Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5: three hundred years have passed

Tests: 8 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1616 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 ✓

yo bruh, wait so how long was he gone, like fr?

1. Like three hundred years, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Like forever, bro, I think his whole family line got wiped out in the meantime lol — no support
3. Like the whole of three centuries, honestly, which is wild when you think about it — no support
4. Like two hundred years, I guess — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so who even was the lady at the door?

1. A neighbor who swore she knew his family — no support
2. Some lady who had zero clue about his fam — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Some relative who totally knew his whole family and had been keeping track of all of them for years — no support
4. Some random lady who lived there and maybe was related to the fam somehow, idk, she was like a cousin or something — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1535, line 16: «Why the lady lived: she had gone to visit her old nurse, and "she had been detained all night there by a storm".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same doer «lady» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

did he see his parents at all, tbh?

1. Nah, he never found a trace of them, not even a stone, just empty grass and a rumor — no support
2. Nah, just their gravestone — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, saw them both alive — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, she saw them both at the window waving hello, then the stone told a different story — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 469, line 12: «Who: the Soldier, who served "fifteen years" without seeing his parents, is now walking home to a town in Kief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «parents» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

what's the vibe of the village when he walks in?

1. Smoky and loud, but kinda off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Calm and bright, kinda nice — no support
3. Totally peaceful and green with birds everywhere, nothing weird going on at all here — no support
4. Dusty and quiet, pretty normal — 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 ✗

wait, what was that koto sound?

1. A long wooden instrument with thirteen strings that you pluck with ivory picks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Some kind of big bronze gong being struck by a crowd of kids in the square — no support
3. A string thing, like a harp — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A flute — 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 ✓

was his old house still standing?

1. Yeah, but looking weird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nope, just a pile of wood — no support
3. Not really, only the foundation stones and a patch of grass remain where it stood — no support
4. Yeah, still there but now surrounded by a huge new wall and a strange tall gate — 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 · ★ · right ✓

why'd he rush to the graveyard, fr?

1. To get answers about his fam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To look for his old friend — no support
3. Because he wanted to bring flowers to the stones before the rain came in — no support
4. To check on a neighbor's house — 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 ✗

what date was on the stone?

1. The exact date of his birth plus the year the village temple burned down — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Almost the day he left home — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A date that matched the monk's calendar of the new lunar year exactly — no support
4. The day of the great flood — 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 · ★ · right ✓

so how did his heart feel, lowkey?

1. Like a sudden sharp pang — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Like a heavy lump of stone — score 5
3. Like a warm steady glow — score 5
4. Happy — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1396, line 16: «The Fairy's kindness: when she sees him pale with fright, "she began to feel sorry for him and clapped her hands together."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «heart» (+3); the same action «feel» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

what did he think was going on, tbh?

1. Maybe the princess had sent a messenger to test whether he would break her rule — score -4
2. Maybe the old fox spirits of the mountain were playing tricks on him in the village — no support
3. Maybe a ghost in the house — no support
4. Maybe an enchanter's spell — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1616, line 12: «What he hopes: He thinks the box may be "the counter-charm" that breaks an enchanter's spell.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

and what's in his hand at the end?

1. The tiny golden box — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A pearl — no support
3. A small carved wooden toy — no support
4. The fan — 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 · ★ · right ✓

did he feel like he was dreaming?

1. Nah, more like he lost his mind — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, more like he was sick — no support
3. Yeah, like a weird old dream — no support
4. Yes, it felt just like the dreams where you walk through a village that vanished long ago — 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 ✗

what did he hope the box could do?

1. Break the spell like a charm — score 1
2. Undo the whole enchantment and carry him back to the sea palace where he belongs — score -2
3. Undo the magic, like a counter — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Show him the way back to the year he left home so he could warn his family — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1616, line 17: «Old word: "Forsaken" means left behind or abandoned, so "forsaken" means he left his parents alone.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «leave behind» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

did anyone in the village know him?

1. Nope, nobody he knew — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. One man — no support
3. Yes — no support
4. Yes, a woman at the door said she had known his parents when she was a girl — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1027, line 3: «The man and the woman talk about the wisps in town, and the man is afraid to tell anyone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «man» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon his return to the village, what does Uraschimataro discover concerning the lapse of time since his departure?

1. Only a week — score -4
2. That merely a few seasons have gone by since he departed his home — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. That three hundred years have elapsed since he quitted his home — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Three years — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1225, line 14: «Who: the man who cut willows is the one who "left his work and returned to the village," which set the whole story in motion.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «one» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object does Uraschimataro consider as a possible means of reversing the enchantment that afflicts him?

1. The box — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. The tiny golden box bestowed upon him by the princess — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. The jeweled pipe offered to him by the fisherman's wife — score -4
4. The silver bell kept in the temple by the old priest — no support

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 1615, line 13: «Old word: "reproached" means scolded or told off; the woodcutter scolds his wife for leaving him with no food.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What does the inscription on the gravestone signify with respect to the parents of Uraschimataro?

1. That they had died long after he had left home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That they died near the date of his departure — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That they had been carried off by bandits on the road and their bodies were never returned to the family — no support
4. That they had passed away around the time he sailed — 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 · right ✓

In what manner does Uraschimataro respond when the man in the street addresses him?

1. He stares blankly and says nothing for long — score 1
2. He bows and says nothing at all — score 1
3. He tries to explain his whole story to the man, but the words will not come out right — score 2
4. He perceives that he has lost his senses — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1490, line 9: «Why the man speaks: he is tired of "losing his crop" year after year.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «man» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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