Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the young Larks fear the reapers, but their mother says the wheat is not ready yet

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 376 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, so who got the chop first at the sin meeting, innit?

1. the Wolf, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Ass, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a cow, bruv — no support
4. the Ox, bruv — 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 ✗

Bro, what was the shepherd's whole vow, like, for real?

1. a big ox to Mars — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a fat calf to Jupiter — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a fat cow — no support
4. a fat bull to Juno — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Was the dog a proper muppet with that bone or what?

1. nah, he barked at a cat — score 8
2. yeah, he chased his mate in the river — score 8
3. yeah, he dropped it for his reflection — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. yeah, he dropped it for his reflection and then got soaked in the river, bruv — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 376, line 3: «A Shepherd who lost a sheep promises a fat calf to Jupiter, then meets a Lion and offers a full-grown bull instead, while a greedy Dog drops his bone to chase…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+4); the same doer «greedy dog» (+4); the same thing acted on «bone» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Who won the race, like, straight up?

1. the Hare, mate — score 4
2. the Snail, mate — score 4
3. the Tortoise, mate, cos the hare kipped — no support
4. the Tortoise, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 143, line 14: «The result is that "the Tortoise had already won the race."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «win» (+2); the same thing acted on «race» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the Hare have a kip, was he being lazy or what?

1. he was showing off, yeah, and thought he'd win anyway, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. he fancied a nap, yeah — score 1
3. he was just bored, innit — no support
4. he was showing off, yeah — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 143, line 10: «Why: the Hare thinks he is so far ahead that he "might as well have a rest".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2). Against it: the same doer «hare» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the judge in the honey row, yeah?

1. the Beetle, bro — no support
2. the Fox, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. the Owl, bro — no support
4. the Hornet, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 376, line 12: «The Bees and the Wasps argue over a honey store in "a hollow tree," and the Judge decides it cannot be settled without a battle.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «judge» (+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 ✗

Hold up, did the Wasps build a comb or nah?

1. nah, they couldn't build a comb cos they had no wax, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, they could — no support
3. nah, they couldn't — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, they wouldn't — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 376, line 4: «A boastful Hare mocks the Tortoise, naps during the race, and loses, and then the Bees win their case against the Wasps by proving who can build a honey comb.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+4); the same thing acted on «honey comb» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

So who got the honey in the end, then?

1. the Hornets, clearly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Bees, obviously — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the Wasps — no support
4. the Ants, probably — 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 ✓

Where did the Lark build her gaff, in the wheat field?

1. yeah, in a field of wheat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. yeah, in the orchard — score 1
3. yeah, in a field of wheat near the farm, innit — score 1
4. yeah, by the old river — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 48, line 15: «The Clerk: «twelve months for the theft, which is mild; and three years for the furious driving, which is lenient; and fifteen years for the cheek … those figu…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «rate clerk» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Did the farmer say he'd reap it straight off?

1. yeah, he wanted his mates — no support
2. nah, he wanted his neighbours first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. nah, he waited for lunch — no support
4. nah, he wanted his neighbours first and then his mates at the pub — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 376, line 17: «The Mother Lark says the wheat "will not be reaped for a while yet," because the Farmer said he would call neighbors and friends first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «farmer» (+4); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the mum lark tell them to chill?

1. cos the field was too wet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cos the corn wasn't cut yet — no support
3. cos the wheat wasn't ready yet and the farmer was still chatting — no support
4. cos the wheat wasn't ready yet — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the Ass get done for, then?

1. eating some farmer's oats — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. eating some priests' grass — ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. nicking some priests' hay — no support
4. eating some priests' grass, the daft donkey, bruv — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 376, line 9: «Why: the Ass is killed because he ate grass that was not his, and the Dog loses his bone because he is "greedy."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «ass» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Fox reckon the sheep were worth saving?

1. yeah, they were tasty, he said — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. nah, mutton heads, he said — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. yeah, mutton heads, he said — score 8
4. nah, they were lazy, he said — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 376, line 10: «The Fox says sheep are "such stupid mutton heads," so he thinks eating them is no crime, and the animals all cheer for him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «fox» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who sprang at his own reflection in the river?

1. the Wolf, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. the Dog, bruv — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. the Sheep, bruv — score 5
4. the Fox — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 13, line 17: «The Hatter talks of Time as a person: «It's him.» If you kept on good terms with him, he says, Time would jump the clock from nine o'clock lessons to half-past…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «jump» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, which animal was sacrificed to the gods by the assembly of the beasts?

1. The Goat — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. The Ass — ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. The Stag — score 9
4. The Bull — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 372, line 12: «Why he is rewarded: Mercury says "I admire your honesty" and gives him all three axes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «mercury» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the text, what reason did the Judge give for awarding the honey to the Bees?

1. The Wasps had stung the Bees too often — no support
2. The Bees had built a honey comb, which the Wasps could not do — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. The Bees had more honey — no support
4. The Bees were the older tribe of the hive — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 146, line 16: «"Nectar" in the Owl's tale was the drink of the gods; today we use the word for sweet juice that bees and flowers make.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «make» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the text, why did the Hare fail to overtake the Tortoise in the race?

1. He had slept while the Tortoise passed him and could not catch up in time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. He had tripped on a stone and lost his place — score 8
3. He had dozed while the Tortoise overtook him and was too late — score 8
4. He had stopped to eat — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 376, line 11: «The Hare lies down "to take a nap until the Tortoise should catch up," and he sleeps so long that the Tortoise wins.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same doer «hare» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, what did the Mother Lark conclude from the Farmer's words about the wheat?

1. That the farmer would cut it tomorrow, as the wheat was dry — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. That the harvest would be delayed, since his neighbours had not yet been called and the wheat was still green — score 5
3. That the harvest would be delayed, since his neighbours had not yet been called — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That the reaping would wait, since the neighbours were not yet asked — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 376, line 5: «Last, a Lark mother calms her frightened chicks: the farmer's words mean the wheat will wait, and the tale goes on as the ripe grain starts to fall.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «wheat» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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