--- title: Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan wins Koshc… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 432 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 1 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/432-pg22373-part24/) [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/) / 432 # Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan wins Koshchei's death and brings the ring home **Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 432 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/432-pg22373-part24/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Oi, did the wolf actually nab the hare or what? - **1.** Yeah, the wolf caught it and gave it to Ivan — score 12 - **2.** Yeah, the fox nabbed it — no support - **3.** Nah, the wolf let it go — score 4 - **4.** Yeah, the wolf caught it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 432, line 10: «The she-wolf asks, "Don't hurt my little one," and later the wolf catches the hare for Ivan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+6); the same doer «wolf» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «hare» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Bruv, where was Koshchei's death, like, proper hidden? - **1.** Under a big oak tree by the sea, innit — no support - **2.** Under the big oak, innit — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** In the hare inside the duck, innit, mate — no support - **4.** In the egg, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 432, line 8: «Where: the death sits under an oak, and the sea is an "immeasurable depth" where the egg falls.», 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 (+2); the same doer «death» (+1); the same place «oak» (+1). 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/432-pg22373-part24/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Mate, why'd Ivan let the pike go, though? - **1.** 'Cos she promised a good turn — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** 'Cos she promised to do him a good turn later — no support - **3.** 'Cos she was his sister — no support - **4.** 'Cos he felt bad for her — 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/432-pg22373-part24/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Was Ivan well gutted when the hare did a runner? - **1.** Yeah, he was well annoyed — no support - **2.** Nah, he was chuffed — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Nah, he was dead chuffed — no support - **4.** Yeah, he was dead upset — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 393, line 11: «Why: the Hares decide to drown themselves because they are "weary of the perpetual alarm to which they were exposed".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hares» (+4); the same doer «hares» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). 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/432-pg22373-part24/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} How did the egg end up back with Ivan, like, actual magic? - **1.** The duck did — no support - **2.** A wolf did — no support - **3.** The pike brought it back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** The pike swam down and brought it back up — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 432, line 11: «The crow catches the duck for Ivan, and the pike brings the egg up out of the sea.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «egg» (+3); the same doer «pike» (+1). Against it: 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/432-pg22373-part24/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Lol, Ivan squeezed the egg and Koshchei went bent double, how? - **1.** Ivan kicked the egg — score 3 - **2.** Ivan squeezed the egg — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Koshchei did it — no support - **4.** Koshchei squeezed the egg — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 432, line 4: «Ivan squeezes the egg and smashes it, and Koshchei dies; but his brothers cut the ladder and leave him stranded.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «squeeze» (+3); the same thing acted on «egg» (+2); the same doer «ivan» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Mum says Koshchei begged for his life, did he? - **1.** He begged to keep his gold — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** He begged for his life and offered Ivan everything he owned — score 5 - **3.** He begged not to be killed and promised gold — score 5 - **4.** He begged not to be killed — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 432, line 15: «Koshchei begs, "Don't kill me, Prince Ivan!", but the Prince "had no weight" in his words.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+4); the same doer «koshchei» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Ivan's brothers cut the ladder, right, being well mean? - **1.** Yeah, so he got stuck up top and couldn't get down — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Yeah, so he got stuck up top — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, they were nice and let him climb down the ladder — score 6 - **4.** Yeah, so he was stuck below — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 432, line 16: «Ivan's brothers cut away the ladder so he "would not be able to get down" from the hill.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «get down» (+5); the same property (+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/432-pg22373-part24/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} The old woman, did she get loads of gold for the ring? - **1.** Nah, she only took one ducat and the King's horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **2.** Nah, she only took one ducat — **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **3.** Nah, she got a silver cup — no support - **4.** Yeah, she took a huge bag of gold coins home — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 432, line 5: «At home Ivan makes the wedding ring by magic, and the old woman takes only one ducat for it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «one ducat» (+4); the same doer «old woman» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Did the Princess, like, love the ring Ivan made, or what? - **1.** Nah, she said it was ugly and gave it back to him — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **2.** Yeah, she wore it all day — score 4 - **3.** Yeah, she said just what she wanted — **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** Yeah, she loved it so much she gave Ivan a reward — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 429, line 8: «Koshchei spares Ivan twice, because Ivan once gave him water, and the third time he says, "I will cut you to bits."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+6); the same doer «ivan» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Bro, how did Ivan get the ring, actual magic or what? - **1.** By asking the old woman — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** By trading a horse, mate — score -1 - **3.** By tossing a ring for youths — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** Bought it, mate — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 431, line 11: «Ivan rudely calls the old woman "Be off, old crone," but she comes back and asks again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «ivan» (+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/432-pg22373-part24/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Why did the old woman cry all night, mate? - **1.** 'Cos she missed her son — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 'Cos she feared the King's anger — no support - **3.** 'Cos she feared losing her head — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** 'Cos she feared losing her head to the King's guards — 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/432-pg22373-part24/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which creature was the first to be spared by Prince Ivan in the course of his journey? - **1.** the young wolf — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** the hare — no support - **3.** the grey hare — no support - **4.** the old wolf — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 425, line 6: «Who: Ivan is the youngest brother, and he fights the monsters alone while the others sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «ivan» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} By what means did the Prince obtain the egg from the depths of the sea? - **1.** the pike gave it — score -3 - **2.** the crow flew it back — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** a diver fetched it — no support - **4.** the pike returned it — **✓ the right answer** · score -3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 317, line 2: «John says they can always fly on, because the world is round, but Wendy points out that Peter is the one who finds food and holds them up.», 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 «john» (+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/432-pg22373-part24/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What was the ultimate fate of Koshchei the Deathless? - **1.** he escaped into the forest — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **2.** he was destroyed by the egg — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** he was destroyed when the egg was smashed by Ivan — score 1 - **4.** he was crushed by the egg — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 428, line 15: «WHERE: Koshchei escaped "out of the window" and flew off "in the shape of a terrible whirlwind".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «escape» (+6); the same doer «koshchei» (+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/432-pg22373-part24/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} How was the ring the Princess demanded ultimately obtained by the old woman? - **1.** Ivan had it ready all along and gave it to her — score -1 - **2.** Ivan had it ready all along — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **3.** The brothers stole it — score -1 - **4.** She tricked the King and took it from his treasury — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 225, line 9: «Why does the doorkeeper kneel? He is ashamed, because he let the princess be taken, and he "implored his pardon."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+1). 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/432-pg22373-part24/e4/) - ← previous: [431. Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/431-pg22373-part23/) - next →: [433. Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: I…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/433-pg22373-part25/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)