Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a bird begs for its life, a Cock argues, and many short animal tales follow

Tests: 1 of 15 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 393 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 ✗

Wait, so why'd the Ant sting the birdcatcher, was it, like, on purpose?

1. Yeah, it had been watching the Birdcatcher all morning and wanted to warn the Dove before it was too late — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, it saw him setting up to nab the Dove — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, it was just bitten by chance — no support
4. Yeah, it spotted him creeping along the branch with his net and decided to stop him — 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 ✗

Okay, the Hares were gonna jump off a cliff, proper?

1. Yeah, they were fed up with fear — no support
2. Nah, they just wanted a dip — no support
3. Nah, they were only going to splash into the lake, not jump off a cliff at all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yeah, they were sick of always being scared — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 393, line 4: «Next an Ant saved on a leaf stings a birdcatcher's foot, the Dove flies away, and the Hares give up jumping after seeing frightened Frogs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hares» (+4); the same action «jump» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the Monkey go fishing, innit, when he'd never done it?

1. He had seen the Fishermen's nets on the riverbank and decided to try it himself for a snack — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He wanted to be like them — score 6
3. He saw them and tried it — score 6
4. He copied the Fishermen after watching them — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 260, line 13: «The monkey "cocked his eye", sees the trick is no use, and goes down, so the boy stays safe in the tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same doer «monkey» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, how'd the Swan get out of getting cooked?

1. He started crowing loudly and told the cook that he was actually the Master's favorite bird — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He started singing and the cook knew him — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He pecked at the cook's hand until the cook let go of him and ran off to find the Master — no support
4. He sang and the cook recognized him — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 120, line 21: «The ending: "they lived happily together all their lives", and then "THE SIX SWANS" begins with a lost king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «begin» (+4); the same doer «six swans» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

The Doe ran into the lion's cave to hide, right? Dumb move?

1. Yeah, she ran straight into a lion — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, bad luck — no support
3. Nah, smart move — no support
4. Nah, she was really clever — 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 ✗

The little Fish begged the Fisherman to chuck him back, yeah?

1. Nope, he said he'd come back later if the Fisherman let him go, and he'd be bigger then — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Nah, he asked for a kiss — score 7
3. Yep, he said he'd grow big for the rich — ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Nah, he just wanted food — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 379, line 3: «A poor Fisherman catches only one tiny fish, which begs to be spared, but he keeps it anyway because it is better than nothing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fisherman» (+4); the same thing acted on «fish» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the Fisherman say no to the Fish, mate, was he being mean?

1. He figured a small fish now was worth more than a promise of a huge one that might never show up — score 3
2. He'd rather have a sure catch than a maybe — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He thought the Fish was lying to him and wanted to cook it at home before the market closed — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. He'd take the certain one, not the maybe — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 165, line 9: «Why he wants it: "I will sell it to the founder," so he can buy "a measure of wheat".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+4); the same doer «fisherman» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

The Hunter got well scared of a Lion, didn't he? Chattering teeth and that?

1. Yeah, he went white and said no thanks — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Yeah, he got a bit scared but then he shouted at the Lion and it ran away into the forest — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Yeah, he went pale and shaking and dropped his bag and ran all the way home to the village — no support
4. Yeah, he went pale and ran off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 393, line 16: «Why: the Hunter is "chattering with his teeth from fear" and would rather find only the Lion's track than the Lion himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hunter» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Fox got stuck cos he ate too much, was it, like, sus?

1. Nah, he was just really hungry and wandering around the forest looking for more food to eat — score 7
2. Yeah, he crammed into a hollow tree — ← Mova's choice · score 11
3. Yeah, he stuffed himself in a hollow oak — ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Yeah, he was trapped for days and only got out when the woodcutter came and chopped the oak down — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 139, line 2: «Next, a greedy Fox eats so much from a hollow tree that he gets stuck, and a second Fox tells him to wait until he shrinks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «greedy fox» (+4); the same place «hollow tree» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+3). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

The second Fox just said wait till you're skinny again, lol?

1. Nah, you need to wait for the hunters to leave and then you'll be able to slip out no matter what — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, when you're slim you'll squeeze out — no support
3. Yeah, once you're thin you'll slip out easy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, you should eat a lot more first so the hole gets bigger and you can climb out of it easily — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

The Lamp was dead proud of itself, innit, boasting about the sun?

1. Yeah, it was proud — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, it said it shone brighter than the sun — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, it bragged it was brighter — no support
4. Nah, it said it was dimmer than the sun — 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 ✗

Why was the Camel in a strop, bro, did the Arab make him go up a hill?

1. He asked which way he'd like, with a bit of sass — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, the Arab only asked him once which way he wanted to go and then let him rest for hours — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, he wanted a rest — score 6
4. Nah, he asked which way he'd go — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 147, line 8: «Why the Camel fails: he "cut such a ridiculous figure" because he wants the applause the Monkey won.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+4); the same doer «camel» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

The Miller and his lad kept switching who rode the Ass, right? Why?

1. People kept complaining about who rode — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Folk kept moaning whoever was walking or riding — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They were tired — no support
4. Both of them wanted a rest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 387, line 1: «A man keeps a hard-working Ass and a fancy little Maltese Lapdog that does tricks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «man» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

At the end, they tied the Ass's legs and carried him, lol? Like, actually?

1. Nah, they had a cart and tied its legs to it and then pulled it all the way home to the farm — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, they strapped it to the back of the mule and walked it all the way to the market in town — no support
3. Yeah, on a pole across their shoulders — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, on a stick across their backs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 62, line 16: ««Shillin' a leg.» A horse has four legs, so that is four shillings; the man then offers five shillings, saying that is «three-and-sixpence more than the animal…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shillin» (+4); the same thing acted on «four legs» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Monkey's last words were "I got what I deserved," yeah?

1. Yep, he was sorry — no support
2. Nah, he thought he'd caught a fish — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yep, he thought he'd never had a go at nets — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Yep, he thought he'd never tried nets — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 176, line 6: «Who tells the story? The monkey himself, using "I", so we hear his thoughts as he goes.», 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 «monkey» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which boast did the Lamp make in the tale concerning light?

1. That it shone more than the sun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That it could light up the whole valley and the mountains beyond with a single flicker — no support
3. That it gave more light than the sun — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That it would outlast the sun and keep the whole world bright long after the sun had set — 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 · right ✓

What event caused the Lamp to be extinguished in the narrative?

1. A sudden puff of wind — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. A sudden blast of cold air — no support
3. A quick breath of breeze — no support
4. A gust — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 140, line 15: «The Sea says the Winds "fall upon me with their gusts and gales", so it is the Winds, not the Sea, that cause the wrecks.», 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 «winds» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What question did the Camel-driver put to his beast concerning the journey?

1. Whether he preferred going up or down hill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Whether he liked the hill more — score 1
3. Which way he wanted to walk — score 1
4. Up or down? — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 47, line 3: «A lawyer! The Rat is alarmed — Toad must be really ill. He decides to be on the safe side, carefully locks the door, and runs off to the village. The moment th…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «climb» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Why did the Miller and his son carry the Ass over the bridge?

1. They wanted to keep it from falling — score 5
2. The bridge was broken — no support
3. They had tied its legs to carry it on a pole — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The Ass refused to cross the bridge — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 9: «Why: the Lion runs off after "the sting of the arrow", and the Ass dies because "he refused to help" is what the Mule did, so the Mule ends up carrying the loa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «refuse» (+4); the same doer «ass» (+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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