--- title: Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder brother is t… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1122 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 13 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/1122-pg29672-part28/) [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/) / 1122 # Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder brother is turned to stone, and the younger brother wins him back from a witch **Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1122 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/1122-pg29672-part28/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Mate, did the faithful wife really trade her diamond apple for one more night? - **1.** Nah, she kept it safe — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** Yeah, the last one she had — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah — no support - **4.** Nah, she didn't — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 238, line 2: «At three castles, the Bull's brothers give her an apple, a pear and a plum, and tell her to keep them unbroken until her greatest trouble.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «apple» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/1122-pg29672-part28/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Wait, so the hubby was asleep the whole time, right? - **1.** Yeah, till the first wife kissed him awake at dawn with her lips — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, he woke when the cock crowed — no support - **3.** Yeah, till the first wife kissed him — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, till the second wife woke him — 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/1122-pg29672-part28/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Bruv, what did the husband reckon about his second wife? - **1.** He called her a right cursed one — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** He called her a right cursed one who sold him off for apples — score 7 - **3.** He reckoned she was a thief — score 7 - **4.** He said she was a proper witch — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 810, line 11: «Who else: her husband and daughters call her name from above, and she has "nearly forgotten them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+5); the same doer «husband» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} So the faithless wife got tied to horses, yeah? - **1.** Yeah, four wild ones tore her apart in the market square at dawn — score 4 - **2.** Yeah, two of them tore her up — no support - **3.** Yeah, four wild ones tore her apart — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Yeah, the Empress ordered four wild ones to tear her apart in front of everyone — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1102, line 16: «Old word: a knacker was a man who bought old worn-out horses to slaughter them, so the huntsman's mare is "fit for naught but the knacker."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «horses» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Wait, why does the rich bloke bury his son in a trench? - **1.** To claim the land as his own — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** To make the field look like his so the poor man can't prove otherwise — score 2 - **3.** To make the field look like his — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** To hide the boy from the Lord — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1007, line 7: «The two men want revenge because the dead man "cheated us; he owed us money which he could not pay."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dead man» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Dead simple, what happens to the rich man's son? - **1.** He flies away — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** He turns into a stone — score 4 - **3.** He turns into a mole — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** He dies — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 673, line 4: «The youngest son turns away from the hare, meets an old prisoner in the mill, and she tries to coax the dragon's secret out of him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youngest son» (+2); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Lol, who ends up judging the field fight? - **1.** The Lord — no support - **2.** The rich man — **← Mova's choice** · score -8 - **3.** The village priest, innit — no support - **4.** The Lord himself, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 11: «John says, "I have been unrighteously judged, and have always been true to you," before he is turned to stone.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same doer «john» (-3). 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/1122-pg29672-part28/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Mate, where do the two princes lose their road? - **1.** At the bridge — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Where three roads meet — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **3.** At the edge of the old wood — score 5 - **4.** At the well — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 782, line 5: «The youth turns the skulls round in his lathe, joins the game, loses some money, and then everything vanishes at twelve.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); the same doer «youth» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+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/1122-pg29672-part28/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} So blood on the knife means the elder brother's in trouble, yeah? - **1.** Yeah, he's dead — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he's perishing, so go find him — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah, he's hurt, go and help — no support - **4.** Yeah, he's fine, don't worry — 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/1122-pg29672-part28/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Bruv, who gets turned to stone? - **1.** The elder brother's horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** The younger brother's dog — score 2 - **3.** The elder brother and his dog — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** The elder brother and his dog, and the witch's whole village too — score 2 **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 230, line 7: «Who: Prince Perviz, the brother, is turned to stone after he forgets the dervish's advice.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3). Against it: the same receiver «stone» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Lol, what does the younger prince do to the witch? - **1.** Gives her gold and food — score 5 - **2.** Kills her — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Ties her up and flogs her — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Shouts at her and leaves — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 1122, line 5: «The younger prince beats the witch until she brings his brother and the other stone people back to life, and then the Dragon's Princess story begins.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «younger prince» (+4); the same thing acted on «witch» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Wait, what does the witch fetch from the cave? - **1.** Healing water that brings him back to life from the stone he's become — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Water from the sacred spring — score 5 - **3.** Healing water in a sealed jar that brings him back to life again — score 3 - **4.** Healing water that brings him back — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 430, line 17: «Why: Marya runs out to Ivan and asks "By what means has God brought you back to life?" because she thought he was dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring back» (+5); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/1122-pg29672-part28/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} Bruv, what's this dragon want for dinner? - **1.** Two fat oxen, mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** The King's youngest son — score 5 - **3.** The Princess, on the menu — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** A goat — 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 393, line 3: «The Birdcatcher agrees the Cock is a fine timekeeper, but he and his friend still need their dinners, so the Cock is doomed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+5); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} What action does the faithful wife perform in order to obtain one final night beside her husband? - **1.** She surrenders the diamond apple to the Empress and then begs for one more night beside him — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** She trades the golden apple to the Empress — no support - **3.** She surrenders the diamond apple to the Empress — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** She offers the diamond ring to the Empress — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 809, line 12: «Her husband prays and falls into sleep, so he "did not notice that his wife arose".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pray» (+5); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+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/1122-pg29672-part28/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} What does the rich man maintain regarding the disputed field at dawn? - **1.** That the field was left to him — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** That the field belongs to him, and the poor man has no claim to any of it — no support - **3.** That the field belongs to him — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** That the field belongs to him by right and always has since his birth — 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/1122-pg29672-part28/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What punishment is pronounced upon the rich man's son by the Lord? - **1.** Confinement beneath the earth while the sun shines — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Confinement beneath the earth, never again to rise to the surface while the sun shines on the fields — no support - **3.** Confinement in a dark cell for many long years — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **4.** Burial beneath the stones at dusk — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 882, line 10: «Her son could only say "Croak, croak, croak", which shows he could not speak well.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same circumstance (+2); 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} What sign does the elder brother establish at the crossroads to communicate his peril? - **1.** A knife driven deep into a maple trunk so the blade stands upright — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** A knife driven into a maple trunk with blood dripping from the blade — score 6 - **3.** A knife driven into a maple trunk — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** A cloak hung from an oak branch — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1122, line 17: «fact: Where: the three roads meet by a maple-tree, where the elder brother sticks his knife in the trunk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «elder brother» (+3); the same thing acted on «knife» (+3); the same place «trunk» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/e4/) - ← previous: [1121. Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1121-pg29672-part27/) - next →: [1123. Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Heade…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1123-pg29672-part29/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)