Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an excuse to eat a cock, and a wolf in sheep's clothing is killed by mistake

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 386 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, the cat nabbed the cock, innit, so what was his excuse?

1. He said he crows at night so the men wake up early for their daily work — score 4
2. Cock was crowing all night long and keeping everyone awake in the village — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Cock keeps everyone up crowing at night — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Cock wakes folks with his crowing — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 386, line 2: «He says the Cock's crowing at night keeps people from sleeping.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cock» (+4); the same action «crow» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, the cock says he crows for the men, right? So why's he crowing?

1. To warn the hens of foxes — score 3
2. To wake the men up for work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. So the men wake up early and get out to the fields for their work — score 7
4. To greet the sun and wake the men up so they can go to work on time — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 386, line 3: «The Cock says he crows so that men wake up in time for their work.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «wake up» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the wolf wore a sheep suit, proper sneaky, yeah?

1. He hid in sheep's skin, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. He put on a full sheep's skin coat and crept in amongst the flock — score 11
3. He used a fleece to hide — score 7
4. Got a disguise — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 386, line 5: «A Wolf hides in a sheep's skin, but at night the shepherd kills him by mistake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolf» (+4); the same place «skin» (+4); the same action «hide» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

And the shepherd nabbed the wolf by accident in the dark?

1. Yeah, he snatched a dog by mistake — score 10
2. Yeah, grabbed him instead of a sheep — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, he grabbed the wolf instead of a sheep when it was dark and he couldn't see properly — ← Mova's choice · score 11
4. Nah, he was actually looking for his lost dog when he grabbed the wild beast by accident — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 386, line 15: «He "mistakenly caught up the Wolf instead of a sheep" and "killed him instantly".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shepherd» (+4); the same thing acted on «wolf» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wicked, so what's the moral then, like, the big lesson?

1. Harm seek, harm find, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Don't go looking for trouble, because trouble always finds the one who looks for it, innit — no support
3. Greed brings loss, innit — no support
4. Those who seek harm will surely find it themselves, innit — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, the goatherd chucked a stone, why though?

1. To get the stray goat back home — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To make the wandering goat return to the flock before the wolf sees him — no support
3. To wake up the goat so he can go back to the fold for the night — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. To call the goat back home — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 157, line 5: «A Swallow boasts of being a princess, and the Crow says she chatters enough already. A Hunter sells his hare to a Horseman who gallops off, and a Goatherd over…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wild goats» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

And the goat's like, the horn will tell on you, yeah?

1. Yeah, it speaks though I'm quiet — no support
2. Yeah, the horn will speak out loud to the master even if I keep my mouth shut the whole time — no support
3. Yeah, whatever I do, the horn will tell on me, so I'm stuck, bro, and everyone will find out — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, it'll speak even if I stay quiet — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 20: «Badger: «I haven't said my last word yet. Now I'm going to tell you a great secret» — one that Toad's father told him and «wouldn't have dreamt of telling» his…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

The pig said the shepherd grabs him for his life, lol, is that true?

1. Yeah, the shepherd grips him very tight, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Nah, the shepherd just lets him go, lol — score 10
3. Yeah, the shepherd grabs him for his life — ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Yeah, he squeals — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 139, line 9: «The shepherds had hidden the bread and meat "against their return," which means they had put it away to eat when they came back later.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shepherds» (+4); the same thing acted on «bread» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

The boy with the filberts, fam, why's his hand stuck?

1. His fist is full, can't pull it out — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He grabbed too many nuts and now the pitcher is stuck on his wrist and he can't escape, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. His fist is so full of filberts that he simply cannot pull it out of the pitcher, fam — score 2
4. His fist is jammed, can't get free — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 295, line 1: «A little boy gets wet feet from a deep gutter and catches a cold, so his mother makes him Elderflower tea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the bystander say, like, the easy fix?

1. Ask a friend to pull the pitcher — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Take half of the filberts out of your fist and then your hand will easily come out — no support
3. Take half and your hand comes out — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Drop some nuts and then pull out — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, what does supperless even mean, like in proper English?

1. Having no supper to eat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. No food — no support
3. Having eaten too much food — no support
4. Going to bed without food — 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 · wrong ✗

Which reason does the Cat give for seizing the Cock in the tale?

1. He says the Cock disturbs the sleep of men, and also he wants to eat the Cock for his supper — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He says the Cock is an annoying thief — score 1
3. He insists the Cock steals the farmer's grain — score 1
4. He claims the Cock disturbs the sleep of men — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 386, line 4: «The Cat eats him anyway, saying he will not stay "supperless".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). Against it: the same doer «cat» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which garment does the Wolf adopt in order to deceive the shepherd?

1. A covering made from the skin of a sheep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. A long fleece garment made from the skin of a sheep that he had killed the night before in the forest — score 2
3. A hooded covering woven from the wool of rams — no support
4. A covering made from the skin of a sheep, stitched neatly to fit over his grey wolf's coat — 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 367, line 9: «The Wolf usually "snapped up such delicious morsels without making any bones about it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «wolf» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what mistake does the shepherd cause the death of the Wolf?

1. He seizes the Wolf in the dark, mistaking him for a sheep, because he could not see clearly — score 4
2. He lets the Wolf escape and then accidentally catches a sheep in the dark near the fold — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He grabs the fox instead of the lamb — score 5
4. He seizes the Wolf instead of a sheep — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 386, line 14: «The shepherd returns "during the night to obtain meat for the next day" and grabs the wrong animal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grab» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «shepherd» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What lesson does the fable conclude by expressing in its moral?

1. That a wicked wolf who disguises himself as a sheep will eventually be found out by the shepherd — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. That harm sought is harm found — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That harm sought brings harm back — no support
4. That those who plan harm for others will surely be caught by the very harm they planned — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 365, line 5: «A boastful Wolf struts in his giant shadow until a Lion strikes him down, while a proud Oak snaps in a storm and the bending Reeds survive.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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