Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher, part 25: the brothers swap jobs and the hook is lost

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1365 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.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo so who even came up with swapping jobs?

1. The elder brother — no support
2. the fisher — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. the Happy Hunter — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. his brother — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1365, line 1: «The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher decide to swap jobs, each trying the other's work.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «happy hunter» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruh what did the hunter actually lose?

1. the fishing hook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. his brother's rod — score 1
3. a sword — score 1
4. the bow and arrow — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1365, line 8: «What: the hunter throws the hook "into the sea clumsily" and catches no fish all day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hunter» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «hook» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap how many hooks did he make the first time?

1. three hundred — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. fifty — score 1
3. two hundred — score 1
4. five hundred — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 831, line 16: «OLD WORD: "Consecrate" means to make holy; Anastasia will consecrate the deed of friendship in church.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey which brother was the younger one?

1. the Happy Hunter — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the elder — no support
3. the fisher — no support
4. The elder brother — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1306, line 11: «Why the elder brother is poor: "luck was against them, and at the time of his father's death they had hardly bread to eat."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «elder brother» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so like why was the fisher so salty?

1. he was bad tempered — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he hated his brother and wanted him dead — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. he was always angry and wanted revenge — no support
4. he was quite cruel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1365, line 14: «Why: the fisher secretly plans to "usurp his place as ruler of Japan," because he "had always hated his brother."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hate» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

fr who was that old guy, sus or nah?

1. Shiwozuchino Okina — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nagashima Yoshida — no support
3. Tokoyo Hayakawa — no support
4. Old Man — 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

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

bet what did the old man make for him to ride?

1. a wooden tub — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. a basket — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. a raft — no support
4. a canoe — no support

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 1353, line 19: «Hard word: a "palanquin" was a covered chair carried on poles by men, which rich people rode in long ago instead of walking.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «hard word» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo how fast was the basket going on its own?

1. by a strong tide — no support
2. by its own accord — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. by oars — no support
4. by magic spells — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1365, line 5: «The old man builds him a magic basket, and he rides across the waves towards the Sea King's palace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4). 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

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

lit how long did the trip take?

1. a few hours — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. three hours — no support
3. one day — no support
4. an hour — 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

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

be real, why did the brother want him gone?

1. to take over the whole kingdom of the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. to take the throne — score 2
3. to rule Japan himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. to rule — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1311, line 15: «The brother's post: he must wave the peacock fan, because the royal guards would seize him if he deserted.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «seize» (+1); the same doer «royal guards» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

mid or what, was the hunter any good at fishing?

1. yes, a fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no — no support
3. no, a bungling fisher — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, a clumsy fisher — 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

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

cringe that he broke his sword, right?

1. he broke it and then made hundreds of hooks — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he broke it into pieces — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. he broke it into pieces and gave it away — score 3
4. he broke it into bits — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1160, line 7: «What: Manus breaks swords, but "he bent the sword thrice across his knee but he could not break it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the brother say he wanted back first?

1. the hook and the bow and arrow — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. the hook — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. his brother's golden fishing hook — score 1
4. his sword — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1365, line 4: «On the lonely shore a mysterious old man tells him the hook is lost at sea and sends him to the Sea King.», 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 action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

fam where did the hunter look for it first?

1. on the rocks and sand near the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. all over the rocks and the sandy beach — score 5
3. on the rocks and sand — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. along the rocky beach — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 607, line 6: «Who: Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the Black Panther are the two hunters who go looking for help in this part.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which brother proposed the exchange of occupations?

1. The Skillful Fisher — no support
2. The old man from the sea palace — score -2
3. The Happy Hunter — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The elder brother — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 641, line 15: «St. George says things have changed, since "everything is done by machinery now" as St. Andrew told him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «george» (+1); 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the basket traverse the sea?

1. With magic words — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. By oars — no support
3. By its own accord — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By the current — no support

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 1349, line 21: «Old word: "avenged" means punished for a wrong done to someone; today we might say "got revenge" or "paid them back."», 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 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What demand did the elder brother make before he would forgive the younger?

1. He demanded the return of his bow — no support
2. He insisted on getting his bow back — no support
3. He demanded the return of his hook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He wanted the hook — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1361, line 1: «The dying mother makes her daughter promise to care for her father and to be good.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «dying mother» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

At what location did the old man advise the Happy Hunter to seek assistance?

1. At the realm of the Dragon King under the sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. At the realm of Ryn Gu — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. At the bottom of the sea — no support
4. In the land of Ryn Gu — 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

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