Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook, part 8: a dog is thrown out of a feast, a vain Monkey is trapped, and more short fables
Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 138 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 ✗
Bruh, why'd the cook chuck that dog out the window, innit?
- 1. Coz the strange dog was sitting at the table eating everything in sight and wouldn't leave — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Coz he thought the dog was a thief sent by the neighbours to steal the dinner — no support
- 3. Coz he was well mad a stranger was in his kitchen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Coz the dog was rude to him — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, the monkey got made King just for dancing, right?
- 1. Nah, he cheated and everyone got well fed up — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he danced and everyone got well chuffed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, the lion picked him cos he was clever and tricked all the animals proper — no support
- 4. Yeah, he danced round the whole field and everyone got well chuffed with him — 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 ✗
So the fox played a proper dodgy trick with the meat, yeah?
- 1. Nah, the trap was empty then — no support
- 2. Yeah, it was a trap — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Yeah, the trap was baited to catch the monkey — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, it was baited for the lion — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 138, line 12: «What: the Fox finds a trap with meat in it and calls it "a dainty morsel" he saved for "our King".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+4); the same thing acted on «trap» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Did the thieves want to whack the cock for their scran?
- 1. Yeah, they wanted to wring his neck and cook him up for their supper that night — score 6
- 2. Yeah, they wanted to wring his neck for supper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Nah, they wanted to keep him as a pet and teach him to sing for them — score 6
- 4. Yeah, they wanted to kick him out — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 138, line 3: «Thieves find only a Cock and want to cook him, but he begs for his life by saying he wakes honest men.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «thieves» (+4); the same action «want» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, why's the cock going on about waking folk up?
- 1. He's begging them not to cook him — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. He's begging them to let him go so he can wake up the farmers — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. He's telling them he's the best cock in the whole land and wants a reward — score 5
- 4. He's warning them about the sun — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 138, line 16: «Why: the Cock says he rouses honest men to work, but the Thief replies "Into the pot you go!" because it makes their life harder.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rouse» (+2); the same doer «cock» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, the farmer found gold just with his plough, proper lucky!
- 1. Yeah, he found a whole pot of golden coins buried under the field — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Yeah, a pot of silver — no support
- 3. Nah, a pot of old bones — no support
- 4. Yeah, a pot of golden coins — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 138, line 17: «Who: a Farmer, who finds "a pot of golden coins" and makes a daily offering at the shrine of the Goddess of the Earth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «farmer» (+4); the same action «find» (+2); the same thing acted on «pot» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Fortune get well gutted coz he thanked the Earth?
- 1. Nah, she was happy coz he gave her a lovely offering every single day — no support
- 2. Yeah, she was mad he forgot her — no support
- 3. Yeah, she was proper narked he thanked the Earth and forgot to thank her for the gold — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Yeah, she was narked he forgot her — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 138, line 4: «A Farmer finds gold with his plough and thanks the Earth, so Fortune comes to scold him for forgetting her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «earth» (+4); the same action «thank» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, was the monkey's baby proper ugly or what?
- 1. Nah, it was proper beautiful with a lovely face and hair, but the mum said it was a fright — no support
- 2. Yeah, all bald and flat-nosed and dead ugly, but she still thought it was the best — no support
- 3. Yeah, hairless and flat-nosed, a right fright — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, bald and wrinkly, a right mess — ← Mova's choice · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 12: «Alice sets the pig down and feels "quite relieved" to see it trot away into the wood; she says "If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child:…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+6); the same doer «pig» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
The dad broke the sticks one by one, was that the trick?
- 1. Yeah, the bundle was too strong to break whole so he untied it and broke them one at a time — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he gave each son a single stick and they all snapped them easily without any trouble — no support
- 3. Yeah, the bundle was too strong to break whole — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, the sticks were too hard — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, the lamp reckoned it was brighter than the sun, yeah?
- 1. Nah, the sun took the light — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, then the rain put it out — no support
- 3. Yeah, and then a puff of wind blew it out — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, a gust blew it out — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
The owl was well wise, right, but the birds just laughed at her?
- 1. Yeah, till the storm came — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, till everything came true — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, they believed her in the end — no support
- 4. Yeah, till it rained — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
The ass dressed in a lion skin, proper sly, innit?
- 1. Yeah, and the fox spotted his braying straight off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, the animals were all scared of him and ran off into the woods straight away — no support
- 3. Yeah, the fox saw through him — no support
- 4. Yeah, but the fox spotted his braying and his long ears straight off as he walked up — 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 ✗
Was the sick old lion a dodgy one, bruh?
- 1. Yeah, he ate every visitor who came into the cave, and that's why the footprints all pointed in — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he ate the visitors who came into the cave — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, he was just old and sick and asked everyone to come in for a kind chat about his health — no support
- 4. Yeah, he hunted the animals — 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 ✗
To which animal did the Fox offer a morsel he had discovered in a trap?
- 1. The Cock — no support
- 2. The Ass — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. The Monkey — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. The Lion — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 134, line 16: «How the Fox saves himself: he promises the Lion that the Ass can be caught "without the trouble of stalking him", then leads the Ass into a hidden pit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Upon what grounds did the Fox decline to enter the cave of the aged Lion?
- 1. He saw that the Lion was sick and old, so he decided it was too dangerous to go into the cave anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He observed that all the footprints pointed towards the cave — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. He noticed that all the footprints pointed towards the cave and none came back out again — score 5
- 4. He heard the Lion growling inside — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 133, line 7: «What: he sees "some fine bunches of Grapes" hanging from a vine.», 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 (+3); the same doer «fox» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What principle is set forth as the moral of the tale of the Farmer and Fortune?
- 1. Honesty is the best policy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Gratitude should be shown where gratitude is due — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Greed brings only sorrow — no support
- 4. Those who forget the gods who helped them will be punished by Fortune in the end — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the father demonstrate to his sons the advantage of unity?
- 1. By tying the sticks together and then having the sons break them one by one at the market — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. By having them break sticks one at a time — no support
- 3. By having them break a bundle of sticks while united, then having them break the sticks separately one by one — no support
- 4. By having them break a bundle of sticks united and then separately — ✓ 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
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