old man invites him in for a visit.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same thing acted on «one» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Which condition did the young man's uncles impose upon the nephew's departure from the kingdom with the Tsar's blessing?

- **1.** Departure in their ships with the nephew on board — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Leave by land — no support
- **3.** Sail back with the gold aboard — no support
- **4.** Leave only after the wedding feast was over — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1038, line 4: «One day a stranger visits, and the women whisper, consult clouds and bones, and chase Fionn about.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «visit» (+1); the same doer «stranger» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/e4/)

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