--- title: Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Prince Yamato Take, part 1: a pri… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1376 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 1 of 14 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/1376-pg4018-part36/) [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/) / 1376 # Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Prince Yamato Take, part 1: a prince dresses as a lady to trick and slay a rebel chief **Tests:** 1 of 14 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1376 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/1376-pg4018-part36/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo wait, the prince dressed up as a lady?? - **1.** Nope, just a regular dude — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, full lady look, fr — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, dude — no support - **4.** Yeah, 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/1376-pg4018-part36/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} how did the bros not clock him tho? - **1.** Bro, they were so wasted on wine and music that the lady could've been anyone, the whole tent just said yes — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Lowkey they never even looked up at him — no support - **3.** They were totally drunk off the wine and the girls, so they didn't even bother checking who was walking in, no cap — no support - **4.** They were too vibin' on wine, no cap — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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/1376-pg4018-part36/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} was kumaso actually thirsty or what? - **1.** Chugging cups like it's a party — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Drinking like it's his job — no support - **3.** Yeah, he downed like a dozen jars of wine and then passed out right by the fire pit — no support - **4.** Just sipping, chill — no support **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/1376-pg4018-part36/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} so the sword got a new name cuz of grass? - **1.** Nah, it stayed the same — no support - **2.** Nah, it was called sword of grass — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** Nope, lost it — no support - **4.** Yup, grass-cleaving, that's the tea — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 670, line 17: «Old word: a "scabbard" is the case that holds a sword; today we call it a sheath.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+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/1376-pg4018-part36/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} ngl, what did takeru do when it went south? - **1.** He tried — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Ran away — no support - **3.** Tried to dip out the tent — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Went for the back door fast — no support **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/1376-pg4018-part36/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} was yamato a kid or nah? - **1.** Maybe like twelve, a kid — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Thirty, a whole adult dude — no support - **3.** Young, like ten — no support - **4.** Sixteen, grown by the rules — **✓ 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/1376-pg4018-part36/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} bro was lowkey lethal, right? - **1.** Honestly, just a normal dude — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Dude stabbed him so clean — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, not really — no support - **4.** Kinda, he was a sneaky guy — no support **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/1376-pg4018-part36/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} wait, the prince's aunt gave him a fancy robe? - **1.** Nah, a plain old rope, no charm — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Yup, she gave him a gorgeous robe and also a sword and a horse, plus a whole bag of gold coins — score 4 - **3.** Yep, a gorgeous one, lucky charm — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yep, a super fancy gorgeous robe with a dragon stitched in gold, the best gift ever, lucky charm for real — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1041, line 20: «Old word: "clann-Morna" means the children, or family, of Morna; "clann" is the old Irish word that gives us our word "clan" today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old irish word» (+2); the same property (+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/1376-pg4018-part36/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} the brothers thought they were the strongest, lol? - **1.** Yeah, kinda — no support - **2.** Yeah, they thought so, lol — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** Yeah, till the prince showed up — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nah, they were weak — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1130, line 9: «Why does the rich brother set out? He thinks his brother "has nothing to eat," so he bakes "a good store of fat pancakes."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «brother» (+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/1376-pg4018-part36/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} so the hare story ended with a wedding? - **1.** Nope, the hare ran off — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, they split — no support - **3.** Yup, the god and hare got hitched — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nah, the god got a new wife — 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/1376-pg4018-part36/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} so who even is this prince dude? - **1.** The king's brother, Takeru — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Emperor Keiko's son, Yamato — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** The emperor — no support - **4.** A rebel named Kumaso — no support **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/1376-pg4018-part36/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} did yamato drop his weapon or nah? - **1.** Yeah, dropped it — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Nah, he had a dagger hidden — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah, he threw the sword away — score -4 - **4.** Nope, no weapon — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1055, line 4: «Fergus True-Lips chants so loudly that the men drop their weapons, and a truce is made, but Fionn insists on judgement by the king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+2). 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/1376-pg4018-part36/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} so the prince said he's an avenger of evil? - **1.** Yup, he said he was the avenger of evil and that he would bring death to every rebel in the land — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Nah, just a guard — no support - **3.** Nope, a friend of the rebels — no support - **4.** Yup, bringing death to rebels — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1292, line 8: «Where: he comes out of a "big lime-kiln" into a land with "a wood, and green fields, and a castle in a lawn".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «land» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1376-pg4018-part36/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} is this the end of the whole story then? - **1.** Yep, it's over — score 2 - **2.** Nah, the hare tale goes on — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** Nah, the prince's tale goes on — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Nope, all done — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «happen» (+2); the same doer «story» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1376-pg4018-part36/t14/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which concealed implement did the Prince carry upon his person when he approached the rebel encampment in disguise? - **1.** A bow strapped to his waist — no support - **2.** A short sword tucked in his sash — no support - **3.** A dagger hidden within his silk gown — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A long curved dagger carried openly in his belt beneath a sheath of plain wood and leather — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1304, line 17: «Father Florence Conry writes verses about the dancing fish, which were, in his words, "Determined on dancing".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «words» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). 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/1376-pg4018-part36/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which object did Ototachibana present to the Prince so that he might examine the completed appearance of his disguise? - **1.** A silver jewel, which she polished — no support - **2.** Her mirror, to look at his face — no support - **3.** Her mirror, in which he regarded himself — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A gold necklace from the palace, which she held up so that he could see how the disguise looked on his neck — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1173, line 5: «The prince shoots at the doe in a clearing and misses, and the next morning he searches the wrong part of the forest because she has gone the other way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «search» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-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/1376-pg4018-part36/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following statements accurately describes the manner in which the rebel chief Kumaso was ultimately slain? - **1.** He was stabbed through the chest with a dagger that the prince had hidden in his robe, after he had drunk himself senseless — score 1 - **2.** He was stabbed with a concealed dagger — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He was run through by a sword that the prince had hidden inside a wooden staff, after the wine had made him weak — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** He was struck down by a thrown spear — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1352, line 2: «Lord Raiko makes Kintaro a vassal, then chief of the Four Braves, the strongest of them all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «vassal chief» (+4). Against it: the same action «make» (-1); 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/1376-pg4018-part36/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Which of the following accurately identifies the title by which the Prince announced his lineage and authority to the dying brigand Takeru? - **1.** Son of the Emperor, noble — no support - **2.** Son of the King, avenger of evil — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Prince of the Realm, the Mighty — score 4 - **4.** Son of the King of the Sea, avenger of evil and the sword-bearer of the gods of Izumo and Ise — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1281, line 2: «The prince confesses that he swore to marry the old woman, but the king insists he must keep his word.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1376-pg4018-part36/e4/) - ← previous: [1375. Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1375-pg4018-part35/) - next →: [1378. Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1378-pg4018-part38/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)