Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1798 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 ✗
Why's she getting wed in a helmet, like, that's mental?
- 1. Cos it's just what they do here — no support
- 2. Coz he reckons she can't get hitched proper without it, like, every time — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. Coz it's his family rule, dunno — no support
- 4. Coz she can't get wed without it, he reckons — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1798, line 2: «He declares she must be married in the helmet, since she cannot be married without it.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what did the bridegroom do when she was greeting?
- 1. He sprinted into the room and calmed her down right away — no support
- 2. He rushed in and soothed her — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. He ran in quickly and calmed her down gently — no support
- 4. He ran in and calmed her down — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1798, line 1: «The bride cries out, and the bridegroom runs in to comfort her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bridegroom» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «comfort» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what made the helmet go bang?
- 1. Coz the wine ran out — no support
- 2. Coz they drank the lot and it cracked open — no support
- 3. Coz the cup got emptied and the helmet went pop — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 4. Coz the cup was empty — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 522, line 16: «What helmet did Aides own? It was made by the Cyclops and made the wearer invisible, and Aides often lent it out.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «helmet» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, what fell out the helmet, like proper loot?
- 1. Loads of proper precious stones, rolling all over the floor — no support
- 2. Precious stones and jewels, scattered across the whole wooden floor — no support
- 3. Precious stones, all over the floor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Shiny stones on the floor — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1789, line 18: «Old word: "sha'n't" means "shall not", and "stuffs" means cloth or fabric, such as silk or velvet.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the bride proper gorgeous or what?
- 1. Yeah, she was so gorgeous that everyone in the room just stopped and stared at her — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, her beauty was beyond anything they'd seen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, mate, her beauty was beyond anything anyone at the whole wedding had ever seen before — no support
- 4. Yeah, she was proper stunning, innit — 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 ✗
Did the guests bang on about the diamonds?
- 1. Nah, they were way more gobsmacked by the bride than by any diamonds at all — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Yeah, they talked about them all night — score 1
- 3. Nah, the bride totally stole it, the diamonds barely got a look-in at the do — no support
- 4. Nah, they were more gobsmacked by the bride — ✓ the right answer · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1798, line 13: «The guests are "less astonished at the brilliancy of the diamonds" than at the bride.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
How long did the lot of them carry on partying?
- 1. Till the sun came up, all night singing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Till the sun came up, all night singing and dancing like mad — no support
- 3. Right through till morning, dancing — no support
- 4. Till the sun rose, singing away — 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 ✗
Where did the couple crash after the do?
- 1. Their own house, where they lived quietly together until the very day they both died — no support
- 2. Their own house, where they lived till they died — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Back home, lived there till they died — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Their own place, lived there till death — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1798, line 16: «The couple "lived till they died" in their own house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «couple» (+2); the same action «live» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Were their kids famous, or what?
- 1. Yeah, known for being kind and lovely — score 1
- 2. Yeah, famous all across Japan for being good and beautiful and well loved by everyone who knew them — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Yeah, famous across Japan for being good and beautiful — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, mate, their kids were famous right across the whole of Japan for their goodness and beauty — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 362, line 2: «At sunset he finds himself alone and runs bleating across the field, where the Wolf is waiting by a clump of trees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kid» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «kid» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did he reckon she should wear?
- 1. The helmet, cos she can't get wed without it, he reckons, every single time — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A golden hat, cos it's tradition — no support
- 3. The helmet, 'cos it's the rule — no support
- 4. The helmet, cos she can't get wed without it — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did they have to drink something special?
- 1. Yeah, some wine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, a cup of sake, drink up — no support
- 3. Yeah, wine, and sip it slowly — no support
- 4. Yeah, a cup of wine, and finish the lot — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the guests stare at when it went bang?
- 1. The floor full of stones — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. The guests' shocked faces — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. The floor covered in glittering stones from the helmet — no support
- 4. The bridegroom, the bride, and the floor all covered in stones — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1798, line 17: «They had "many children, who were famous throughout Japan for their goodness and beauty".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «guests» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «many children» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which reason did the bridegroom give for the bride wearing the helmet during the ceremony?
- 1. Because the rules of their village said that a bride must always wear one — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. She could not wed without it — score 0
- 3. She could not be married at all without it on, the bridegroom explained firmly — score 5
- 4. She could not be married without it — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1708, line 5: «He goes home, his bride knows him at once, and he forgives his brothers and builds a golden castle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bride» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «brother» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What event occurred immediately after the cup of wine had been emptied?
- 1. The guests fell silent at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The bridegroom ran off as the helmet burst open with a loud crack and jewels fell — no support
- 3. The helmet burst open with a loud noise — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The helmet suddenly burst open with a very loud noise that startled every guest — 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 ✗
How did the assembled guests respond to the appearance of the bride?
- 1. They were amazed at the feast — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. They were astonished by her beauty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They admired her gown greatly — no support
- 4. They were so astonished that they forgot to eat or drink anything at all — 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 750, line 15: «The master asks for two fowls "very daintily" prepared for a guest who is late.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «guest» (+4); the same thing acted on «guest» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which account correctly describes the later life of the married couple?
- 1. They lived together until death and had famous children — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They lived in great wealth and had many children — no support
- 3. They lived together in a small house until death and had children who were famous across the land — score 1
- 4. They lived long and had children — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1354, line 3: «Katoda gets a big promotion, and Hase-Hime later marries an adopted heir and lives a long, happy life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «live» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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