Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a lion wins a cottager's daughter by giving up his teeth and claws
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 152 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 ✗
Bruv, the lion's proper smitten with the cottager's girl, innit?
- 1. Nah, he's not bothered, he just wants his dinner tonight — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he hates her guts — no support
- 3. Yeah, he's dead keen on her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he fancies her a lot — 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 ✗
So why don't her dad just say no, like?
- 1. Cos he's skint — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dunno, mate — no support
- 3. Cos he's scared of the lion — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Cos she's dead keen on him — 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 ✗
What's his sneaky plan then, me mate?
- 1. Get the lion to pull his own teeth out for him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Pull the lion's teeth and nails — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Trick him into a fight quickly — no support
- 4. Tie up the lion's paws well — 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 ✗
Did the lion fall for it, or what?
- 1. Nah, he thought about it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Yeah, he said yes straight off — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Yeah, and he even thanked the dad for the clever idea and left — no support
- 4. Nah, he saw through it straight away and roared at the dad — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 144, line 7: «What: The Lion says, "I should think you did," because he would have run away himself if he had not known the Ass.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+1); the same doer «lion» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
So what happened once the lion was toothless?
- 1. Nothing much — no support
- 2. The dad bashed him with a club — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. The dad hit him with a stick — score 2
- 4. He ran off — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 152, line 5: «Once he is harmless, the Cottager grabs his club and chases the Lion off.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cottager» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Was the lion gutted at the end, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, he got chased off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Nah, he got a reward — no support
- 3. Nah, not really — no support
- 4. Yeah, he got bashed up — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 152, line 5: «Once he is harmless, the Cottager grabs his club and chases the Lion off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «lion» (+4); the same action «chase off» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper daft move from the lion, wasn't it?
- 1. Yeah, love made him a total muppet and he lost his teeth and his claws — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he was a bit of a sap — no support
- 3. Yeah, love made him a muppet — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, love made him daft — 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 ✗
Our kid reckons the dad was canny, is that right?
- 1. Yeah, pretty sly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, just lucky — no support
- 3. Yeah, he was well sly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he was really clever — 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 ✗
So the lion lost the lot, like his teeth and nails?
- 1. Nah, he kept most of his claws — no support
- 2. Yeah, every bit of his bite — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, he kept his claws — no support
- 4. Yeah, all his fight gone — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «thirsty lion» (+4); the same action «fight» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the dad a bit sus, then, or nah?
- 1. Nah, he was a kind man who only wanted his daughter safe — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he was a bit dodgy — no support
- 3. Nah, he was just nasty — no support
- 4. Nah, he was just clever — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the real mug in this one, then?
- 1. The dad, for trusting his daughter with a lion at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The lion and also the girl's dad, honestly — no support
- 3. The cottager, mate — no support
- 4. The lion, for sure — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
What's the moral, bruv, don't be a muppet in love?
- 1. Love makes you daft — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Love makes you a mug — score 0
- 3. Be nice, mate — no support
- 4. Dads always win, bruv — 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 152, line 17: «WHAT IT SHOWS: the Lion's love made him give up his only weapons, his teeth and claws.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); the same doer «love» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Pursuant to the narrative, what was the Lion's principal motive for the proposed union?
- 1. Passionate desire for the girl — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Amorous attachment to the daughter, accompanied by a desire for wealth and power — no support
- 3. Amorous attachment to the daughter and the cottage's rich lands — no support
- 4. Amorous attachment to the daughter — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what expedient did the Cottager secure his daughter's safety?
- 1. By inviting the suitor to dinner and then disarming him in secret — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. By bribing the lion's friends — no support
- 3. By disarming the suitor — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. By hiding in the barn — 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 of the Cottager concluded the affair?
- 1. Throwing the Lion into the nearby river — no support
- 2. Driving the Lion away with his club — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Chasing him off — no support
- 4. Locking the Lion inside the cottage door — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 152, line 16: «ENDING: the Cottager "drove him away with his club".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What characteristic of the Lion was exploited in the tale?
- 1. Excessive hot temper — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Blind trust in men — no support
- 3. Blind infatuation — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Blind infatuation with the father's cunning daughter — 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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