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title: Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake old nurse… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1383 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 14 tests right, exam 3 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, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake old nurse steals the arm back from its box

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**Tests:** 6 of 14 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1383 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/1383-pg4018-part43/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Bruh, who actually chopped off the ogre's arm?

- **1.** Watanabe — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Kintoki — score 5
- **3.** Sadamitsu — score 5
- **4.** Raiko — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 237, line 2: «He chops off a leg and then an arm, and the bogles run off crying and leave the ball behind.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «chop off» (+2); the same thing acted on «leg» (+2); 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Yo, where did the big fight go down?

- **1.** At the Gate of Rashomon — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** At the old northern temple gate of the capital — no support
- **3.** In the crowded market square beside the Gate of Rashomon — no support
- **4.** At the Gate of Suzaku — 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Lowkey, what did the ogre do when he was losing?

- **1.** He ran — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He dropped his club — no support
- **3.** He sank into the river — no support
- **4.** He bolted and fled — **✓ 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Ngl, why didn't Watanabe catch him?

- **1.** The horse was too tired — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The ogre was too fast — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Horse was slow — no support
- **4.** The road was too steep — 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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So what did Watanabe bring home, fam?

- **1.** The ogre's head — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The ogre's arm — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Gold coins — no support
- **4.** A bundle of old scrolls and charms — 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Dude, who called him the hero of the crew?

- **1.** The emperor's council of nobles — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** His squad — no support
- **3.** His homies — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** His buddies — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1378, line 17: «Old word: a "prairie" here is a wide plain covered in grass, the kind of place we now call grassland.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1383-pg4018-part43/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Mate, what was the nurse faking at night?

- **1.** Being a long-lost aunt — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Pretending to be a maid — no support
- **3.** Being a nurse — no support
- **4.** Being his old nurse — **✓ 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Real talk, why did the old woman keep begging?

- **1.** Because the ogre had cursed her family for a century — no support
- **2.** She doubted the story — no support
- **3.** She wished to mourn him — no support
- **4.** Her wish was to see it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 278, line 10: «They think he is "talking Russian," so no one understands him, and he feels the whole world is "leagued against" him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «talk» (-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/1383-pg4018-part43/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Bro, where did Watanabe stash the box?

- **1.** In the front hall — score 1
- **2.** Under the bed — score 1
- **3.** In his own room — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Behind the shrine — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1383, line 14: «Why: Watanabe keeps the box in his own room and never lets it "out of his sight".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «watanabe» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «own room» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1383-pg4018-part43/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Oi, how did the ogre get out of the house?

- **1.** He smashed through the roof — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He stormed out through the front gate after breaking the lock with his club — no support
- **3.** He slipped out the window — no support
- **4.** He transformed into smoke and drifted quietly through the cracked shutters — 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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No cap, what did he yell when he grabbed the arm?

- **1.** I have got my arm back again! — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -4
- **2.** My arm is back at last! — no support
- **3.** Fool, you have taken the arm that was mine for a thousand years! — score -6
- **4.** Where is my precious arm? — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -4, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 316, line 17: «Where: the children fly "over the sea", and Michael nearly hits the water, so Peter dives to catch him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «peter» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1383-pg4018-part43/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Lol, what could Kyoto folks do after?

- **1.** Walk out at night without fear — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Walk the bridges at night without any guards or lanterns to fear the ogre — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** Trade in the markets freely — no support
- **4.** Build new homes outside the city walls without any fear of attack at all — 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 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1294, line 5: «His mother sews the wolf into a ram's skin, and the wolf lets it happen, so the three brothers buy it and then lose their sheep.», 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) (-1). 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Yo, what's the old man's problem in the other tale?

- **1.** A boil on his left arm — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A wen on his right cheek — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A swelling on his forehead — no support
- **4.** A huge swelling that hung down over his jaw like a ripe melon — 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Wait, why did the old man head up the hills?

- **1.** For food — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To get firewood for his wife — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** To fetch water — no support
- **4.** To sell charcoal at the market — 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/1383-pg4018-part43/t14/)

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

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Pursuant to the narrative, by whom was the ogre's arm severed?

- **1.** Watanabe — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Raiko — no support
- **3.** Yori — no support
- **4.** Kintoki — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1383, line 3: «Back at the gate, Watanabe finds the ogre's huge arm on the ground and carries it home as a trophy.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «huge arm» (+3); 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/1383-pg4018-part43/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Which option most accurately describes the location of the initial combat?

- **1.** The Gate of Rashomon — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** The old northern temple gate of the capital city — score 1
- **3.** The Gate of Suzaku — score 1
- **4.** The crowded market square beside the Gate of Rashomon — no support

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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 1364, line 18: «Hard word: "barbarous" means cruel and savage, and it is how the monkey describes his master.», 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/1383-pg4018-part43/e2/)

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

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What was the ultimate outcome of the old woman's conduct once the arm was revealed?

- **1.** She revealed her true demon face and vanished into the mountains at night — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She assumed the form of an ogre and fled — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** She transformed into a huge ogre with horns and flew through the roof — no support
- **4.** She tore off her mask and ran outside — 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/1383-pg4018-part43/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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By what means did the ogre depart from the residence?

- **1.** By bursting through the roof — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** By storming out the front gate after breaking the lock with his club — no support
- **3.** By transforming into smoke and drifting through the cracked shutters — no support
- **4.** By climbing down the wall — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1383, line 19: «Where: the ogre bursts through the roof and vanishes "in the mist and clouds".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burst» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1383-pg4018-part43/e4/)

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