African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and the Monkey, part 60: the tortoise tricks the fox and the stag, and the monkey cheats the barber and the villagers

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1259 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 did u see the tortoise make that stag run till he croaked?

1. nah, the stag beat him fair and square in the end of the race — score 0
2. the tortoise cheated him with his cousins under the ferns — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. yeah, the tortoise sneaked past the stag by hiding in the ferns — score 2
4. nah, he just ran fast — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 384, line 13: «When he wakes, he runs "as fast as he could", but the Tortoise has already reached the goal.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+2); the same doer «tortoise» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

no way the fox starved in his hole, bruh?

1. nah, he ate well — score 2
2. he did not, the fox got fed by the monkey — no support
3. he did, the tortoise never brought him a bird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. nah, the tortoise brought him fruit each day — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1259, line 2: «Then the fox hides in a hole, the tortoise never brings him a bird, and the fox dies of hunger.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «fox» (+3); the same action «bring» (+2); the same doer «tortoise» (+1); the same thing acted on «bird» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the monkey stole the barber's razor, right?

1. yeah, and then he nicked a sardine and a barrel too — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. yeah, and he took the razor, then the sardine from the woman, and then the barrel from the baker too — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. nah, the barber kept the razor and sold the sardine — no support
4. nah, the monkey gave the razor back to the barber after the woman cried and begged him to stop — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1259, line 13: «The monkey takes the barber's razor, and "no one in the forest could be shaved for days."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «monkey» (+3); the same action «take» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «razor» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol the monkey swapped a razor for a fish, that's wild

1. he did, and the baker got the fish — no support
2. nah, the woman got a bigger fish for the razor and she was happy about the whole deal — score 0
3. he did, and the woman lost the razor — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he did, and the woman lost the razor when the monkey ran off with it up the palm tree — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1259, line 4: «The monkey pays a barber with a snip of his tail, then swaps razor, sardine, fish, and meal, each time taking more.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «monkey» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait the monkey took a little girl, that's messed up fam

1. nah, the monkeys sent her back home safe — score 4
2. he did, and she cried all the way home to her mother — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. nah, she ran home — score 2
4. he did, but she went up the palm tree and learned to swing — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1254, line 11: «The king cannot kill him openly, because "Everyone would call him a tyrant if he were to give such an order".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «king» (+3); the same action «call» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

be real, did the tortoise really win the race or nah?

1. he won, the stag dropped dead on the grass — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he lost, the stag ran off to the river — no support
3. he won, because his cousins fooled the stag into running himself to death on the grass — no support
4. nah, the stag won the race fair, but then he died of a broken heart later — ← Mova's choice · 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 578, line 1: «Brer Terrapin wins Miss Meadows's money race by tying the bag round his neck and running home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «win» (+2). Against it: a different doer (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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok but why did the fox trot off with no fruit?

1. the fruit wasn't ripe, he said, but he hoped the tortoise would starve — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. he was just lazy — no support
3. the fruit wasn't ripe — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. he said the trees were bare, but he planned to bring a bird later on — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1259, line 9: «Why: the fox wants the tortoise to die of hunger, so he says "the fruit is not ripe enough yet for you to eat."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fruit» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

is the monkey the sneakiest one in the forest, like, for real?

1. yep, quicker on his feet and hands than the rest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yep, super sneaky — no support
3. nah, he's slow — no support
4. yep, he's quick and sly, always up to something — 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 ✗

what's the deal with the barber's tail snip?

1. the monkey stormed off, roaring for his razor back while the barber laughed at him from the shop door — no support
2. the monkey stormed off, roaring for his razor, and then he came back to steal a whole basket of fish — no support
3. the monkey stormed off, roaring for his razor — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the barber cut him and he laughed it off — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1207, line 8: «The deal: the king says the prince must "submit yourself to death" once he has heard the answer, and the prince agrees.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «deal» (+1). 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

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

the baker really ate the fish, didn't he, dude?

1. nah, the monkey stole the fish from his plate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. nah, the monkey took the fish, and then the baker chased him all the way back to the palm tree — score 4
3. he did, and then he gave the monkey a barrel — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. he did, and then he gave the monkey a cake — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1042, line 9: «fact: Why: Finegas leaves so that Fionn may eat the fish "if you felt you had to", to test whether the boy will keep his word.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the kids baked cakes on rocks, yeah?

1. yeah, on rocks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, flat stones, and they thought the cakes were the best — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, flat stones, and they thought the cakes were the best, until the monkey grabbed the prettiest girl from the crowd — no support
4. yeah, flat stones, and the cakes were kinda burnt — 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 ✗

Question: With reference to the passage, identify the means by which the tortoise secured his victory over the stag.

1. He used the sun's rays as a signal, hid his relatives along the course, and let each of them answer the stag so that the stag was fooled into racing to death — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He placed his relatives on the course so the stag thought each was the tortoise — score 0
3. He concealed his kinsmen along the course so that each was taken to be the tortoise himself — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. He secretly hid his kinsmen at every stage of the course, so that the stag believed each one he met was the tortoise himself, and he won by trickery — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1259, line 3: «Later the tortoise races a stag, having his brothers and cousins hidden along the course to answer "I am close up to you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Question: With reference to the passage, state the consequence of the monkey's repeated exchanges of goods.

1. He acquired the little girl, whom he carried off to his palm tree — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He acquired a barrel of meal and the little girl, and he then gave up his razor to the barber as a gift — no support
3. He gained a barrel of meal, which he carried off to his tree — score 0
4. He won a bowl of fish, which he carried off to the forest for a feast — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 663, line 13: «The prince answers the question "Tell me, what sort of man are you?" by saying he is "not dumb," which is an old word for unable to speak.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «old word» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Question: With reference to the passage, describe the arrangement made between the tortoise and the fox at the outset.

1. The fox would lie buried in the earth, and the tortoise would bring him fruit daily — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The tortoise was to hide in a hole for seven years while the fox fetched him fresh fruit, and the fox would then starve if he failed — score 3
3. Each agreed to lie buried for seven years in a hole, with the other bringing him food every day until the time was up completely — score 5
4. Each agreed to lie buried for seven years, the other to supply him with food — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1259, line 7: «What: the tortoise and the fox make a bargain to "lie buried in the ground during seven years."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bury» (+4); the same doer «tortoise» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Question: With reference to the passage, explain why the fox failed to provide the promised fruit.

1. He falsely claimed the fruit was unripe, hoping the tortoise would perish — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He falsely claimed the fruit was unripe, though he had eaten it all himself, hoping the tortoise would perish in the hole — score 2
3. He lied that the fruit was green, hoping the tortoise would die — score 2
4. He said the trees were not yet fruiting, hoping his friend would die — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 589, line 13: «The old man offers to be the boy's "hoss," a horse to carry him, and he says he "speck" he is not too old for that.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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