If you tell it directly what the meaning of the text is then I disagree, you've done the hard part. Then it's not beating Pokemon, it's beating the next task on

If you tell it directly what the meaning of the text is then I disagree, you've done the hard part. Then it's not beating Pokemon, it's beating the next task on your list, e.g. 'Go and get this thing from this city and bring it to this person in this city'. The alternative is don't go for teaching it the meaning at all, where there is a functionally zero chance of it randomly taking the plot token to the right place and then realising it can progress further.