Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 140 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 ✗

Oi, why'd the Lion and the Boar stop scrapping, innit?

1. Vultures were sat on a rock at the edge of the field, waiting for one of them to finally fall over dead — no support
2. Vultures were sat on a rock, waiting — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Some vultures had come down from the hills and were sitting in a tree, quietly waiting for their chance to eat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Hunters were sat on a hill, waiting — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 6: ««Shu-ya-las, ya maru» means «Sky-water ending. River come to», or «the rain is stopping, come down to the river».», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come down» (+4); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the Walnut-tree was getting battered, right?

1. Folk built a fire under it and chucked sticks and stones at its branches until the bark was burnt — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Folk came every autumn with long poles and chucked sticks and stones at its branches to get the nuts down — no support
3. Folk threw rocks at its roots — no support
4. Folk chucked sticks and stones at its branches — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 108, line 8: «What: the thieves make a fire under the tree to "prepare to share their booty," and Fred collects stones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «fire» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, in the Man and Lion thing, who won the argument?

1. Neither, they both gave up — no support
2. The Man, obviously, won it — no support
3. Neither, they just kept on going at it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The Man won, because the statue he had carved was obviously the best evidence of the matter — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 104, line 16: «The King's word: "You have won the castle, and shall marry my daughter."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «word» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, why'd the Tortoise get dropped out the sky?

1. He begged the Eagle to take him to the top of the mountain so he could see the view from the air — score 5
2. He begged the Hawk to teach him swimming — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. He begged the Eagle to teach him flying — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. He begged the Eagle to carry him — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 82, line 3: «Hedgehog says «you can scoop me out of my shell», so Jaguar thinks he must be Tortoise and grabs him. His paw fills with prickles, and Hedgehog flies off into…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jaguar» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same receiver «tortoise» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, the Kid was taking the mick out of the Wolf, yeah?

1. From a stall, cos he could smell the hay — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. From a tree — no support
3. From a roof — no support
4. From a roof, cos he could reach the grass — ✓ 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

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Fox lose his tail, or was he just being a tool?

1. He lost it in a fight, then wanted others cut — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He grew it back, then wanted others cut — score 7
3. He lost it in a trap set by the farmers, and then he wanted the other foxes to cut theirs off too — score 8
4. He lost it in a trap, then wanted others cut — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 140, line 4: «A Kid jeers at a Wolf from a roof, a Fox who lost his tail tries to make the others cut theirs, and a Jackdaw in borrowed feathers gets caught.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+4); the same action «lose» (+2); the same thing acted on «tail» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for the Jackdaw, what happened to him?

1. The other birds found out he had borrowed the gaudy feathers and plucked them all off, leaving him bare — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. The birds tore his borrowed plumes off — no support
3. The birds pulled off his borrowed feathers — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The birds all flew away from him in disgust and he was left alone on the branch with no friends at all — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 140, line 11: «Why: the Jackdaw waits until the others have gone before he takes their feathers, since he knows "with his ugly plumage" he has no chance.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jackdaw» (+4); the same thing acted on «feathers» (+2); 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

The Dog just said he was ready, right?

1. He was ready and eager, and he waited by the gate for the rest of the pack to come along the path — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He was ready, and waited for his master — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He was ready, and ran away from his master — score 5
4. He was hungry, and waited for food — score 4

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 93, line 4: «Next night the Woman dries sweet grass, plaits a halter and makes the Second Singing Magic. Wild Horse comes for the grass, bends his head for the halter and b…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «wild horse» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Who did the shipwrecked bloke blame, bruv?

1. The Sea, till the Sea blamed the Winds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The Winds, till the Sea blamed the Sky — score 5
3. The Ship's captain, and then the Sea, because the captain had sailed into the storm on purpose — no support
4. The Sea at first, till the Sea pointed out that the Winds were the ones who had really whipped it up — score 1

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 140, line 5: «A Traveller's Dog, a Sea blamed by a shipwrecked man, a Boar, Mercury, a Fawn and a Fox and Lion each teach a small lesson in turn.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «blame» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «sea» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the Boar sharpening his tusks, mate?

1. Because danger was gone and he was bored — no support
2. In case danger came — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. To look fierce — score 4
4. In case danger came and he had no time — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 140, line 9: «Why: the Lion and the Boar make up because they see vultures waiting to feed on a carcase.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lion» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why did Mercury go into that studio?

1. To find out what the people of the town truly thought of him, and whether they would buy his statue — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. To ask the sculptor to make a new statue of him for the temple in the market square — score 4
3. To find out what folk thought of him — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. To find out what folk paid for statues — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 140, line 16: «Mercury is a god who asks what men think of him, and the Sculptor offers his own statue "for nothing" as a joke.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «men» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the Fawn a coward or what, though?

1. He hid from hounds, so his mum was pleased — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He fought the hounds, so his dad was cross — no support
3. He was brave — no support
4. He ran off from hounds, so his mum was cross — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately describes the outcome of the quarrel between the Lion and the Boar?

1. They reconciled upon perceiving vultures awaiting a carcase — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They continued the quarrel for many days, until the vultures departed and the carcase was eventually left to rot in the sun — no support
3. They reconciled after noticing vultures waiting patiently for one of them to fall, which made them realise their enmity served only the vultures — no support
4. They quarrelled upon perceiving vultures circling a carcase — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the reasoning of the Sea in response to the shipwrecked Man?

1. It attributed the calm to the Winds ceasing — no support
2. It attributed the storms to the Winds, which had lashed it into fury, and claimed it was innocent of any treachery toward the sailors — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. It attributed the wreck to the Man's own foolishness in sailing so far out, and refused to accept any responsibility for the storm at all — no support
4. It attributed the storms to the Winds acting upon it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 138, line 5: «More short tales follow, about Jupiter's ugly baby monkey, the father's bundle of sticks, the proud Lamp, the Owl, the Ass in the lion's skin, the goats' beard…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «boy» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the conduct of the Eagle toward the Tortoise?

1. He yielded to the Tortoise's pleading and lifted him high into the air above the rocks, where he could see the whole valley — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He yielded to threat and lifted the Tortoise down — score 5
3. He pitied the Tortoise's shell and resolved to carry him home to the pond, though he never did so in the end — score 6
4. He yielded to entreaty and lifted the Tortoise aloft — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 140, line 3: «A Tortoise begs an Eagle to teach him to fly, and the Eagle drops him from the sky onto a rock.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «eagle» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose of the Fox's proposal to the other Foxes?

1. To spread attention to his own fortune — no support
2. To divert attention from his own misfortune — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. To hide his tail — no support
4. To deflect blame from his own cunning — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «divert» (+5); the same thing acted on «attention» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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