Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous donkey copies a pampered lapdog and gets beaten

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 387 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, why was the donkey so salty about the lapdog?

1. cause the lapdog got treats and chilled all day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. lapdog ate treats from the table and was stroked by the master all day long and nightly — no support
3. the lapdog got tidbits, slept by the fire and never worked a single day in his life — no support
4. the lapdog was fed scraps and did no hard work — 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 ✗

Fr, what did the donkey actually smash?

1. the door and all the plates — no support
2. the table, the chairs and all the dishes on the cloth — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. the table and all the dishes — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. the whole table, every plate, cup and bowl in the room — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 387, line 11: «He tried to copy the Lapdog and "broke the table and smashed all the dishes upon it to atoms".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «smash» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

No cap, who yeeted the donkey out?

1. the servants with kicks, clubs, cuffs and shouts from the yard — score 1
2. the grooms with whips and rope — no support
3. the maids with brooms and shouts — no support
4. the servants with kicks and clubs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 373, line 19: «Old word: "lurking" meant hiding close by and waiting unseen; a "miser" is a greedy person who hoards money, a word still used today.», 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 «old word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what was the donkey's job every day?

1. plowing fields and carrying grain — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. grinding corn and hauling wood — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. pulling carts and drawing water — no support
4. grinding corn — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So sus, what did the donkey break before he ran in?

1. his cords and halter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. his rope — score 0
3. his harness and reins — score 0
4. the wooden fence — score 0

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 29, line 21: «Old words: «implored» = begged; «heartiness» = warm eagerness; «make his acquaintance» = meet him; «mellowed» = softened and warm-coloured with age; «shipped h…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «soften» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old words» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what could the lapdog do?

1. lots of tricks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. lots of tricks and begging for food from the table — no support
3. few tricks — no support
4. many clever games — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did the donkey say he should have done?

1. toil beside his fellow beasts — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. labour with his companions — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. work alone — score 1
4. work with the others — score 1

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 351, line 19: «Old word: "bade" means "told" or "ordered," so "He bade them good-by" means he said goodbye to them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be real, what's the moral here?

1. work hard always — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a friend who works hard is best — no support
3. always wish for an easy life — no support
4. don't wish for someone else's easy life — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Vibe check, what did the donkey do to his master?

1. jumped on his back and then rolled him over the floor — score 2
2. kicked his leg — no support
3. jumped on his back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. knocked him over — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 387, line 12: «He "jumped upon his back", which put his master in danger.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same place «back» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Fam, what made the donkey mad?

1. the lapdog's treats, warm bed and the idle life he led — no support
2. the treats and the idle life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the hard work and beatings — score 4
4. the heavy loads and whips — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 334, line 1: «Wendy gives the boys her "last words," and Smee ties her to the mast while Hook plans to make them walk the plank.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+6); the same thing acted on «words» (+2). 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

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ok but what did the donkey lament?

1. that he was stuck working while the lapdog rested — no support
2. the cruel weather — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. his own hard fate — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. how badly he was treated by all of the servants — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 106, line 20: «Old word: "bier" meant a frame for carrying a dead body, and "bemoaned" meant mourned or wept over; we now say stretcher and grieved.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bemoan» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, did the donkey win in the end?

1. yes, he was given a reward — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, he got beaten nearly to death — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no, he was sold at market — no support
4. no, he lost — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nah, what did the donkey lick?

1. his stall — no support
2. the face of the servants who drove him away — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. his master — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. dog — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 384, line 19: «Old word: "ridiculed" means laughed at unkindly; today we would say "mocked".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the provision made for the Ass within the stable?

1. a warm stall with plenty of oats, hay and water — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a bed of clean straw — no support
3. a comfortable stable stocked with food and a warm bed each night — no support
4. plenty of oats and hay — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which phrase best characterises the Ass's state of mind upon returning to his stall?

1. feeling proud and content — score 1
2. cursing the servants and wishing to be lazy again — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. rejoicing in his new fate — score 1
4. lamenting his own folly — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 106, line 3: «The queen learns from her glass that Snow-White is still alive, so she comes back disguised as an old pedlar and laces her up until she faints.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «queen» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «queen» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What was the immediate consequence of the Ass's attempt to imitate the Lapdog?

1. he smashed the table, all the dishes, and ran into the yard — no support
2. he broke the cups and chairs — no support
3. he jumped about and smashed the table and dishes before the servants came — score 7
4. he smashed the table and dishes — ← 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, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 387, line 11: «He tried to copy the Lapdog and "broke the table and smashed all the dishes upon it to atoms".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «smash» (+5); the same thing acted on «dishes» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which moral lesson is conveyed by the conduct of the Ass in this fable?

1. one should never wish for another's life, because hidden troubles lie under every easy path — score 2
2. everyone should be satisfied with their own fortune and do their proper duty in life — no support
3. one should be content with one's own lot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. always work hard and rest well — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 136, line 1: «The Ass gets jealous, because he works hard while the little Lap-dog just lazes about.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «work» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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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