The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 12: Kintaro becomes a hero, and a stepmother plots poison
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1352 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 ✗
Dude, did Kintaro's animal crew really climb trees to watch him go?
- 1. Yeah, they totally did, every single one — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Nope, no way — no support
- 3. Yeah, they totally did, every single one of the animals climbed up — score 2
- 4. Nah, they just stood at the bottom, lowkey — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1238, line 17: «The second task: join the fallen trees back to their roots with water, and say "So let all the trees of the forest stand upright."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stand» (+3); the same doer «trees» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
No cap, was Kintaro's mom living with him in the Capital?
- 1. Yep, she lived there till the very end of her days, no cap — score 1
- 2. Yep, she moved there with him, bro — no support
- 3. Yep, she lived there till the end — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yep, she lived right there with him in the Capital till the end, for real — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 924, line 13: «Hard word: "suburbs" means the areas just outside a town, where people live near but not inside the city.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «city» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, what was the name of that squad of heroes?
- 1. The Iron Squad, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Four Braves of Lord Raiko's band, fr — no support
- 3. The Four Braves, fr — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The Six Warriors, fr — 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, was the monster thing kinda scary for the town?
- 1. Yeah, the whole town was totally terrified and locked their doors tight — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, people were straight up terrified and hid in their houses all night — no support
- 3. Nah, they just felt kinda uneasy, fr — no support
- 4. Yeah, people were straight up terrified — ✓ 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 ✗
Wait, was Kintaro the strongest of the whole squad?
- 1. Yup, by far the strongest of all the heroes and the whole army — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yup, by far the strongest of everyone in the whole court, no cap — no support
- 3. Yup, strongest one in the crew — no support
- 4. Yup, by far the strongest of all — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓
Okay, what did Hase-Hime's mom tell her before she died?
- 1. Be a good girl and obey — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. Never cry, just be brave — no support
- 3. Stay close and be safe — no support
- 4. Be quiet — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1350, line 7: «Kintoki was dismissed and died of grief, leaving his young wife to face the world alone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «young wife» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, why did the parents go to the Hase temple?
- 1. To pray, vibes — no support
- 2. To pray for health, vibes — no support
- 3. To pray for a child, vibes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. For fun, vibes — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1311, line 6: «Who: the two old snakes, who are the parents of the son who told the girl about the ring and the casket.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «parents» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lowkey, what instrument was Hase-Hime good at?
- 1. The shamisen, she was great — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The koto, she was a legend — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The koto, she was a legend at every festival in the whole city — no support
- 4. The koto, she was a legend, and everyone in the whole court knew it — 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 ✓
Real talk, did Terute really want to hurt her step-daughter?
- 1. Yeah, she wanted her gone for good, so she hatched a sneaky plan — score 5
- 2. Yeah, she wanted her gone for good and planned it all carefully in secret — score 5
- 3. Yeah, she wanted her gone for good — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Yeah, she wanted her out, no cap — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 79, line 7: «"'Satiable curtiosity" is Kipling's baby-talk for "insatiable curiosity", wanting to know things so much that you are never satisfied.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «baby talk» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, what did Terute put in the bottle?
- 1. Sweet tea, kinda sus — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Just water, lol — score 5
- 3. Poisoned sweet wine, sus — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Poison powder, real sus — score 5
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 60, line 19: «Later the Rat's eyes were «clear and dark and brown again as before», but he could not explain: «how could he put into cold words what had mostly been suggesti…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «cold words» (+3); the same action «put» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, which day was Hase-Hime with her little brother?
- 1. The Boys' Festival in the early part of May, bro, every year — score 0
- 2. The Boys' Festival, May fifth, when all the kids go out to play, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. The Boys' Festival, May fifth — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. The Lantern Fest, July first — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1101, line 1: «The poor brother goes out to plough with the oxen, but he never waters or feeds them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go out» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what did Princess Terute's son get to have?
- 1. Some land and a horse, basically — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. His father's big house, basically — no support
- 3. The castle, lowkey — no support
- 4. All of his father's love, basically — ✓ the right answer · 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following was the name given to the band of warriors commanded by Lord Raiko?
- 1. The Braves — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Four Braves — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Four Guards — no support
- 4. The Iron Guard — 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 ✓
To what rank was Kintaro promoted after he had grown up to be a man in the service of his master?
- 1. Head of the Five Braves — no support
- 2. Captain — no support
- 3. Chief of the Four Braves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Leader — no support
Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1280, line 9: «Why: the young man's friends give him advice, but "no one could help him, for none could find any excuse for the blow".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «friends» (+2); the same receiver «man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what ancient city did the wise State minister Prince Toyonari Fujiwara reside with his wife?
- 1. Nara — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. Osaka — score -1
- 3. Kyoto — score -1
- 4. the ancient city of Kyoto in the old capital — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 556, line 2: «Paris begs his deserted wife Oenone to heal him, but she sends him away, then runs after him and finds him already dead on his funeral pile.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «paris» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did Princess Terute propose to bring about the death of her step-daughter, Hase-Hime?
- 1. By a knife — ← Mova's choice · score -4
- 2. By poisoned sweet wine — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. By a hidden dagger — no support
- 4. By poison — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1112, line 18: «Hard word: "tsarivna" means a tsar's daughter, a princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «mean» (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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