--- title: Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins the princes… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 466 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 11 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/466-pg22373-part58/) [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/) / 466 # Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins the princess on his dead father's magic horse **Tests:** 2 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 466 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/466-pg22373-part58/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} bruh, the big bros just vibed with their horses and never read a prayer, right? - **1.** yeah, they were showing off the whole time and also reading prayers at the grave so nobody got mad — **← Mova's choice** · score 12 - **2.** nah, they were just chilling at home — no support - **3.** nah, they actually read every prayer over the grave for three full nights like their dad asked — score 12 - **4.** yeah, they were showing off the whole time — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 466, line 1: «The old father dies and asks his three sons to read prayers over his grave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «read» (+4); the same thing acted on «prayers» (+4); the same place «grave» (+4). 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/466-pg22373-part58/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} so the dead dad literally pops up out of his grave and hands Vanya a horse? - **1.** yep, the dad rose up and handed over a horse and then went back under the ground for good — no support - **2.** nah, he rode a bus home — no support - **3.** yep, straight up, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** nah, it was a dream the son had while sleeping by the grave all night long — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 466, line 2: «The two big brothers only show off, so little Vanya reads at the grave for three nights.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (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/466-pg22373-part58/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} wait, Vanya kisses the princess and then just bounces home like nothing happened? - **1.** nah, he got in big trouble after — no support - **2.** yeah, lowkey the coolest move ever — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** yeah, he hopped on the horse and kissed her again on the way out the gate and everyone cheered — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** nah, he actually stayed at the palace for years and the princess had to chase him down the road — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 466, line 4: «Vanya leaps high enough to kiss Princess Helena on the lips, then vanishes and goes home as if nothing happened.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kiss» (+2); the same doer «vanya» (+1). 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/466-pg22373-part58/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} fr, did Helena pick Vanya in his raggedy coat or his fancy outfit? - **1.** the raggedy coat, he was in plain clothes — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** the fancy outfit he was wearing — no support - **3.** the fancy outfit, he dressed up in silk and gold before the gathering so she would notice him — no support - **4.** the shiny coat from the palace — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 304, line 14: «Old word: "patent leather" is shiny leather with a hard glossy coat, like the shadow's boots.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+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/466-pg22373-part58/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} yo, why was Vanya crying all sad at the grave, was he hurt? - **1.** nah, he was hungry and cold — no support - **2.** nah, he just wanted to see the princess — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** yeah, he was hurt — no support - **4.** yeah, his brothers hit him hard — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 466, line 11: «Why: Vanya goes to the grave, crying, because he wants to see the Princess.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/466-pg22373-part58/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} the older bros were so extra with the hair and mustache stuff, lmao - **1.** nah, they weren't really into their looks, they only did it because the prayers were boring and long — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** fr, they just wanted to look nice — no support - **3.** nah, they were cool about it all — no support - **4.** fr, they were way too into their looks — **✓ 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/466-pg22373-part58/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} so Helena wanted her guy shown to everyone but he chilled in the corner? - **1.** yeah, he was being sneaky, but she still found him right away and made everyone else leave the room — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** nah, she made him sit in the front row so everyone could see him, and he was too shy to refuse anything — score 4 - **3.** yeah, he was hiding from the king — score 5 - **4.** yeah, he was being sneaky and calm — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 2: «The Mouse, who seems to be in charge, makes everyone sit in a ring and reads them "the driest thing" it knows: a boring history lesson about William the Conque…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «everyone» (+4). Against it: a different doer (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/466-pg22373-part58/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} bro, what does a skazka even mean, is it like a meme? - **1.** yeah, it's like a funny meme — no support - **2.** nah, it's an old folk tale story — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** nah, it's an old Russian word for a prayer that people sang at the graves of their dead ancestors — score 7 - **4.** yeah, it means a kind of meme that people shared on the internet back in the old days — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 452, line 16: «Old word: A "skazka" is a Russian folk tale, a story told aloud for generations before being written down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «skazka» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); 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/466-pg22373-part58/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} did the dead dad just help because he felt like it, or was there a reason? - **1.** he didn't help at all, the horse just came by itself out of the woods when the son was crying there — no support - **2.** he helped because his kid was in trouble — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** he helped because the son had obeyed him and wanted to reward the boy for reading all those prayers at the grave — no support - **4.** he helped because the king told him to — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 451, line 10: «The story says that Woe's help is strange: "Woe, is that you that's helping me to sing?" "Yes, master," answered Woe.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «story» (+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/466-pg22373-part58/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} in the other story, the cow gets killed and a tree pops out, is that real? - **1.** nah, it's a made-up tale, not real — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yeah, it's real — score 3 - **3.** yeah, it happened in a real village — no support - **4.** yeah, people saw it happen — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 130, line 17: «Old word: "chamber" means a bedroom or private room, so the tree is seen from her "chamber window," not from a hall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «tree» (+4). 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/466-pg22373-part58/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} okay so the whole thing ends with a wedding, right? - **1.** yeah, Vanya and Helena part ways — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** nah, they split up — no support - **3.** nah, Vanya marries his brother — no support - **4.** yeah, Vanya and Helena get hitched — **✓ 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/466-pg22373-part58/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following most accurately describes the means by which the youngest son obtained the hand of the Princess? - **1.** He jumped the barrier on a borrowed horse from a merchant at the fair — score 3 - **2.** He kissed her from a leap on a horse supplied by his deceased father — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** He defeated her suitors in combat and then took her to the altar after the king gave his blessing at the royal wedding feast — score 6 - **4.** He danced with her at a feast on a horse lent by a neighbour — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 231, line 15: «Bahman says they are "sons of your Highness's late intendant of the gardens," their father.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «bahman» (+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/466-pg22373-part58/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which of the following correctly states the reason the youngest son remained at his father's grave after the burial? - **1.** He wished to be near his mother's old tomb at night — no support - **2.** His father had asked him to read prayers over the grave for three nights, and so he stayed there even though his brothers had gone home — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** He was asked by his father to read prayers over the grave — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** He was told to bury his brothers there — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 466, line 1: «The old father dies and asks his three sons to read prayers over his grave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old father» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/466-pg22373-part58/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following is the appropriate term for the Russian folk tales collected in the present volume? - **1.** Russkie narodnye pesni — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Skazanie narodnoe — no support - **3.** Pritcha — no support - **4.** Skazka — **✓ 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/466-pg22373-part58/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Which of the following accurately identifies the commentary's view of the custom of a dead parent aiding a child? - **1.** It is a unique invention of the storyteller alone, unrelated to Slavonic beliefs about the dead, since no other peoples in Europe share it — score 2 - **2.** It is consistent with Slavonic beliefs about the dead assisting descendants — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** It shows a Greek belief that the dead punish the living for neglect — no support - **4.** It reflects a Roman custom of honoring ancestors with feasts and coins — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 441, line 15: «At night she shuts herself in her narrow chamber and says, "There, dolly, feed; help me in my need!"», 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 «vasilissa» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/466-pg22373-part58/e4/) - ← previous: [465. Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/465-pg22373-part57/) - next →: [467. Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/467-pg22373-part59/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)