Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare: the Hare sleeps and the Tortoise wins the race
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 4 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 143 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 ✓
wait, the tortoise actually beat the hare, bruv?
- 1. Nah, the tortoise got lost on the way and quit — no support
- 2. Yeah, the hare fell asleep mid-race — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Nah, the tortoise ran off mid-race lol — no support
- 4. Nah, the hare didn't sleep, he just took a massive lead and kept it going all the way — 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 143, line 11: «He "lay down and fell fast asleep", so he does not notice the Tortoise going past him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hare» (+4); the same action «fall» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
who was the ref for the race, like the umpire?
- 1. A lion who sat on the bank — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The crow — no support
- 3. The fox — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The wolf — 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 · ★ · right ✓
why'd the hare even have a kip?
- 1. He was too lazy to run — no support
- 2. He was miles ahead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. He was feeling sleepy — no support
- 4. He was tired — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 143, line 10: «Why: the Hare thinks he is so far ahead that he "might as well have a rest".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hare» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
so what's the moral, proper simple?
- 1. Slow and steady wins the race — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Slow and steady wins the race, so never sleep mid-run — no support
- 3. Never trust a sleepy hare — no support
- 4. Always be quick but never boast about it to anyone — 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 ✗
lol the soldier's horse was well mint, right?
- 1. Yeah, he got oats and went fat — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he got chaff and went thin — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he got oats till the war ended, then got chaff, mate — no support
- 4. Nah, he got oats in the war, then just chaff and went thin, innit — 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 horse actually turn into a donkey?
- 1. Yeah, he said he was a mule — score 6
- 2. Nah, he just said he felt like a donkey, and a bit of a fool — score 6
- 3. Yeah, he said he was an ass — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Yeah, he said he was an ass and then went off to the fields — ← Mova's choice · 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 31, line 1: «First they must catch the old grey horse, who was never asked and would much rather stay in his field. Then they set off on a golden afternoon, birds singing,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old grey horse» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
the oxen wanted to get the butchers, bare sus
- 1. Yeah, they wanted to put them to death — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, they just wanted to chase them off — no support
- 3. Yeah, they wanted to put the butchers to death for their cruelty — no support
- 4. Nah, the old ox said they should spare the butchers and let them go home — 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 ✗
the wolf got robbed by a lion, lowkey gutted
- 1. Yeah, a bear — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, a hare nicked his lamb — no support
- 3. Yeah, a fox took his goat — no support
- 4. Yeah, a lion took his lamb — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
the clown was dead good at the pig noise, yeah?
- 1. Nah, the crowd thought he was a goat — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, a dog — no support
- 3. Yeah, the crowd thought he had a pig — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, a donkey — 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 ✗
the countryman had a pig stashed in his smock, lol
- 1. Nah, a big rabbit, bare cheeky — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, a young porker, bare cheeky — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, a goose — no support
- 4. Yeah, a young lamb, dead cheeky — 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 lark was dead scared about the farmer, innit?
- 1. Nah, she was chill — no support
- 2. Yeah, she told the farmer no — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Yeah, she asked to move house — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, she asked to reap field — 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 4, line 19: «Alice then praises a farmer's terrier that "kills all the rats" (the farmer says it is "worth a hundred pounds"), and the Mouse swims away making "quite a comm…», 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 «say» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which creature was appointed to adjudicate the contest between the Tortoise and the Hare?
- 1. Owl — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Wolf — no support
- 3. The Fox — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The Crow — 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 ✗
What was the eventual outcome of the contest conducted between the two competitors?
- 1. The Hare won — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Tortoise was declared the winner — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The Tortoise was named the victor — no support
- 4. The Hare was declared the winner — 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 ✗
What quantity of foodstuff did the Soldier provide his Horse during the period of peace?
- 1. Some barley and bran — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nothing but chaff, plus a few handfuls of grass every single day — no support
- 3. A plentiful supply of oats during peace — no support
- 4. Nothing but chaff — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
What did the young Lark overhear and communicate to her mother?
- 1. The Farmer's plan to reap the field — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The Wolf's plan to steal a lamb — no support
- 3. The Farmer's plan to sell cows — no support
- 4. A storm — 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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