Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1617 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 ✗

ngl, what even came outta that box Urashima opened?

1. some kinda purple cloud thing that smelled like old socks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. smoke, bro — no support
3. like, some grey fog — no support
4. purple vapour, bro — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so like, what did Urashima see in the brook?

1. a young guy's face, fr — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. his face, fr — score 2
3. a skull, bro — score -2
4. a mummy face, fr — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1617, line 2: «At the brook he sees a mummy's face, so he drags himself home and sits on the shore, calling the turtle who never comes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «brook» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, who ghosted Urashima at the end?

1. the princess, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. the princess who lived in the palace under the sea, no cap — score -2
3. the fisherman who first found him on the beach, honestly — score -3
4. the turtle, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1466, line 15: «Why does the King of the Sheep feel sad at the end? He fears "some misfortune must surely come of it" if she goes again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «end» (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

be real, why did the peasant get mad at the Tanuki?

1. it stole his rice — no support
2. it kept eating the hare's food — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. it burned the hare's field, fr — score 5
4. it ate his dinner, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1617, line 13: «The peasant eats the meal, then learns "It is your own wife that you have eaten."», 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 «peasant» (+2); the same thing acted on «meal» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, how'd the peasant catch that sneaky Tanuki?

1. he hid and then tied its tail — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he hid and tied up its legs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he chased it into the woods and dropped a net right on top of it — no support
4. he hid behind the door and tied all four of its legs together tight — 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 ✗

lowkey, where was the Tanuki hanging in the cottage?

1. dangling from a rope, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. upside down, bro — no support
3. head downwards from a beam — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. from the roof, lol — 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 ✗

nah, what did the Tanuki say to get the wife to free it?

1. rice pounding is way too much for weak women like you, bro, so let me go — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. women shouldn't pound rice, that's cap — no support
3. rice pounding is too much for weak women — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. if you let me loose I'll pound all the rice in the whole village for you — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 90, line 4: «The sea runs out so fast that the canoe is pulled past Selangor, Malacca and Singapore to the island of Bintang. The Magician asks all the animals, who say «no…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different doer (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 8 · ★ · right ✓

fr, what did the Tanuki do to the wife?

1. he tied her to the loom, fr — no support
2. pounded her in the mortar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. ate her up, bro — score -2
4. he ran off, fr — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1617, line 4: «The peasant ties up the Tanuki, but the wife frees it, and it pounds her in the mortar and cooks her flesh for her husband.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «mortar» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «pound» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what did the Tanuki put on to look like her?

1. her apron and her hair, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. her clothes and her whole shape — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. her voice and her whole gait, bro — no support
4. her clothes, her voice, and her whole way of walking, no cap — 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 · ★ · right ✓

ok but what did the old man do when he got home?

1. ate what was served to him, lol — no support
2. ate the dinner set in front of him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. ate the rice, bro — no support
4. drank the soup they gave him, lol — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 675, line 17: «What is a "pail"? A bucket, usually made of wood or metal, which the old man sets his child in beside the door.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «child» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, where did the peasant find the bones?

1. in the field, fr — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. in the well, bro — score 10
3. beneath the old barn, fr — score 10
4. under the floor, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1243, line 14: «The fox finds "a few charred bones" in the grass and puts them in a bag that he slings over his back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «few charred bones» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what did the hare stash in his pocket?

1. an ointment with pepper, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a little jar of ointment mixed with ground pepper and salt, bro — ← Mova's choice · score -4
3. a folded map and a sharp little knife for the trip, no cap — no support
4. a jar of dried herbs, lol — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1615, line 9: «Why: the eldest and second daughters fall into the cellar because they "did not think of the beasts," and the old man lets them fall.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: the same doer «old man» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, how did the hare set the Tanuki's back on fire?

1. he rubbed two sticks, sneaky — no support
2. he set fire to the pile of straw on the Tanuki's back, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. he used a flint, lol, sneaky — no support
4. he set the wood alight, sneaky — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1344, line 14: «The sparrows are loyal, and they "all helped him put it on his back" and walked him to the gate.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «back» (+4); the same action «put» (+3); the same doer «man» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which substance was released from the box when Urashima opened it?

1. a grey cloud — no support
2. a yellow mist — no support
3. smoke — no support
4. a purple vapour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 1347, line 4: «Frightened and lost, Urashima opens the box, and a little purple cloud rises out of it.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same place «box» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the peasant immobilise the Tanuki prior to its punishment?

1. by pinning its head down — score -1
2. by binding its four legs tightly — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. by hitting it with a stick — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. by chasing it into a pit and tying its legs with rope and straw — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1540, line 21: «OLD WORD: To be "tarred and feathered" meant being covered in hot tar and feathers as a cruel punishment.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the outcome of the Tanuki's deception of the peasant's wife?

1. she was pounded in the mortar until she could not stand up again — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. she was thrown in the river — score 2
3. she was pounded in the mortar — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. she was carried off by a fox — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1234, line 10: «His wife is "wonderingly" surprised and tells him "It is high time for you to get up."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «get up» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which device did the hare employ to ignite the Tanuki's burden of wood?

1. he rubbed two sticks — score -4
2. he set the wood alight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. a lantern and a torch — score 1
4. a match — 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 1375, line 7: «What: the crocodiles make a bridge from the Island of Oki to the mainland of Inaba so the hare can count them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «hare» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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