Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork: a Farmer's nets catch a Stork among Cranes, and his pleas fail.

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 385 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 ✗

Yo, what did the farmer lay on his fresh fields, fam?

1. traps, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. hay, bro — score 6
3. nets — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. ox, fam — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 60, line 19: «Later the Rat's eyes were «clear and dark and brown again as before», but he could not explain: «how could he put into cold words what had mostly been suggesti…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same place «cold words» (+2); the same action «put» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, which birds came nicking the seed?

1. Cranes and some sneaky Herons — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Rooks and Cranes and Herons — score 3
3. Cranes — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Geese — 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 385, line 7: «Who else: many Cranes that came to pick up the seed, and one Stork.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+5). Against it: the same doer «many cranes» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

No cap, what got caught right along with them?

1. a Heron — no support
2. a Stork and a Crane both — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. a Stork, and a Crane too — score 3
4. a Stork — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 385, line 1: «A Farmer sets nets on his newly sown fields to catch the Cranes that keep stealing his seed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «catch» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what was up with the Stork's leg?

1. it was hurt — no support
2. it was fractured — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. it was sprained — no support
4. it was bent — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 385, line 10: «The Stork had "fractured his leg in the net" and was "earnestly beseeching the Farmer to spare his life."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fracture» (+3); the same thing acted on «leg» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what did the Stork beg the farmer for?

1. to live — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to be freed — no support
3. to be spared — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. to stay — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did he say he was NOT?

1. a bird — score 0
2. a Crane from the field — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. a Crane but a Stork — score 6
4. a Crane — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 385, line 11: «Why should he be spared? He says his "broken limb should excite your pity."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «stork» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead, who did he say he slaves for?

1. his mum and dad — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. his mum — no support
3. his dad — no support
4. the Farmer — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 385, line 3: «The Stork begs to be let go and says he is no Crane but a Stork, a bird of excellent character.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «stork» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, how did the farmer react?

1. laughed out loud — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he scoffed — no support
3. he was furious — no support
4. he sneered — 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 ✓

Real talk, what did the farmer say the Stork had to do?

1. die with the Cranes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. die with the Cranes, no escape — score 5
3. die with the Cranes at sunrise tomorrow — score 5
4. be eaten at dawn — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 385, line 5: «The Farmer laughs and says the Stork must die in the company of the Cranes, because birds of a feather flock together.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same circumstance (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what's the saying about birds?

1. Birds of a kind sing together — no support
2. Birds sing sweetly — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Birds of a feather flock together — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Like birds fly — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 233, line 5: «Next day the whole family rides back to the capital together, with the Talking Bird singing on the princess's lap.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «talking bird» (+4); the same action «sing» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Fam, why were the Cranes called robbers?

1. they dug up the fields — no support
2. they were hungry — no support
3. they stole the seed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. they ate the crops — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 385, line 1: «A Farmer sets nets on his newly sown fields to catch the Cranes that keep stealing his seed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+2); the same thing acted on «seed» (+2). Against it: the same doer «cranes» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, what's the Stork's feather vibe?

1. just like the Cranes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. they look like a Crane's but grey — no support
3. not like a Crane's — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. like Cranes — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did the Stork call his own character?

1. excellent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. very humble — score -2
3. fine — score -2
4. poor — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 146, line 15: «"Villainous" means wicked or evil, and today we would say a villain, so the Farmer calls the Viper "so villainous a creature."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+1). Against it: the same doer «farmer» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following did the Farmer place upon his newly sown plowlands?

1. nets — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. fences — no support
3. snares — no support
4. nets and fences all over the plowlands — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Of what physical condition was the Stork when he was captured?

1. a broken wing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a fractured leg — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a fractured leg and a torn wing — no support
4. a bruised neck — 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 ✗

What was the Farmer's final judgement concerning the Stork?

1. that he must perish with the Cranes — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. that he must stay caught in the net — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. that he should be spared his life — score 5
4. that he must perish with the Cranes at the farmer's hand tomorrow — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 385, line 2: «The nets catch many Cranes, and a Stork with a broken leg is caught with them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «catch» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which proverb is the moral of this fable?

1. Honesty is the best policy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Birds of a feather flock together — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Make hay while the sun shines — no support
4. Like birds of a feather should always flock together in a big group — 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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