Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a boar gets scolded by his master
Tests: 7 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 392 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 so why did the dogs wanna bounce from the farm?
- 1. cuz master was eating his oxen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. cuz the storm was so bad and the master was eating his oxen — no support
- 3. cuz the master was gonna eat all of them soon for dinner — no support
- 4. cuz the farm was too boring — 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 ✗
no cap, what made the old hound's grip slip off the boar?
- 1. his teeth had decayed — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. his nose had gone dull — no support
- 3. his teeth fell out — no support
- 4. he was too old — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 392, line 9: «The Old Hound was once so strong that he "had never yielded to any beast of the forest."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
ok real talk, what did the master do when he came up?
- 1. he fiercely abused the dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. he kicked the old dog out — score 0
- 3. he gently scolded the dog — score 0
- 4. he yelled at dog — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 392, line 11: «The hound's teeth have decayed, so the boar escapes, and his master "fiercely abused the dog."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dog» (+3); the same property (+3); the same doer «master» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, which two dudes found the axe?
- 1. two boys by the river — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. two farmers on the road — no support
- 3. two old men walking together and carrying heavy sacks — no support
- 4. two men walking together — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
fr, what did the first guy say when the owner was chasing them?
- 1. "Hide!" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "We are undone." — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. "We are lost." — no support
- 4. "We are undone, the master is coming for us!" — 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 · ★ · right ✓
lowkey, what's the moral of the axe tale?
- 1. He who shares the danger should share the prize. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Greed brings ruin. — no support
- 3. He who shares risk should share reward. — no support
- 4. Those who share the danger share the gain. — 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, which beast hit the dying lion first?
- 1. ox — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a boar — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. hare — no support
- 4. the old Hound — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
ngl, what did the ass do to the lion?
- 1. stomped on his face with all four hooves at once — no support
- 2. kicked him with hind hooves — score 5
- 3. kicked his forehead hard with both heels — score 10
- 4. kicked his forehead with heels — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 392, line 18: «The ass kicks the lion with his heels, and the lion says it is "to die a double death" to be treated so by a "disgrace to Nature."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «kick» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
be honest, where were the shepherds eating?
- 1. out — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. inside — score 6
- 3. by a fire — score 6
- 4. in a hut — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 392, line 5: «A wolf passing a hut sees shepherds eating mutton and jeers that they would make a great fuss if he ate like that.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «shepherds» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, what was the wolf actually doing?
- 1. sleeping — no support
- 2. jeering at the shepherds — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. eating meat — score 5
- 4. mocking the shepherds — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 388, line 3: «A kid taunts a wolf from a safe roof, and the wolf answers that the roof, not the kid, is the reason he is brave enough to mock him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «mock» (+1); the same doer «wolf» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
yo, which travelers thought the bundle was a ship?
- 1. the seaside travelers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the travelers who lived by the seaside village — no support
- 3. the river merchants — no support
- 4. the mountain travelers — 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 · ★ · right ✓
dude, what did the thing they saw really turn out to be?
- 1. a broken wooden mast — no support
- 2. a large faggot of sticks washed up by the sea — score 1
- 3. a heap of driftwood tied tightly with ropes and sticks — no support
- 4. a large faggot of sticks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 320, line 11: «Where: Hook and Smee sit on a large mushroom, which turns out to be the chimney of "the home under the ground".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «turn out» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · right ✓
ok so which fable is about the shadow fight?
- 1. the ass and his shadow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the ass who carried a traveler and his shadow fight — no support
- 3. the traveler and the ass who quarreled — no support
- 4. the traveler's shadow — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
lol, who did Jupiter sell the ass to last?
- 1. a butcher — no support
- 2. a fox — no support
- 3. a king — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. a tanner — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 388, line 2: «A jackdaw sticks borrowed feathers all over himself to win Jupiter's crown, but the birds pluck every feather off him and he is left just a jackdaw.», 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 «birds» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what cause does the narrator attribute the boar's escape from the Old Hound?
- 1. the aging of the old hound's legs — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. the decay of the hound's teeth — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the boar's fierce and sudden strength — score 7
- 4. his speed — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 292, line 14: «Why: the reindeer Bac is tied up because he would "make his escape", and the girl tickles his neck with her knife every evening.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+6); the same thing acted on «escape» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Of what did the Woodcutter fail to take notice, when the huntsman inquired after the Fox?
- 1. the clear signs pointing toward the hut in the valley — no support
- 2. the footprints in the muddy road — no support
- 3. the signs pointing to the hut — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the marks of the fox nearby — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 379, line 1: «The part opens at the end of a tale where a sly Fox asks a Cock for help, but the Cock wakes the whole hen yard and the Farmer chases the Fox off.», 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 thing acted on «fox» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What was the principal grievance of the Ass against his final master?
- 1. that the tanner would tan his hide after death — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. that the tanner would tan his hide even after his death and burial — no support
- 3. that the master would sell him to a farmer — no support
- 4. that the tanner would skin his body first — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What did the dying Lion declare that he had reluctantly brooked from the brave?
- 1. the cowardice of the wolves — no support
- 2. the insults of the brave — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the insults offered by the brave ones of his own herd — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. the mocking insults that the brave hunters offered him in the field — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 365, line 14: «Who: the Wolf in the third tale is proud, and a Lion is the one who strikes him down with a single blow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same doer «lion» (-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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