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Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 399 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 ✗

Mate, why'd the statue man reckon he needed to flog Mercury?

  • 1. Cos he wanted a new van — no support
  • 2. Cos he needed cash right now — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Cos he was bored — no support
  • 4. Cos the buyer was rich — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 355, line 13: «Why: the trick is kind in a way, because the rich man wants his hungry guest to feel welcome.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «rich man» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, when the Hawk nabbed the Nightingale, what did the Hawk say he was NOT dropping?

  • 1. The worm in his talons — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. His meal — no support
  • 3. The dinner in his claws — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The snack in his beak — 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 ✗

Bruv, what's the Lark mum's chill line when the farmer's only asking mates for help?

  • 1. Chill, he ain't gonna do nothing, it's just talk round here — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. Ain't no rush, he's not serious — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Ain't no rush, he's not serious, he's just fooling about — no support
  • 4. Ain't bothered, he's joking — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 81, line 5: «It is told like a song, with lines that come round again and again ("He had to!"), and it ends with the two tired runners blaming each other: "That's your faul…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lines» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper sus, what did the Cock make the Fox go and do?

  • 1. Fetch the cock — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Wake the Dog up in the trunk — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Find the hen in the barn — no support
  • 4. Climb up the old oak — 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 ✓

Wait, where did the Dog kip that night?

  • 1. Outside — score 6
  • 2. In the hollow trunk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
  • 3. In the barn — score 6
  • 4. Under the oak tree — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 399, line 7: «WHERE: the Nightingale sits "aloft upon an oak", the Lark nests on "the young green wheat", and the Dog sleeps in a hollow trunk in a thick wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same property (+3); the same doer «dog» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the Ass do to the Wolf in the end?

  • 1. Kicked the Wolf's jaw hard — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Kicked him in the head — score 5
  • 3. Kicked his teeth right in — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Stamped on his foot — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 399, line 5: «An Ass fools a Wolf into lifting his foot and gets kicked; a Lion then lures a Bull to dinner, but the Bull spots the trap and leaves.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «kick» (+3). Against it: the same doer «ass» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted for the Wolf, yeah? What did his dad teach him?

  • 1. Butchering, not doctoring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Butchering animals, not doctoring sick people at all — no support
  • 3. Cooking, not fishing — no support
  • 4. Farming — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, wot was the Goat's dodgy plan for the Ass?

  • 1. Limp into a ruined barn — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Pretend to be asleep — no support
  • 3. Fake a fit and fall in a ditch — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Play dead — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, what did the Owl offer the Grasshopper as a chill drink?

  • 1. Sweet juice from Venus — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. Some nectar from Pallas, the goddess of wisdom and war — score 4
  • 3. Some nectar from Pallas — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. Some wine from Bacchus — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 13, line 2: «Everything they say is rude or upside down. The March Hare offers her wine that is not there, the Hatter says her hair needs cutting, then he asks a riddle: «W…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «offer» (+6). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the Lion try to get the Bull to come and eat?

  • 1. A fresh sheep he'd killed in the field that morning — score 2
  • 2. A goat he'd caught — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 3. A whole sheep he had killed and dragged back to his cave — score 2
  • 4. A sheep he'd killed — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 155, line 11: «The fox tries to steal a lamb, but the shepherd "set his dogs on him" and he is caught.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «catch» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «fox» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why'd the Bull peace out without saying nothing?

  • 1. He saw the hunter — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He clocked the trap — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He was scared — no support
  • 4. He clocked the trap set by the Lion in the cave — 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 ✗

Lol, what did the Fox find in the actor's house and get proper salty about?

  • 1. A face — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. A mask with no eyes — score 2
  • 3. A hat — score 2
  • 4. A mask with no brains — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 138, line 12: «What: the Fox finds a trap with meat in it and calls it "a dainty morsel" he saved for "our King".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same doer «fox» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what got the Fowler done?

  • 1. Stepping on a sleepy Viper that bit him in the foot — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Walking too close to a sleepy Viper on the ground — no support
  • 3. Stepping on a sleepy Viper — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Stumbling on a rock — 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 ✗

Mate, what did the broke Horse end up pulling?

  • 1. A dungcart full of manure from the stables — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A heavy sack — no support
  • 3. A hay wagon — no support
  • 4. A dungcart — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did the Lark mother judge to be a sign that the farmer was truly in earnest?

  • 1. His determination to harvest the whole field himself without any help from the neighbours — score 3
  • 2. His resolve to reap the field personally — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. His promise to sell the crops — no support
  • 4. His resolve to reap the field personally with his own hands at dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 399, line 3: «A Lark mother hears the farmer say he will reap with his own hands, so she gathers her chicks and flies them to safety.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «reap» (+2); the same circumstance (+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 ✗

What quality did the Ass display when he feigned lameness to trick the Wolf?

  • 1. Fear — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Cunning — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Clever deceit and quick wit — no support
  • 4. Joy — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the Owl's stratagem to lure the Grasshopper to her hollow?

  • 1. An offer of warm shelter — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A promise of sweet fruit — no support
  • 3. Shelter — no support
  • 4. A promise of nectar to drink — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What lesson did the Horse learn when reduced to labour after his injury?

  • 1. Labour brings shame — no support
  • 2. Pride brings downfall — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Pride brings downfall, so one should always be humble and modest — no support
  • 4. Those who are proud and vain will always meet a hard fall in the end — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 157, line 13: «Why does the Horse look down on the Ass? He is proud of his "fine harness" and cries out that he could hardly resist kicking him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). 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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