Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 4 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 142 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 ✓

Oi, who actually nicked the kid while the Lion and Bear were knackered?

1. The Wolf, mate, dead sly — no support
2. The Vixen, bruv, proper quick — no support
3. The Fox, mate, dead sneaky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Some sneaky fox — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 140, line 1: «A thirsty Lion and Boar fight over one little spring until vultures waiting above make them stop and become friends.», 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 «lion» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, why was the Bear so gutted at the end of the scrap?

1. Cos the Fox got the kid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cos he got bashed up bad — no support
3. Cos he lost — no support
4. He got hurt — 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 ✗

Bruv, what's the big lesson of the Lion and Bear story?

1. Never fight over anything with a mate, or the sneaky Fox will take the whole lot — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. If you fight over stuff, the sneaky Fox will nick it while you're knackered — no support
3. Teamwork always beats the Fox — no support
4. Fighting just helps the sneaky Fox — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ain't the timid soldier a proper coward? What did he do?

1. He ran away at once, and later returned to shout threats at the Robber who had left — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He ran off, then came back to boast — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He fled, then came back bragging — no support
4. He scarpered first, then strolled back to show off his big talk — 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 ✗

Yo, what did the Robber do when the brave soldier swung his sword?

1. He dropped his loot, legged it down the road, and left the soldier alone for good — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He legged it as fast as he could and never bothered the soldier again — no support
3. He dropped his stuff and fled — score 4
4. He legged it and left him alone — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 142, line 20: «The Satyr leaves the Man because "I can't be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «leave» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the Lion grab for himself in the sharing?

1. The biggest bit — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The first bit, cos he's king — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Loads of food — score 0
4. The biggest chunk, cos he's boss — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «catch» (+1). Against it: the same doer «lion» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, why did the Satyr dip out on his mate?

1. The man blew hot to warm his hands and cold to cool his porridge, the Satyr said — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The man kept blowing hot and cold with the same breath, which was odd — no support
3. He blew on his porridge — no support
4. The man blew hot and cold — ✓ the right answer · 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare long story, what was the wooden Mercury for?

1. Selling it for some gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was going to flog it off at the market for a bit of quick cash — no support
3. Flogging it at the market for quick cash to buy food — no support
4. Flogging it for quick cash — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, what hit the Eagle, innit?

1. An arrow with eagle feathers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. An arrow fired by a hunter from the ground below — no support
3. A hunter's arrow, shot down — no support
4. An arrow with hawk feathers — 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 ✗

Mate, how did the Rich Man get his peace from the Tanner?

1. He grew tired of moaning — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He moved away — no support
3. He got used to the pong — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He left town — 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 ✗

Wagwan, why did the Wolf give up on that cottage?

1. Mum was just pretending, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mum was only faking it — no support
3. Mum was only bluffing about the whole thing, and he could tell right away — no support
4. Mum was only bluffing about it — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did the old lady sniff at for ages?

1. A wine-jar with nothing left in it at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A big old wine-jar that was empty and dusty on the shelf — no support
3. An empty wine-jar — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. An empty beer-mug — 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 ✗

Oi, what did the Vixen brag about to the Lioness?

1. Her big litter of cubs, all healthy and strong and fast — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her big litter of cubs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Her big litter of cubs, far more than the Lioness could ever have had — no support
4. Her fine brood of 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the Lioness mean by her one cub?

1. Quality beats quantity, cos this one cub is a proper lion, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It means quality beats quantity, and this single cub is a real lion too — no support
3. Quality beats quantity, it's a lion — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Lions are better than many 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which party secured the kid after the contest between the Lion and the Bear was concluded?

1. The Fox, which grabbed it when both fighters had collapsed exhausted — score 2
2. The Fox, which seized it whilst both combatants were incapacitated — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The Wolf, which took it while both fighters were resting — score 9
4. The Fox, which seized the kid the moment both combatants had become incapacitated by their wounds — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 142, line 7: «What: both beasts seize the kid "at the same moment" and fight over it for a long time.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «kid» (+5); the same action «seize» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal consequence of the timid Soldier's conduct once the Robber had departed?

1. He returned and made threatening statements to the absent Robber — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He returned and issued threats against the Robber who had gone — no support
3. He came back to the place where the fight had been and made many loud threatening statements to the absent Robber — no support
4. He returned and loudly made threatening statements to the Robber, who had already departed far away — 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 ✗

According to the Lion's division of the spoil, which portion did he reserve for himself in his capacity as King?

1. The first share, which he took as his royal entitlement — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The largest portion, which he seized by virtue of his office — no support
3. The first portion, which he claimed by right of sovereignty — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The first portion, which he claimed by right of sovereignty and royal privilege over the others — 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 ✗

What did the Satyr conclude regarding the Man's conduct in respect of his hands and his porridge?

1. That the Man was contradictory, using one breath for two opposite ends — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That the Man was odd — no support
3. That the Man was unreliable, blowing one breath for opposite uses — no support
4. That the Man was inconsistent, employing one breath for opposite purposes — ✓ 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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