Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestler, and a general's offer

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1351 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 ✗

Oi, what did they cross the river on, like proper?

1. Stones — no support
2. A stone bridge — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. A raft — no support
4. A fallen tree — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1211, line 3: «He grabs the gold, the bridge and his weapons, burns the Bad One's hut and crosses the river.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, who was the old dude who followed them, for real?

1. A general called Sadamitsu — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A servant of the Emperor — no support
3. A samurai named Raiko — no support
4. A woodcutter — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did the woodcutter try to beat Kintaro at?

1. Racing — score -3
2. Arm-wrestling — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. Pulling a large tree up by the roots — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Sumo — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1351, line 2: «Kintaro pulls a huge tree up by its roots and drops it across the water to make a bridge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pull up» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «huge tree» (-1); the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Dead serious, how many mates did Kintaro bring along?

1. Four — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Eight — score -2
3. Three — score -2
4. Two — score -2

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 582, line 13: «Old word: "dram" means a small drink of strong liquor, and it is the drink Brer Rabbit brings along.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring along» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, where did Kintaro's mum live?

1. In a cave — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. At the capital — no support
3. In a cottage in the pine-woods — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. At the edge of the village — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper random, what did the general want Kintaro for?

1. To train as a samurai in the emperor's palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To train as a samurai — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To carry his sword — no support
4. To guard the emperor — 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 ✗

Mate, what made Kintaro's mum so happy?

1. Her son's return — no support
2. Her hope to see him wed — no support
3. Her wish for him to be a samurai — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her son's new red armour — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1250, line 18: «What does the gnome give her to make her happy? A basket of "carrots, turnips, and radishes" and a "little many-coloured wand".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted, what did Kintaro's mum hide behind her face?

1. Her pain — no support
2. Fear — score -2
3. Anger — no support
4. Her grief — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1351, line 13: «Kintaro's mother is called Yama-uba, and she hid her grief "with a strong face" when her son left.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «grief» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yeah nah, what did the old man call the arm-wrestle?

1. A long tug-of-war on the riverbank — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A loss — no support
3. A drawn game — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A quick match — 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 ✗

Sick, what is Kintaro's mum called in the story?

1. Mother — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yama-uba — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The mountain witch Yama-uba — no support
4. Yama-hime — 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 ✗

Fam, who does the general work for?

1. Lord Minamoto-no-Raiko and his eastern army — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Lord Raiko — no support
3. Lord Minamoto-no-Raiko — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The Emperor — 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 ✗

Real talk, where is Kintaro off to at the end?

1. To the Capital to become a samurai — no support
2. To the mountains — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. To the Capital — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Back to the pine-woods with his mother — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 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 584, line 7: «Where is the boy? Sitting with Uncle Remus, who is finishing an axe-handle with sand-paper.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4). Against it: the same property (-1); the same doer «boy» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did Kintaro promise to do for his mum?

1. Bring her gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Visit her — no support
3. Stay home — no support
4. Build her a home — ✓ 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nah for real, what did the general look for?

1. Strong young boys for his army in the east — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Brave men for the castle — score 6
3. Strong boys for his army — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Boys with great strength to serve in his household's army — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 946, line 7: «Who else: the General, who "drew himself up" to look taller, and his lady, who thinks George has "become quite an Italian".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same doer «general» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Pursuant to the narrative, by what designation was the disguised official known?

1. Sadamitsu — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Tadamasa — no support
3. Ken — no support
4. Taro — 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 · right ✓

Upon what occasion did the youth demonstrate his capacity by uprooting a tree?

1. At the river crossing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. On the mountain road — score 1
3. At dawn — score 1
4. By the river — 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 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

To what end did the mother consent to the removal of her son from her household?

1. So that he could serve the lord at the Capital as a samurai — no support
2. To fulfil her life's wish and see him rise high — score -4
3. To fulfil her life's wish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. To keep her family safe — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -4, tied with another option at -4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1193, line 20: «fact: The word "avenged" means taking revenge for a wrong, and "pasture" is a field where animals graze, which is still used today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «animals» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which description applies to the duration of the contest between the boy and the general?

1. Long and fierce, lasting most of the afternoon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Long, ending in a draw — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Brief, but very fierce — no support
4. Very long, with both of them tired and laughing at the end — 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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