Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 20: the boy's sling sends the rooks flying from the wheat field

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

Lesson 150 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 ✗

oi, did u read the one where the daughters are like "rain pls" and "no rain pls", proper confusing innit

1. gardener wanted rain, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. the gardener wanted rain and the potter wanted dry weather, bare random — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. yeah the gardener wanted rain and the potter wanted sun, bare random lol — score 3
4. yeah, the gardener wanted rain — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 150, line 1: «The Father visits his two daughters, and the gardener's wife wants rain while the potter's wife wants dry sun, so he gives up praying for either.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same thing acted on «rain» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

so the thief just yawns and howls like a wolf, right? the innkeeper is well gutted and runs off

1. yeah, and he leaves his hat behind, the innkeeper is lowkey a genius — score 1
2. yeah, and he leaves his coat behind, the thief is lowkey a genius — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. nah, he just goes home — no support
4. yeah, he leaves his coat, lol — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 150, line 2: «A Thief stays at an inn, waits for a chance, then yawns and howls like a wolf until the frightened Innkeeper runs off and leaves his new coat behind.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); the same thing acted on «new coat» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, is the wild ass dead or nah after the lion comes?

1. yeah, the lion eats him and the pack-ass runs off to the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, the lion eats him, then the pack-ass lives coz the driver's there and nobody gets hurt in the end — score 6
3. yeah, the lion eats him, the pack-ass lives coz the driver's there — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. yeah, the lion eats him up in the grass and the pack-ass is fine coz the driver's there, bare lucky — 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 150, line 5: «A Lion eats the free Wild Ass, ants, frogs, a crab, a fox and a grasshopper teach their lessons, and a Farmer's Boy with a sling chases away the rooks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lion» (+4); the same action «eat» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

the ass gets sold like three times, bruh

1. yeah, gardener then potter then tanner then back to the gardener again, and he's proper moaning at the end of it all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, gardener then potter then tanner, and he's proper moaning at the end — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, potter then gardener then tanner, and he's proper happy at the end lol — no support
4. yeah, gardener then potter then tanner and then some other bloke in the town, and he's proper moaning at the end — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

the crab's like "this is what I deserve" when the fox catches him? why's he mad at himself

1. coz he went out on the rocks to find food, bare silly — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. coz he left the sea to live on land, like he was not meant to — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. coz he left the sea to live on land, like he was not meant to, and now he's stuck with the fox — score 4
4. coz he left the river to live on the sand, like a fool — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 139, line 8: «The Fox in the tree "greedily devoured it all," and after that "he found himself so swollen" that he could not get out.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «get out» (+3); the same doer «fox» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

the grasshopper won't come down cos she saw wings all over a fox's place, that's proper smart

1. nah, she's just tired, she wants a rest — no support
2. yeah, she's not daft at all, she knows exactly what the fox's hole means and she saw all the wings lying there — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. nah, she's just nervous about the wings she saw in the grass — score 4
4. yeah, she's not daft, she knows what the fox's hole means — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 150, line 16: «What: the Grasshopper refuses to come down because she has seen "numbers of grasshoppers' wings strewn about the entrance to a fox's earth."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «grasshopper» (+4); the same action «see» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

the ants used to be people? that's mad, what did they do

1. they nicked other people's crops and stored them, so jupiter turned them into ants — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. they stole from farmers and hid the grain, so he changed them — no support
3. they took food from the poor and kept it, so jupiter turned them into ants — no support
4. they nicked the crops of the neighbours and hid them, so jupiter made them into ants — 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 two frogs, one says let's jump in the well, and the other's like hold up

1. yeah, he says what if it dries up like the marsh did in the summer, how we getting out then — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he says what if it dries up like the marsh, how we getting out — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, he says the well might be cold, and we can't swim out — no support
4. yeah, he says what if the water runs out, how do we get home again — 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 ✓

the farmer's boy and his sling, is that just a slingshot or what

1. yeah, the birds get the word and bolt the second he asks for it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, the starlings sing and the birds fly off the second he asks — no support
3. yeah, the rooks just sit there and laugh when he asks — no support
4. yeah, the birds get the word from the starlings and bolt the second he asks for the sling, and he's left with nothing — 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 ✓

okay so the father, he ends up not praying for either of his daughters?

1. yeah, he reckons it's not worth it coz they want opposite things — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. nah, he prays for both coz they both want the same thing — score 6
3. yeah, he gives up on the girls since they fight all day — score 6
4. yeah, he reckons it's not worth it coz they want opposite things and he's sick of hearing about the weather — 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 103, line 11: «At the gallows he thinks, "If I am cold here below by the fire, how must they freeze above!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «father» (+4); the same action «think» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the pack-ass has a stick on his back and the wild ass goes, I don't envy you no more

1. yeah, he says the stick is for your sins — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. nah, he says you get fed well for your load — score 6
3. yeah, he says you pay dear for your comforts — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. yeah, he says no — 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 25, line 18: «The Rat: «there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.» While saying it he hit the bank and fell on his back wi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «rat» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

which story has the coat trick, is it the one with the thief and the innkeeper

1. yeah, he yawns three times and runs off with the coat, then he howls like a wolf in the yard — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. nah, he howls like a dog and takes the cloak away — no support
3. yeah, he yawns three times and runs off with the coat — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. yeah, he yawns twice and steals the hat instead — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 150, line 2: «A Thief stays at an inn, waits for a chance, then yawns and howls like a wolf until the frightened Innkeeper runs off and leaves his new coat behind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «howl» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

In the tale of the Thief and the Innkeeper, what device does the Thief employ to obtain the Innkeeper's garment?

1. He feigns a series of yawns and a howl, claiming a transformation into a wolf. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He mimics a wolf's cry while stealing the innkeeper's coat from the hook by the door — no support
3. He pretends to be a sleeping guest who wakes and steals the innkeeper's garment at once — no support
4. He pretends to be asleep and steals the coat. — 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 ✗

Which moral is attached to the tale of the Ass and His Masters, and how does it bear upon the Ass's conduct?

1. Servants do not know a good master till they have served a worse one, and the Ass, having been sold thrice, regrets his discontent and wishes he had stayed with the gardener, the potter and the tanner. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Servants value a kind master only after serving a cruel one, and the Ass is content. — score 4
3. Servants do not know a good master till they have served a worse, and the Ass regrets his discontent. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Servants do not know a good master till they have served a worse, and the Ass regrets his discontent, which he expressed in vain to all his masters and the gods above. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 72, line 3: «At lunch Toad is so puffed up that the others suspect something. Afterwards the Rat and Badger take him by both arms into the smoking-room. The Rat says it kin…», 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 thing acted on «toad» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the reasoning by which the Frog declines to enter the well, as set out in the fable of the Frogs and the Well.

1. He reasons that the well might be full of stones, and the pair could not climb out of it again. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He reasons that the well may be cold and the pair would soon tire of swimming. — no support
3. He reasons that, should the well dry up as the marsh did, the pair would be unable to escape. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He reasons that, should the well dry up as the marsh did, the pair would be unable to escape, and so he refuses to jump in with his companion at all. — 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 ✗

With what fate does the Crab respond upon his capture, and what principle does the fable thereby illustrate?

1. He begs the Fox for mercy, and the fable warns against greed and pride. — score -1
2. He blames the sea for his fate, and the fable shows that hasty choices bring lasting sorrow to the wise. — score -1
3. He accepts the fate as just, having left his natural home, and the fable teaches contentment with one's lot. — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. He accepts the fate as just, having left his natural home for the land, and the fable teaches contentment with one's lot, for the fox is only doing what foxes do. — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -1 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «lion» (+2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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