Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog is fed only when the work stops

Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 4 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 141 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 ✓

Bruh, the Blacksmith's dog is lowkey the most relatable creature ever, right?

1. He hammers while the smith is napping — no support
2. He sleeps through the hammering until dinner — score 6
3. He naps during the hammering and only wakes up when someone offers him food or a warm bone — score 6
4. He naps during the hammering and wakes up for food — ← 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 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 141, line 2: «The master pretends to be cross, throws him a bone, and says that a lazy dog who does not work does not deserve food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lazy dog» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, the stag was so full of himself in that pool, fr?

1. He admired his antlers and hated his skinny legs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He praised his legs and scorned his antlers — no support
3. He admired his antlers and hated his skinny legs, which later carried him fast away from the hounds — score 3
4. He admired his antlers and hated his skinny legs, until the lion came out of the wood — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 141, line 3: «A thirsty Stag admires his big antlers in a pool but hates his thin legs, then a Lion chases him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «hate» (+3); the same thing acted on «thin legs» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

No cap, the dog with the meat was so dumb, innit?

1. He dropped his meat for a reflection — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He swam across for a bigger piece — no support
3. He dropped his meat for a reflection he thought was a rival dog stealing it from the stream — no support
4. He dropped his meat for a reflection, then tried to bark at the other dog until he lost his balance and fell — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, which one of the tradesmen is the biggest liar, sus?

1. The mercer, because he got the first lies — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The horse-dealer, because he got the last of the lies — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The horse-dealer, because he got the last of the lies and then sold a lame horse to the Blacksmith — no support
4. The horse-dealer, because he got the last of the lies after all the other tradesmen had taken theirs — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, the mice were gutted, right, because the leaders got stuck?

1. They lost the battle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Their rank badges stopped them getting into the holes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Their helmets stopped them getting into the field — no support
4. Their plumes stopped them getting out of the holes — 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 ✗

Lol, the peacock was mad about his voice, wasn't he?

1. He grumbled that his song was not praised — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He moaned that his feathers were too dull — no support
3. He moaned about his tail — no support
4. He moaned that his song made everyone laugh — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honestly, the bear was bare hypocritical, wasn't he?

1. He bragged about being refined and gentle, but secretly ate the dead bodies left in the forest — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He boasted of his fur but ate the fish — no support
3. He claimed to be pure yet ate the grass — no support
4. He bragged about being refined but ate the dead — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, the ass was so chill, he didn't even run, did he?

1. He reckoned the master could not make it worse — no support
2. He reckoned the enemy could not make his load worse — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He reckoned the enemy could not make his load worse, so he stood still and waited for the armed men — no support
4. He reckoned the enemy could not make his load worse, and so he lay down calmly in the field until morning — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 137, line 13: «fact: The Ass lies down in the stream again and rises "with a much lighter load", so the trick works a second time.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lie down» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Dead, the little frog was so ridiculous, puffing and puffing?

1. She burst trying to look as big as the ox — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She swelled trying to look like a bird — no support
3. She jumped away — no support
4. She burst trying to look as tall as the cow — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, the man split the wooden image and got rich?

1. Gold coins fell out when its head split open — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Silver coins fell out when its belly split — no support
3. It was hollow — no support
4. Gold dust poured out when its base cracked — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey, the waggoner was just sitting there, calling out for help, right?

1. He waited for Hercules instead of pushing his wheel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He prayed to Jupiter instead of pushing — no support
3. He waited for Hercules instead of pushing his wheel, then blamed the horses for the whole disaster — no support
4. He waited for Hercules instead of pushing his wheel, and the mire grew deeper while he waited — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, that story about Hercules was a proper moral, innit?

1. Work hard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Heaven helps those who help themselves — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Wealth comes to the quiet and humble — no support
4. Fortune favours those who wait patiently — 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 ✗

Which of the following best describes the principal moral conveyed by the fable of the Blacksmith and His Dog?

1. Idleness in work deserves to be unrewarded, and no master should feed a dog that only sleeps all day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Idleness in work deserves to be unrewarded, as the fable of the smith's dog teaches every servant — no support
3. Idleness in work deserves to be unrewarded — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Diligence in work deserves to be rewarded — 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 ✗

In the fable of the Stag, what is the immediate cause of his death as described in the text?

1. His antlers became entangled in the branches of a wood, just as the hounds came rushing in — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His antlers became entangled in the low branches of a wood, where the lion then caught him at last — no support
3. His antlers became entangled in the branches of a wood — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His legs became tangled in the roots of a tree — 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 · right ✓

What was the purpose of Mercury's infusion of lies, according to the account given in the text?

1. To be poured into the mead of the Tradesmen — no support
2. To be added to the ingredients of all the Tradesmen, so that every one of them would cheat the buyers — score 5
3. To be added to the ingredients of all the Tradesmen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. To be given to all the gods of Olympus — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 141, line 15: «Mercury: Jupiter tells him to add "an infusion of lies" to the ingredients of the Tradesmen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «add» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which quality does the old Peasant's Ass display when offered the chance to flee with its master?

1. Indifference to the consequences of being captured by the enemy, along with a firm refusal to carry any load — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Indifference to the consequences of being captured by the enemy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Indifference to the consequences of being captured by the enemy, which the old Peasant had long admired — no support
4. Anxiety about being abandoned by his master in battle — 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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