Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1345 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 · ★ · right ✓

yo, so the old lady gets totally spooked by those demons, right?

1. she legs it off quick — no support
2. she runs home bare fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. she gets spooked and bolts off down the lane to home — score 1
4. she runs home as fast as she can, dropping everything — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1345, line 1: «The old woman runs home terrified after the demons in the box nearly kill her, and she blames the sparrow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why does she blame the sparrow lol

1. cos she's a right grumpy mare — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cos she's a proper cheeky moaner who never stops nagging — no support
3. cos she's a proper cheeky moaner — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cos she's always been a moaner — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

bruh the old man sorts her out tho, innit

1. he says her wickedness got its payback and she'd better change her ways — score 5
2. he says her wickedness got its payback — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. he says her nastiness has come back on her — score 5
4. he tells her off — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1345, line 8: «why: the old man says "it is your wickedness which has at last met with its reward".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «old man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so Urashima's the kind geezer everyone takes the mick out of?

1. yeah, he's dead nice, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, everyone takes the mick but he's a proper softie — no support
3. yeah, he's a proper softie who gives everything away — no support
4. yeah, he's a proper softie — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

them boys are being well mean to that tortoise, no cap

1. they're having a laugh, innit — no support
2. they're well up to no good — no support
3. they're proper gutting it and laughing their heads off — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. they're proper gutting it — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1345, line 3: «Now we meet Urashima, a young fisher of Mizu-no-ye who pays village boys with coins to give up a tortoise they are tormenting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boys» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

how'd he get them to give it up, mate?

1. he gave them a load of coins on string and a proper speech — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he showed them a pile of coins — no support
3. he offered them coins on string — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he offered them coins on string and a bit of a chat — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

he's dead lowkey mint, that Urashima

1. he's dead kind, a proper gent — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he's proper peak, a total legend, and everyone knows it — no support
3. he's proper peak, a total legend — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he's quite sound, honestly — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl the tortoise's got a serious long life

1. like twenty years, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. ten thousand years, innit, longer than the mountains — no support
3. ten thousand years, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. ten thousand years, innit, way longer than your nan's lifetime — 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 · ★ · right ✓

so when's he let it go, fam?

1. when the sun's gone down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. when the moon's come up — no support
3. once it's gone dark — no support
4. at dusk, fam — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

next morning, who's calling his name?

1. his mum, obvs — score 3
2. the old man, obvs — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. the tortoise, obvs — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. the tortoise, obvs, the one he let go earlier — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 897, line 14: «fact: Stork-papa calls her story "an old story which happened in the time of my grandfather."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old story» (+6); the same property (+4). Against it: the same doer «old story» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

that voice sounds mad clear, dunno how

1. it's like a bell that's been rung for ages, proper — score 2
2. it's like a bell, proper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. it's like a horn, dunno — no support
4. it's like a whistle, innit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 795, line 13: «Where she is found: "by the altar," after she has spent the whole day in the church.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «voice» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

the tortoise wants him to come to the palace, yeah?

1. yeah, the Sea King's place, under the waves — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, the Sea King's place — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, the Sea King's place, way down deep in the sea — no support
4. yeah, the dragon's gaff — 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 · ★ · right ✓

he offers a smoke, but the tortoise doesn't do fags

1. cos tortoises don't smoke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. cos they hate the smell — no support
3. cos they don't drink — no support
4. cos tortoises don't smoke, they just munch lettuce all day — 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the person to whom the old woman first attributes responsibility for her misfortune.

1. The tortoise — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A cat — no support
3. The sparrow — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her son — 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 ✗

State the reason the old man gives for the old woman's misfortune.

1. Her spite has earned its punishment — score 4
2. Her own wickedness has met its reward, as he says plainly — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Her own wickedness has finally met its reward at last — score 3
4. Her own wickedness has met its reward — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1345, line 8: «why: the old man says "it is your wickedness which has at last met with its reward".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «old man» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the means by which Urashima persuades the boys to surrender the tortoise.

1. He offers the boys a generous amount of money tied on a string — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He offers a pile of money strung on a string to them — score 6
3. He promises the boys a fine reward — score 6
4. He offers money strung on a string — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1345, line 14: «how: Urashima offers money "strung on a piece of string through a hole in the center of each coin".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «offer» (+3); the same doer «urashima» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Specify the destination to which the tortoise proposes to convey Urashima.

1. The deep sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The sea bed — no support
3. The Palace of the Dragon King — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The Palace of the Sea God — 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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