Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the priest flees the haunted house

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1364 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 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, who totally freaked out and bolted from the goblin's pad?

1. the priest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the butcher — no support
3. the monk — no support
4. the monkey-man's young assistant — 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 753, line 20: «Old word: "bolted" means shut with a bolt, which is a sliding metal bar that locks a door from the inside.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so the goblin was a total cannibal the whole time, right?

1. yes, a demon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yes, a witch — no support
3. no, she was only a lonely old woman — no support
4. yes, she was a cannibal demon in disguise — 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 ✗

Bro, why did the monkey's owner wanna sell him off?

1. because he had grown old and could no longer dance for crowds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was too old and had lost all his tricks — no support
3. he bit people — no support
4. he was too old — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, who did the monkey go to for help, like a total genius?

1. a fox — score -1
2. the old crow — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. the wild boar — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. the wise wild boar living in the hills — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1264, line 5: «At his teepee he roasts the ducks over a fire, but he ignores the squeaky old tree that cries "Help! I'll fall!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, what was the boar's sneaky plan, like, for real?

1. snatch the baby — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. take the child — no support
3. steal gold — no support
4. sneak in and snatch the sleeping baby away — 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 ✗

Yo, which baby spot was the baby usually chillin' at?

1. by the fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by the door — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. in bed — no support
4. outside — 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, who was the first one up on that big morning?

1. the butcher — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the wife — no support
3. the boy — no support
4. the monkey — ✓ 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 ✗

Dang, what did the monkey's boss do with the butcher?

1. sent him away — no support
2. paid him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. sent him packing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. fired him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 727, line 3: «The cow turns out to be dry, so a butcher gives Hans a pig for her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did the priest do when the sun came up?

1. prayed and rested in peace — no support
2. said prayers, thanked Buddha — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. knelt down, prayed and thanked Buddha for his escape — no support
4. ate breakfast with his friends — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 881, line 12: «The sea witch gave the sisters the knife, and the mermaid's sisters say she must strike "before the sun rises".», 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 «say» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, did the monkey get to live his best life after all?

1. yes, with friends — no support
2. no, he was sold away to a cruel new master — no support
3. yes, in peace — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, he was sold — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1364, line 16: «Why he sold the monkey: "he's too old and forgets his tricks," so he had to be sold to the butcher.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what was the goblin's big knife doing?

1. blood-stained and scary — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. covered in fresh blood and very frightening to see — score 1
3. bloody and shining — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. dirty and very long — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1359, line 18: «Old words: "emissaries" meant official messengers, "obscured" meant hidden from sight, "phial" meant a small glass bottle, and "luminous" meant glowing with it…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey, who was the big legend who could beat the goblin?

1. Buddha — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. God — no support
3. Amida — no support
4. Ra — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honestly, who got the best advice in this whole part?

1. the priest — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. the wise wild boar from the hills — score 3
3. the monkey-man's clever old monkey — score 3
4. the monkey — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1312, line 17: «Old word: "counsel" means advice, so "took counsel together" means the sisters talked over what to do.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «advice» (+4). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the text, with what words did the priest petition the protector of his faith during his flight?

1. He prayed aloud — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He repeated the invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He sang an old folk song loudly — score 6
4. He shouted for help from the gods while running down the long road to escape — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 700, line 16: «Hard word: "implore" means to beg earnestly, which today we would just call "begging" or "pleading."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+3); the same doer «hard word» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the narrative, in what province did the traveling monkey-man conduct his trade and exhibitions?

1. Shinano — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the province of Musashi near the capital — no support
3. Shinshin — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a distant northern province beyond the mountains — 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 ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, what animal did the monkey consult, and by what quality was it renowned?

1. a grey badger that was famed for its wisdom and strength in the hills — score -6
2. a clever badger, famed for cunning — ← Mova's choice · score -4
3. the wild boar, famous across the land for its great wisdom and cunning — no support
4. the wild boar, renowned for wisdom — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -4, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1364, line 19: «The monkey overheard the plan because he was "in the next room" and heard every word.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, what did the wife plead for, and what was the outcome of her pleading?

1. she begged to keep the monkey alive, but it failed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. she begged her husband to spare the monkey's life many times, but he refused to listen to her at all — score 1
3. she pleaded to spare the monkey, and it was in vain — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. she pleaded with tears for the monkey to be spared, and her husband then sent it away anyway — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 748, line 6: «Who: Tom Thumb is the son of a poor woodman and his wife, who "had a little boy, who was quite healthy and strong, but was not much bigger than my thumb."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «little boy» (+4). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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