Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 366 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 ✗
Mate, why did the Ass start braying all proud?
- 1. Bows, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cos he's proud, innit — no support
- 3. He reckoned the bows were for him, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He reckoned the Image was his own, mate — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what colour did the Raven reckon he'd go after all that swimming?
- 1. Snow white, like the Swan, fam — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Golden yellow, like the sunshine on the lake, after all that swimming, fam, innit — score 0
- 3. Black as coal, like the crow he was, mate, not white like the swan at all — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Pure white like a swan, yeah — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 366, line 12: «What he does: he flies to the lakes and marshes and "washed and washed all day long," but stays black.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «raven» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, how did the Raven's weed diet go?
- 1. He ate loads of weed and got fat and happy, then he went off swimming — no support
- 2. Got him fat, then he was fine — no support
- 3. Made him skinny, then he snuffed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Made him skinny at first, then he got better and flew off to the lake again — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 70, line 4: «Through the door they hear the Chief Weasel making a speech about «our kind host, Mr. Toad... Good Toad, modest Toad, honest Toad!» while everyone shrieks with…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «splash» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the Goats chill and let each other pass, or what?
- 1. Nah, they clashed horns and both fell — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. Nah, they just stood there — no support
- 3. Yeah, they took turns and let each other pass, then they sat down and had a chat — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 4. Nah, one bloke stepped aside and the other crossed over and went home for tea — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 238, line 12: «Old word: "shoon" means shoes, so the "iron shoon" are iron shoes that let her climb the glass hill.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «let» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Which bloke was proper raging about his salt going missing?
- 1. The Merchant, totally raging — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. The Lion, who was not best pleased about the missing salt at all — no support
- 3. The Fox, grumpy — no support
- 4. The Cock, sulking — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 217, line 15: «Why she is angry: the narrator tells her he knows about the grave, and "I had no sooner uttered these words" than she rages.», 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 doer «narrator» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who got the rough end of the deal with the sponges, yeah?
- 1. The Merchant's wife, who had to pay for all the salt and sponges he lost — score 1
- 2. The Fox, bless him — no support
- 3. The Lion, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. The Ass, poor thing — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 356, line 3: «A king who loves stories offers his daughter to anyone who can tell an endless tale, or lose his head.», 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 doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
That Gnat was well cocky, yeah? What did he say to the Lion?
- 1. Are you scared of me, then? — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Do you think I'm just a fly? — no support
- 3. Do you reckon I'm scared of a big cat, then? Think again, you lot, I'm the boss of this forest. — no support
- 4. Do you reckon I'm scared, just cos you're king? — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
What got the Gnat in the end?
- 1. A gust of wind that blew him into the river, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. A bird, mate — score 3
- 3. The Lion's paw, which squashed him flat in the grass, lol — no support
- 4. A spider's web, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 298, line 9: «His vow: "I must and will find the bell," even if he has to go "to the end of the world."», 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 doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, what did the bragger reckon about his Rhodes jump?
- 1. Nobody else could jump near that far, and the whole crowd saw him do it in the square — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nobody else could jump near that far — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No one jumped that high — no support
- 4. Nobody beat his leap, fam — 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 ✗
Wait, what did the Cock dig up on the ground?
- 1. A bright gem that a merchant had hidden in the straw and forgotten about — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A posh jewel someone dropped — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A coin someone lost — no support
- 4. A grain of barley that had fallen from a sack on the cart near the gate — 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 ✗
Mate, why did the Camel get booted out?
- 1. He danced so clumsily that he knocked over the feast, then walked on the king's face — no support
- 2. He tried to dance for the king but stomped all over the nobles' toes and then the king's nose and tail — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. He juggled pots and dropped them on the king's guests — no support
- 4. He danced like a total donkey and stomped the king's nose — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 147, line 1: «The Monkey dances and wins loud applause, but the jealous Camel tries it too, looks ridiculous and is chased away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+1). Against it: the same doer «jealous camel» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, what did the Boar do while the Fox was being a clown?
- 1. Snoozing, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Still digging holes, innit — no support
- 3. Kept sharpening his tusks, like a boss — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Watching the Fox, bruv, like a hawk — 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 ✓
What, according to the fable of the Two Goats, is the consequence of obstinate pride?
- 1. Both fall to the rocks below — no support
- 2. They fight until one is pushed in — no support
- 3. They climb back up the cliff together and laugh about it, but the pride is still there — no support
- 4. Both Goats fall into the torrent and are swept away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 366, line 16: «Why they fall: "Their pride would not permit either to stand aside for the other."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+5); the same doer «goats» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What does the Ass in the sacred procession wrongly attribute to himself?
- 1. The gifts from the crowd — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The reverence paid to the Image he carries — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Their honour — no support
- 4. The god's own power — 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 response did the Merchant make to the Ass's second deliberate fall?
- 1. He sold him to a farmer — score 3
- 2. He drove the Ass back and loaded him with sponges — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. He let him rest in the stable — no support
- 4. He beat him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 189, line 1: «Sindbad builds a strong raft, loads it with jewels, and floats into a black tunnel under a mountain.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «load» (+4); the same doer «sindbad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the principal lesson conveyed by the fable of the Wild Boar and the Fox?
- 1. Friendship is the best guarantee of peace — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Those who hunt for pleasure are often the first to be attacked by the stronger beasts — no support
- 4. Never trust a fox, for he will always betray you when you least expect it in the woods — 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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