Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 402 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 ✓

oi, who actually nicked the fox's cub, bruv?

1. the eagle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the eagle who lived up the tree — no support
3. some bird from the next village — no support
4. the owl — 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

so where did the eagle build her gaff, like, in which spot?

1. up a tall tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. in a big oak — score 3
3. a bush — score 3
4. the ground — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 402, line 7: «Where: the eagle builds her nest "in the branches of a tall tree", and the fox "crept into the underwood" to have her young.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+4); the same doer «eagle» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate, why did the eagle nick the cub, was she skint?

1. for fun — no support
2. she needed grub for her chicks — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. was she hungry — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. she was short of food for her kids — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 183, line 14: «Eagles carry the meat to their nests to feed their "hungry broods", and the merchants take the stones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «eagles» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the fox proper gutted about the cub or about not getting her own back?

1. not getting paid back — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the cub — no support
3. losing her cub mostly — no support
4. not getting her own back — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

what did the eagle grab off the altar, innit?

1. a bit of goat meat with a cinder — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. a big chunk of goat meat that still had a glowing cinder on it — no support
3. some burnt bit of meat and a coal — score 4
4. a whole goat leg with a hot coal from the altar fire — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 134, line 16: «How the Fox saves himself: he promises the Lion that the Ass can be caught "without the trouble of stalking him", then leads the Ass into a hidden pit.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same action «catch» (+2). Against it: the same doer «lion» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

what fanned the spark, like was it the wind or summat?

1. a strong breeze — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. a draft from the hills — score 7
3. wind — score 7
4. a gust of wind — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 402, line 5: «A breeze fans the spark into flames, the baby eagles roast and drop dead, and the fox gobbles them up while the eagle watches.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fan» (+5); the same thing acted on «spark» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «breeze» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

how did the baby eagles end up, were they sorted or dead?

1. they got burnt alive in the nest when the fire spread — score 0
2. roasted in the nest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. fell out of the tree — score 2
4. the fox grabbed them before the fire reached the nest — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 402, line 5: «A breeze fans the spark into flames, the baby eagles roast and drop dead, and the fox gobbles them up while the eagle watches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «roast» (+5); the same doer «baby eagles» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

who scoffed the eaglets at the bottom of the tree, bruv?

1. the fox who had lost her cub to the eagle — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. the jackal — score 3
3. the fox — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. a vulture — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 402, line 13: «Where the fox takes her revenge: she eats the dead eaglets "at the bottom of the tree", "in the sight of the Eagle".», 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 doer «fox» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the eagle watching the fox munch or was she asleep?

1. she was watching from above — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. she was asleep up in the nest — score 5
3. she watched it happen — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. she flew off and didn't see anything from the forest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 402, line 5: «A breeze fans the spark into flames, the baby eagles roast and drop dead, and the fox gobbles them up while the eagle watches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «watch» (+5); the same doer «eagle» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

wot's the moral of this, then, bruv?

1. you should always keep your promises and never break your word — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. revenge works — no support
3. people who do wrong get it back — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. don't steal from your neighbours — 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 · ★ · right ✓

so the eaglets were fluffy and ready to fly, yeah?

1. no, unfledged and helpless — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. no, still without feathers — no support
3. no, they were still too small to have feathers and couldn't fly or hunt — no support
4. no, they were unfledged and completely helpless in the nest — 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 · ★ · right ✓

was the eagle's nest a bush or a tall tree, mate?

1. a tall tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a big oak — no support
3. a very tall tree up on the hill above the village — no support
4. a rock ledge — 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 ✗

did the fox and the eagle make a deal or have a fight at the start?

1. they had a big fight first but then they made peace and agreed to share the land — no support
2. they agreed to live near each other — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. they made a deal to live close together so they could help each other — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. they agreed to be neighbours — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 92, line 1: «The Magician makes a deal: Pau Amma gets his hard shell back for eleven months of the year, but in the twelfth month it will go soft again, to keep him humble.…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); the same thing acted on «deal» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the creature which, in the absence of the Fox, seized and removed one of her offspring.

1. The Eagle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A hawk — no support
3. A wild cat — no support
4. Eagle — 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 ✗

State the material which the Eagle conveyed to her nest, having obtained it from the altar.

1. A piece of goat with ash — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Some meat and a hot coal — no support
3. Flesh of a goat with a cinder — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A large piece of goat flesh that still had a glowing cinder on it — 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 ✗

Indicate the condition in which the eaglets were described at the time of the fire.

1. Hungry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Young and unable to fly — no support
3. Unfledged and helpless — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Asleep — 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 · right ✓

Describe the principle which the fable is intended to convey regarding the injury inflicted by one party upon another.

1. Wrong returns upon the doer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Friends should share everything — no support
3. Good deeds return to the giver — no support
4. Anyone who harms another will eventually suffer the same harm in return — 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

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