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title: Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy neighbour b… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy neighbour borrows the magic mortar and breaks it

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**Tests:** 1 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1369 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/1369-pg4018-part29/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo so the dog just starts digging and boom, gold, how is that even fair?

- **1.** Shiro dug up gold for his master — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Shiro led his master to the gold by digging — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Shiro led his master to the gold by digging and barking loudly at the hole — score 3
- **4.** Shiro led his master to the gold by digging under the yenoki tree — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1369, line 10: «Why does Shiro dig? He has "scented" gold, and he wants to show his master that "though only a dog, I can make some return for all the kindness."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «gold» (+3); the same doer «shiro» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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lol the mean neighbour was so salty, what did he do to Shiro?

- **1.** struck him down with a rake — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** struck him dead with a spade in his own garden — no support
- **3.** struck him dead with a spade and buried him — no support
- **4.** struck him dead with a spade — **✓ 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/1369-pg4018-part29/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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ngl that mortar was lit, what did it do?

- **1.** made more rice cakes than went in, every single day — score -1
- **2.** turned rice into extra cakes — no support
- **3.** made more rice cakes than went in — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** gave more cakes than rice given — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 1171, line 4: «They build a palace with no windows, lit by tapers, and send the princess's portrait to the courts.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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bruh the neighbour said he wanted cakes for Shiro, was he fr?

- **1.** No, he only wanted the mortar and the cakes too — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** No, he just wanted the mortar — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** No, he wanted the mortar too — score 5
- **4.** No, he just wanted the mortar for himself and lied about it — 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 298, line 15: «The neighbours think the old house is "that old decayed thing" and do not want it in their street.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «neighbours» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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wait so where did the old man find the dog's grave?

- **1.** under the bamboo hedge — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** under the yenoki tree — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** under the yenoki tree where Shiro had dug — no support
- **4.** under the yenoki tree in the old man's field — 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/1369-pg4018-part29/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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fr was the nosy neighbour spying through the bamboo hedge?

- **1.** Yes, he watched the old man digging and then ran to tell the village — no support
- **2.** Yes, he watched the old man digging up the gold from the hedge — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** Yes, he listened to the barking — no support
- **4.** Yes, he watched the old man digging — **✓ 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 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1369, line 8: «Where: the story happens in a Japanese village, with a cottage, a field, a bamboo hedge and a veranda that "ran round the cottage."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «japanese village» (+4); the same doer «story» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). 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/1369-pg4018-part29/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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yo what did the old man say to make Shiro beg?

- **1.** Good dog, sit! — no support
- **2.** Chin, chin, Shiro, beg for food now! — **← Mova's choice** · score -6
- **3.** Shiro, speak! — no support
- **4.** Chin, chin! — **✓ 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 -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 398, line 14: «A Thief brings slices of meat to quiet the Housedog, but the Dog warns that the "sudden kindness" will only make him "more watchful."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «dog» (-3). 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/1369-pg4018-part29/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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lowkey what did Shiro grab to drag his master?

- **1.** the hem of his sash — no support
- **2.** his hand — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** the end of his kimono — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the end of his kimono and pulled hard — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1300, line 5: «Moti beats a tiger that is eating his lost horse, drags it home, and later chooses a pony for the war.», 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: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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/1369-pg4018-part29/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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bro what did the old couple eat for supper?

- **1.** rice, vegetables, and a little fish from the river — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** rice and vegetables — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** plain rice and wild vegetables from the hill garden — score 2
- **4.** fish and noodles — score 2

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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 1093, line 21: «Old word: "voracity" means eating greedily and fast, like a hungry person gobbling food.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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ok so did the old man keep the gold?

- **1.** They carried it home and spent it all at once — score 3
- **2.** They carried it home and built a new house with it — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** They gave it away — score 3
- **4.** They carried it home — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1215, line 2: «At home the cock makes no gold, so he rushes through the dark to the Holy Man's cave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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bruh what smelled so bad in the neighbour's dig?

- **1.** a dead cat carcass — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** a foul pile of straw — score 1
- **3.** a horrid rubbish heap — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** a pile of dung — score 1

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**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 623, line 18: «Old word: "litter" here means dry leaves and bits of straw on the ground, not rubbish that smells bad.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «smell» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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ok but why did the old man not get mad at the neighbour?

- **1.** He was too good and gentle, so he simply forgave him — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was too good and gentle to fight back at anyone — no support
- **3.** He was too tired to care — no support
- **4.** He was too good and gentle — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/1369-pg4018-part29/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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What was the name signifying the colour of the dog?

- **1.** golden-brown with a white chest — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** white — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** pure snow-white like the winter fields — no support
- **4.** red — 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 1367, line 17: «Old word: "fain" means gladly or willingly; the King "would fain have kept him as a son," so he wanted it very much.», reached through what was said in the 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, 2, 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/1369-pg4018-part29/e1/)

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

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What was the species of the tree beneath which the dog was buried?

- **1.** the yenoki tree of the old man's garden — no support
- **2.** yenoki — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** cedar — no support
- **4.** a large yenoki tree from the field — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1218, line 14: «The army is stopped by "a large tree lying across their path," and burning a hole through it does not work, so they go home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «large tree» (+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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which implement did the old man employ to excavate the ground?

- **1.** spade — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** hammer — no support
- **3.** rake — no support
- **4.** shovel — 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/1369-pg4018-part29/e3/)

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

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What was the final consequence of the neighbour's conduct with the mortar?

- **1.** He destroyed it and burned it in the fire pit — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He hid it under his floor — no support
- **3.** He destroyed it and burned it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He destroyed the mortar and burned all of its broken pieces — 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/1369-pg4018-part29/e4/)

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