Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1379 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 ✓

ok real talk, how did the prince actually beat that serpent, did he use a sword?

1. nah, with a sword — score 3
2. nah, he hit it with a wooden club — score 3
3. yeah, a sword — score 3
4. nah, he choked it with his bare arms — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1379, line 2: «On the path a huge serpent blocks his way, and the Prince chokes it to death with his bare arms, without drawing his sword.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «choke» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, why did the prince not just go straight home after the fight?

1. he wanted to visit the shrine on the way, so he detoured for days — score 0
2. he wanted a more interesting route — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. his aunt had told him the direct road was dangerous and full of ghosts — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. he fancied seeing the coast road — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1280, line 4: «At his trial he tells the king how the queen secretly adopted a baby and how the king once married a girl in an orchard.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what made him sick after the fight, like what was the actual problem?

1. the monster's venom got in him — no support
2. the serpent poisoned him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a cold wind from the peak — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. a bad fever — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 698, line 10: «Why: the queen sends the king on a journey because she wants him gone, and he is "too lazy to make a fight for it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol so where did he go to get better?

1. a sacred well behind the old shrine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a warm lake — no support
3. a mineral spa in the eastern hills — no support
4. hot springs that bubble out of the ground — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so who did he and his aunt thank for keeping him alive?

1. All the kami of the mountain and the river and the sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess of the High Heavenly Plain — no support
3. Izanagi, the god of creation — no support
4. Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

did the old woman actually find a massive peach, or was it a tiny one?

1. a massive one, bigger than anything — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a fairly big one, not that large — no support
3. a small one, no bigger than a cup — no support
4. a tiny one — 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 ✗

how did she get the peach to come to her, did she have a stick?

1. she sang a long charm-verse and clapped while the river swirled — score 1
2. she sang a little charm-verse and clapped — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she knelt by the bank and chanted a prayer while clapping loudly — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. she sang a long prayer to the river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1010, line 14: «Old word: "crape" was black cloth worn to show mourning, and the cake-women took it off the sugar-sticks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cake women» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what does the old man use for a walking stick?

1. a rake — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a stick — no support
3. a bamboo cane — no support
4. his scythe — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

how old is the old lady, like seriously?

1. About sixty years old — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Seventy — no support
3. Nine — no support
4. sixty — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 734, line 15: «"Dame" is an old word for a lady, so "Dame Ilsabill" means Lady Ilsabill.», 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); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did the old man wash his feet before going up to the porch?

1. he had been cutting grass all day — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he had spent the whole day cutting grass in the hot sun — no support
3. his feet were muddy from the field — no support
4. he had been out working in the fields since early morning — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 238, line 19: «The glass hill: she "tried all she could to climb, but wasn't able", so she had to work for iron shoes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the river was muddy and gross, right?

1. yes, it was thick with brown mud — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yes, the water was brown and gross with mud and debris — no support
3. nope, it was actually very clean but a bit cold and dark — no support
4. nope, it was clear as crystal — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 613, line 15: «Old word: a "wallow" is a muddy pool where buffaloes roll to cool off, and people still use the word today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). 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 ✗

By what means did Prince Yamato Take overcome the serpent encountered on Mount Ibuki?

1. He strangled it with his bare arms — ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. He struck it with a wooden club — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. He cut it down — score -4
4. He stabbed it with a long spear — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 200, line 17: «Why: the words make the prince open his eyes with "languid curiosity", because they remind him of the princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «words» (-2). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal consequence of the serpent's venom for the Prince's journey?

1. He was carried away on a litter to hot springs to be healed by the priests — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He was sent to a distant village to rest — no support
3. He was taken to hot springs to recover — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was helped to the nearest hot springs where the local people nursed him slowly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 106, line 5: «When the apple kills her, the dwarfs make a glass coffin, a prince carries it away, the apple piece falls out, and Snow-White wakes to marry him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry away» (+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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did the old woman summon the drifting peach towards the riverbank?

1. By clapping and singing a charm-verse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. By wading into the river and dragging it with a rope and singing — no support
3. By wading out and pulling a rope — no support
4. By shouting and throwing a rope to it — 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 property of the river water is specifically described in the passage?

1. It was dark and smelled of fish — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was as clear as crystal — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It was muddy — no support
4. It was cold — 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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