Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part 73: the cruel brothers are banished, and the old cat and dog join the fox's war

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1936 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 ✓

Wait, so Simon wanted to drown the cat cos she's knackered, yeah?

1. Yeah, she never catches mice no more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Nah, Simon just wanted to give her a bath and a cuddle though — score 3
3. Nah, he wanted her for dinner — score 5
4. Yeah, she's gone off the mice now — 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 1936, line 7: «Why: Simon wants to drown the cat because "She never catches any mice now-a-days".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «simon» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Susan let the cat dip out the door, innit?

1. Nah, the cat just walked out by herself while Susan was asleep upstairs — no support
2. Nah, she left it open for Simon — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, she said fly for your life — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she grabbed a shoe and threw it at the cat and the dog both — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1408, line 1: «Pinocchio and his friend Lamp-Wick pretend to be ill with sore ears and bruised legs, and they laugh about it until they suddenly feel strange. Their arms beco…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); a different action (counts against) (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

The dog was proper deaf, wasn't he?

1. Nah, he could hear fine — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, but he could still see perfectly — score 3
3. Yeah, deaf and blind and barking at nothing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he was just a bit daft, really — no support

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 1782, line 9: «Why do the dogs bark? They hear Petru's footsteps in the dark, and the only light is the ray through the windows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dogs» (+2); the same action «hear» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the cat and dog bumped into each other under a holly tree, dead random?

1. Nah, the fox sent them both there — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Nah, they planned it — score 3
3. Yeah, they met by the river and had a chat — score 5
4. Yeah, both were gutted and having a moan — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1777, line 16: «what: he lies that the dog "has suddenly fallen down dead," and the old man buries it under the fig-tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «old man» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

The fox wanted them to help him scrap with the wolf, yeah?

1. Yeah, a proper war with the wolf — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he wanted them to fight the wolf and steal back the golden horse for him — score 5
3. Nah, he wanted a sausage supper — score 5
4. Nah, he wanted them to help him carry sausages home from the market — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1145, line 3: «The wolf rises as she rises, and he learns she has taken his cheese home to her babies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «wolf» (+2); the same action «take» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, the bear saw this huge army, didn't he?

1. Nah, it was only a sleepy dog — score 3
2. Yeah, he saw a massive army marching — score 3
3. Nah, it was a whole army of cats with their tails all standing up straight — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Nah, it was just the cat with her tail up — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 632, line 5: «When the army advances straight at the Amir, he grows frightened, until the line stops and the whole army salutes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «army» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

The boar was buried in straw with just his ear out, right?

1. Yeah, so the cat thought it was a mouse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, so the bear thought it was a fox — no support
3. Nah, the cat saw the wolf's tail — no support
4. Yeah, buried in mud — 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 ✗

Then the bear fell on the wolf and flattened him, yeah?

1. Yeah, dead as a stone, proper — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he climbed up the oak tree — score 3
3. Nah, the wolf got up again and ran all the way back to the wood — score 3
4. Yeah, he got away with a bruise — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1268, line 5: «At last he stamps, roars, and throws the badgers out of their own home, and when father begs for meat the bear kicks him away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «bear» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

The fox got loads of mice, like twenty?

1. Nah, just two — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, a score of mice, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, roughly forty mice, innit — no support
4. Yeah, five — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

The cat fetched them all for Simon, bare sick?

1. Yeah, but Simon said she was a bit lazy — score 3
2. Nah, the cat was too scared and hid under the bed for the whole day — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Yeah, and Susan said she's an excellent cat — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Yeah, and Simon gave her the whole sausage and a big cuddle right after — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1936, line 7: «Why: Simon wants to drown the cat because "She never catches any mice now-a-days".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «cat» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

The dog barked cos the fox told him to, to get Simon out, right?

1. Yeah, the fox wanted Simon to come out — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Nah, the dog barked because a thief was really in the courtyard that night — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yeah, the fox wanted the dog to chase the cat — score 5
4. Nah, the dog barked because he was hungry — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 637, line 9: «Why the dog barks: at ships "blundering by in the dark", and on this night he barks "and barked and barked".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «dog» (+2); the same action «bark» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Susan was going to church with sausages for her aunt, weren't she?

1. Yeah, to the cat in the next village — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she was taking them to her uncle — no support
3. Yeah, to her aunt in the neighbouring town — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, to her cousin — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Does the Prince's dad forgive the brothers, like?

1. Yeah, he hugged them both — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Nah, he didn't — no support
3. Nah, he banished them both — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he gave them gold — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1528, line 8: «What: Rosette "ran to embrace her brothers", which shows how happy she is to see them again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «embrace» (+1). Against it: a different doer (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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the reason the Prince's elder brothers were banished?

1. They confessed to slaying their brother to obtain the golden horse and bird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. They tried to steal the golden horse and were caught by the palace guards at night — score 5
3. They stole the king's gold — score 5
4. They lied about the horse — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1847, line 3: «He shows the King that his six brothers-in-law have the red-hot pice mark on their backs, so they are thieves and are ashamed.», 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 (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «brothers» (+1); the same thing acted on «thieves» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the cat's principal occupation prior to her dismissal by Simon?

1. Sleeping by the fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Guarding the sausages — no support
3. Fetching water from the well — no support
4. Catching mice in the household — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature did the bear mistake for an advancing army?

1. The fox, who was carrying a huge banner and a lance into the field — no support
2. The boar with his sharp tusks — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. The wolf, carrying a big stick — no support
4. The cat, carrying her tail erect — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 581, line 9: «Why: Brer Fox chases Brer Bear because Rabbit says the Bear is the man "w'at bin stealin' yo' goobers."», 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 (+2); the same doer «bear» (+1); the same thing acted on «man» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reward did the fox offer the cat and dog in return for their aid?

1. A whole week of sausages and mice to eat, plus a golden bell each — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Their master's love and a warm bed — no support
3. Food and a warm place to sleep — no support
4. Restoration to their master's favour — ✓ 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

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