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title: Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 6: Urashima rides a tortoi… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1346 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 6: Urashima rides a tortoise to the Sea King's palace, is welcomed, and is married to the Princess.

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1346 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.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Wait, did the tortoise really grow huge, or was Urashima just seeing things?

- **1.** It really grew huge, mate — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Nah, just seeing — no support
- **3.** Yeah, it got massive, mate — no support
- **4.** Nah, it stayed tiny, honestly mate — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1346, line 2: «The tortoise grows big enough for a man to sit on its back, and they dive down through the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+3); the same doer «tortoise» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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What did Urashima yell when he jumped on, like, proper quick?

- **1.** Dokoisho, all right — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Oi, here we go! — no support
- **3.** Dokoisho, come on — no support
- **4.** Dokoisho, all right, here I come! — no support

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**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 1346, line 11: «Dokoisho: Urashima shouts "Dokoisho!" as he jumps on, which the book says was "only used by lower classes," meaning roughly "All right."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «shout» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Was the gatekeeper a fish or, like, a crab?

- **1.** A crab — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A fish, innit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A crab, innit — no support
- **4.** Fish — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Wait, the Princess was the tortoise all along?

- **1.** Nah, a different one — no support
- **2.** Nope, a crab — no support
- **3.** Yeah, same tortoise — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Nah, a fish — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1258, line 4: «Next, a little tortoise challenges a huge elephant, then tricks a whale into the same contest by tying one end of a bone to each of them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «little tortoise» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Was the garden's weather all mixed up or what?

- **1.** Yeah, spring and winter, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, all four seasons at once, proper mental, innit — no support
- **3.** Yeah, all four seasons at once — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, snow, flowers, heat and autumn leaves all together — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Did the palace look wicked?

- **1.** Yeah, coral and pearls everywhere, proper mint, mate — no support
- **2.** Nah, just made of wood, mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Yeah, gold and jewels, proper mint — no support
- **4.** Yeah, coral and pearls, proper mint — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1346, line 15: «The palace: It is "built of coral and adorned with pearls," and its garden shows the four seasons at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+3); the same doer «palace» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Did Urashima bow to the Princess straight away?

- **1.** Yeah, he bowed really low — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, he just stared, mate — no support
- **3.** Nah, he just stood gobsmacked — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, he bowed right away, mate — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Did he forget his mum and dad, like, totally?

- **1.** For like three years, yeah — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Only for a bit, mate — no support
- **3.** For like a week, yeah — no support
- **4.** For like three days, yeah — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Why'd he wanna leave all of a sudden?

- **1.** He missed his home town — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He suddenly missed his mum and dad back home — no support
- **3.** He missed his mum and dad — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He missed his mum and dad so much he cried — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Was the Princess well fit or what?

- **1.** Yeah, she was the most beautiful — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Yeah, proper fit — no support
- **3.** Yeah, she was really lovely — score 2
- **4.** Yeah, she was dead gorgeous — no support

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**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 1262, line 17: «Hard word: "peerless" means without an equal, so the princess is the most beautiful of all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). Against it: the same property (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Did the fish guards bow to him?

- **1.** Yeah, they bowed low — score -2
- **2.** Nah, just nods — no support
- **3.** Yeah, loads of bows — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nah, they just waved — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 55, line 6: «Toad «eagerly scrambled up into the cab of the engine» (the cab = the driver's place); «The guard waved his welcome flag» and the train moved out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wave» (+3); the same doer «guard» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Wait, what's a vassal anyway?

- **1.** A powerful noble who rules over many lands and seas — no support
- **2.** A servant or follower, like a helper — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** A royal guard who protects the palace gates and princess — no support
- **4.** A noble ruler of a large kingdom — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1314, line 12: «One stone hits Wellamos's lady-in-waiting on the nose, and another scratches the sea queen on the cheek.», 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Did the fish actually dance at the party?

- **1.** Yeah, red fins and blue tails — no support
- **2.** Yeah, silver scales and golden tails, dancing all night long — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** Nah, they only swam around — no support
- **4.** Yeah, silver scales and golden tails — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 818, line 5: «Under the water, in a glass diving-bell, fishes gossip about the human visitors, and the workmen toil on through the night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fishes» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1); 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which term denotes the low bow that Urashima was unable to complete before the Princess?

- **1.** Prostration before the throne — no support
- **2.** Obeisance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** Deep courtesy bow of respect — score 0
- **4.** Salute — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1197, line 18: «Old word: a "tunic" is a loose, long coat or shirt, and "obeisance" is a low bow of respect.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «low bow» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «obeisance» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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To what place did the tortoise convey Urashima?

- **1.** The land of the sea gods — no support
- **2.** The palace under the waves — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** The palace at the bottom of the sea — score 4
- **4.** The realm of the Sea King — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1002, line 5: «He strikes the tinder-box, the dog with eyes like teacups brings the princess to him, and he kisses her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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What term describes the land where the Princess invited Urashima to dwell?

- **1.** The land of the immortals — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Sea Land — no support
- **3.** The land of eternal youth — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Paradise — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which of the following describes the view to the north from the garden?

- **1.** Snowy fields and a frozen river bank — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Snow-capped hills and an icy stream — no support
- **3.** Snow-covered ground and a frozen pond — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Snow-covered ground, a frozen pond and bare branches — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1346-pg4018-part6/e4/)

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