Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow is caught and plucked

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1855 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 ✓

yo, the crow in this one is proper greedy innit, like he just wants all the fish

1. he wanted every bit of the fish and fine food in the whole kitchen, bruv — score 2
2. he fancied the rice and the fine ale, mate — score 2
3. he wanted the fish and fine food, bruv — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. he fancied the seeds and grain, bruv — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1855, line 7: «WHAT: the Crow is "a greedy Crow" who wants to steal the kitchen food for himself.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «greedy crow» (+1); the same thing acted on «kitchen food» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, so why did the cook even hang the pigeon basket up? was he just being nice?

1. to earn merit so he would be reborn a rich man — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. to earn merit for his next life — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. so the birds could be fed daily — score -2
4. because he wanted the birds to sing to him every morning in the kitchen — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1855, line 9: «WHY the cook hangs the basket: "in order to earn merit by it", so he hopes for a good reward in his next life.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «merit» (+3); the same action «earn» (+2). Against it: the same doer «cook» (-4). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate the crow pretended to eat with the pigeon but was secretly doing what?

1. eating fish — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. eating rotten bread — score 0
3. stealing food — no support
4. gobbling fat worms — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1265, line 2: «Wolves come, eat his roasted ducks, and he tricks them into digging up the ashes for more, which they also eat.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

lol the crow was like "i have indigestion" when the fish came, was he actually sick?

1. he was ill, but not much — no support
2. yes, he was really ill — no support
3. no, he was faking it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. yes, he was ill — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1855, line 14: «The Pigeon tells him the truth: "Crows never have indigestion," and warns him to behave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «indigestion» (+1). Against it: the same doer «crows» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

what happened when the cook caught him, was it bare harsh?

1. the cook plucked his tail feathers off — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. he plucked his feathers, leaving tufts — score 3
3. the cook plucked nearly all his feathers and then rubbed spiced buttermilk all over him — score 8
4. he plucked his feathers, all but one tuft — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1855, line 4: «The cook catches him, plucks all his feathers except one tuft, and rubs him with spiced buttermilk.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cook» (+5); the same action «pluck» (+2); the same thing acted on «feathers» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

bro the pigeon called him a tufted crane in a poem, why was that funny?

1. crows and cranes are both birds and the poem rhymed nicely with plucked — no support
2. the crow had lost his feathers and looked like a crane, so it was a joke — no support
3. the crow was bald and looked grand — no support
4. the crow was plucked and looked odd — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 19: «Alice tells the Pigeon she is not looking for eggs, and would not want its eggs anyway: "I don't like them raw."; the Pigeon says sulkily "Well, be off, then!"…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «pigeon» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so did the crow learn his lesson or nah?

1. yes, he did — no support
2. yes, he learnt to stop — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. nah, he died groaning — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. no, he kept on stealing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1626, line 2: «A talking crow tells her he has heard of Kay, who has forgotten her for a clever princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3). Against it: the same doer «crow» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

wot did the cook rub all over the crow?

1. sour cream spread — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. spiced buttermilk — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. buttermilk mixed with spices and ginger all over — no support
4. a thick paste of ginger, cumin and buttermilk — 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 ✓

that pigeon was dead clever innit, what did he say crows digest?

1. anything except a lamp-wick, quick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. even the lamp-wick, which is very hard, quick as a flash, honestly — no support
3. anything but the cook's lamp wick — no support
4. anything at all except a lamp-wick, and very quick too — 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 ✓

why'd the pigeon bolt in the end?

1. he couldn't stand the crow any more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the cook had chased him and he could not stand the crow any more at all — no support
3. he got really bored of crows — no support
4. he was fed up with the rude crow — 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 ✗

so the crow was wicked sus, was he sorry at all?

1. yes, he wept by the stove — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. yes, he was very sorry and said so loudly before he groaned — score 2
3. no, he cried and was sorry — score 2
4. no, he groaned till he died — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 951, line 1: «The part opens with the end of Marie Grubbe's story, where the crows cry "Brave! brave!" and "Grave! grave!" over her family's old house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3). Against it: the same doer «crows» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

be real, was the cook the baddie or the crow?

1. the cook, for hanging the basket — score 3
2. the crow, for eating the fish — no support
3. the cook, for plucking — score 2
4. the crow, for stealing the food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1855, line 7: «WHAT: the Crow is "a greedy Crow" who wants to steal the kitchen food for himself.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «steal» (+3); the same doer «greedy crow» (+1); the same thing acted on «kitchen food» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's the cumin thing, is it a spice or a bird?

1. a bird, like a crane — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a bird that lives in the kitchen and eats fish — no support
3. a spice, like ginger, that the cook kept in the box — no support
4. a spice, like ginger — ✓ 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 bird, in the tale of the Pigeon and the Crow, is described as the greedy one, and what was the outcome of its greed?

1. The Crow, who was plucked and died groaning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The Crow, who was greedy and got away with it — score -7
3. The Crow, who ate worms — no support
4. The Pigeon, who flew away — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1855, line 13: «WHEN the fish arrive, the Crow groans "from early morn", and says "I have such a fit of indigestion!"», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «groan» (+4). Against it: the same doer «crow» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the reason given by the Pigeon for disbelieving the Crow's claim of indigestion.

1. Crows eat only seeds, so their food never sticks in them at all — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Crows never have indigestion, for their food passes in a trice — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Crows are never ill — no support
4. Crows digest fast, so no — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1855, line 11: «The Crow cheats while pretending to eat, for "ever and anon he would turn back, peck to bits some heap of cow-dung".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3). Against it: the same doer «crow» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the purpose for which the cook hung the nest-basket in the kitchen.

1. To earn merit, because the Pigeon had asked him kindly to do it for the family — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. In order to earn merit — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. To scare the crows away — no support
4. To earn merit so that he would be reborn better in his next life — score 4

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 1855, line 9: «WHY the cook hangs the basket: "in order to earn merit by it", so he hopes for a good reward in his next life.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «earn» (+2); the same thing acted on «merit» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the spice mixed by the cook with the buttermilk applied to the Crow's body.

1. Ginger and cumin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Pepper and salt — no support
3. Cumin, ginger, black pepper and a pinch of salt mixed in buttermilk — no support
4. Ginger, cumin, and a little bit of cinnamon — 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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