Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: the monkey eats the ripe persimmons and kills the crab

Tests: 3 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1373 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 monkey actually eat all the good persimmons or nah?

1. yep, he ate the green ones — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, most of them — no support
3. yep, he ate all the ripe ones — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. yep, he ate all the sweet ones — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1373, line 7: «What: the monkey eats "one persimmon after another" and leaves "little but the hard, unripe fruit" for the crab waiting below.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «monkey» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, so the crab just got the hard unripe ones? that's so unfair

1. for real, he got nothing but the rock-hard ones, which is so unfair to him — no support
2. for real, he got the crunchy green fruit lol — no support
3. for real, he got nothing but the rock-hard ones — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. for real, the crab got only the rock-hard ones and nothing else at all, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 575, line 18: «Brer Fox says he will "make fokes b'leeve dat I'm ole man Hunter fum Huntsville," so he is trying to fool people too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brer fox» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «ole man» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey the monkey is so sus, right?

1. fr, he's the real villain here — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. fr, he's the real villain here, the sneakiest monkey in the whole story — no support
3. fr, he's the real villain here and totally deserves what happens — no support
4. fr, he's a total sneaky jerk — 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 ✓

how did the crab's son even figure out it was the monkey?

1. he noticed the monkey's footprints nearby — score 2
2. he smelled the fruit on him — score 0
3. he remembered his dad's story and then saw the peel under the tree — score 4
4. he remembered his dad's story and saw the peel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 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 1373, line 14: «The son remembers his father's story of the rice-dumpling and the persimmon-seed, so he knows the monkey is the murderer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «remember» (+3); the same doer «son» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what's the plan, are they gonna get the monkey back?

1. yeah, the mortar and bee are joining — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, the mortar, bee and chestnut are in it, plus a bunch of other friends too — no support
3. yeah, the mortar, bee and chestnut are in it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, the mortar, bee and chestnut are all in it and planning a big trap — 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 ✗

ngl the monkey thought he was totally clean, right?

1. he was so sure nobody would tell — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was so sure nobody knew, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he was so sure nobody knew, no cap, so he got super cocky — no support
4. he was so sure nobody knew about it, no cap, and that's why he stayed — 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 ✗

what did the monkey mean by "dead crabs have no mouths"?

1. he thought crabs couldn't talk anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. he thought nobody could tell he did it because dead crabs cannot talk — score 0
3. he thought nobody could tell he did it — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. he meant that nobody could tell he did it since the crab could not speak anymore — 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 1372, line 12: «The jelly fish believes him, because "he believed every word the monkey said."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the monkey stay home all those days?

1. he was scared the crab's family would come after him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. he was afraid of the crab's family — score 3
3. he was scared the crab's family would come after him for revenge — score 3
4. he feared the crab's family was coming — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 844, line 2: «Lame Martha takes her home while the boy stays by the river to guard the wet linen.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

did the crab even have a chance to climb the tree?

1. nah, his legs are for running, not climbing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, his legs are for running, not climbing, and the trunk was very slippery — no support
3. nope, his legs are too short — no support
4. nah, his legs are for walking — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro what happens to the mortar in all this?

1. he's totally fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he feels sad and joins the plan — no support
3. he's sad and he just stays quiet — no support
4. he's sad and he helps the son get revenge — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Which of the following did the monkey leave for the crab after consuming the ripest persimmons?

1. the unripe persimmons only — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. only the unripe persimmons that had fallen from the tree — score -5
3. the ripe persimmons only — no support
4. the unripe persimmons only, after he had finished eating everything else — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1373, line 2: «Only hard, unripe persimmons are left, and when the crab complains, the monkey throws one at his head and kills him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same action «leave» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action of the monkey directly caused the death of the old crab?

1. dropping a heavy branch on him — no support
2. throwing a hard unripe fruit — no support
3. striking him with an unripe persimmon — ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. throwing a stone — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1260, line 5: «In an orange garden he throws stones and kicks a waxen figure, gets stuck, and falls into thorns, groaning loudly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stones» (+4). Against it: the same action «throw» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following did the young crab discover beside his father's body?

1. the broken shell of a crab — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the unripe persimmons thrown at him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the ripe persimmons nearby — no support
4. the sour fruit — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which sentiment is expressed by the monkey regarding the possibility of discovery?

1. he worried about the bees now — no support
2. he was proud of the fruit — no support
3. he feared the family's retaliation — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he feared the family's retaliation and stayed hidden at home for days — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1372, line 10: «Why the monkey hides his fear: "he thought it the wisest plan not to show any sign of the fear he felt."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4). Against it: the same doer «monkey» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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