Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor

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

Lesson 371 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 ✗

Oi, why'd the farmer go proper mental and sling stones at them Cranes?

1. To keep his wheat from birds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cos they was loud — no support
3. Cos he was mad — no support
4. To save some of his grain — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the old farmer's big secret for his sons?

1. Loads of silver buried by the wall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A dodgy map — no support
3. A big pile of cash in the cellar — no support
4. A rich treasure hidden on the estate — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did the sons find gold when they dug everywhere?

1. Yeah, they found a huge pile of gold coins under the dirt — score 8
2. Yeah, they found some gold — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. No, the harvest made them rich — ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Yes, they dug everywhere and found gold in every single field — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 371, line 2: «The sons dig every inch of the farm and find no gold, but the rich harvest that follows shows them that hard work was the treasure all along.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same doer «sons» (+4); the same thing acted on «gold» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the one that gets smashed to bits on the road, innit?

1. The Earthen Pot that was too fragile to go — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Earthen Pot, the fragile one, all smashed — no support
3. The Earthen Pot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The Brass Pot — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ain't the Goose the one that got whacked for its eggs, yeah?

1. The Countryman's Goose, who got whacked, right, for its eggs — no support
2. The Countryman's Goose — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Countryman's Cat — no support
4. The Countryman's Goose that laid the golden eggs — ← 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 371, line 14: «Why: he killed the Goose hoping to get all the golden eggs at once, but "not a single golden egg did he find".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «goose» (+4); the same thing acted on «golden eggs» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Mouse get out the basket all skinny, or what?

1. Yeah, he crawled out nice and skinny, no bother at all — no support
2. Yeah, he slipped out fine — no support
3. No, he got stuck in the basket, too fat for the gap, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. No, he got stuck, too fat — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 371, line 4: «Two Bulls fight, and the beaten one crushes the Frogs in the marsh, while a Mouse gets stuck in a basket of corn, and a Farmer's kindness to a Snake ends in hi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «mouse» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, who laughed at the stuck Mouse and said good enough?

1. A Weasel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. A nosy Crow — score 9
3. A fox — score 9
4. A cat — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 44, line 3: «The Rat warms up some ale with spices, as people did in those days, and the field-mice sip and cough and laugh. The Mole asks one of them to recite from last y…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+5); the same circumstance (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the Farmer pick up the cold Snake, like, what was he thinking?

1. To take it to the vet — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. To warm it back to life — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To save its life from frost — score 0
4. Just to see what it would do if it woke up — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 146, line 14: «"Compassion" means feeling pity and wanting to help someone who suffers, so the Farmer "took compassion" on the Viper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+1). Against it: the same doer «farmer» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Didn't the Snake bite the bloke who saved it, yeah?

1. No, it ran off — no support
2. Yes, it bit him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Yes, it bit the lad — score 6
4. Yeah, it fled — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 371, line 18: «Who: a Farmer warms a frozen Snake in his "bosom", and the Snake bites him, so his last words are a warning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bite» (+4); the same doer «snake» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Did the sick Stag's mates bring him food, or nah?

1. No, they ate all his food and left him to starve — score 5
2. No, they ate his food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. No, they left — no support
4. Yes, they fed him lots — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 371, line 5: «A Stag starves after the Animals eat his food, Wild Goats refuse a Goatherd's offer, a Spendthrift sells his clothes too early, and a thin Cat puts on spectacl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same thing acted on «food» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Them Wild Goats liked the Goatherd's feeding, innit?

1. Yes, they ate it all — no support
2. No, they ran off to the hills — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. No, they wandered off — no support
4. Yes, they loved it so much they stayed in his pen all year — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 144, line 2: «A Lion and an Ass go hunting, and the Ass brays inside a cave until the goats run out into the Lion's jaws.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run out» (+4); the same doer «goats» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the Spendthrift flog to get some cash?

1. His clothes, right down to his tunic, and then his shoes — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. His lands and his silver plate — no support
3. His clothes, right down to his tunic — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. His clothes, right down to his tunic and every last ring he owned — 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 371, line 5: «A Stag starves after the Animals eat his food, Wild Goats refuse a Goatherd's offer, a Spendthrift sells his clothes too early, and a thin Cat puts on spectacl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «spendthrift» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «clothes» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the Cat on the doorstep, what's he dressed up as?

1. A doctor, complete with a bag of herbs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A famous doctor from the big city — no support
3. A priest — no support
4. A doctor — ✓ 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 action did the Farmer undertake in order to preserve a portion of his grain?

1. He chased off the birds with a loud shout — score 0
2. He slew several Cranes with stones from his sling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He bought more grain from the market — score 0
4. He shot a crane — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 370, line 20: «fact: Old word: a "sling" is a strap for throwing stones. The farmer had no stones, so the Cranes were only scared by the swinging and the shouting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «farmer» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which discovery did the sons make upon settling their accounts at harvest time?

1. They had gained a profit exceeding their neighbours' — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. They had found the gold their father hid — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. They had gained a profit that exceeded their neighbours' by a wide margin after selling the entire crop — score -2
4. They had earned a smaller profit than their neighbours — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 371, line 9: «Why: at harvest they find that "the treasure their father had told them about was the wealth of a bountiful crop".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sons» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which vessel, having consented to accompany its companion, was reduced to fragments after the first jolt?

1. The Earthen Pot — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The Earthen Pot, having agreed to travel with its companion — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The Brass Pot — score 0
4. Brass pot — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 371, line 3: «A Brass Pot talks a fragile Earthen Pot into travelling with him, and the Earthen Pot shatters at the first jolt, while a Countryman kills his golden-egg Goose…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «travel» (+3); the same doer «brass pot» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What became of the Mouse, who had gorged himself within the basket, when he attempted to withdraw from the opening?

1. He could not free his swollen body from the opening, which trapped him for good — no support
2. He was stuck fast in the opening then — score 3
3. He could not free his body from the opening — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. He could not free his body from the opening and was eaten by the Weasel at dawn — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 243, line 3: «On the way home the gold turns to silver, then to iron, then to a stone, and each change pleases her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+5); the same circumstance (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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