--- title: Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle makes the… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1126 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 2 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/1126-pg29672-part32/) [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/) / 1126 # Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle makes the parson dance; the lark and mouse go to war; an eagle repays an archer **Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1126 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/1126-pg29672-part32/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo, who got danced into the ground in the parson story? - **1.** the parson and the cat — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** Ivan and the old cat — score 3 - **3.** the parson — score 3 - **4.** the parson and his wife — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **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 895, line 12: «Old word: "ineffable" means so great that it cannot be described in words.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «words» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} lol, what did the wife do the second she heard the fiddle? - **1.** jumped up and danced — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** rose up — no support - **3.** jumped up and danced around the whole room until she dropped — score 8 - **4.** got up, threw off her shawl and danced with her husband — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 1126, line 7: «WHAT: Ivan plays and the parson's wife "leaped up from the bench and began to dance" while the parson "bawled to Ivan to stop."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «dance» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} bro, why'd the mouse run off with the last grain? - **1.** she ate it all up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **2.** she ate it all up and then went to sleep in the barn — score -1 - **3.** to eat — score -1 - **4.** it was her share — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 363, line 20: «Old word: "sparingly" means in small amounts, so the Town Mouse nibbles rather than eats heartily.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «town mouse» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} no cap, what made the birds crash out of the sky? - **1.** the mouse ordered the ants to bite every bird's tail and wing feathers off — score -1 - **2.** the ants bit their wing feathers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** the ants bit the birds' wing feathers so they could not fly at all — score 6 - **4.** the arrow struck their wings — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1126, line 12: «WHY the birds lose: the ants bite the feathers round their wings, so "immediately fell to the ground, where the beasts tore them to bits."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «feathers» (+4); the same action «bite» (+3). Against it: the same doer «ants» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} sus, how many cows did the archer give up? - **1.** one cow — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** two cows — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **3.** two horses — no support - **4.** three goats — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1069, line 8: «fact: What does Fiachna offer? "Twenty cows", but she screams "I would not take all the cows in Ulster".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «twenty cows» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «cows» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} lowkey, how long did the eagle munch on each cow? - **1.** one long season — no support - **2.** all day — no support - **3.** a whole year — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** a whole year, then he started on the next — **← 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 1126, line 14: «The archer feeds the eagle a cow, then a second cow, then the steer, and the eagle stays for about a year on each.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eagle» (+2); the same property (+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/1126-pg29672-part32/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} dude, how high up did the eagle drop the archer from? - **1.** way up near the clouds over the whole village — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** way up over the trees — score 0 - **3.** way up near the clouds — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** way up high — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1126, line 15: «The eagle drops the archer from near the clouds, then catches him, and asks "How dost thou feel now?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+1); the same thing acted on «archer» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} yo, what did the archer say after the drop? - **1.** felt like a broken stick — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** felt like someone had taken all of his breath and blood away — no support - **3.** felt like no life in him — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** felt like he had no life left in him at all — 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/1126-pg29672-part32/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} fr, what did the parson pay Ivan with? - **1.** some coins — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** a hundred karbovantsya — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** two hundred karbovantsya — score 4 - **4.** fifty silver karbovantsya — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 869, line 4: «The farmer buys the "conjuror" for a bushel of gold, and Little Claus makes the sexton pay him a whole bushel more.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+3); the same doer «sexton» (+1). 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/1126-pg29672-part32/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} bruh, who's the Tsar of the birds? - **1.** the lark — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** a hen — no support - **3.** the king of all the birds in the sky — no support - **4.** the emu — 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/1126-pg29672-part32/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} ngl, what was the whole war even about? - **1.** the parson's stolen wheat — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** one stolen bag of wheat — no support - **3.** some seed — no support - **4.** one leftover grain — **✓ 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/1126-pg29672-part32/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} bet, what did Ivan stick in his breast-pocket? - **1.** a rag — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** his fife — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** his pipe — score 3 - **4.** a key — 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 428, line 5: «On the way Ivan visits each sister, stays three days with each, and leaves a silver spoon with the Falcon and a silver fork with the Eagle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+3). 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/1126-pg29672-part32/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} wait, what did the cat do when the party got wild? - **1.** danced — no support - **2.** whirled and spun around — no support - **3.** jumped — score 8 - **4.** leaped and bounded about — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1126, line 1: «Ivan's fiddle makes the parson's wife dance so wildly that even the cat starts bounding about, and the tied-up parson is spun round the pillar until he begs Iv…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «bound» (+1); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} According to the passage, what did the parson's wife do upon hearing the music? - **1.** She rose at once and danced vigorously with her husband — score 8 - **2.** She rose and danced vigorously — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** She stood and whirled quickly — score 8 - **4.** She dropped her broom, rose from the bench, and danced vigorously across the room — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 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 doer «wife» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «arise» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} What was the outcome of the mouse Tsaritsa's order to the ants? - **1.** The birds lost all their wing feathers and the mouse took the grain — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** The birds lost their tail feathers — no support - **3.** The birds lost their wing feathers — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The birds lost their wing feathers and fell down to the ground — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1126, line 3: «Next, a lark Tsar and a mouse Tsaritsa share a field, but one grain is left over, the mouse steals it, and the birds and beasts go to war.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+2); the same thing acted on «grain» (+2). 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/1126-pg29672-part32/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which action did the eagle request of the archer before the final flight? - **1.** He asked for one more day — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** He asked to be lifted up — score 3 - **3.** He asked to be mounted — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** He asked for food — 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 1126, line 15: «The eagle drops the archer from near the clouds, then catches him, and asks "How dost thou feel now?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Which sum did the parson surrender to Ivan in exchange for his departure? - **1.** Thirty karbovantsya gold — score -3 - **2.** One hundred karbovantsya — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** A coin — score -3 - **4.** Ten roubles — score -3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 433, line 2: «Ivan puts on his princely clothes and shows the old woman who he really is, and she begs his pardon.», 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 (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1126-pg29672-part32/e4/) - ← previous: [1125. Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's mi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1125-pg29672-part31/) - next →: [1127. Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1127-pg29672-part33/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)