Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1342 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, how many arrows did Hidesato even have left at the start?

1. three in his quiver, and he kept the rest in a bag at home — score 5
2. three in his quiver, after the first two missed — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. three in his quiver — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. two in his quiver — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1271, line 3: «At sunrise the red eagle circles the camp, and the first three arrows miss because the blanket brushed the avenger's elbow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «miss» (+3); the number the lesson gave for it (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what did the Dragon King's family even call him after?

1. a warrior — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. the bravest warrior in Japan — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. the bravest — no support
4. the greatest archer in Japan — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1338, line 20: «Old word: "wroth" means angry, so when Kilweh is "wroth," he is very cross, a word we rarely use today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, why did he stick the arrow in his mouth lol?

1. centipedes can't stand the taste of salt, so he used his mouth to wet the arrow — score -1
2. spit kills centipedes, so he wanted to add his breath to the arrow — score 1
3. it's lucky for archers — no support
4. spit kills centipedes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 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 1342, line 4: «He puts his last arrow in his mouth, since human spit is deadly to centipedes, and this time it pierces the brain.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «human spit» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, so where did the last arrow actually hit?

1. straight into its neck — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. right in its head — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. right through its brain — no support
4. in its tail — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, what was the deal with the rice bag?

1. it was never empty again — no support
2. it never ran out — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. it never ran out, no matter how much rice they took from it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. it stayed full forever — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1302, line 19: «An eagle carries him in the cow-skin bag to an island, where "There was nothing to eat."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «skin bag» (+3); the same action «carry» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok but what was the bell like?

1. just a normal bell, but it was very old and rang loud — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. just a normal bell — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a silver bell — no support
4. a magic bell that could call the dragons up from the lake in a storm — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 919, line 7: «As a child he heard the old church bell, which "had been the first to sound and chime for him."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: 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

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the Dragon King come out with him in the end?

1. yeah, at the gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yes, outside — no support
3. yep, on the balcony — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nope, no — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

what new story kicks off at the end of the part?

1. the Tongue-cut Sparrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The Peach Boy — score 1
3. The Crane Wife — score 1
4. a sparrow tale — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 281, line 6: «Who: the hero is a young man, and at the end he is the copying-clerk who wears the Shoes of Fortune by mistake.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «end» (+3); the same doer «man» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

who's the cross-patch wife in that story?

1. the neighbor's wife — score 3
2. the sparrow's owner — score 0
3. the old man's wife, who grumbles and scolds all day — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. the old man's wife — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1295, line 11: «Why: the youngest brother says "Our wives are all lazy and grumbling", so the husbands knock them down on purpose.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grumble» (+3); the same doer «wives» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what does the old man do all day then?

1. works in the fields — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. cuts wood in the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. digs — score 5
4. farms — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1281, line 14: «Who: the wizard promised her freedom before her fifteenth birthday if a man "would swear to marry me as I was".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+4); the same thing acted on «me» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the old man feed his bird?

1. tit-bits from his supper, saved in a little bowl — no support
2. tit-bits from his supper — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the best rice and fish from the Dragon King's table — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. millet from the field — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1012, line 15: «"A well-bred duckling" meant a young bird brought up with good manners; today we would say well-mannered.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «young bird» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the centipede was dead for real, right?

1. yeah, it fell in the lake — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, it was still alive and slipped back into the lake after the battle — no support
3. yeah, its body floated on the lake — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, its body floated on the lake, dyed red with blood — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did the warrior get rich, like actually?

1. no spending on rice or silk, because the bag never ran out — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he sold the rice to the villagers and the silk to the market each day — no support
3. no spending on rice or silk — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he had silk from the sea — 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 14 · ★ · right ✓

what did the cooking pot need to cook stuff?

1. no firing at all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a little fire under it, and then it cooked the rice on its own — no support
3. no flames needed — no support
4. no firing at all, so the cook never needed wood or coal — 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 ✓

By what means did the warrior determine to make his final shot against the monster?

1. He held it in his mouth. — score -1
2. He placed his last arrow in his mouth before firing. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He bit the arrow before shooting it. — score -1
4. He coated the arrow with saliva before firing it. — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1334, line 5: «The wives trick their husbands: one makes hers think he is dead, one says he is not her husband, and one sends hers running naked to a burial.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the Dragon King's response upon the failure of the first two arrows?

1. He lost heart and began to tremble. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. He ordered his soldiers to attack at once. — score -2
3. He sent for more archers quickly. — no support
4. He trembled. — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1342, line 3: «His first two arrows bounce off its head, and the Dragon King trembles with fear.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tremble» (+2). Against it: the same doer «dragon king» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the precise nature of the gifts bestowed upon Hidesato at his departure?

1. Three gifts, some of them magical. — score -3
2. Five presents, of which several were magical, given at the palace gate before he left. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Five presents, of which several were magical. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Five gifts, many of them made of jade. — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1341, line 9: «Why: he goes out because "he had the nature of a warrior and could not bear to be idle".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go out» (+3); the same doer «hidesato» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the Dragon King's household express their gratitude to their guest?

1. They praised him. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They bowed and called him the bravest. — no support
3. They knelt and named him their greatest guest. — no support
4. They bowed down and proclaimed him the bravest warrior. — ✓ 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

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