Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10: the hungry wolf and the cunning fox plan a feast of cheese, and the fox tricks the wolf into the bucket

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1144 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 ✓

yo, the wolf was SO starving, bro, he couldn't even catch no rabbits lol

1. true, the rabbits were too quick — score 3
2. true, the rabbits had burrowed deep and the old wolf's legs gave out on the frozen ground — no support
3. yeah, he was lazy and never hunted at all — score 1
4. true, the old wolf was too slow for them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 579, line 11: «Brer Wolf takes him at his word and drives up the cattle, and kills Brer Rabbit's best cow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «brer wolf» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv the fox was lowkey lying about being ill, innit?

1. she was faking, yeah, to fool him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. nah she was properly poorly, coughing and shivering so the wolf would feel sorry for her — no support
3. she was playing it up to trick the wolf — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she was sick, she couldn't help it at all — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 700, line 13: «How the fox fakes death: he lies "at full length on the ground" and keeps his tongue hanging out.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «fake» (+2); the same doer «fox» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

and the wolf said "one wolf does not bite another," like, what a clown

1. it's a old saying the wolves used when they wanted to stop fighting over the scraps from the farm — no support
2. it's a proverb about not biting your mates — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he was quoting a rule about hunting — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. it's a rule about who gets the cheese first — 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 1144, line 10: «The wolf quotes the proverb "One wolf does not bite another," which means wolves should not hurt each other.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «quote» (+2); the same doer «wolf» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

the fox said charity begins at home, so basically the wolf was being selfish

1. yeah, he didn't care about her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he was greedy — no support
3. yeah, he put his own tummy first — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, he shared with the cubs — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

the dogs were going mad with barking, mate, ya couldn't sneak past them

1. so they hid in the shadow till it stopped — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. so they waited behind the wall — score 1
3. so they barked back at the dogs — no support
4. they crept past when no one looked — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 374, line 14: «The Dog hides the truth at first, saying "Nothing at all" and "Oh, just a trifle!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so the moon in the water looked like a massive cheese, proper daft

1. the wolf knew it was the moon but still wanted to believe the cheese was real and near — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the wolf thought it was really cheese — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the fox knew it was only a reflection — no support
4. the wolf saw the moon and laughed — 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 ✗

the wolf was like "that's your game?" and the fox was like "nah, you go down"

1. the wolf refused and then the fox pushed him into the bucket by mistake while they argued — score 3
2. the wolf was too clever for her — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. the wolf ran away from the well — score 1
4. the fox tricked him into the bucket — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 369, line 13: «The Cock admits he feels "a queer, fluttery feeling inside him", because "he was very much afraid of the Fox".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «cock» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

the fox was dead chill about it all, she said "of course I will go down"

1. she had no idea how she would get out but trusted that the wolf would be too greedy to notice — score 1
2. she didn't think about it much — no support
3. she was sure the wolf would wait — no support
4. she had planned her escape already — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1144, line 5: «The fox tells the wolf to go down the bucket first, and she has already planned how to save herself.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «plan» (+2); the same doer «fox» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

the wolf was dead hungry, mate, and the fox was just thin as a rake

1. her cubs had eaten all her food — no support
2. she had grown thin because she gave all her food to the cubs and never ate herself at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. she had gone thin from hunger too — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. she had been hunting all week — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1144, line 2: «He meets the fox, who is thin and ill, and she tells him about a rich man's cheeses hidden in a dry well.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

so the fox was saying the cheese was ages old, like it was in a well

1. the well had been dry for years — no support
2. it was kept in an old well, dry now — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. the cheese had been hidden in the well by the farmer's wife many winters ago and forgotten — no support
4. the cheese was made fresh that morning — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1144, line 13: «The fox says there is a rich man whose cheeses are kept "in an old well, now dry, in his courtyard."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «old well» (+4); the same action «keep» (+3); the same thing acted on «cheeses» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the wolf said he couldn't wait much longer, he was so hangry, yeah

1. he was angry — no support
2. he wanted to go home — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. he wanted to eat now — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. he was tired — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 615, line 12: «The wolves are sick of "lawlessness" and want to be "the Free People once more."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

the fox's babies were crying, so she was like "I need food for them"

1. her cubs had already gone hunting — no support
2. she had little ones at home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the cubs were waiting in the den — no support
4. her pups were hiding in the den — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 906, line 14: «Where: the desert near Fezzan, where the men draw a square in the sand and write "a few words out of the Koran".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «men» (+3); the same thing acted on «few words» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

so that's why the wolf got in the bucket, bro, the fox played him

1. the fox pushed him down the well — score 1
2. he trusted the cheese too much — score 1
3. the moon showed him the way — no support
4. she tricked him with the moon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 704, line 14: «fact: The youth cannot do it, because he "had never been trained either as a smith or a joiner."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+3); the same thing acted on «fact» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which proverb does the wolf quote, and what does it signify in the context of the narrative?

1. A saying about hunger — score 1
2. A warning about the moon — score 1
3. "One wolf does not bite another," signifying mutual forbearance among wolves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. "Charity begins at home," signifying that a wolf should first provide for his own family and kin — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1144, line 10: «The wolf quotes the proverb "One wolf does not bite another," which means wolves should not hurt each other.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bite» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «another» (-1); the same doer «one wolf» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the significance of the moon's reflection in the water for the plot?

1. It shows the wolf the way down into the village at night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It warns the wolf of the coming storm — no support
3. It shows the fox's hunger — no support
4. It deceives the wolf into believing a cheese lies below — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Why does the fox ask the wolf to descend the well first?

1. So the wolf can check the depth of the water before she goes — no support
2. To show her courage — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. To let the wolf go first and show her the way down — score 2
4. To secure the wolf's entrapment while she escapes — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1144, line 4: «At the courtyard they find the well, and the fox points to the moon's reflection in the water and calls it a cheese.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «point» (+1); the same doer «fox» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal moral conveyed by the fox's conduct in this passage?

1. Kindness to strangers is always repaid in full — no support
2. Those who are hungry should share their food with others, for the wolf who refused to help was punished — score -6
3. Cunning may overcome brute strength and appetite — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Foxes should never trust wolves at all — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 140, line 12: «Why: the Fox without a tail hopes his plan will "divert attention from his own loss".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hope» (+2). Against it: the same doer «fox» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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