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title: Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monste… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 425 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 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, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monsters, the widows take revenge, and an Aged One sends him on

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 425 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/425-pg22373-part17/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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ngl, what kinda horse did the twelve-head dude ride?

- **1.** one with nine wings — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** one with twelve wings — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a flying one — no support
- **4.** a winged horse — 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/425-pg22373-part17/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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bruh, why didn't his bros wake up during all that noise?

- **1.** they slept on and took no heed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** they had drunk too much wine — no support
- **3.** they kept on snoring loudly — no support
- **4.** they were tired — 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/425-pg22373-part17/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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lowkey, what did Ivan chuck at the hut to finally wake them?

- **1.** his cap — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** a log — no support
- **3.** his boot — no support
- **4.** his glove — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 425, line 3: «Ivan throws his gloves and then his cap at the hut, and at last his brothers wake and save him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «hut» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «gloves» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/425-pg22373-part17/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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no cap, which widow turned into a golden bed?

- **1.** the last — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the third widow of the three — no support
- **3.** the second one — no support
- **4.** the third one — **✓ 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/425-pg22373-part17/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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wait, what did the first widow turn into?

- **1.** a birch-tree — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** an apple-tree — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** a great oak tree in the courtyard — score 3
- **4.** a golden bed with silken curtains — no support

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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 424, line 4: «Ivan goes back for his gloves, turns into a cat, and overhears the Snake's wife and daughters; then he strikes the meadow, apple-tree and spring, which bleed b…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «apple tree» (+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/425-pg22373-part17/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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sus, what was the witch pretending to be?

- **1.** a wandering monk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a beggar-woman — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a beggar — no support
- **4.** a hag — 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/425-pg22373-part17/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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fr, who grabbed Ivan's hand?

- **1.** the witch — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** the old witch — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** the Aged One — score 4
- **4.** the young widow — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 20, line 5: «In the middle of the chorus a cry rings out: «The trial's beginning!» The Gryphon grabs Alice's hand and runs, only ever answering «Come on!», while the sad wo…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grab» (+4); the same thing acted on «hand» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/425-pg22373-part17/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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bro, where did she drag him off to?

- **1.** underground — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** home — no support
- **3.** to the forest — no support
- **4.** to the river — 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/425-pg22373-part17/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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ok but what did the Aged One lie on?

- **1.** an iron couch — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** a heavy iron couch beside the fire — score 1
- **3.** a huge iron throne covered in black furs — no support
- **4.** a wooden bed — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 200, line 16: «What: Marzavan cries out "Heavens! what a striking likeness!" when he sees the prince lying on his bed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «marzavan» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «prince» (+2). 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/425-pg22373-part17/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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lmao, what did the heroes use to lift his eyelids?

- **1.** long iron forks and heavy chains — score 1
- **2.** iron forks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** wooden sticks — score 1
- **4.** tongs — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 96, line 6: «Suleiman understood «what the rocks said deep under the earth» and what the trees said «when they rustled in the middle of the morning».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rustle» (+2). Against it: the same doer «trees» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/425-pg22373-part17/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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no way, what kinda glance did the Vy have?

- **1.** deadly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** strange — no support
- **3.** sly — no support
- **4.** cruel — 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/425-pg22373-part17/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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so what did the Aged One actually do to Ivan?

- **1.** gave him a task — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** sent him on an errand — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** sent him on a long and dangerous errand across the sea — no support
- **4.** sent him to fetch a fiery horse from afar — 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/425-pg22373-part17/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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ok last one, what's the next story about?

- **1.** the tale of Ivan and the Basilisk-Vy — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Baba Yaga — no support
- **3.** the Norka — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the story of the dragon of the sea — 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/425-pg22373-part17/t13/)

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

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By what means did the old witch transport Ivan beneath the earth?

- **1.** Holding his offered coin — no support
- **2.** Seizing his outstretched hand and dragging him underground — no support
- **3.** Seizing his outstretched hand — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** By magic spells that carried him through the earth beneath — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 47, line 11: «Toad: «I'm afraid it is the trouble you mind … I'm a nuisance, I know.» The Rat: «You are, indeed. But I tell you, I'd take any trouble on earth for you, if on…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «earth» (+4); the same action «take» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/425-pg22373-part17/e1/)

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

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What quality was attributed to the glance of the Servian Vy?

- **1.** Such lethality that anyone who met it died instantly, as of a basilisk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Brightness, like a candle — no support
- **3.** Lethality, as of a basilisk — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Lethality, as of a basilisk, shared with all of its kin — 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/425-pg22373-part17/e2/)

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

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How many heads did the monster possess when Ivan first slew it?

- **1.** 4 — score -1
- **2.** 1 — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** six — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** nine — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 353, line 15: «Philip's Spartan answer is one word, "IF," meaning the Spartans are not afraid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the number the lesson gave for it (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/425-pg22373-part17/e3/)

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

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What was the ultimate outcome for the Aged One's captive?

- **1.** He was sent on a long errand and never came back — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was sent on an errand — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He was locked away — no support
- **4.** He was sent to hell — 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/425-pg22373-part17/e4/)

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