--- title: Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, p… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1119 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 0 of 11 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1119-pg29672-part25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1119 # Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, part 1: Ivan buys incense, chooses a wife, and builds a hut **Tests:** 0 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1119 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo so ivan's boss paid him like what, for a whole year of grinding? - **1.** Nine gold pieces — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Like three gold pieces, bruh, for the whole year of grinding — no support - **3.** Like five gold bucks — no support - **4.** Three gold pieces — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} bruh ivan chucked his cash in a spring and then just napped, lol, no cap? - **1.** Yes, three coins each time, then nap — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, three coins each time, then he napped by the spring and dreamed of silver for ages — no support - **3.** Yeah, five coins, then he cried — no support - **4.** Yes, three coins each time, then he napped under the tree for an hour and woke up hungry — **← 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 356, line 5: «Six blind men quarrel over an elephant, then King Maximilian naps under a tree and wakes up past noon.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «tree» (+4); the same action «nap» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). 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/1119-pg29672-part25/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} ngl the angel offered ivan a crown, riches, or what else? - **1.** Riches — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Gold — score 4 - **3.** A horse ride — score 4 - **4.** A good wife — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 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 1119, line 4: «An angel offers him a tsardom, riches, or a good wife, and Ivan asks his ploughing brothers for advice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «angel» (+3); the same action «offer» (+1); the same receiver «ivan» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} lowkey who gave ivan the best advice, the big bro or the little one? - **1.** The youngest brother, the one who had lived by the lake — score 0 - **2.** The big brother, who spoke first and gave the longest advice — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** The middle brother — score 4 - **4.** The youngest brother — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 961, line 11: «The young couple says "We are as happy as human beings can be," and they hope God will give them a son.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1119-pg29672-part25/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} fam what were those birds that dropped down at the lake, pigeons? - **1.** Pigeons, the tame kind that come to the yard for bread crumbs — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Wild doves — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Pigeons, wild doves, and some swans from the marsh — no support - **4.** Sparrows — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1011, line 19: «The word "brood" means all the young birds hatched together from one nest at the same time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/1119-pg29672-part25/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} sus ivan snatched a lady's clothes, what did she say, like? - **1.** "No!" — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** "Fine, I'll marry you, then." — no support - **3.** "Fine." — no support - **4.** "Good! thy wife will I be." — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} so the lady agreed to be his wife, that's a whole lot of drama, right? - **1.** No, she refused at first, then said yes after the wagon came, and they wed at once — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Yes, she agreed to be his wife, but only after a long, loud argument with her mother — score 5 - **3.** Yes, she agreed to be his maid — score 4 - **4.** Yes, she agreed to be his wife — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1119, line 5: «The youngest brother says a good wife; Ivan hides a lady's clothes at a lake, and she agrees to marry him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same doer «wife» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} wait, what did ivan's wife tell him to cut down for the hut? - **1.** A young oak he could span, and bring its roots back to the house — no support - **2.** A young pine he could carry — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** A young birch he could carry — score 4 - **4.** A young oak he could span — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 433, line 9: «Why: the eldest brother is the proper bridegroom, but Ivan takes his place because the brothers are late.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «ivan» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/1119-pg29672-part25/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} bro the nobleman said "for ever and ever" back to ivan, real talk? - **1.** Yes, he replied it to Ivan — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nope, not he — no support - **3.** Yes, that's how he answered — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** No, he said nothing back — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} fr the overseer ran off to praise what to the master? - **1.** The cook — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** The wife of Ivan — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** The nobleman — score 6 - **4.** Ivan — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 913, line 13: «The music-master praises the bird because "with this bird everything is settled", meaning every note is planned in advance.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «praise» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} ok so did all nine coins come back to ivan, or what, low key? - **1.** Yes, all nine floated up at once and Ivan wept with joy over the spring — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** No, only three floated up — no support - **3.** Yes, all nine floated up — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yes, only seven floated up — 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 446, line 10: «He first blames the wind, which she stops, but he still cries and must tell her everything.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4); the same doer «ivan» (+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/1119-pg29672-part25/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Pursuant to the narrative, what quantity of gold pieces did the youth possess upon his departure from his master? - **1.** Twelve gold pieces — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** Nine gold pieces — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** Seven gold pieces — score 0 - **4.** Nine gold pieces, each one bearing the tsar's stamp — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1111, line 16: «Why does Daniel swap his horse and armour? The lady offers "her shift and her weapon" in exchange.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «horse» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} In accordance with the text, which object did the youth cast into the spring on the first occasion? - **1.** Three gold pieces and his iron cap from the old house — **← Mova's choice** · score -3 - **2.** Three gold pieces — **✓ the right answer** · score -3 - **3.** Five gold pieces — score -3 - **4.** Three gold pieces from his master's purse, shining brightly — no support **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 398, line 13: «The Horse, the Ox and the Dog, saved from the cold by a kind man, give him his life in three parts: the Horse takes youth, the Ox middle age and the Dog old ag…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «horse» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} According to the narrative, what did the three traders convey in their wagon? - **1.** A cart of silver — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** A load of incense, bread, and a barrel of mead for the trip — no support - **3.** A heavy load of incense and myrrh from the far southern lands — no support - **4.** A load of incense — **✓ the right answer** · 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 106, line 20: «Old word: "bier" meant a frame for carrying a dead body, and "bemoaned" meant mourned or wept over; we now say stretcher and grieved.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). 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/1119-pg29672-part25/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Subsequent to the burning of the incense, which celestial being descended to address the youth? - **1.** A saint — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A demon — no support - **3.** An angel — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A bird — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/e4/) - ← previous: [1117. 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