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# Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly-Fish, part 31: the jelly fish tricks a monkey into going to the sea

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1371 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/1371-pg4018-part31/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Bro, the Dragon Queen is sick, so what's the cure the doctor wants?

- **1.** a live monkey's liver fresh from the tree — score 2
- **2.** the liver of a live monkey from the island — score 2
- **3.** a live monkey's liver — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** a dried monkey's bone — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1172, line 1: «Becasigue begs the king's court to consult the princess, and the queen rushes to tell Desiree about the sick prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+1); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1371-pg4018-part31/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Ngl, why can't the King's people just grab a monkey themselves?

- **1.** the monkeys are on the island — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** they are too fast — no support
- **3.** monkeys can't swim — no support
- **4.** the monkeys live on dry land — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 609, line 4: «Kaa comes over the west wall and strikes so hard that the monkeys run in terror at his name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «terror» (+3); the same doer «monkeys» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1371-pg4018-part31/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Fr, who did the steward pick for the job?

- **1.** the eel — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** a crab — score 3
- **3.** the sea turtle — score 3
- **4.** the kurage — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 803, line 2: «On the coast the bishop's men pick over a wrecked ship and take whatever the sea has spared.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «pick» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1371-pg4018-part31/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Lowkey, which legs does the jelly fish have?

- **1.** four legs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** eight legs — no support
- **3.** six legs — no support
- **4.** eight legs in total — 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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No cap, how did the jelly fish get to the island?

- **1.** he swam there fast — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** he swam all the way across the strait without stopping at all — no support
- **3.** he swam there very fast across the open water — no support
- **4.** he dove down deep — 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Wait, what was the monkey actually sitting on?

- **1.** a willow limb — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a pine branch — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a high pine branch over the water — no support
- **4.** a thick pine branch hanging over the sea — 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Bro, what was the jelly fish hyping up about the Palace?

- **1.** the sea folk's court — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the wealth of the sea — no support
- **3.** the gardens — no support
- **4.** the beauty and grandeur — **✓ 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Sus, what did the monkey say he couldn't do?

- **1.** float — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** hold on tight — no support
- **3.** swim — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** fly — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1371, line 16: «The ride: the monkey says he "can't swim", so the jelly fish offers to "carry" him on his 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 doer (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1371-pg4018-part31/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Bro, how did the monkey finally get on the jelly fish's back?

- **1.** he was tied on tight — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he slid off the shell — no support
- **3.** he hopped on and held on — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he hopped on and held on tight to the shell — 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Ngl, what was the monkey worried about on the way?

- **1.** falling off the back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** getting wet from waves — no support
- **3.** falling off the back into the deep sea — no support
- **4.** the strong current 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Fr, what does the jelly fish promise to do for the monkey?

- **1.** guide the boat — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **2.** carry him — no support
- **3.** feed him — no support
- **4.** keep him safe — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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 1371, line 19: «Word to know: "land-lubber" is an old sailors' word for someone who lives on land and does not know the sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-3). 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Lowkey, what was the glow on the waves that night?

- **1.** a dim light — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** phosphorescent light — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** bright moonlight — no support
- **4.** a glowing fish sign — 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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No cap, why did the monkey finally come down the tree?

- **1.** he was tricked by the fish — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he did not want to miss any part of the story — no support
- **3.** he heard a friendly call — no support
- **4.** he wanted to hear the story — **✓ 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/1371-pg4018-part31/t13/)

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

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With reference to the passage, state the particular medicine which the attending physician prescribed for the Dragon Queen.

- **1.** a powder of coral from the palace garden — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the liver of a live monkey — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the liver of a dead monkey brought from the forest — no support
- **4.** the heart of a sea turtle — 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/1371-pg4018-part31/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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With reference to the passage, identify the creature which the chief steward selected to undertake the mission.

- **1.** the sea turtle — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a crab — no support
- **3.** the kurage — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the eel — 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/1371-pg4018-part31/e2/)

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

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With reference to the passage, state the locality in which the Monkey Island was situated relative to the Palace.

- **1.** some distance to the south — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** some distance south of the Dragon Palace — no support
- **3.** far beyond the western reef — no support
- **4.** a long way off past the rocks to the south-west — **← Mova's choice** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 508, line 4: «Far off on the rocky island of Delos, the goddess Leto gives birth to Apollo under a palm tree, and the earth smiles and the swans gather round.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-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/1371-pg4018-part31/e3/)

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

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With reference to the passage, state the manner by which the kurage conveyed the monkey across the water.

- **1.** by carrying him upon his back — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** by swimming fast beside him — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** on the back — no support
- **4.** by swimming — 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 1371, line 3: «The jelly fish swims to Monkey Island and finds a monkey sitting on a pine branch.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «swim» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1371-pg4018-part31/e4/)

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