--- title: Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the as… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1370 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1370-pg4018-part30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1370 # Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed **Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1370 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Bruh, the old man got rich just for chucking ashes on a dead tree, right? - **1.** Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold, a silk robe, and a brand new name for everyone — score 7 - **2.** Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold and a new name — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold, a silk robe, and a brand new name for everyone in town — score 7 - **4.** Yeah, the Daimio gave him a horse and a robe — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1370, line 16: «The reward: the Daimio gave the old man "much silver and gold," so he became rich in his old age.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «daimio» (+2); the same receiver «old man» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} So the neighbor thought it was easy-peasy, no cap? - **1.** Yep, he reckoned it was the simplest task ever, so he bragged to everybody in town about it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yep, he figured it was a quick and easy job — no support - **3.** Yep, he reckoned it was the simplest task ever — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yep, he thought it was a simple job — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Was the neighbor lowkey jealous of the old man? - **1.** Nah, he was happy — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he was bitter about the gold — no support - **3.** Nope, not at all — no support - **4.** Yeah, envy filled his whole heart — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Did the neighbor's ashes work on the tree, or was it a total fail? - **1.** Total fail, not even a bud came forth — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Total fail — no support - **3.** It worked fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** Epic fail, the tree stayed bare — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 238, line 19: «The glass hill: she "tried all she could to climb, but wasn't able", so she had to work for iron shoes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2). The right option, 1, 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/1370-pg4018-part30/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Why did the Daimio get so mad at the impostor? - **1.** The neighbor insulted his garden — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He saw the neighbor was a liar — no support - **3.** The ashes went in his eyes and he was blinded by the dust for days — no support - **4.** The ashes went in his eyes — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Lol, so the impostor just lied to the Daimio's face? - **1.** Yep, he bowed low and said "Yes, my Lord, it is all true!" to everyone — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nope, he cried out loudly — no support - **3.** Yep, he said "Yes, my Lord!" — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yep, he bowed and said "Sure!" — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Mate, what did the Daimio give the real old man to drink? - **1.** A warm rice wine in a jug — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** Some green tea in a bowl — score 0 - **3.** The very best SAKE in a golden wine cup, served with plum cakes — no support - **4.** The best SAKE in a wine cup — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1370, line 16: «The reward: the Daimio gave the old man "much silver and gold," so he became rich in his old age.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1); the same doer «daimio» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Ngl, the Knight was proper stressed, wasn't he? - **1.** Yeah, he was quite annoyed — no support - **2.** Yeah, he was sore perplexed and totally lost for the whole day long — score 3 - **3.** Yeah, he was sore perplexed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Yeah, he was sore worried — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 130, line 15: «Old word: "bewildered" means very confused or puzzled, so the Knight was "bewildered at her great beauty" and could not think straight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bewilder» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Where's the dragon king's palace then, under the sea? - **1.** At the bottom of the sea, surrounded by coral gardens and glowing fish — no support - **2.** Up in the mountain sky — score 9 - **3.** At the bottom of the sea — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **4.** At the bottom of the sea, surrounded by coral gardens and glowing fish and pearls — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1370, line 18: «Where the Dragon King lives: "The Palace of Rin Jin was at the bottom of the sea," with walls of coral.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «palace» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «bottom» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Was the Dragon King happy, or was he moping on his own? - **1.** Nope, he was cheerful — no support - **2.** He was moping, he reigned alone — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** He was bored, he ruled with pride — score 5 - **4.** He was happy — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 795, line 17: «What she gets back: "her lost soul," and she is brought into the church, where she says she is happy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «child» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). 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/1370-pg4018-part30/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Was the dragon wife's scale colour proper green? - **1.** Glittering green like summer beetle wings — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Glittering green like summer beetle wings with a silver shine underneath — no support - **3.** Shimmering silver like autumn moonlight — no support - **4.** Glittering green like summer beetle wings, with a silver shine underneath — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Did the old man get the ashes off his neighbor for free, like? - **1.** Nope, he paid gold — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Yeah, he begged and the neighbor refused it — score 5 - **3.** Nah, he paid with a sack of rice and coins — score 5 - **4.** Yeah, he asked and the neighbor said yes — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1370, line 4: «The old man climbs the dead tree, scatters the ashes, and it bursts into full bloom, so the Daimio rewards him and gives him a new name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «old man» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} Why did the old man want the ashes, like, what's the reason? - **1.** To feed birds — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** To remember his dog — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** To honor his old cat — no support - **4.** To find a pet — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which action of the old man restores the withered cherry tree to bloom in the Daimio's garden? - **1.** Scattering the ashes over the branches from the fork of the tree — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Pouring the sake over the roots from the base of the pond — no support - **3.** Scattering the ashes over every branch of the tree from the very top of the fork and the pond — score 2 - **4.** Scattering the ashes over every branch of the tree from the very top of the fork in the pond — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1370, line 4: «The old man climbs the dead tree, scatters the ashes, and it bursts into full bloom, so the Daimio rewards him and gives him a new name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «ashes» (+4). Against it: the same action «scatter» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} What is the principal consequence of the neighbor's deception before the Daimio? - **1.** A fine — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** His public whipping in the garden — no support - **3.** His imprisonment as an impostor — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** His beheading before the court — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} In what season did the old man's garden first burst into bloom? - **1.** Spring — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Mid summer — no support - **3.** Dusk — no support - **4.** Late autumn — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which ruler is introduced at the opening of the second tale? - **1.** A Fox Spirit — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Rin Jin, the Dragon King of the Sea — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** The Sea Witch — no support - **4.** Kin Jun, the Tiger Lord of 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/e4/) - ← previous: [1369. 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