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title: Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga and rescue… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1515 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 14 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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# Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga and rescues his bride

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**Tests:** 5 of 14 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1515 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/1515-pg540-part12/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi, how'd Ivan nab a steed outta that witch?

- **1.** He stole the pony from her barn — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He nicked it — no support
- **3.** He nicked the sorry colt from her stable — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He swapped it for a sack of gold — 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/1515-pg540-part12/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Mate, why'd the mares keep legging it every morning?

- **1.** They got scared — no support
- **2.** They kicked up dust and fled — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** They cocked their tails and bolted — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** They ran off — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+2); the same doer «mares» (+2). 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/1515-pg540-part12/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Was Ivan well gutted when the witch threatened his noggin?

- **1.** Yeah, he sat down and wept like a little kid in the corner of the yard — score 2
- **2.** Yeah, he sat and cried — score 2
- **3.** Nah, he laughed at her — score 0
- **4.** Yeah, he sat down and wept — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1125, line 1: «Three brothers leave home, and the two clever ones climb high into an oak while foolish Ivan hauls up his millstone and sits lower down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+1); the same doer «foolish ivan» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1515-pg540-part12/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Bro, who was the bird that kept waking him up?

- **1.** A cockerel — no support
- **2.** The outlandish bird — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** That weird silver bird — no support
- **4.** The rooster — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1515, line 11: «The first helper is "the outlandish bird," who wakes Ivan and says: "The mares are at home now."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «outlandish bird» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1515-pg540-part12/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Lol, what were the birds and bees doing to the mares?

- **1.** Pecking and stinging them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Flapping and biting them — no support
- **3.** Nipping and buzzing at them — no support
- **4.** Chasing them — 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/1515-pg540-part12/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Sick, so how did the bridge trick actually work?

- **1.** Three waves right, two waves left — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Two waves right, three left — no support
- **3.** Three waves right, two waves left, then a jump over the river — score 3
- **4.** Three waves right, two waves left, while the witch sang a song from the bank — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 58, line 10: ««It is a goodly life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are strong enough to lead it!» The Water Rat answers «Yes, it's the lif…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+2); 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/1515-pg540-part12/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Did the witch think the bridge was safe, or what?

- **1.** She said it was a capital bridge and stepped on it without a second thought — score 0
- **2.** She said it was a capital bridge — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** She said it was a fine bridge — score 0
- **4.** She said it was a sturdy bridge — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1263, line 16: «What: the witch says she needs "the flowers of the everlasting plant and some of dragon's blood" to bring her back to life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1515-pg540-part12/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Haha, how did the witch end up, like, properly?

- **1.** She plunged into the water — no support
- **2.** She went flop into the river and was swept away by the current — score 2
- **3.** She sank into the fiery river — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** She went flop into the river — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 699, line 4: «Laufer confesses that her mother Blauvor is really an ogress and witch, who stole her and sank the king's ship.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sink» (+2); the same doer «witch» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1515-pg540-part12/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Who took out Koshchei then, that mad skeleton man?

- **1.** The horse kicked him, then Ivan stabbed him — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Ivan's horse kicked him, then Ivan clubbed him over the head with a big stick — score 3
- **3.** Ivan's brothers kicked him down — score 3
- **4.** Ivan's horse kicked him, then Ivan clubbed him — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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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 430, line 5: «Ivan's horse kicks Koshchei to death, Ivan burns his body on a pyre, and the pair visit the Raven, Eagle, and Falcon before going home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kick» (+1); the same thing acted on «koshchei» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1515-pg540-part12/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Wait, did the horse really crack his skull or what?

- **1.** Yeah, one hoof, full swing — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, one hoof, full swing, and then the skull was in pieces all over the ground — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** Yeah, one hoof, full swing, right on his bony head — no support
- **4.** Yeah, a kick, full force — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1146, line 10: «The fox says: "Plainly I see that you have taken no heed to my words, Ian Direach."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same place «words» (-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/1515-pg540-part12/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Where'd Ivan and Marya chill after that, then?

- **1.** Round the Raven, Eagle and Falcon, who welcomed them with food and wine in a big hall — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Round the Raven, Eagle and Falcon at their mountain home for a feast — score 2
- **3.** With the Raven and the Eagle — score 2
- **4.** Round the Raven, Eagle and Falcon — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1128, line 6: «Who: Ivan, a youth, and the she-dragon's daughter, who is a clever maiden with magic, as the text says: "she herself was the she-dragon's daughter."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ivan» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «daughter» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1515-pg540-part12/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Was there any proper hype when they turned up?

- **1.** Yeah, a joyful greeting everywhere they went through the whole town — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, just a few folks — no support
- **3.** Yeah, a joyful greeting everywhere — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, a warm welcome all round — 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/1515-pg540-part12/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Yo, what did the friends reckon about Marya?

- **1.** Nobody as lovely in the realm — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Nobody like her in the whole world, not even the tsar's own daughters — score 3
- **3.** Nobody like her in the land — score 3
- **4.** Nobody like her in the whole world — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**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 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 «think» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (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/1515-pg540-part12/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Mate, so did they just go home and ghost everyone?

- **1.** They headed back to their kingdom — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They went home — no support
- **3.** They rode off to the palace — no support
- **4.** They went off to their own realm — **✓ the right answer** · 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/1515-pg540-part12/t14/)

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

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Which action did Prince Ivan perform in order to construct the bridge across the fiery river?

- **1.** He waved the handkerchief three times on the right hand — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** He waved the handkerchief three times on the right hand over the fiery water below — score -2
- **3.** He waved the handkerchief three times on the right hand, then twice on the left, and the bridge appeared — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** He waved the cloth four times on the right side — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 430, line 12: «Where: At the fiery river, Ivan waves the handkerchief "three times on the right hand" and a splendid bridge appears in the air.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «appear» (+1). Against it: the same doer «splendid bridge» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1515-pg540-part12/e1/)

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

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What was the fate of the Baba Yaga when the bridge collapsed beneath her?

- **1.** She drowned — no support
- **2.** She fell into the river and perished — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** She tumbled into the water and died — score 2
- **4.** She was burned in the fire — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 429, line 14: «The handkerchief, waved "thrice on the right hand," makes "a very lofty bridge" over the fire.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «lofty bridge» (+3); the same place «fire» (+1). 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/1515-pg540-part12/e2/)

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

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By whom was Koshchei the Deathless slain in the course of the narrative?

- **1.** By his brothers in arms — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** By the steed and Prince Ivan — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** By the horse — score 2
- **4.** By the mare and Prince Ivan — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 433, line 19: «Koshchei is a monster-lord of Russian tales whose life is hidden far away, in an egg, a duck, and so on.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «koshchei» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (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/1515-pg540-part12/e3/)

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

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To which three companions did the travelling pair pay their visits before returning to their realm?

- **1.** The Owl, the Eagle and the Hawk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Raven, the Hawk and the Kite — no support
- **3.** The Raven, the Eagle and the Falcon, who lived in the high mountains — no support
- **4.** The Raven, the Eagle and the Falcon — **✓ 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/1515-pg540-part12/e4/)

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