Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes

Tests: 7 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 397 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 ✓

wait, the wizard reads everyone's future, innit?

1. yeah, all day in the marketplace — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, in the square every morning — no support
3. nah, sometimes — no support
4. yeah, every day at the market — 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 ✗

bruv, whose house got done over?

1. his mate's — no support
2. his neighbour's, the gate — no support
3. the pub's — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. his own, the doors got bust — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 361, line 7: «What: He says "Picciola must have a house," so he gives up his own firewood to build it a shelter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «house» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

so did he go all sus and stay put?

1. nah, he legged it straight home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, he sprinted to the bridge — no support
3. yeah, he fled — no support
4. nah, he stayed — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

what did the neighbour roast him with?

1. why didn't you see your own? — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. how come you missed yours? — no support
3. why didn't you see your own house getting robbed, you wizard, when you read everyone else's? — no support
4. didn't you foresee your own trouble, mate, when you're so good at telling everyone else's fortune all day? — 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 ✓

proper sad, the pond frog begged his mate to move, right?

1. yeah, come live with me — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, sure — no support
3. yeah, move in with me — no support
4. nah, I'll stay here — 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 ✗

and the gully frog just said no, mad stubborn?

1. yeah, it's really hard to leave the place you know so well, even if the pond is nicer — score 7
2. yeah, leaving's a pain for you — no support
3. nah, I'm staying here in this gully and I'm not moving anywhere near the pond, no matter what you say — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. yeah, it's hard to leave your spot — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 397, line 4: «Then come short tales: one frog stays in a dry gully and a heavy wagon crushes him, while a crow drops stones into a pitcher to reach the water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+5); the same place «dry gully» (+4). 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the wagon squished him flat, yeah?

1. nah, he lived — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, by a cart's wheel — no support
3. yeah, under its wheels — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, flat — 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 ✓

the serpent poisoned the horn, wicked! who grabbed it?

1. the eagle, with his talons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. the eagle, who swooped down and grabbed it up in his talons before anyone else could reach — score 5
3. the countryman's wife, who had watched the whole scene from the fields with her basket — no support
4. the eagle, with his beak — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 157, line 1: «A Woodman offers to show a scared Hunter the lion, but the Hunter only wants its tracks. An Eagle grabs a Serpent, a countryman frees him, and the angry Serpen…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «drinking horn» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «eagle» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the crow do, bro, with the stones?

1. tossed them in the bowl — score 3
2. dropped them one by one into the pitcher until the water rose high enough to drink — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. he threw them out — score 3
4. dropped them in the pitcher — ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 397, line 4: «Then come short tales: one frog stays in a dry gully and a heavy wagon crushes him, while a crow drops stones into a pitcher to reach the water.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «stones» (+4); the same place «pitcher» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

the thief fake howled like a wolf, lol, but who was the mug?

1. the innkeeper, who ran off into the night with his fear of the wolf — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the innkeeper, he ran off — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. the thief's friend, he fled — no support
4. the tavern keeper's wife, who was standing right behind the door when the howl began — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 150, line 2: «A Thief stays at an inn, waits for a chance, then yawns and howls like a wolf until the frightened Innkeeper runs off and leaves his new coat behind.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «run off» (+1); the same doer «frightened innkeeper» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the thief keep the coat or nah?

1. nah, he left it on the bed — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. yeah, he took it and ran — score 7
3. yeah, he nicked it and bounced — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. nah, he dropped it — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 150, line 2: «A Thief stays at an inn, waits for a chance, then yawns and howls like a wolf until the frightened Innkeeper runs off and leaves his new coat behind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+5); the same thing acted on «new coat» (+3); the same doer «thief» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

the hart got shot for nibbling the vine, dumb move, yeah?

1. yeah, he was nibbling the tendrils — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, he was lost — no support
3. yeah, he was shot — no support
4. yeah, he was eating leaves — 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 ✗

lol the gnat beat the lion, then got eaten, yeah?

1. yeah, by a spider in a cobweb — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, he beat the lion again — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. yeah, by a big spider that had waited patiently in her cobweb for a meal — no support
4. yeah, a spider caught him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 154, line 5: «Dogs try to drink a river dry, a Lion is fooled by an Ass, a Gnat beats a Lion then gets eaten, and an Eagle and a Fox ruin each other's homes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beat» (+5); the same thing acted on «lion» (+3); the same doer «gnat» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

the dolphin drowned the monkey for lying, proper harsh, yeah?

1. yeah, for the fib about Athens — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, for a joke at sea — no support
3. nah, for snoring — no support
4. yeah, for a lie about Rhodes — 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 ✗

Upon what occasion did the Wizard abandon his position in the marketplace?

1. upon hearing that someone sold his cart — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. upon hearing rain fall — no support
3. upon learning that his dwelling had been broken into — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. when a man shouted about his stolen goods — 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 creature was crushed to death by a heavy wagon?

1. the pond frog — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the gully frog — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. the frog that lived in the gully by the road — score 1
4. the tiny frog who had dwelt by the country road in the gully — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 397, line 15: «A heavy wagon passed through the gully and crushed him to death under its wheels.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «crush» (+3); the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the Crow raise the level of the water within the pitcher?

1. by pouring water — no support
2. by dropping sand into it — no support
3. with a long reed — no support
4. by dropping stones into it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 397, line 17: «The Crow, "perishing with thirst," dropped stones "one by one" into the pitcher until the water came within his reach.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «pitcher» (+4); the same action «drop» (+3); the same thing acted on «stones» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which garment did the Thief retain in his possession after his departure from the inn?

1. a cloak — score 3
2. his purse — score 3
3. the Innkeeper's new coat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. the Innkeeper's old hat — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 150, line 2: «A Thief stays at an inn, waits for a chance, then yawns and howls like a wolf until the frightened Innkeeper runs off and leaves his new coat behind.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «thief» (+1); the same thing acted on «new coat» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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