Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 154 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 lion just straight up wants the bull for dinner, right?

1. yeah, he's hungry — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. nah, he fancies the cows more and is just having a nap — score 4
3. yeah, for dinner — no support
4. yeah, he's starving and the bull's a massive snack — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 154, line 1: «A hungry Lion wants to eat a fat Bull, but the Bull's sharp horns keep him away.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hungry lion» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, why'd the lion not just jump him straight away?

1. cos the bull's tail was dead long and thick — no support
2. cos the bull's horns were proper sharp — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. cos the bull's horns were proper sharp and he'd have been gored straight away, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. cos the bull's hooves were proper heavy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «lion» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so how'd the lion get the horns off him?

1. he threatened him, said the herd was coming — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. he sweet-talked him for ages, said the horns were minging and he'd look better without them, innit — score 6
3. he flattered him loads, went on about how minging the horns were, and the bull just went for it — no support
4. he sweet-talked him, said the horns were minging — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 154, line 9: «He asks "what in the world makes you wear those ugly horns?" and says the Bull would do better without them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «lion» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol that parrot was well loud innit

1. yeah, it was screaming on the mantelpiece and then it started shouting at the cat, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, it chattered on the windowsill — no support
3. yeah, it screamed away on the mantelpiece — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. yeah, it screamed away on the mantelpiece the whole time and woke the cat up, innit — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 154, line 13: «The Cat says she was born in the house, but the Parrot calls her voice "a perfect nuisance."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «parrot» (+4); the same action «call» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

mad, what did the cat say to the parrot first?

1. what you doing in my house — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. who are you, and why you here — no support
3. shut up, bird — no support
4. who are you, and where you from — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

did the cat get the parrot's point, or what?

1. yeah, she got the point but ignored it and just kept on sleeping by the fire, innit — score 5
2. nah, she just hissed and walked off — no support
3. nah, she got told to shut her gob — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. nah, she got told to shut her gob by the parrot, and then she went off in a huff — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 134, line 8: «What the Cat does: he gets himself up as a doctor and asks after the health of the Birds, but they answer that "We shall do very well... when we've seen the la…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «cat» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the stag hides in a cave, yeah?

1. yeah, from the hounds, but a lion was in there — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, he's hiding from the hounds, and then he finds a lion in there and it's proper bad — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. yeah, from the hounds, but when he got in there was a lion waiting for him, innit — score 6
4. yeah, from the dogs, but a bear was in there — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 154, line 4: «A Stag hides in a cave from the hounds and meets a Lion, and a sick man cheats the gods with tallow oxen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stag» (+4); the same thing acted on «lion» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

the dogs wanted them hides, bruv, what they do?

1. they reckoned they could drink the river dry and then go and get them hides from the other side — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. they tried to drink the river dry — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. they tried to drink the whole river dry so they could get at the hides, bruv — score 5
4. they wanted to chase the stags off — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 136, line 9: «Why: he thinks the Lap-dog has an easy life, so he wants the same ease.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lap dog» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «easy life» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

sick mate made fake oxen out of candle fat, yeah?

1. yeah, a hundred tallow oxen for the gods — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, he made a hundred tallow oxen for the gods and then he lied to them all, innit — score 5
3. yeah, a hundred tallow oxen for the gods, but he was dead cheeky about it and used real candle fat, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. yeah, a hundred wax horses for the gods — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 154, line 16: «Tallow is animal fat, used in old candles; "belaboured" means beaten hard, as Mercury beat the villain with his staff.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «animal fat» (+4); the same action «use» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

that ass was well clever, weren't he?

1. nah, he was just too honest, got ripped apart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, he was too greedy, got ripped apart — no support
3. nah, he was daft — no support
4. yeah, he was smart, but got ripped apart — 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 ✗

why's the fox so cocky about the ass, then?

1. cos he met the lion and got a good share — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. cos he's got a tail — score 2
3. cos he learned from the ass not to be greedy — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. cos he learned from the cat not to be lazy — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 134, line 16: «How the Fox saves himself: he promises the Lion that the Ass can be caught "without the trouble of stalking him", then leads the Ass into a hidden pit.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «fox» (+4); the same doer «fox» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the cock's deal, like, why'd the fowler spare him?

1. cos the cock said he could tell the time and wake the whole farm at dawn, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cos the hen said he could find food — no support
3. cos the cock said he could guard hens — no support
4. cos the cock said he could tell the time — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the means by which the Lion obtained the Bull's loss of defence?

1. by threats, persuading the Bull to keep his horns — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by flattery, persuading the Bull to remove his horns and then attacking him when he was defenceless — no support
3. by flattery and sweet words, persuading the Bull to remove his horns for the sake of his looks — no support
4. by flattery, persuading the Bull to remove his horns — ✓ 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 · right ✓

In the fable concerning the Parrot and the Cat, which party makes the claim of prior residence within the household?

1. the Cat, who asserts she was born there and has lived there all her life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the Cat, who asserts she was born there and has lived there all her life and so claims the household as her own — no support
3. the Cat, who asserts she was born there and has lived there all her life, long before the parrot ever arrived — no support
4. the Dog, who asserts he was raised there and has lived there all his life — 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 ✗

Which of the following constitutes the outcome of the Dogs' attempt to reach the Hides by drinking the river dry?

1. they found the hides and dragged them out of the water — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. they burst themselves with drinking long before the river was shallow, and the wolves ate the hides by morning — no support
3. they burst themselves with drinking before the river was shallow — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. they drank too little and gave up before the river was shallow — 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 ✗

In the fable of the Gnat and the Lion, by what means was the Gnat finally destroyed?

1. it was caught in a fox's trap and killed there — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. it was caught in a spider's web and eaten by the spider — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. it was caught in a spider's web, where it struggled for hours before the spider crept out and ate it — no support
4. it was trapped in a hunter's net and eaten by the hounds — 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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