Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a lesson

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 406 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 ✗

Dude, did that sailor really yell at the ocean like it was its fault?

1. Yeah, he shouted at the sea, and the sea laughed and said the sailors were to blame for the storm — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, he scolded the sea but it blamed the wind — no support
3. Yeah, he blamed the sea, but the sea said the winds did it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he blamed the gods, and the gods agreed — 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 335, line 20: «old word: "Jonah" now means a person who brings bad luck, from an old Bible story about a sailor blamed for a storm.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «blame» (+5); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, the buffoon fooled everyone with a squeaky pig noise, right?

1. Yeah, he squeaked like a porker and got the whole crowd cheering — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Nah, the crowd saw through him right away and laughed — no support
3. Yeah, he oinked like a hog and the crowd went wild — no support
4. Nope, the crowd booed him off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 406, line 2: «A clever Buffoon squeaks like a pig and wins the crowd, until a Countryman copies him and shows everyone up.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «squeak» (+5); the same doer «clever buffoon» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the farm kid copied him and made the crowd look like muppets?

1. Yep, he pulled his ear and then showed the real pig from under his cloak, which made the whole crowd roar with laughter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, he copied the squeak exactly, then pulled out a live pig, a mangy old sow, and everyone went totally silent — no support
3. Yep, he tugged an ear then showed a real pig, nice move — no support
4. Yep, he pulled his ear and then flashed the real pig, total sweet move — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the crow ate the snake and then died, is that the story?

1. Yeah, the snake bit it first, so the crow got a mortal wound, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. Nah, the crow ate it and lived, mate — no support
3. Yeah, the snake got it first, so the crow died, mate — score 6
4. Yeah, it died, mate — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 153, line 18: «Who: a hungry Crow picks up a sleeping Snake, and the Snake "bit him" when he tries to eat it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bite» (+5); the same thing acted on «crow» (+4); the same doer «snake» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

The hunter just gave the horse rider his rabbit for free, yeah?

1. Yep, he gave up on the chase and said take the hare, lol — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Nope, the rider paid him and took the hare home, lol — score 6
3. Yep, he gave up on the chase and told the rider to take the hare, since he was tired of the whole silly bargaining game, lol — score 6
4. Yep, the hunter got fed up with the faking and just said take the hare, and then he walked off home to his family, lol — score 6

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 77, line 19: «The hunter says the animals should "show up in this dark place like ripe bananas in a smokehouse", that is, bright yellow things in a dark room.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «hunter» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

The olive tree was salty about the fig tree, cos it stayed green?

1. Yeah, it mocked the fig for being bare in winter — score 4
2. Yeah, it laughed at the fig because the fig had lost all its leaves, while the olive kept its green and felt superior for ages — no support
3. Yeah, it was all shade about the fig for being bare in winter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, it was all shade about the fig for being bare in winter, and it laughed for days until the snow came and crushed it — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 147, line 10: «The Plane-tree gives cool shade to the Travellers, who "joyfully turned aside" to rest, but then one calls it "useless".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cool shade» (+4); the same doer «plane tree» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

The snow smashed the olive but the fig was totally fine, innit?

1. Nope, the fig got crushed — no support
2. Yeah, the bare fig had no leaves for the snow to sit on — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, the snow buried the fig just as badly — no support
4. Yeah, the fig had no leaves so snow slid off — ← 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 39, line 9: «In the snowy wood: snow slid off branches «with a flop!», there were «snow-castles and snow-caverns», and «robins perched and hopped on them in their perky con…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slide off» (+5); the same doer «snow» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

The frogs were moaning to the sky about the sun getting hitched, right?

1. Yeah, they feared the sun would make more suns and dry up the marsh, so they croaked loudly to the sky to complain — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, they feared the sun would dry out the marsh — score 6
3. Yeah, they feared the sun would have many children, which would be suns, and dry up the whole marsh where they lived forever — score 6
4. Yeah, they feared the sun would make more suns and dry up the marsh — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 406, line 5: «The Frogs croak to the sky about the Sun's wedding, and a Brazier scolds his lazy Dog: work comes before food.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «sky» (+4); the same action «croak» (+2); the same doer «frogs» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, the brazier's dog just snoozed while the man was working, yeah?

1. Yep, it snoozed on the mat during the hammering — no support
2. Nah, it chased the hammer around the shop — no support
3. Yep, it slept on the mat while the hammering went on, and it never woke up even when the master shouted, lazy bum — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Yep, it slept on the mat while the hammering went on, lazy bum — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 386, line 3: «The Cock says he crows so that men wake up in time for their work.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wake up» (+5); the same doer «men» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

And the master said only the workers get to eat, is that the moral?

1. Yeah, labor is the source of every blessing, so no free lunch, bro, and the idle dog should be sent to the mill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, labor is the source of every blessing, so the dog gets no free lunch and only workers may eat at the table, bro — no support
3. Yeah, labor brings every blessing, so no free lunch — no support
4. Yeah, labor is the source of every blessing, so no free lunch, bro — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which fable had a tricky guy pretending to buy something, though?

1. The Hunter and the Shepherd, where the boy lied — no support
2. The Hunter and the Horseman, where the rider faked a purchase of the hare and then ran off laughing — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. The Horseman and the Cheat, where the rider lied — no support
4. The Hunter and the Horseman, where the rider faked a purchase — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 406, line 16: «The Horseman begs the hare "under the pretense of purchasing it", meaning he pretended to buy it but planned to steal it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «purchase» (+4); the same thing acted on «hare» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following fables concerns a Hunter who relinquishes a hare to a deceptive Horseman?

1. The Hunter and the Deceptive Horseman who Bargains for a Hare — score 4
2. The Hunter and the Horseman — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. The Olive-Tree and the Fig — no support
4. The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea that Speaks in a Woman's Form — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 157, line 5: «A Swallow boasts of being a princess, and the Crow says she chatters enough already. A Hunter sells his hare to a Horseman who gallops off, and a Goatherd over…», 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 «swallow» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In which fable does the Sea, assuming the form of a woman, attribute the agitation of its waters to the winds?

1. The Countryman and the Buffoon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Brazier and the Dog who Slept on the Mat While the Hammering Went On — no support
3. The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The Crow and the Serpent that Bit it Before it Could Eat — 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 ✓

Which fable describes a rustic who, having observed the Buffoon's performance, reproduces the squeaking of a pig in a more natural manner?

1. The Buffoon and the Countryman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. The Olive-Tree and the Fig — no support
3. The Frogs — no support
4. The Hunter and the Horseman — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 406, line 10: «The Buffoon has "any apparatus or confederates" to help him, which means no tools and no helpers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «buffoon» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What does the Brazier declare, in the closing admonition of his fable, to be the source of every blessing?

1. Labor is the source of every blessing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Labor is the source of every blessing, so the idle dog should be sent away from the shop — score 4
3. Patience brings every reward wisely — no support
4. Labor is the source of every blessing and the only path to honest wealth in life — 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 406, line 20: «Each fable ends with a lesson, and the Brazier's lesson is that "labor is the source of every blessing".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «source» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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