Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refuses a kind Hedgehog's offer to shoo away his flies
Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 396 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 ✓
Mate, where did the Fox end up after the river chucked him?
- 1. On the river bank — no support
- 2. In the reeds — no support
- 3. On a hill — no support
- 4. Deep in a ravine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 396, line 6: «Who: a Fox who has been carried by a rapid river into a very deep ravine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «deep ravine» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, how bad was the Fox looking when the Hedgehog rolled up?
- 1. Cold and hungry — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Tired and sad — no support
- 3. Bruised, sick and stuck — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Sleepy, happy and calm — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what were the flies doing to the Fox?
- 1. Pushing him around — no support
- 2. Biting him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. Tickling his ears — no support
- 4. Sucking him dry — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 396, line 4: «The Fox says no, because the flies are already full and sting him only a little.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sting» (+5); the same thing acted on «fox» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
So what did the Hedgehog offer to do for him?
- 1. Shoo the flies away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Lift the Fox out of the ravine and carry him all the way home — no support
- 3. Bring some fresh water — no support
- 4. Chase the flies off with a stick and then tend his wounds carefully — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 396, line 11: «What the Hedgehog offers: to "drive away the flies that were tormenting him".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «flies» (+3); the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what did the Fox say to that?
- 1. "Yes" — no support
- 2. "By no means" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. "Maybe another time" — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. "Oh, very well" — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 376, line 10: «The Fox says sheep are "such stupid mutton heads," so he thinks eating them is no crime, and the animals all cheer for him.», 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 «heads» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was the Fox so chill about the flies?
- 1. They had already drunk so much blood that they could not even fly — score 4
- 2. They were stuffed with blood — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. They were tired from flying — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. They were hungry — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 396, line 4: «The Fox says no, because the flies are already full and sting him only a little.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «flies» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What happens if the Hedgehog flicks them off, the Fox said?
- 1. The first flies will leave and a hungrier crowd will settle on him again — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Hungrier flies roll in — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Hungrier flies from the nearby marsh will swarm over the Fox — score 5
- 4. Thirsty bees will arrive — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 396, line 4: «The Fox says no, because the flies are already full and sting him only a little.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «flies» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what does satiated mean?
- 1. Calm and quiet — no support
- 2. Feeling sick and bloated after eating far too much rich food — no support
- 3. Stuffed, full up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Having eaten so much food that one has no room left at all — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 396, line 18: «Old word "satiated": full up, having had as much as you can hold; today we say "stuffed".», reached through the remembered 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
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which ride got the Fox into the ravine?
- 1. The wind — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A boat — no support
- 3. The raging current — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A sudden flood — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
Who asked "How is this?"
- 1. The Hedgehog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The Fox's brother who had come looking for him that morning — no support
- 3. The old Badger — no support
- 4. The wise old Owl who lived in the tall oak tree — 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 ✗
Sus question: what's "molest" supposed to mean?
- 1. To cover something completely with thick mud or dirt — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To hide — no support
- 3. To tickle gently — no support
- 4. To bother or pester — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what's a ravine?
- 1. A narrow crack where wild animals hide from the cold winds — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A deep narrow valley — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A wide grassy field — no support
- 4. A wide sandy beach where animals gather to drink in summer — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
What's the big moral here?
- 1. Never trust a stranger who offers you help when you are hurt — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Always accept help from strangers, even when you feel quite safe — no support
- 3. A known pain can beat a worse one — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Friends always help each other — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Which word shows he was in great pain?
- 1. Anguish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Excitement at the river — no support
- 3. Happiness and relief — no support
- 4. Hunger — 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 · right ✓
To what depth was the Fox conveyed by the force of the current?
- 1. Into a very deep ravine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Under a big willow — no support
- 3. Far downstream into a wide marsh full of reeds and mud — no support
- 4. Along a muddy ditch — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 396, line 6: «Who: a Fox who has been carried by a rapid river into a very deep ravine.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «deep ravine» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which creature proffered its assistance to the afflicted Fox?
- 1. The Hedgehog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. The old Badger — score 7
- 3. The Mole — score 7
- 4. The Hare — 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 372, line 2: «The god Mercury dives in and first offers him a golden axe, then a silver one.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «offer» (+5); the same receiver «mercury» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What reason did the Fox give for declining the assistance?
- 1. Flies were fed — score -1
- 2. The flies were already satiated — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They were full — no support
- 4. He had already been bitten — ← 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 -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 372, line 12: «Why he is rewarded: Mercury says "I admire your honesty" and gives him all three axes.», 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 «mercury» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What, according to the Fox, would follow the removal of the flies?
- 1. Hungrier flies would settle — no support
- 2. Others even hungrier than these would arrive from the nearby marsh and bite him — score 3
- 3. Others more hungry would arrive — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The flies would go away and a hungrier crowd would take their place on him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 396, line 6: «Who: a Fox who has been carried by a rapid river into a very deep ravine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «carry» (+1); 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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