Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills the stepmother's son, and Hase-Hime's father finds her in the mountains

Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1353 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 ✗

Yo, so who actually drank the poison cup, bruh?

1. The stepmother herself — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Her own little son — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Hase-Hime — score 4
4. The maid — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 477, line 3: «The groom jumps in and drinks three cups, and each cup swallows a hundred, two hundred, then three hundred years.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drink» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «three cups» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the stepmom meant the poison for who, anyway?

1. Her brother — score 1
2. The Emperor — no support
3. Hase-Hime — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Katoda — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1353, line 6: «Who: the wicked stepmother, Princess Terute, poisons the wine meant for Hase-Hime, daughter of Prince Toyonari Fujiwara.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, how long did the little dude last after the drink?

1. He lasted through a long night, crying out in pain, while his mother held him close — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Like an hour, in his mom's arms — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He survived the whole of the next day and died only after his father came home from the capital — no support
4. Until the next morning — 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 ✗

Bro, what was Hase-Hime's whole thing back then?

1. Sewing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Reading — no support
3. Writing poems — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Painting birds — 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 ✗

So the river was too loud and the emperor got sick, right?

1. Not really, the wind did — no support
2. Yes, the flood roared so loudly that the Emperor could not sleep and grew ill — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yep, the roaring water did it — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. No, the roaring was only a dream, and the Emperor was sick from too much wine — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 913, line 5: «Her song is so sweet that Death gives up the crown, sword and banner for it, and the emperor wakes up well and sleeps peacefully.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+3); the same doer «emperor» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which poem-girl does the story compare her to, fam?

1. Murasaki — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Akazome Emon — no support
3. Ono-no-Komachi — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Izumi Shikibu — 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 · ★ · right ✓

What title did the emperor give her, lowkey?

1. Chinjo, Lieutenant-General — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Princess — score 0
3. Lord of the East Gate — score 0
4. Governor of the Province — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1277, line 12: «The farmer has sold his fat cattle for much money but has not yet paid for the thin ones in the cowhouse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+1). Against it: the same doer «farmer» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Where did Katoda drag her off to, the wildest spot?

1. Hibari Mountains — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The hills — no support
3. The sea — no support
4. The northern forest — 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 how'd Katoda carry her, like on a horse?

1. Nah, in a palanquin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. On a rough cart — score -1
3. By horse — score -1
4. Riding a black ox — no support

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 11, line 6: «A footman is a servant who opens doors and carries messages; livery is the uniform servants of a great house wore; both footmen have powdered hair curled all o…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «servant» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Why didn't Katoda kill her in the end, bro?

1. He saw she was innocent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Her tears moved him — no support
3. He felt pity — no support
4. He heard her prayers — 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 ✗

Who found her at the cottage, for real?

1. A hunter — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. A passing old monk — no support
3. Katoda — score 9
4. Her dad, Prince Toyonari — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1353, line 5: «Her stepmother sends her to the wild Hibari Mountains to be killed, but the old servant Katoda hides her, and her father finds her reading in a cottage.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same place «cottage» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What was she reading when her dad showed up?

1. A copy of the Lotus Sutra, read aloud in a clear voice to the empty room — no support
2. Buddhist scriptures out loud — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. Her mother's old letters, which she read silently by the window — score -3
4. Court songs from the capital — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 293, line 3: «The Finland woman reads the fish three times, then refuses to give Gerda a potion, saying her power already lies in her own heart.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «read» (+1). Against it: the same doer «finland woman» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the stepmom feel sorry after her son died?

1. Nope, she hated Hase-Hime more — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yes, she felt sorry — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yes, she wept — no support
4. Yes, she grieved deeply — no support

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 1353, line 3: «The boy screams, falls to the floor and dies in his mother's arms, and instead of feeling sorry she hates Hase-Hime even more.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which bottle got marked as the poisoned one, though?

1. Whichever bottle Hase-Hime had marked earlier in the afternoon for her own use — score -2
2. The one the servant chose — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The bottle the stepmother had carefully marked with a tiny seal the night before — score -2
4. The one the stepmom marked — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1152, line 15: «The old woman tells her to "go up into the loft, and choose for yourself one of the caskets", but not to open it on the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «choose» (+2); the same doer «old woman» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the wicked stepmother's son come to drink the poisoned wine?

1. Through a mistake made when the stepmother, nervous and hurried, poured the wine into the wrong cup and handed it over at the banquet table — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Because the stepmother had intended to poison the princess, but in her nervous haste she gave the cup to the boy instead, and he drank it at once — score 1
3. Because his mother poured in haste and handed him the cup meant for another — score 1
4. Through the stepmother's hurried pouring, which gave him the poisoned cup by mistake — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1353, line 8: «Where: the poisoned wine is poured in the family's room, and the lonely cottage is in "the Hibari Mountains, the wildest part of the country."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «poisoned wine» (+2). Against it: the same action «pour» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action of the Princess Hase secured the Emperor's restored health?

1. Composing a verse of praise upon silk, read before the Emperor's gathered court — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. Writing a letter — score -4
3. Reciting a verse of prayer, composed upon gold-flecked paper, beside the torrent — ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. Praying in the temple — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 523, line 13: «Who: Nemesis, "the daughter of Nyx," gives each person the fate that their actions deserve.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «actions» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What instruction did the stepmother give to the retainer Katoda concerning the young Princess?

1. To take her into the mountains and leave her there to die of cold — score 3
2. To escort her to a distant village and there to have her quietly put away — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. An order to bring her to the Hibari Mountains, to dispose of her there in secret, and to bring back proof that the deed was done — score 3
4. An order to conduct her to the Hibari Mountains and there to take her life — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 213, line 17: «Why: Aladdin "put her away" when she hugs him, because "he had more to do."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put away» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

By what circumstance did the Princess's father discover her whereabouts in the Hibari district?

1. He searched every village of the district for weeks, questioning farmers, until at last a boy led him to the cottage — score 3
2. He was told by a woman at the market, who had heard a voice reading holy verses from a distant cottage on the hillside, and went there at once — score 3
3. He chanced upon her cottage while pursuing a hunt, and heard her reading aloud — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He was guided there by a local monk who knew the cottage well — no support

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 1353, line 5: «Her stepmother sends her to the wild Hibari Mountains to be killed, but the old servant Katoda hides her, and her father finds her reading in a cottage.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «cottage» (+3); the same action «find» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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