Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonlight, part 17: a fake bowl is sent back and a fake branch is found out

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1357 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, did the First Knight's bowl actually glow or nah?

1. Yep, it glowed bright — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Dull — no support
3. Nope, it was dead dull — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 635, line 19: «Old word: a "guinea" was an old gold coin of England, so "the sun was shining like a gold guinea" means it shone bright gold.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so wait, where'd he even snag that bowl?

1. From a stall in Edo — no support
2. Off a bridge in Nara — no support
3. Off some altar in Kyoto — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Off some old altar in Kyoto, like a total thief — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1345, line 19: «old words: "reverie" means a daydream, and today we would say "Ojisan" is a polite word for an older man.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «polite word» (+2). 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, how long did he chill before coming back?

1. Like three whole years, I think — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Three years — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A year — no support
4. Days — 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 · ★ · right ✓

did the Second Knight tell his fam the real tea?

1. Nah, he said the air was bad — score 5
2. Nah, he said he needed a break — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Yep, he said he was not well — score 5
4. Nope, sick — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1273, line 10: «What the boy says: "I want to hear the woman's voice! Tell me, mother, why the human voice stirs all my feelings!"», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+5); the same doer «boy» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

how many jewelers were sitting in that secret crib?

1. Six — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Two — no support
3. Seven — no support
4. Eight — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1357, line 5: «Just then the six jewelers arrive at the house, asking to be paid for their work.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what was the branch chilling in when he gave it over?

1. A silver casket — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A fancy lacquer box with gold trim — no support
3. A lacquer box — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A wooden chest — 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 ✗

was the old man like "yeah, that Knight's legit"?

1. Yep, he was totally fooled by the whole act — score 3
2. Yep, he believed every word — score 5
3. Yep, he was totally fooled and even gave him a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yep, he was totally fooled — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. 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: the same action «give» (+3); the same receiver «man» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

what'd the Princess say about the branch, real quick?

1. She cried — score 5
2. She called it fake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. She said it was a copy — score 5
4. She liked it — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1229, line 9: «Why is the princess frightened? She screams "A man! a man!" when she sees him, but the guards find only "a bumble-bee".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scream» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

how long did the Knight claim the trip home took?

1. Four hundred days by sea, with storms — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Four hundred nights — score 6
3. Two hundred days — score 6
4. Four hundred days — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1230, line 6: «The sword was brought back by the prince, but the Red Knight claimed the credit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «claim» (+4); the same doer «red knight» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

did the Knight say he saw a shiny dude on the beach?

1. Yep, a shiny dude holding a golden bowl — no support
2. Yep, holding a golden bowl — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Yeah, a glowing guy on sand — no support
4. Yep, a dude — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1357, line 8: «Where: The First Knight takes his bowl from "one of the temples in Kyoto," far from India.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «first knight» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

who showed up at the crib at the end, lowkey?

1. The city's tax men — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The guards — score -1
3. The six jewelers — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. The six jewelers and their boss — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 10: «In the story he has nine hundred and ninety-nine wives besides Balkis, «just to show that he was the King». Having many wives was a custom of some old kings; t…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). Against it: the same doer «story» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

why'd the jewelers come knocking, fr?

1. To get paid, obviously — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. To gossip — no support
3. They wanted their pay — score -1
4. They wanted their money — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1357, line 5: «Just then the six jewelers arrive at the house, asking to be paid for their work.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+1). Against it: the same doer «six jewelers» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what was the Knight's actual reason for ghosting home?

1. He had fallen for the Princess and couldn't stop thinking — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He wanted to find the bowl fast — no support
3. He wanted some kind of fame — no support
4. He was in love with the Princess — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object which the First Knight presented to the Princess, and state the grounds upon which she judged it to be spurious.

1. A stone bowl from a Kyoto temple, judged spurious because it did not shine — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A stone bowl from a Kyoto temple, judged spurious because it did not shine and was clearly dull to the eye — no support
3. A stone bowl taken from a Kyoto temple altar at night, judged spurious by the Princess because it did not shine at all in the room — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. A clay jar from a village well, rejected as fake since it had no glow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1357, line 10: «The Princess expected the bowl to "make the room full of light," but "it did not shine at all."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

State the principal reason why the Second Knight departed from his parental home, as given to his parents.

1. A requirement of bodily health, namely a change of air — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A vow to pray at a far mountain temple — no support
3. An order from his doctors for rest in the hills — no support
4. A sick mother — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the material of which the branch was composed and the container in which it was conveyed to the house.

1. Silver and jade, carried in a chest — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Gold and silver, conveyed in a lacquer box — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pure gold and silver woven into the branch, conveyed to the house in a plain lacquer box with silk lining — score 2
4. Gold and silver leaves, carefully conveyed to the house in an ornate black lacquer box — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1146, line 10: «The fox says: "Plainly I see that you have taken no heed to my words, Ian Direach."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same place «words» (+3); 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the nature of the petition presented at the close of the part, and identify its petitioners.

1. A solemn petition demanding full payment for all their months of labour, presented by the six jewelers together with a magistrate's clerk — no support
2. A formal written request for payment of their fees, presented at the door by the six jewelers and their master — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. A formal demand for their fee, made by the jewelers' guild — no support
4. A formal request for payment, presented by the six jewelers — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1236, line 8: «What: the princess answers, "You have given your word, my father, and you cannot break it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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