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title: Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves hi… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 491 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 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, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves his crust, a little demon steals it and then serves him

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 491 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/491-pg22373-part83/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, so who even was the guy with the bread?

- **1.** A sleepy old wizard — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A prince named Ivan — no support
- **3.** Uncle Sidor, a moujik — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A talking horse — 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/491-pg22373-part83/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bruh, why did he not get mad when his bread vanished?

- **1.** He cried for an hour — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** He said God bless the thief — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He chased the thief down — no support
- **4.** He called the police — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 491, line 5: «Sidor drinks too much brandy, the imp wakes him, and he yells "Go to the Devil!" so the demon vanishes.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «yell» (+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/491-pg22373-part83/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Lowkey, what was the little demon's first move?

- **1.** He danced at the mill — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He stole the bread — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He kissed the field — no support
- **4.** He sold the 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/491-pg22373-part83/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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No cap, what did the devil tell the imp to do?

- **1.** Go work for him three years — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Go back to bed now — no support
- **3.** Go hide in the well — no support
- **4.** Go eat all the bread — 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/491-pg22373-part83/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Wait, what did the imp teach Isidore to brew?

- **1.** Plum wine — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Corn-brandy — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Honey beer — score 5
- **4.** Sour milk — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 491, line 14: «The imp teaches Isidore to make corn-brandy and works for him faithfully for a long time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «teach» (+3); the same doer «imp» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/491-pg22373-part83/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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So how did Isidore end up knocked out?

- **1.** He ate poisoned bread — no support
- **2.** He drank too much brandy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** He fell off the horse — no support
- **4.** He got hit by a log — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 491, line 5: «Sidor drinks too much brandy, the imp wakes him, and he yells "Go to the Devil!" so the demon vanishes.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «much brandy» (+3); the same action «drink» (+2); the same doer «sidor» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/491-pg22373-part83/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Fr, what did Isidore yell at the imp?

- **1.** "Give my horse back!" — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** "I want my money!" — no support
- **3.** "Get lost, bread-thief!" — no support
- **4.** "Go to the Devil!" — **✓ 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/491-pg22373-part83/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Bet, what happened when he yelled that?

- **1.** The demon got bigger — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** The demon fell asleep — score 4
- **3.** The demon vanished — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** The demon started singing — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 249, line 17: «WHAT HE FOUND: under the oak tree he found "a prodigious great treasure", where "prodigious" means huge.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+5). 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/491-pg22373-part83/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Mid tale, what did Satan want done with the crust?

- **1.** Burn it for heat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Give it back to the peasant — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Eat it in the swamp — no support
- **4.** Sell it at the market — 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/491-pg22373-part83/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Sus, what was the demon's new job in the other version?

- **1.** Hired hand for the peasant — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Guard of the gates — no support
- **3.** Cook for the devils — no support
- **4.** Keeper of 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/491-pg22373-part83/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Ok so what did the demon do before the drought?

- **1.** Painted the barn red — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Dug a huge well — no support
- **3.** Hid all the grain — no support
- **4.** Sowed seed in a swamp — **✓ 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/491-pg22373-part83/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Lit, why did the peasant's barns fill up?

- **1.** A rich uncle's gift — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** His magic horse — no support
- **3.** The demon's smart planning — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Stolen grain from others — 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/491-pg22373-part83/t12/)

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

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Which action did the moujik perform immediately after ploughing half of the field?

- **1.** He ploughed the remaining half at once — score 1
- **2.** He returned his horse to the stable — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** He unharnessed his horse and turned it out to graze — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He sold his horse to a neighbour — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 419, line 11: «Why the moujik comes back is simple: he wants his copeck, and Marko says "I've come for my copeck" is what the moujik says at the gate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come back» (+3); the same doer «moujik» (+2). 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/491-pg22373-part83/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Upon discovering the theft of his bread, which phrase did the moujik utter?

- **1.** "Let the thief be punished!" — no support
- **2.** "God be with him who took it!" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** "Who has done this wicked deed?" — no support
- **4.** "I shall recover the loaf!" — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 489, line 3: «An old man rises out of the ground, leads him to a lake, and takes him down into a white-stone palace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «lead» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/491-pg22373-part83/e2/)

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

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For what period was the little demon required to serve the moujik, according to the devil's instruction?

- **1.** One year — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Seven years — no support
- **3.** Three years — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Ten years — 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/491-pg22373-part83/e3/)

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

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Which statement correctly describes the moujik's condition when the imp woke him?

- **1.** He had sold his farm to the imp — score -3
- **2.** He had fallen into the swamp — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **3.** He had been struck by the devil's whip — no support
- **4.** He had drunk too much brandy and was asleep — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 475, line 2: «Then a moujik climbs to heaven on cobweb cord, falls into a swamp, and comes home with a duck and her egg.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same place «swamp» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). 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/491-pg22373-part83/e4/)

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