Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance, a doctor's signs, a rude Plane-tree and more

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 147 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, why'd the Camel get booted out, innit?

1. He danced like a proper muppet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He danced badly — no support
3. He sang out of tune loudly — no support
4. He shouted at the Lion — 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, what did the Doctor reckon the sweating meant?

1. A bad sign, mate, he's going to die soon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Just a fever, bruv — no support
3. A good sign, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nothing to worry about, bruv, it's just sweating from heat — 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 ✗

Lol, what's the Sick Man's sad line at the end?

1. I'm dying of bad signs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "I'm dying of good signs" — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. I'm dying of good signs, my friends, so bury me well — no support
4. I'm dying of good signs, which is strange, but there you go — 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 ✗

Yo, what did the tree say to the rude Travellers?

1. You ungrateful creature, now take your rude mouths away from my shade forever — no support
2. You rude little beast — score 3
3. "You ungrateful creature" — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. You ungrateful creatures, after all the shade I gave you — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 147, line 10: «The Plane-tree gives cool shade to the Travellers, who "joyfully turned aside" to rest, but then one calls it "useless".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «give» (+3); the same thing acted on «cool shade» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, which bird got stuck on the ram?

1. The Eagle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Sheep, the bleater — no support
3. The Jackdaw, the fool — no support
4. The Jackdaw, that muppet — ✓ 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 ✗

Man, why did everyone cut the Bat off?

1. He was a coward at heart — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He was a two-faced traitor — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He was greedy — score 4
4. He was a loud shouter — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 147, line 8: «Why the Camel fails: he "cut such a ridiculous figure" because he wants the applause the Monkey won.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «camel» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, how did the two sweethearts leave the man?

1. They left him totally bald after pulling out all his hair — score 6
2. Totally blind — score 5
3. Totally bald — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Totally bald, with no dark hairs left on his head at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 147, line 4: «The two-faced Bat is shunned by Birds and Beasts alike, a Man's two sweethearts pluck him bald, and a vain Jackdaw gets clipped by a Shepherd.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «man» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «two sweethearts» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit mad, what happened to the Ass in the end?

1. Sold at market — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Eaten by wolves — no support
3. Lost on the road — no support
4. Drowned in the river — ✓ 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 ✗

Nah, what did the Wolf make the Boy do?

1. Say three true things that the Wolf could not argue with at all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Sing three happy songs — no support
3. Tell three big lies — score 4
4. Say three true things — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 147, line 15: «The Wolf says "I've found you" and makes a bargain with the Boy: three true things will save his life.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bargain» (+6). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what was the Miller's whole big mistake?

1. Listening to his own son — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Trying to please the Ass — no support
3. Trying to please everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Trying to please everyone, including the girls and the Ass and the Son — 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 ✓

Bruh, what was the Plane-tree doing for them?

1. Giving them food — no support
2. Giving them cool shade — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Giving them fruit — no support
4. Keeping them safe at night — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 147, line 10: «The Plane-tree gives cool shade to the Travellers, who "joyfully turned aside" to rest, but then one calls it "useless".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same thing acted on «cool shade» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what was the Flea's big plan with the Ox?

1. Be a farmer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Be a parasite, not work — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Be a friend, not a thief — no support
4. Work hard on the farm — 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 ✗

Mate, why'd the Monkey get loads of claps?

1. Cos he jumped really high — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cos he danced brilliant and made all the beasts laugh with joy — no support
3. Cos he sang brilliant — no support
4. Cos he danced brilliant — ✓ 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 describes the outcome of the Camel's attempt to dance before the assembly of beasts?

1. He was given a warm welcome — no support
2. He was driven away with ridicule — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. He was praised with applause — no support
4. He was crowned king — 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 147, line 1: «The Monkey dances and wins loud applause, but the jealous Camel tries it too, looks ridiculous and is chased away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «chase away» (+5); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What is the principal moral conveyed by the Plane-tree fable?

1. Many services are met with ingratitude — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Many services are met with ingratitude, so never expect thanks from travellers at all — no support
3. Be kind to trees — no support
4. Greed leads to ruin always — 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 ✓

Which action did the Shepherd take in response to the Jackdaw's attempt?

1. He tied its feet and took it home — score 3
2. He clipped its wings and took it home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He plucked its feathers and sold it — score 2
4. He let it go free — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 147, line 14: «The Shepherd "clipped its wings", which means he cut the flight feathers so the bird could not fly off again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «clip» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «wings» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the Miller fable, which event finally causes the loss of the Ass?

1. Being tied to the pole at the bridge when the girls came and laughed at him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Breaking free from the pole at the bridge — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Breaking free from the pole at the bridge and then running off into the forest — no support
4. Getting stuck in the mud near the bridge — 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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