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title: Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 724 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 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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# Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich

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

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Lesson 724 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/724-pg2435-part64/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Bruh, why did the old man even keep that rusty kettle, was it lowkey sus?

- **1.** he thought it was useful — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** he wanted a spare one — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** it looked kind of cool — no support
- **4.** he was a collector who loved old rusty things and wanted the whole set — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 697, line 1: «The youth guesses right, so the ogress keeps her word and lets him choose three rewards.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. 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/724-pg2435-part64/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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No cap, what did the tanuki do when it got loose in the house?

- **1.** it sprinted around the room fast — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** it climbed the wall like a monkey — no support
- **3.** ran up the walls like a kitten — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** it leapt onto the high shelf — 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/724-pg2435-part64/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Was Jimmu's sleep totally ruined by the kettle, or nah?

- **1.** yes, a tanuki kept jumping around — no support
- **2.** yes, the kettle turned into a tanuki — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** yes, the kettle kept changing shape — score 5
- **4.** yes, the kettle turned into a tanuki every night and he could never get any proper rest at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 724, line 4: «When Jimmu opens the chest, only the kettle is there, and at night it becomes a tanuki again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «become» (+3); the same doer «kettle» (+2); the same property (+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/724-pg2435-part64/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Was the booth show a W or an L for Jimmu?

- **1.** a huge W, he got rich — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a small loss, sadly — no support
- **3.** a loss — no support
- **4.** an L at first, but later it turned into a W after the show ended — 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/724-pg2435-part64/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Be real, did Jimmu keep all the gold or give some back?

- **1.** he gave the seller a hundred pieces — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he returned a few coins only — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** he gave the seller a hundred pieces of gold and kept the rest for his family and the village — no support
- **4.** he kept most of the gold but gave the seller a hundred pieces as a thank-you present — 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 724, line 18: «Why: Jimmu gives back the kettle because he thinks he owes some of his wealth to the man who sold it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give back» (+3); the same doer «jimmu» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). 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/724-pg2435-part64/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Ngl, what did the tanuki do on the balcony?

- **1.** turned somersaults for fun — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** it sat still — no support
- **3.** it slept — no support
- **4.** turned somersaults for fun and then climbed up the balcony rail to show off to the crowd below — 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/724-pg2435-part64/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Hold up, how did the neighbour help out?

- **1.** he caught the tanuki — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he went to the house with a big net and caught the tanuki after a long chase through the yard — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** he sent for help from the village and then caught the tanuki with his strong bare hands — no support
- **4.** he watched from outside — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. 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 circumstance (+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/724-pg2435-part64/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Lol, what did the friend tell Jimmu to do first?

- **1.** feed the tanuki — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** ask the neighbours for money — no support
- **3.** close the shop for the day — no support
- **4.** ask the tanuki's permission — **✓ 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/724-pg2435-part64/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Wait, is the kettle cursed or what?

- **1.** yes, it is a haunted kettle — no support
- **2.** it is a wonder-working magic kettle — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** it is not cursed at all, just a very old kettle that was found in the corner of a dusty room — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** it is a cursed haunted kettle now — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 724, line 8: «The kettle is found in "the corner" of the room, where it "could not have seen the light of day for many years".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same place «corner» (+3); the same thing acted on «kettle» (+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/724-pg2435-part64/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Fr, what did the people do during the show?

- **1.** they all cheered — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** they sang — no support
- **3.** they danced too — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** they left — 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/724-pg2435-part64/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Yo, what did Jimmu's honest move look like?

- **1.** he returned the kettle with gold, paying the seller back for all the good luck it had brought him — score 9
- **2.** he returned the kettle with gold — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** he gave the kettle to the poor — score 5
- **4.** he went to the seller's house, returned the kettle, and begged him to take a large share of the money — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 724, line 18: «Why: Jimmu gives back the kettle because he thinks he owes some of his wealth to the man who sold it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jimmu» (+4); the same action «give back» (+3); the same thing acted on «kettle» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/724-pg2435-part64/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Is the ending happy or sad, bro?

- **1.** they fought and parted ways — no support
- **2.** they lived happily till old age — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** the two men lost everything in a fire, but they stayed friends and lived happily till old age — score 3
- **4.** they died very poor — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 120, line 21: «The ending: "they lived happily together all their lives", and then "THE SIX SWANS" begins with a lost king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/724-pg2435-part64/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Real talk, what did the child do when passing by?

- **1.** was sent running through the village square to fetch Jimmu from his shop by the river — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** stopped to watch the tanuki dance, then was sent to fetch Jimmu for the show — score 0
- **3.** waved at the old man — score 6
- **4.** was sent to fetch Jimmu — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 317, line 5: «The sun's golden arrows point the way, and the children greet the island like an old friend until night makes it dark and frightening.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «children» (+1). 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/724-pg2435-part64/t13/)

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

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What was the nature of the bargain concluded between the old man and the tradesman Jimmu?

- **1.** a trade of the kettle for a cart of rice and a horse, arranged in front of the whole village — score 2
- **2.** a sale in which the old man gave the kettle to Jimmu for free, as a gift to a friend of the family — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** a loan repaid later with some interest — no support
- **4.** a sale at a price settled by bargaining — **✓ 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 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 724, line 15: «In the booth, the people pass the kettle from hand to hand, and then the tanuki dances for them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/724-pg2435-part64/e1/)

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

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In what manner did the proprietor of the booth conduct the public exhibition?

- **1.** by inviting spectators to inspect the object — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** by letting visitors touch the kettle freely — no support
- **3.** by sending the crowd home each night and bringing the kettle back to the booth the next morning — no support
- **4.** by leading the crowd up to a raised stage and asking each visitor to inspect the object with care, slowly — 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/724-pg2435-part64/e2/)

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

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Which quality of character is ascribed to Jimmu upon his return of the sum to the seller?

- **1.** generosity — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** great honesty and a sense of fairness towards others — no support
- **3.** a deep and steady sense of duty to his family and friends — no support
- **4.** integrity — **✓ 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/724-pg2435-part64/e3/)

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

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What was the ultimate fate of the two principal parties?

- **1.** They retired to a quiet village — no support
- **2.** They both died in their sleep many years later, surrounded by children and grandchildren in their large family house by the sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** They lived to great old age, were honored by the emperor, and their names were remembered in songs for generations — score 0
- **4.** They died in old age, esteemed by all — **✓ 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 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 64, line 2: «Then faster, and faster. When they call «Be careful, washerwoman!» Toad loses his head. He pins the driver down with his elbow, goes full speed and shouts who…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). 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/724-pg2435-part64/e4/)

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