Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 401 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 ✓

yo, so the partridge gets roasted by two roosters, right?

1. He sees those roosters go at each other and chill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He sees those roosters go at each other and then he chills out — no support
3. He sees the roosters fight and cry — no support
4. He watches the hens and sleeps — 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 ✗

bruh, the frog is hyped up saying he heals everybody, lowkey?

1. The fox asks why he can't swim — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. The fox asks why he can't fix his own lame leg, then leaves — score 7
3. The fox asks why he can't fix his own lame leg — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The fox asks why he can't fix his own lame leg and wrinkled skin — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 139, line 1: «A boastful Frog claims he can cure every illness, but a Fox asks him to heal his own lame legs first.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+5); the same doer «fox» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the lion's sick and the fox skips the visit, is he dissed?

1. The wolf tries to drop him in the trouble and ghosts him — no support
2. The wolf tries to drop him in the trouble — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The wolf tries to drop him in the trouble with the other beasts — no support
4. The wolf gets him in trouble — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 399, line 8: «WHAT: the Fox praises the Cock's "magnificent" voice, but the Cock asks him to wake the Dog, which is the Fox's undoing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cock» (+2); the same receiver «fox» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

ngl the fox's cure for the lion is wild, what did he say?

1. Skin a wolf alive and wrap yourself in it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Skin a bear and wear it — no support
3. Skin a wolf alive and wrap yourself in it while it's warm — score -1
4. Skin a wolf alive and wrap yourself in it and then sleep — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 155, line 5: «A sick lion is told to wrap himself in a wolf's skin, so he kills the wolf by mistake, and the fox just laughs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wrap» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

my guy got salty about his shadow, how big did he think he was?

1. Tall enough to rule the forest — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Strong enough to beat the lion — no support
3. Big enough to scare birds — no support
4. Big enough to be king of all beasts — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

the north wind tried so hard and still got owned, why?

1. The traveler hid under a tree — no support
2. The traveler just wrapped his cloak tighter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The traveler ran away fast — no support
4. The sun was too hot — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 378, line 3: «The Wind blows harder and harder, but the man only holds his cloak tighter.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

that spendthrift sold his only cloak for a swallow, real talk?

1. Nah, he thought winter had ended — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, he needed cash for food — no support
3. Nah, he was just dumb — no support
4. Yeah, he thought summer had shown up early — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 134, line 10: «What the Spendthrift does wrong: he thinks summer has come, so he sells his coat, and then the frost kills the Swallow.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+5); the same doer «spendthrift» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

the crow broke his promise twice, did mercury cancel him?

1. Nope, Mercury forgave him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Yep, he said he could not trust him — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Yep, Mercury said he could not trust him ever again — score 8
4. Yep, he said he could not trust him after two lies — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 401, line 16: «WHAT: a Crow forgets his promise to Apollo, and Mercury scolds him as "O thou most base fellow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «crow» (+4); the same doer «mercury» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

the fox and the crane both served food nobody could eat, lol?

1. Yeah, they got back at each other with dinner — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they both starved — no support
3. Yeah, they got back at each other with dinner in weird dishes — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Nah, they shared dinner — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 133, line 18: «The Fox's last words are his excuse: the grapes "are quite sour" now, so he did not need them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

the trumpeter had no weapons and still got snatched, why tho?

1. His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight the captors — no support
3. His horn scared the captors away — no support
4. His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight, so they feared 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the owl was right about everything and everyone called her nuts?

1. Yep, the birds only got it after it happened and felt dumb — no support
2. Yep, the birds only got it after it happened — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, they ignored her warnings — no support
4. Yep, the birds only got it after it happened and said sorry — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 5: «Out of breath, the Queen asks Alice if she has seen the Mock Turtle, «the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from», and takes her to meet him. As they leave, Alice…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

the bat switched sides every time, is that why he got banned?

1. Yep, both sides hated him fast — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, both sides saw he was a sneaky traitor — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yep, both sides saw he was a sneaky traitor and kicked him out — no support
4. Yep, both sides saw he was a sneaky traitor who never fought — 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 character in the first fable is described as having purchased a tame partridge, and to what end did he do so?

1. The man purchased the partridge so that it might be sold at the fair with his hens — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. The man purchased the partridge in order that it might be reared with his gamecocks — ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. The man purchased the partridge in order that it might be reared with his gamecocks and later sold at market — score 9
4. The man purchased the partridge in order that it might be reared with his gamecocks and fed by the farmhands — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 401, line 1: «A man buys a tame partridge and puts it in his yard with two gamecocks, who peck at it and chase it.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «man» (+3); the same thing acted on «partridge» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

In the fable of the Frog, what objection did the Fox raise against the Frog's claimed medical skill?

1. That the Frog was unable to heal his own lame gait and wrinkled skin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That the Frog could not prove any cure he claimed was real — no support
3. That the Frog was unable to heal his own lame gait and wrinkled skin and was therefore a fraud — no support
4. That the Frog was unable to heal his own lame gait and wrinkled skin, which the Fox had seen for years — 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 · right ✓

According to the fable of the Dog's House, why did the Dog judge that building a house of adequate size would be unnecessary?

1. Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer by the warm hearth — score 5
3. Because he slept outdoors in every season — score 4
4. Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer and needed no more room — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 369, line 18: «Old word "composed": "composed himself to rest" means settled himself calmly; today we would say he got comfortable.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the fable of the Spendthrift and the Swallow, what was the principal cause of the young man's distress when the frost returned?

1. He had gambled away his one good cloak on a foolish dice bet — no support
2. He had sold his one good cloak on the mistaken belief that summer had arrived and he could feast on swallows — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He had sold his one good cloak on the mistaken belief that summer had arrived early and stayed — no support
4. He had sold his one good cloak on the mistaken belief that summer had arrived — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 134, line 10: «What the Spendthrift does wrong: he thinks summer has come, so he sells his coat, and then the frost kills the Swallow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «frost» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); 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

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