Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 20: the father leaves, returns with gifts, and the mother falls ill
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1360 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 ✗
Bruh, where'd the dad even go?
- 1. To the market — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To the capital — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To the faraway capital to buy presents — no support
- 4. To the big city — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what did the little girl want?
- 1. A small kite — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. A new dress — score 3
- 3. A present — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. A toy — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 440, line 9: «The lie in the house: the girl said "aunt's a Baba Yaga, and she wanted to eat me," and her father believed her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «girl» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
No cap, what'd the dad bring her?
- 1. A doll — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. A kite — score 1
- 3. Tea — score 1
- 4. Ink — score 1
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 1281, line 8: «Where: the old woman is brought to the palace and married in the chapel, where a bishop waits.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Okay, so what did he get the mom?
- 1. A mirror — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A silk robe for the new year — no support
- 3. A sword — no support
- 4. A comb — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, what was the mirror made of?
- 1. Wood — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Glass — no support
- 3. Shiny metal — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Bright stone — 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 ✗
Dude, what's on the back of the mirror?
- 1. Bamboo and reeds — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Pine trees and storks — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Pine trees, storks, and a rising sun — no support
- 4. Cherry blossoms — 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 ✗
Bro, how long was the dad gone?
- 1. About a year — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Several months — no support
- 3. Most of the entire winter season — no support
- 4. About a month — ✓ 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
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what did the mom use to make clothes?
- 1. A long bamboo pole from the garden — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 2. A spinning wheel — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A large iron pot over the open fire — score -7
- 4. A weaving frame — score -7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -3, against -7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1352, line 18: «old word: a "pilgrimage" is a long journey made to a holy place, to pray there; people still use the word today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Real talk, what did the girl do while mom worked?
- 1. Played games — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Carried water from the well to the house — score 3
- 3. Sat quietly and watched the snow fall — no support
- 4. Helped cook — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1360, line 2: «The mother and daughter keep the house, the mother spins and weaves, and the girl plays and learns to read.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «play» (+2). Against it: the same doer «girl» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
So what's the mirror supposed to show?
- 1. Your son — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Your hair — no support
- 3. The garden tree — no support
- 4. Your own face — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Fr, what did the dad say the mirror was?
- 1. A royal mirror of gold — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. A gift — no support
- 3. A treasure of the Emperor — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A treasure of the temple — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 804, line 12: «The sea that night is "a horrible pit to devour up lives", but the next morning it may be "a glassy mirror".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «sea» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «glassy mirror» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Okay but what's in the lacquer box?
- 1. Tea — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Candles — no support
- 3. Rice — no support
- 4. Cakes — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · right ✓
Bruh, what happened to the mom at the end?
- 1. She got sick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She got better — no support
- 3. She went away — no support
- 4. She fell asleep and never woke up again — 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 · right ✓
Which object did the husband bring to his wife from the capital?
- 1. A mirror — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. A sword — score 0
- 3. A comb — score 0
- 4. A silk robe for the new year — 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 1306, line 5: «The husband takes his brother to a court of law, claiming the houses were only lent, because his wife will not stop complaining.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «husband» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what did the proverb compare the mirror?
- 1. The heart of a man — no support
- 2. The reflection of the moon on still water — no support
- 3. A bird in spring — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. The soul of a woman — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1138, line 7: «What: The Mirror, called Sipao, grants wishes, and the chief spends it on a great town, then loses it to a thief.», 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 thing acted on «mirror» (+2); the same receiver (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
How long did the father remain absent from the household?
- 1. About a year — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Most of the entire winter season — score 6
- 3. Several months — score 6
- 4. About a month — ✓ 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 417, line 13: «The father stays silent for three days, "unable to make use of his tongue."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+4); the same doer «father» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
In which province was the wife born and raised?
- 1. Edo — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Echigo — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Osaka — no support
- 4. Ise — 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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