Japanese Fairy Tales, My Lord Bag of Rice, part 1: a warrior walks over a sleeping dragon and meets the Dragon King
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1341 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.
Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro, so the dragon was just chillin on the bridge, lowkey terrifying, right?
- 1. nah, it was wide awake right beside the path — no support
- 2. nope, it was awake — no support
- 3. yeah, it was asleep right across the path — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. yeah, it was sleeping — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 649, line 10: «The griffin sleeps at teatime, and the dragon sleeps "for five minutes" every day, and each day "it is three minutes later than it was the day before".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, why'd Hidesato even go out? was he just bored af?
- 1. he heard the dragon had been crying for help all week — score 0
- 2. he was out hunting a deer for dinner — score 0
- 3. he wanted to find some food — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. he couldn't stand sitting around — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1341, line 2: «On the bridge of Seta-no-Karashi he finds a giant serpent-dragon asleep across the path, so he steps right over it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
and the dragon guy turned into a human, no cap?
- 1. yep, a dragon with a human voice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nope, a fox in a silk robe — no support
- 3. yep, a man with a dragon-head crown — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yep, a turtle — 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
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
so who even is this dude?
- 1. the Dragon King's cousin, a lesser spirit of the lake — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the Dragon King of the Lake — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the mighty Dragon King of the Lake and all its waters — no support
- 4. the Lord of the Mountain Pass — no support
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
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's the big ask, he wants the guy to do what?
- 1. bring back the centipede's head as proof — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. kill the centipede — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. slay the giant toad — no support
- 4. go up the mountain and kill the giant centipede — 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
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
that centipede is the worst, where's it chilling?
- 1. in the hills near Lake Omi — no support
- 2. beside the river Yodo — no support
- 3. on the mountain Mikami — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. under the lake — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1341, line 13: «The centipede lives on the mountain Mikami, on the far shore of the lake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «centipede» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «mountain» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
how often does it come grab the fam?
- 1. every single night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. daily — score 1
- 3. often — score 1
- 4. every night and day — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 134, line 10: «What the Spendthrift does wrong: he thinks summer has come, so he sells his coat, and then the frost kills the Swallow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, did he get wet going underwater?
- 1. nope, his silk robes stayed dry even though the lake was deep — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nope, his clothes stayed completely dry the whole way down — no support
- 3. nope, his clothes stayed dry — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nope, he was soaked through — 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
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
is the palace like, gold and bling?
- 1. yes, it's gold and jewels — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, it's just plain stone — no support
- 3. nah, it's white marble — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, it's wood — 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
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
okay and what's for snacks, any good food?
- 1. crystallized lotus leaves and flowers with sweet wine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. pickled plums and sea bream — no support
- 3. crystallized lotus leaves and flowers from the palace garden on golden trays — no support
- 4. crystallized lotus flowers — ✓ 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
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
any music at the party, or nah?
- 1. just a drum — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. flutes only — no support
- 3. ten carp on koto and samisen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. two frogs on a little drum — 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
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
who dances, the goldfish or the carp?
- 1. ten goldfish dancers in silk robes and gold fans — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. ten goldfish dancers — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. ten turtle dancers — no support
- 4. ten silver eels dancing — 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
What name is given to the warrior in the opening passage of the tale?
- 1. Tawara Toda, My Lord Bag of Rice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Tomo Tada, Lord Bag of Grain — no support
- 3. Tawara Toda, the famous warrior, My Lord Bag of Rice — no support
- 4. Tawara Toda — 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which creature did the Dragon King request the warrior destroy?
- 1. the centipede inhabiting Mount Mikami — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the wild boar haunting the western valley — score -2
- 3. the serpent — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. the centipede — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 716, line 5: «He sets out, meets Omar, learns about his secret quest, and steals Omar's dagger and swift horse while Omar sleeps.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «quest» (+2); the same doer «sigurd» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Describe the setting in which the warrior was entertained by the Dragon King.
- 1. a silver tower above the water — no support
- 2. a marble palace beneath the lake — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. a wooden castle on the hill top — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. a vast marble palace beneath the lake with golden gates — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 908, line 5: «In Sweden the Moon shows dead kings under wooden crowns, then a shed where musicians sleep and a bear dances for three children.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «dead kings» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which instruments accompanied the feast?
- 1. drums only — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. bells and drums rung by turtles — score -1
- 3. flutes — score 0
- 4. koto and samisen played by carp — ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1167, line 18: «Old word: a "banquet" is a grand feast, and a "morsel" is a tiny bit of food, as in "not even a morsel of cheese."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «grand feast» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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