Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost hook is found in the TAI's throat and returned, and the Hunter stays on in the Sea Palace
Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1367 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 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, who was the TAI's fishy mate who yanked the hook out?
- 1. the cuttlefish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the jellyfish — no support
- 3. the crab — no support
- 4. the eel — 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, what fish was the one with the sore throat, like proper poorly?
- 1. the TAI — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the EBI — no support
- 3. the HIRAME — no support
- 4. the ANAGO — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, so the Happy Hunter was a king's grandson, innit?
- 1. yeah, a sea king's son — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, Amaterasu's grandson — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nah, Amaterasu's brother — no support
- 4. nah, a fisher's son — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, how long did he chill in the Sea Palace?
- 1. two whole years — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. almost thirty whole years in the palace — score 4
- 3. three whole years of feasting by the sea — no support
- 4. three whole years — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 731, line 2: «She tries the spindle, it pricks her, and she falls into a deep sleep that spreads through the whole palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «whole palace» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
No way, what did the Sea King's daughters play for the feast?
- 1. the koto, the Japanese harp played at feasts in Kyoto — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. the biwa, that Japanese lute — score 1
- 3. the koto, that Japanese harp — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. the bamboo flute with five holes and a cord — 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 1082, line 18: «Old words: a "point-band" was a stiff collar, and "hautboys" were early oboes, which were played at the wedding feast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «play» (+1). Against it: the same place «wedding feast» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Dude, did the Hunter wanna go home or stay?
- 1. wanted to go home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. stay — no support
- 3. stayed — no support
- 4. wanted to stay here — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, why did the Hunter feel bad about the TAI?
- 1. he felt guilty only after the brother found out about the hook — no support
- 2. he blamed himself for the trouble — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. he thought the Sea King had blamed him unfairly — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. he felt sorry for the cuttlefish — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1347, line 16: «OLD WORD: "Compunction" means a feeling of guilt or unease, so Urashima feels bad taking yet another gift.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 8 · ★ · right ✓
Bro, what did the TAI do when he got forgiven?
- 1. shook his fins for joy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. he swam off — no support
- 3. clapped his fins at once — no support
- 4. wagged his tail for joy — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Fr, who forgave the TAI in the end?
- 1. Ryn Jin, the Sea King — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the Sun Goddess — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. the Skillful Fisher — score -4
- 4. Tayotama, the eldest princess of the sea — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 512, line 10: «She haunts "sepulchres" and crossroads, and at the end of every month food was left "wherever two roads met" for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ok but who was the Hunter's bro, the one who was salty?
- 1. the Hunter's older brother, who lost his hook — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. the king's grandson, the one who got salty about the hook — score 3
- 3. the Fierce Hunter — no support
- 4. the Skillful Fisher — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1201, line 1: «An old king of the desert tells how all seven of his sons rode to the city of Quimus to win a girl, and every one of them lost his head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); the same doer «one» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Haha, what did the cuttlefish grab to get the hook?
- 1. one of his feelers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. a long tentacle arm — no support
- 3. a sharp beak — no support
- 4. his fin — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1309, line 2: «He grabs everything in the house, sells it, and leaves her with nowhere to go.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what were the Princesses called?
- 1. Otohime the elder and Tamayori-hime the youngest sister of the palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Otohime and Tamashi — no support
- 3. Tayotama and Tamayori — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Tayotama, the sea princess, and Tamayori, the younger one — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what did the Hunter lose in the first place?
- 1. his father's fishing rod — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. his brother's fishing hook — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. his boat — score 8
- 4. his sister's fishing net — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 300, line 3: «Her finger pricks something sharp, and she digs up the pewter soldier lost long ago at the old man's house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «house» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «lose» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, what did the fishes all do when the Sea King called?
- 1. bowed and waited — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. came in, bowed low, and sat down in order — no support
- 3. swam away — no support
- 4. came in and sat down — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the object which the Happy Hunter had lost, and state the place in which it was ultimately discovered.
- 1. a golden hook, in the cuttlefish's arm — no support
- 2. a silver hook, which the cuttlefish pulled from the throat of a fish far away — no support
- 3. a fishing hook, found lodged in the throat of the TAI — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a fishing hook, found stuck in the throat of the red bream TAI — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1282, line 14: «fact: The princess is found "half stifled" but is revived, and then she tells the prince her whole story.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «fact» (+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 · right ✓
State the reason given by the Happy Hunter for the forgiveness of the subject fish, and the name of the judge who granted it.
- 1. He asked for mercy, and the brother agreed — no support
- 2. He blamed the cuttlefish, and the queen granted it — no support
- 3. He was sorry, and the king pardoned — no support
- 4. He blamed himself for the trouble, and Ryn Jin granted the pardon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1237, line 16: «Old word: "beheld" means "saw" or "looked upon," and it is a formal word we rarely use today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «formal word» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Describe the duration of the Happy Hunter's sojourn in the Sea Palace, and the sentiment which increasingly afflicted him.
- 1. two years, accompanied by growing anger — no support
- 2. three years, accompanied by growing homesickness — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. about three years, accompanied by growing homesickness and a longing for his brother — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. nearly two decades, accompanied by growing boredom and an urge to wander the sea — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 254, line 11: «Jack must not stir in bed, for if he does, "you will turn into one of those things yourself."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the musical instrument performed by the Princesses during the feast, and the nation of its origin.
- 1. the KOTO, a Japanese harp of Japanese origin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the flute, of Chinese origin — no support
- 3. the drum, of Chinese origin — no support
- 4. the biwa, a Japanese lute — 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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