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title: Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews the feast… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 483 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.
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews the feast's beer

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**Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 483 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/483-pg22373-part75/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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ok but who even was the old dude who crashed at the poor guy's place?

- **1.** a random old guy — no support
- **2.** like literally a random wandering pilgrim who was just passing through the village that night — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** a saint from town — no support
- **4.** the Lord, lowkey — **✓ 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 478, line 7: «The story happens at night in a graveyard, where the grave "began to open beneath him."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «happen» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). 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/483-pg22373-part75/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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wait, was the rich dude chill or nah?

- **1.** yeah, kinda generous — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nah, he was super generous and gave out free grain to everyone in the whole village — no support
- **3.** nah, he was a total usurer — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** yeah, he was chill — 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/483-pg22373-part75/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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why couldn't the poor guy borrow stuff, fr?

- **1.** he had no cash saved — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he had no collateral to give — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** cause the rich guy already hated him and wouldn't lend to anybody who had ever complained about prices — no support
- **4.** he had nothing to pawn — 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/483-pg22373-part75/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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what did the old man want him to grab from the rich dude?

- **1.** some dried hops — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a bag of barley — no support
- **3.** some bread — no support
- **4.** a quarter of malt — **✓ 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/483-pg22373-part75/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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where'd the old man tell him to dump the malt?

- **1.** in the well — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** by the gate — score 10
- **3.** outside — score 10
- **4.** in the yard — score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 462, line 3: «She shows him the two tubs, the Water of Strength and the Water of Weakness, and tells him how to trick the whirlwind.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+6); the same doer «hare» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/483-pg22373-part75/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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was the beer sus or what?

- **1.** it was pretty decent — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** so good nobody could imagine it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** it was so bad that the whole village spit it out and wouldn't touch any more of it ever — no support
- **4.** tasted kinda bad honestly — 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/483-pg22373-part75/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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so what did the rich dude do when he heard?

- **1.** dumped all his best malt in his well — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** burned all his barley outside — no support
- **3.** refused to believe it and just went to bed without doing anything at all about his malt — no support
- **4.** hid his malt in the barn — 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/483-pg22373-part75/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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bruh, what did he find in his well?

- **1.** a bunch of beer that smelled amazing and tasted like honey and sweet barley everywhere — no support
- **2.** just malt and water — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** clean cold water — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** only water and mud — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 483, line 5: «The rich neighbor copies the trick, pours all his malt into his well, and finds only malt and water.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «malt» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/483-pg22373-part75/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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what feast was coming up, like, the big one?

- **1.** a town fair — no support
- **2.** a saints day — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** like a huge holiday where the whole parish goes to the cathedral and eats and dances all day — no support
- **4.** a church feast — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 328, line 19: «Old word: "nettled" means slightly annoyed or irritated, so Peter is a little cross when Tink's name comes 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 «old word» (+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/483-pg22373-part75/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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the poor guy sighed at the painting, what was he upset about?

- **1.** no oil for the lamp — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** no money for the church — no support
- **3.** his neighbor wouldn't lend him anything and he had no food for the whole week ahead — no support
- **4.** no candles for the icon — 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/483-pg22373-part75/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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the villagers were hyped, right?

- **1.** nope, they stayed — no support
- **2.** yeah, they rushed in and cheered — no support
- **3.** yeah, they crowded in and partied — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** yeah, they came and celebrated — **← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 364, line 10: «When they arrive, they find the Boy "doubled up with laughter at the trick he had played on them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «arrive» (+4). 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/483-pg22373-part75/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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wait, what even is a skazka?

- **1.** a Russian fairy tale — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a prayer — no support
- **3.** a song — no support
- **4.** a Polish fairy tale — 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/483-pg22373-part75/t12/)

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

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Of what commodity did the destitute moujik declare himself unable to procure for the sacred lamp?

- **1.** lamp oil for the church icon — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** ash — no support
- **3.** oil — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** wax — no support

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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 483, line 3: «On the eve of the feast he sighs before the holy picture, saying he cannot even buy oil for the lamp.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «oil» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). 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/483-pg22373-part75/e1/)

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

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What was the precise quantity of malt the old man instructed the moujik to procure?

- **1.** a third — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** two full quarters of barley — no support
- **3.** a bushel — no support
- **4.** a quarter — **✓ 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/483-pg22373-part75/e2/)

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

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Into what receptacle did the old man direct that the malt be deposited?

- **1.** yard — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the barrel — no support
- **3.** pit — no support
- **4.** the well — **✓ 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/483-pg22373-part75/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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What was the final outcome of the rich neighbor's experiment with his malt?

- **1.** He found the malt had turned into something sweet, strong, and better than any beer he had ever tasted in his life — no support
- **2.** He found only malt and water — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** He found some old coins — no support
- **4.** He found only beer and bread — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 483, line 5: «The rich neighbor copies the trick, pours all his malt into his well, and finds only malt and water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «malt» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/483-pg22373-part75/e4/)

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