Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are tricked, shot, or betrayed, and each fable teaches a lesson

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 148 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 ✗

yo so the stag hides under a vine, right, then starts scoffing the leaves like a total muppet, so what actually got him in the end?

1. the hunter spotted him munching and shot him with a very sharp arrow right through the heart — score 4
2. the hunter spotted him munching and shot him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the hunter spotted him munching leaves from the vine and then shot him dead with an arrow — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. the farmer's dogs sniffed him out fast — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 1: «A Stag hides under a thick Vine from the hunters, then nibbles its leaves and is shot through the heart.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «leaves» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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 lamb hides in the temple, and the wolf's like come out, and the lamb's like nah, mate, so what does the lamb say it'd rather be?

1. sacrificed than eaten by a wolf — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. sacrificed at the altar rather than be eaten by some hungry wolf, innit, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. hidden till the wolf leaves — score 0
4. happy to be sacrificed if the wolf gets lost in the hills and goes home — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 2: «A Lamb hides in a temple, and when a Wolf tells it to come out, it says it would rather be sacrificed than eaten.», 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 doer «wolf» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

the goat's up the rock and the wolf's trying to bait her, so she's like, you're not bothered about grass, you just want to eat me, innit?

1. she told him to just go away — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. she said no thanks — score 6
3. she worked out he wanted to eat her — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. she figured he was after her milk — no support

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 148, line 10: «Why again: the Goat knows the Wolf wants to eat her, and she tells him so: "what you want is to eat me."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «goat» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

the sick stag's just lying there, and all his mates come round and nibble the grass, like proper selfish, so what happens to him?

1. he starves because there's no grass left — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. the hunters come and take him — no support
3. he starves to death because there's no grass left for him to eat anywhere near — score 2
4. he just gets a bit thin — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 148, line 4: «A Wolf tries to lure a Goat down from a rock, and she sees through him; a Sick Stag starves because his friends ate all the grass around him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «starve» (+1); the same doer «sick stag» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

the ass goes mental and runs at the cliff, and his driver's pulling his tail like mad, so what's the ass's problem?

1. he wants to jump right off the edge of the cliff and into the sea below him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he wants a drink of water — no support
3. he's scared of wolves — no support
4. he wants to jump off the edge — ✓ 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 ✗

the boy's gassing on about how gorgeous he is in the mirror, and his sister's raging, so what does the dad say to them?

1. go to bed now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. stop being so vain — no support
3. learn to make good use of the glass — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. stop arguing and go and play outside — 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 ✗

the heifer's chatting to the ox, all high and mighty, then the heifer gets dragged off for the altar, so why was she allowed to chill?

1. she had been bought by the priest — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she had been promised to the gods as a young calf by the farmer long ago — no support
3. she was always meant for the altar — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she was the priest's favourite — 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 lion was dead nice and fair, like a proper king, so what did he do to make everyone happy?

1. he drew up fair laws for every beast to live under so that everyone could live in peace together — score 4
2. he drew up laws for everyone and then gave every beast a big share of the food — score 5
3. he made a big feast for every animal to share — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. he drew up laws for everyone to live in peace — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 2: «The Mouse, who seems to be in charge, makes everyone sit in a ring and reads them "the driest thing" it knows: a boring history lesson about William the Conque…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «mouse» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

the lion's had a go at the hare, then he sees a stag and drops her like a hot potato, so when he goes back for her, what's happened?

1. she legged it back to her den and he got no dinner either, the cheeky thing — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. she's gone and he has no dinner — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she's hidden and he's still hungry — no support
4. she's gone off and escaped and he has no dinner tonight at all — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 141, line 11: «Lion: it attacks him, and he runs well until he comes to "a wood", where his antlers get caught.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lion» (+4); the same thing acted on «stag» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

the wolves go all friendly to the dogs, saying you lot are slaves, and the dogs go into the den, so what do the wolves do?

1. they tear the dogs to pieces — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. they lock the dogs in the den — score 6
3. they eat them whole — score 1
4. they make the dogs guard the den — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 16: «The Wolves ask the Dogs to hand over the flocks, and once the Dogs are "well inside" the den, the Wolves "tore them to pieces".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «dogs» (+2); the same doer «wolves» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the archer was all cocky, shooting and calling his arrow a messenger, and the lion just legged it, so what did the fox ask the lion?

1. why he would not stay and fight after the arrow hit him in the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. why he would not hunt the stag — score 6
3. why he would not stay and fight — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. why he would not stay and fight the archer like a proper lion would do — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 3: «An Archer shoots a Lion, who runs away, and the Fox asks why he fled; the Lion says a man who sends such a messenger must be terrible.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «shoot» (+2); the same thing acted on «lion» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which fable's moral, expressed in the proper form, concerns the ingratitude of a creature that betrays its protector, and by what means is that creature dispatched?

1. An arrow shot at random into the foliage pierced the Stag to the heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. An arrow was shot into the thick foliage by a hunter who could not see, and it pierced the Stag in the side as he stood beneath the vine — no support
3. The Stag was caught by hunters who followed the trail of leaves through the vine and the thick undergrowth — no support
4. A hound found the Stag hidden in the thicket and dragged him from the bushes out onto the open path — 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 · right ✓

In the fable of the Ass and the Mule, what was the fate of the Ass, and which party bore the additional burden thereafter?

1. The Ass drowned in the river, and the Driver led the Mule home — no support
2. The Ass was sold at market, and the Mule was sold with him — score 4
3. The Ass fell down a steep place and was killed, and the Mule bore the added load — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. The Mule ran off into the hills — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 12: «The Driver is in despair when the Ass falls, and "he added the Ass's load to the Mule's".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ass» (+4); the same action «fall» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which beast, having been informed of the danger of retreat, declined to remain at the scene, and why did it do so?

1. The Fox declined to stay at the scene, because the arrow had revealed a dangerous hunter nearby — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The Lion declined to remain, because a messenger so dispatched revealed a formidable adversary — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The Lion stayed to fight — score 6
4. The Fox ran away instead — score 6

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 142, line 11: «The Fox slips in when they lie "too weak to move" and seizes the kid for himself.», 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 doer «fox» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Under what conditions did the Dogs accompany the Wolves into their den, and what did the Wolves subsequently do?

1. The Dogs entered only after long argument under the Wolves' conditions of peace, and the Wolves afterwards divided their flesh among the pack — no support
2. The Dogs were persuaded by the Wolves' fine words to enter the den, and afterwards the Wolves, having gained their trust, tore them to pieces in the darkness — score 9
3. The Shepherd was persuaded by the Dogs' bark, and the Dogs were rescued at the den — no support
4. The Dogs were persuaded by the Wolves' words, and the Wolves tore them to pieces — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 148, line 16: «The Wolves ask the Dogs to hand over the flocks, and once the Dogs are "well inside" the den, the Wolves "tore them to pieces".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «dogs» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «tore» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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