pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1618 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 ✗

So what did the hare actually do to the Tanuki's boat, like?

1. Cracked it open with his oar — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Broke it — score 3
3. Smashed it in two with his oar — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Smashed it — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 1618, line 6: «Who: the hare and the old man wanted the Tanuki made "harmless for ever", because he kept harming them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «hare» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why'd the Tanuki jump in the big boat, bruh?

1. Cause he thought it'd hold more fish — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cause it looked like a safer boat to him — no support
3. Cause he wanted to catch a whale — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Cause he was scared — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 8: «Mother Jaguar's rule: «when you find a Hedgehog you must drop him into the water and then he will uncoil, and when you catch a Tortoise you must scoop him out…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+3); the same thing acted on «tortoise» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the merchant's son totally broke, or what?

1. Nah, he had some silver left — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, just four shillings left — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he had a few coins left — no support
4. Nope, he was rich — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, how'd he get in that trunk with nothing to pack?

1. A servant put him in it — no support
2. He got carried — no support
3. He just climbed in himself, since the trunk was empty and he had nothing else to bring — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. He just climbed in himself — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 11: ««Take some more tea,» says the March Hare; Alice has had none, so she «can't take more»; the Hatter says she means she can't take less, because «it's very easy…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «nothing» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why couldn't anyone see the princess, though?

1. Cause her father had hidden her away — score 2
2. Cause a wise old man once said the stars showed her marriage would bring nothing but ruin — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Cause it was prophesied she'd be unlucky — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cause the nurse had prophesied that she'd be unlucky and kept her locked in her room — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1423, line 3: «Then a wicked old Fairy hobbles in with two basilisks and orders the Princess to marry the Yellow Dwarf.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+3); the same doer «wicked old fairy» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, so how'd he get into her room, fr?

1. Down the chimney, sneaky — score 2
2. By the door — score 2
3. Climbing up the wall, sneaky — no support
4. Through the window, sneaky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1551, line 19: «Old word: a "wicket" is a small door set in a larger gate, and the porter speaks through it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «word» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the princess scared when she woke up, like?

1. Nah, just a little surprised — no support
2. Yeah, real frightened at first — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, she was calm — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Yeah, she was scared a bit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 226, line 3: «He sees that her madness is fake, then whispers to her that he is the Prince of Persia, and she turns calm and joyful.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). 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 did he claim to be, though?

1. A Turkish god — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A Turkish god who came through the air on a magic carpet — no support
3. A Greek sailor — no support
4. A Persian prince — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1577, line 11: «Why: the King is "forced to take her" because "the wedding feast was all prepared," so the guests were already waiting.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

So the sultan wanted something funny, yeah?

1. Some silly rhymes to make him smile — score 4
2. Something merry to make him laugh — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Something funny — no support
4. A tale of love to make him weep — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1618, line 18: «What: at tea, the sultan wants something "merry to make him laugh", so the son tells a funny story about matches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+3); the same doer «sultan» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what's a dowry in this story?

1. A gift of gold — no support
2. A fairy story he brings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. A fine horse from the king — no support
4. A wedding ring — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1416, line 19: «The tale is taken from folk stories of Asia Minor, collected by the French writers Carnoy and Nicolaides in 1889.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «tale» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what did the matches talk about?

1. Their youth on the fir-boughs — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Their life inside the wooden box — score -2
3. How they had all been cut from the same tree in the cold northern forest long ago — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Their days in the forest — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1002, line 18: «Old word: a tinder-box was a small box with flint, steel and dry tinder, used to strike sparks and start a fire; today people use matches or a lighter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «people» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what was the quill pen proud of?

1. Its sharp nib and fine ink — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Its new nib — no support
3. Being dipped too deep in ink — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Its feather — 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 · wrong ✗

Which action did the hare perform upon the vessel of the Tanuki in order to effect its destruction?

1. He drove it on the rocks by the shore — score -4
2. He rowed to it and rammed it with his heavy oar — no support
3. He struck the vessel violently with an oar, so that it was splintered into many parts — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. He struck it with an oar, so that it broke in two — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1512, line 14: «Why Halvor is sad: he remembers the words the girls said, so he feels he must not face them again.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «words» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal motive which induced the Tanuki to embark upon the excursion?

1. He was lonely and wished for company on the water — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was enfeebled and famished, and therefore accepted — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He wished to visit the hare's home — no support
4. He was enfeebled and famished by long fasting, and therefore gladly accepted the invitation — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the merchant's son dispose of his inherited fortune?

1. He squandered it in pleasures and entertainments — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He gave it to his poor friends — no support
3. He wasted it on pleasures, gambling and entertainments that lasted for many years — no support
4. He spent it on fine horses and rich clothing — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 836, line 18: «Old word: "burgomaster" meant the mayor of a town, and a "state councillor" was a high official in the government.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «mayor» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What, according to the nurse, was the fate predicted for the sultan's daughter?

1. That she would be unhappy with her spouse — no support
2. That she would be unfortunate in her husband and suffer great sorrow in her marriage — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. That she would be unfortunate in her husband — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That the stars showed she would be unfortunate in the husband chosen for her by the king — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1422, line 10: «Why is the Queen sad? She "very much wishes" her daughter to marry, and she cannot bear the thought of the Dwarf.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+3); the same doer «daughter» (+2). 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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