Japanese Fairy Tales, The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa, part 45: Kokai's flood and a miraculous road

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1385 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, which old dude hid up the tree?

1. The old man with the lump on his cheek — score 0
2. The white-haired one — no support
3. The old man's younger brother who climbed up — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. The second old man — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1370, line 4: «The old man climbs the dead tree, scatters the ashes, and it bursts into full bloom, so the Daimio rewards him and gives him a new name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, what did the demon boss give back?

1. The silver coin he carried — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The coin he had left there — no support
3. A jade ring — no support
4. The pledge the old man left — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, how tall was the Empress?

1. Forty feet long — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Twenty-five feet from her crown to her royal feet — no support
3. Fifteen feet tall — score 0
4. Twenty-five feet — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1126, line 18: «OLD WORD: "Tsar" and "Tsaritsa" mean emperor and empress, and "wrath" means great anger, a word rarely used now.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, what was Kokai's whole deal?

1. He was a wizard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He was a soldier — no support
3. He was a wizard who had served the old Emperor — no support
4. He was a wizard who ruled the western river — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, who did the Water Devil work for?

1. Fuki — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Kokai — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hako — no support
4. Ito — 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 ✗

sus move, whose horse got its head whacked?

1. The red horse Hako rode in battle — no support
2. Hako's — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The horse of the front general Hako — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Kokai's — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1380, line 20: «Old word: "dignified" means worthy of respect; the dog says a monkey is "not at all dignified" to follow Momotaro.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

wait, whose badge did Eiko snatch off?

1. Hako's — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The General's badge of rank on his coat — no support
3. Kokai's — no support
4. Ito — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what did the arrow touch first?

1. His shield — no support
2. Eiko's iron helmet — no support
3. Eiko's helmet strings — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hako's coat — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1319, line 13: «The korigan is "a little fairy man" who holds a "fiery sword" that "reduced to ashes everything it touched".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «little fairy man» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what did Kokai wave to make the flood?

1. His bow — score -5
2. His sword — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. A rod — score -5
4. His wand — ✓ the right answer · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1175, line 5: «In the sea, the fish queen tells how a giant stole her crown, and how a kind wizard made her a fish too but kept her woman's face.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «crown» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

ok so what did the white-haired old man do?

1. He made the flood split into a road — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He made the flood split in two — no support
3. He made the flood split into a dry road for the army — no support
4. He made the flood part like a red sea and then fall — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, why did the wen guy look like a gourd?

1. Two lumps, one on each side and a third on his brow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two lumps, one on each side — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Two lumps — no support
4. Two lumps, one on each cheek — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, who got made Generals of both wings?

1. Hako and Eiko, the two loyal Generals — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Hako and Eiko — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Kokai and Hako — score 5
4. Hako — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 254, line 7: «The old king is sick, and "there was nothing at all could make him well but some golden apples from a far country."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, which individual first concealed himself within the tree?

1. The first old man — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The Oni — score 0
3. The white-haired elder — score 0
4. The second old man — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 821, line 12: «Where he is buried: "under the linden-tree", hidden in the soft earth.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «man» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, to what part of the face was the lump from the demon chief affixed?

1. The left cheek of the old man — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The nose of the old man here — score 4
3. The right cheek — score 4
4. The right cheek of the old man — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1138, line 9: «Why: Butou steals the Mirror because he is a traitor, and the text says "he stole it and fled back with it to Rei."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «rei» (+5). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the stature of the Empress Jokwa?

1. Ten feet tall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Twenty-five feet in height — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Twenty-five feet in height from crown to ankle — no support
4. Twenty-three feet in height — 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 ✗

By what means did the wizard Kokai produce the flood which separated the two Generals from the army?

1. With a wand — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By stretching forth his wand — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By magic — no support
4. By calling up the river tides — 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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