Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki sells his wife, and his son takes revenge

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 713 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, so why's the tanuki faking being dead, bruv?

1. Cos hungry — no support
2. Coz he's scared of the fox — no support
3. Coz he's tryna trick the buyer — no support
4. Coz they got no food left — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 713, line 9: «Why: they are starving, because "no more food was to be had" in the house.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who dressed up as a man to flog him?

1. The old fox who lives by the river, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Some dude, innit — score 5
3. The fox, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The wizard's apprentice from the far village, innit, and his friend — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 585, line 3: «Mr. Man thinks the tied-up Fox is some strange creature and whips him hard, then the dogs run off in two directions.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «man» (+2); the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

How'd the tanuki get out the buyer's house?

1. Squeezed through a window gap — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Crawled under the front gate — no support
3. Used a magic spell to vanish into thin air and reappear outside the house — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Snuck out by pretending to be the buyer's son — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 713, line 9: «Why: they are starving, because "no more food was to be had" in the house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «house» (+3). Against it: the same doer «tanuki» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what did he tell the buyer about the fox?

1. He said she was sleeping — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She's dead bro — no support
3. She wasn't really dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She's gone — 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 ✗

Did the fox get a proper deal or what?

1. Nah, she got bonked on the head — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yeah, she got a fair cut — no support
3. Nah, she got away — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Yeah, she got paid — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 701, line 13: «The fox escapes by "slipping between his legs," and the ladle "just caught the tip of his tail."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+4); the same action «escape» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the little son get so salty with his dad?

1. Dad stole his favourite toy — no support
2. Dad wouldn't share a bite — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Dad ate all the food — no support
4. He was hungry — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 713, line 13: «The little son lives on "nuts and berries" and waits for his mother to come back.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «little son» (+5). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the son eat to survive, like, for real?

1. Mushrooms and roots — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Fish — score 3
3. Nuts and berries — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Acorns and wild herbs — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 675, line 4: «Far away, an old man follows a hermit's advice only in part, eating both halves of an apple and walking on through flowery fields.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+3); the same action «eat» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

What was the son going on about with his powers?

1. Said he's a wizard as good as dad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Said he's better at magic than dad — score 2
3. Said he can fly and turn invisible and beat the king — score 2
4. Said he knows every spell in the forest and can talk to the moon — 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 670, line 9: «Why won't the boy tell his mother? She "never could keep anything from her neighbours," so he keeps his good news to himself.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

What was the big challenge on the bridge, lol?

1. Dad had to find him in any disguise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Dad had to beat him at a riddle — no support
3. Whoever lost had to leave the forest and live with the king forever — no support
4. Dad had to find him in any disguise before the sun set over the hills — 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 ✓

Where did the son actually hide, though?

1. Behind a rock by the path — score 9
2. Under the bridge — score 9
3. By the river — score 9
4. In a corner of the bridge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 713, line 15: «The son hides in a corner of the bridge instead of changing his shape.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+5); the same doer «son» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, why did the old dude jump on the carriage?

1. He thought the king was his son — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He spotted his son in disguise — no support
3. He wanted to play a trick — no support
4. Because he saw a wizard he didn't know riding in a carriage — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 662, line 15: «Who: the prince waits ten years after his father went to war, because he "remembered, however, what his father had said".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What happened to the dad at the end, lol?

1. Caught by the guards and jailed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fled into the forest alone — no support
3. Chucked in the river by guards — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Locked up — 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 ✗

Was the son happy at the end or nah?

1. Nah, he was sad his dad was gone for good now — no support
2. Nah, he missed his dad — no support
3. Yeah, but he was still angry at the king for everything — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Yeah, his mum was avenged — ✓ the right answer · 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 416, line 2: «His son Petrusha gets angry at a woman who blames the Devil for her stumble, and tells her it is sinful.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which feigned condition does the tanuki adopt in order to be sold?

1. Acting as though he is a harmless village dog — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Feigning death — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Faking a limp — no support
4. Pretending to be a sleeping dead tree stump — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

On what grounds does the tanuki's son challenge his father to a contest of disguise?

1. Because he claims he can outwit his father — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Because he wants to prove he is the stronger one — no support
3. On the grounds that he too is a skilled wizard — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Because he thinks he is better — 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 ✗

What is the principal consequence of the tanuki's betrayal for the fox?

1. She is chased off by the buyer — no support
2. She is sold to a travelling merchant who keeps her in a cage — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. She is caught by the village dogs — score 7
4. She is struck dead by the buyer — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 713, line 10: «The tanuki sells the fox after he whispers that she "was not really dead."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fox» (+4); the same action «sell» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Of what does the king's arrival constitute the decisive occasion in the closing episode?

1. The son's hiding place on the bridge — no support
2. The tanuki's fatal leap onto the king's carriage — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The soldiers' attack on the old fox — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The soldiers' sudden charge at the old tanuki — 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 341, line 14: «The old man calls the king "my son" and tells him: "Alfred, my son, be brave."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: 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

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