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title: Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1112 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 13 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1112 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/1112-pg29672-part18/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, who was like totally whispering dark stuff to the Tsarivna?

- **1.** a raven at night — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the counsellors from the strange land — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the wicked steward of the court — no support
- **4.** the envious maids of the palace — 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/1112-pg29672-part18/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bro, where did Daniel say his strength was, like, the first time?

- **1.** in the sword — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** in his hair — score 4
- **3.** in his left glove — score 4
- **4.** in these gloves — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 836, line 14: «The burgomaster's wife says Peter was "quite smitten with Charlotte" when he was young, and that he was saucy and an enthusiast.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+1). 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/1112-pg29672-part18/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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ok but why did she make him take a bath, lol?

- **1.** "Dirt brings bad luck here" — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** "My father always did so" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** "It is the custom" — no support
- **4.** "Wash off the dust" — 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/1112-pg29672-part18/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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wait, who ditched Daniel's sword and shirt to the enemies?

- **1.** the innkeeper — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** the Tsarivna — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** the Tsar — score 2
- **4.** a maiden — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 63, line 5: «Toad boasts to himself: «My enemies shut me up in prison... I walk out through them all... I am The Toad, the handsome, the popular, the successful Toad!»», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «toad» (+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/1112-pg29672-part18/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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no way, what did the innkeeper have to do with that chain?

- **1.** beat Daniel on the back until he falls down — score 5
- **2.** wrap the chain around Daniel's neck and drag him — score -4
- **3.** tie Daniel to the post — no support
- **4.** beat Daniel on the back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 1112, line 16: «What the innkeeper does: he beats Daniel with a chain after Daniel ducks his head in the water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «daniel» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1112-pg29672-part18/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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so Daniel turned into a horse, right? how much did the Tsar pay?

- **1.** five thousand roubles and a golden saddle — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** five thousand roubles — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** fifty thousand gold roubles from the treasury — score 2
- **4.** five hundred roubles — score 2

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**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 1111, line 3: «She sends him to the Tsar, who gives him his daughter, and she stays a serpent for ever.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+1); the same doer «tsar» (+1). 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/1112-pg29672-part18/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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why did the Tsarivna go full meltdown about that horse?

- **1.** "Kill that horse before it kills my maidens and my father" — no support
- **2.** "That horse will be my ruin" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** "That horse will be my ruin, mark my words" — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** "That horse will bring trouble" — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 632, line 11: «Vixen is "a most conceited little dog" who tells the troop-horse "fibs about the scores of horses" she and the narrator keep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «score» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «horses» (-1). The right option, 2, 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/1112-pg29672-part18/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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which maiden, like, actually stuck up for the horse?

- **1.** the kind old nurse who had raised the Tsar's children — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** one of the cooks of the palace — no support
- **3.** one of the maidens of the court — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the youngest maiden who served the Tsarivna — 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/1112-pg29672-part18/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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what grew out of the drop of blood, bro?

- **1.** a golden apple — no support
- **2.** a rose bush — no support
- **3.** an oak — no support
- **4.** a cherry-tree — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 929, line 17: «At Amack a great tree grew out of the dirt-heap, and sparks from it were the borrowed ideas the guests had used.», 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1112-pg29672-part18/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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ok so what colour was the first leaf on that tree?

- **1.** golden — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** purple — score 3
- **3.** as bright as the sun — score 3
- **4.** shining like a golden coin — score -4

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**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 882, line 3: «A white butterfly gets tied to the leaf with her sash, and a cockchafer snatches her up into a tree.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «leaf» (+2); the same place «tree» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1112-pg29672-part18/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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why did the Tsarivna want the cherry-tree chopped down?

- **1.** "That tree will be my ruin" — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** "It is too tall" — no support
- **3.** "It shades my window" — no support
- **4.** "This tree blocks my garden" — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 133, line 18: «The Fox's last words are his excuse: the grapes "are quite sour" now, so he did not need them.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «last words» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1112-pg29672-part18/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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wait, what came swimming out of the water after the chip?

- **1.** a serpent — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a grey gull — no support
- **3.** a golden drake with green wings — no support
- **4.** a drake — **✓ 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/1112-pg29672-part18/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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and then the drake turned into a man in the Tsar's clothes, who was it??

- **1.** the counsellor from the strange land — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Daniel — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the Serpent Lady's son — no support
- **4.** the Tsar — 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/1112-pg29672-part18/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the entity which, in the passage, conveys covert counsel to the Tsarivna.

- **1.** the envious maids of the palace — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the counsellors from the strange land — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the wicked steward of the court — no support
- **4.** a raven at night — 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/1112-pg29672-part18/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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State the particular article of apparel in which the protagonist locates the source of his strength upon the first occasion.

- **1.** helmet — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the gloves his mother had sewn — no support
- **3.** gloves — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the iron gauntlets he wore — 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/1112-pg29672-part18/e2/)

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

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Enumerate the cause adduced by the Tsarivna for her insistence upon the felling of the cherry-tree.

- **1.** "That tree will be my ruin, cut it down today" — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** "That tree will bring me grief" — score 3
- **3.** "This tree blocks my garden" — no support
- **4.** "That tree will be my ruin" — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 549, line 18: «Old word: an "equivocal" answer has two possible meanings, so it leaves you unsure today too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1112-pg29672-part18/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Describe the transformation undergone by the protagonist following the application of the chain.

- **1.** into a beautiful horse — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** into a magnificent black horse with silver hooves — no support
- **3.** into a silver stallion — no support
- **4.** into a tall horse that could speak like a man — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 758, line 18: «OLD WORD: "Threepence" was an old British coin worth three pennies, and it stopped being used in 1971 when money went decimal.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 1, 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/1112-pg29672-part18/e4/)

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