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title: Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins the serpent… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1132 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 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 Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins the serpent's daughter with Golik's help, then plans to go home

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1132 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/1132-pg29672-part38/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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bro, how did the prince even bend that bow?

- **1.** Golik told him to act like it's beneath him and then pull with all his might — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** his father's strength made it bend easily — no support
- **3.** Golik told him to act like it's beneath him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he trained for seven years in secret — 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/1132-pg29672-part38/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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so was that horse, like, an actual horse?

- **1.** yeah, it was the serpent's son — no support
- **2.** nah, it was the youngest daughter in disguise, trust me — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** nah, it was the eldest daughter — no support
- **4.** nah, it was the youngest daughter — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 416, line 17: «She tells him to ask for "the very wretched horse" that hauls wood and water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wretched horse» (+1). Against it: a different action (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/1132-pg29672-part38/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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ngl, how did the prince find his bride?

- **1.** a gnat bit her nose — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he kissed her — no support
- **3.** a bee stung her — no support
- **4.** a bird pecked her hand — 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/1132-pg29672-part38/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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legit, what did the mare say when Ivan whaled on her?

- **1.** "beat me not, I'll obey" — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** "spare me, I will go" — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** "beat me not, I'll obey you forever and go wherever you say" — score 4
- **4.** "I will do as you say" — no support

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**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 430, line 10: «Why: The mares say they came back because "there came flying bees in countless numbers" and stung them all over.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: the same doer «mares» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1132-pg29672-part38/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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fam, what's the seven-year thing about?

- **1.** to hide the truth from her — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** don't tell your wife the truth about the bow for seven years — no support
- **3.** don't tell your wife the truth — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** it's so he never tells his wife the whole truth at all — 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/1132-pg29672-part38/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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lol, when did the prince say "she is mine"?

- **1.** only after she walked three times round and the gnat settled on her nose and she swatted it — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** after the serpent gave his blessing — no support
- **3.** after the gnat bit her and she brushed it off — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** after the gnat bit her and she brushed it away with her right hand — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 276, line 15: «The Prince decides that a real Princess has a delicate sense of feeling, so he makes her his wife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «decide» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). 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/1132-pg29672-part38/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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was the serpent happy about the wedding?

- **1.** not really — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** no, he was amazed — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** no, sad — no support
- **4.** no, he was angry — 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/1132-pg29672-part38/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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so how many sisters were in that lineup?

- **1.** twenty-one — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** twenty-three — no support
- **3.** nine — no support
- **4.** seven — **← Mova's choice** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 778, line 16: «The seven sons go to the spring, all drop their pitchers in the well, and their father wishes them turned into ravens.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «seven sons» (-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/1132-pg29672-part38/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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bruh, what did the bow do when Ivan drew it?

- **1.** it burst apart — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** it cracked — no support
- **3.** it broke — no support
- **4.** it flew away — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1132, line 11: «Ivan draws the bow so that "the arrow split into twelve pieces and the bow burst."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1132-pg29672-part38/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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dude, why did Golik grab the broken pieces?

- **1.** to mend the bow later — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** he saw what was coming — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** he saw the serpent's trap coming and wanted proof — no support
- **4.** he saw what was coming and wanted to hide them — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1132, line 12: «Golik hides the broken pieces, and later he uses one "fifty pounds in weight" on the mare.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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/1132-pg29672-part38/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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so why did the prince want to bounce home?

- **1.** they had no food — no support
- **2.** they meant no good — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** they meant no good for the prince at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** they wanted the bow — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1127, line 19: «fact: Old word: "Tsarevich" means a tsar's son, or prince, and "thou" and "thy" are old words for "you" and "your."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «mean» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/1132-pg29672-part38/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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no cap, what did the prince do the morning after?

- **1.** said goodbye to his father-in-law — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** thanked the old serpent warmly — no support
- **3.** said goodbye to his father-in-law and rode home at once — no support
- **4.** kissed his new wife goodbye — 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/1132-pg29672-part38/t12/)

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

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In the context of the narrative, what was the mare's response upon being chastised by Ivan Golik?

- **1.** She entreated him to desist, swore compliance, and bowed her head before the prince — score -2
- **2.** She laughed and kicked him back — no support
- **3.** She entreated him to desist and promised compliance — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** She cried out and begged him to stop, promising obedience — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -2 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 action «beg» (+2); the same receiver «ivan» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/1132-pg29672-part38/e1/)

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

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What procedure did the identification of the youngest daughter entail?

- **1.** Lining them up and asking the serpent for a sign — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Walking round the daughters three times as the gnat marked the bride for the prince to name aloud — no support
- **3.** Walking round the daughters three times while the gnat indicated the bride — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Taking the eldest daughter by her hand at once — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/1132-pg29672-part38/e2/)

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

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Which condition did Ivan Golik impose upon the prince regarding his spouse?

- **1.** Hiding the matter from her for years — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Withholding the full truth of the bow and the horse from her for seven years — score 0
- **3.** Keeping the bow secret from his kin — score 2
- **4.** Withholding the truth from her for seven years — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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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 1119, line 16: «Why: Ivan hides one lady's clothes, and she says, "Good! thy wife will I be."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3). Against it: the same doer «ivan» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1132-pg29672-part38/e3/)

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

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Which statement accurately describes the serpent's reaction once the bride had been correctly identified?

- **1.** He was amazed and sent his daughters to dress — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He arranged a feast — no support
- **3.** He expressed amazement and arranged the nuptials that day — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He wept and wished them both a quiet life — 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/1132-pg29672-part38/e4/)

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