Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 702 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 ✗

Bruv, did the fox actually lie on the doorstep pretending to be dead?

1. Yeah, to see if the Count was well sorted — no support
2. Yeah, to check if Count Piro was proper grateful — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he lay on the step pretending to be dead just to check if Count Piro was proper grateful for all he'd done — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, he flopped down on the doorstep acting dead, cos he wanted to see if Count Piro was dead proper grateful — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 702, line 14: «Why the fox pretends to die: he wants to see whether Count Piro is "really grateful to him for all he had done."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so the ogre's lot got roasted in the oven, yeah?

1. Yeah, the fox banged the door and they were toast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Yeah, they got roasted — no support
3. Yeah, they got burnt when the oven went bang — no support
4. Yeah, the fox locked them in and they fried — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 60, line 2: «Standing up, the Sea Rat tells of the little grey harbour town where he will wait for the right ship, pointing South, and then softly invites him: «And you, yo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bang» (+4); the same thing acted on «door» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the fox just tell the shepherds to lie, innit?

1. Nah, just run — no support
2. Yeah, he said say it's Count Piro's, safe — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yeah, he told them to lie — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Yeah, he told them to say it's the Count's — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 341, line 14: «The old man calls the king "my son" and tells him: "Alfred, my son, be brave."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «man» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «old man» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Count Piro just stand there with no words, mate?

1. He was thinking hard about the wedding — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He was stunned because his bird was dumb and he had loads of castle things to sort out today — score 5
3. His bird was dumb and he had loads to sort out, so he just stood there looking at the fox — score 5
4. His bird was dumb, he had loads to sort — ✓ the right answer · 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 695, line 10: «The prince is given a baby, and the king is so pleased that "he commanded the ceremony to be performed without delay."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the king well chuffed about his rich son-in-law?

1. Yeah, he reckoned the Count was loaded — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, he was happy — no support
3. Yeah, he thought the Count was minted — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Nah, he was cross — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 702, line 11: «How the king is fooled: each time he hears "Count Piro's," he thinks his son-in-law must be very rich.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did the fox mess about with the pears and the king, like, proper?

1. Yeah, he nicked pears and sent them up to the king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, he nicked pears from the orchard and sent them up to the king as a gift, every single day — score 5
3. Yeah, he got the pears off the youth, nicked loads and sent them up to the king in baskets — score 5
4. Yeah, he pinched pears and sent them to the king — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 701, line 5: «The fox takes pears to the king for the boy, calls him Count Piro, and asks for the princess's hand in marriage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «pears» (+4); the same doer «fox» (+1); the same receiver «king» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nah, what did the fox want when he died, the mad thing?

1. A posh silver coffin and a big funeral — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A flash silver coffin and a proper funeral — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. A flash silver coffin and a proper funeral with all the lords and ladies of the castle attending — score 2
4. A shiny gold box and a proper burial — 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 702, line 5: «The fox traps the ogre and his wife in the oven, burns them, then fakes his own death and frightens Count Piro into admitting he owes everything to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the fox really get a castle, or just a kip in the stable?

1. He got a castle, yeah, a proper one — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He lived in the castle for years, lush, playing with the kids and eating loads of food — score 4
3. He lived in the big house, mate — no support
4. He lived in the castle for years, lush — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 702, line 7: «Where: the king's palace, a wide plain, the ogre's castle, and the castle that the fox gives to Count Piro.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «castle» (+4); the same doer «fox» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the princess was mint, right, she liked the fox a lot?

1. Yeah, she fancied him a fair bit, innit — score 8
2. Nah, she thought he was a bit dodgy — score 5
3. Yeah, she had a massive soft spot for him — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, she had a massive soft spot for him and wanted to marry the fox instead of the Count — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 223, line 3: «The princess cannot sleep, and her maids say she would be lucky to marry such a fine young man.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same thing acted on «fine young man» (+4); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Count Piro actually chill when the fox got cheeky with him?

1. Nah, he was dead scared the fox could nick the whole castle off him, and he had a right go at the fox — score 4
2. Nah, he was proper worried the fox might nab it — no support
3. Nah, he was dead scared the fox could nick the castle — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, he was dead scared the fox could nick the castle, so he kept it proper quiet and kept watch all night — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 702, line 7: «Where: the king's palace, a wide plain, the ogre's castle, and the castle that the fox gives to Count Piro.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «castle» (+4); the same doer «fox» (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the herdsman lie to the king or just tell the truth, bruv?

1. He told the truth, the sheep were his — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He lied, the sheep were the ogre's, and the pigs and horses were too, every one of them — score 5
3. He lied to the king, saying the sheep were Count Piro's, when they were really the ogre's flock all along — score 5
4. He lied, the sheep were the ogre's — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 436, line 15: «Why the King weeps at home: "He was afraid to tell her the truth, that the Prince would have to be given up."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same thing acted on «truth» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Last one, what's the best bit of the whole tale for you?

1. The fox fooling the king with his lies about the sheep and burning the ogre in the oven — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The fox fooling the king and then burning the ogre and his wife in the big oven at night — no support
3. When the fox fools the king with pears — no support
4. The fox fooling the king and burning the ogre — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the fox persuades the king that Count Piro is wealthy?

1. By giving gifts of pears — score 1
2. Through false claims that the herds are the Count's wealth — no support
3. By giving false answers that the animals belong to Count Piro — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. By offering the king gifts of fruit from the orchard — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 702, line 4: «On the ride home the fox tells shepherds, swineherds and herdsmen to say their animals belong to Count Piro, so the king admires his rich son-in-law.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «belong» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «animals» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the action by which the fox removes the ogre and his wife from the narrative.

1. He tricks them into the woods and leaves them to starve — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He burns the castle — score 4
3. He shuts them in the oven and sets fire to the kitchen — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He fools them into a deep pit and seals it — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 573, line 9: «Why: Brer Rabbit hides up the chimney because "Brer Fox" is coming to "smoke you out," and he laughs at his own trick.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+4); the same doer «fox» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

State the reason the fox gives for the absence of servants in the castle when the king enquires.

1. The princess wished to hire them later herself — no support
2. The Count wished the princess to choose them herself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The Count said the king's men should choose them — score 5
4. The princess picks them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 682, line 21: «Where the king appears: in the capital city, where the king wants to buy the horse at "any price he liked".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «like» (+4); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the purpose of the fox's feigned death in relation to Count Piro's conduct toward him.

1. To test whether Count Piro is truly grateful for all the fox has done for him, and to find out whether he will bury him properly — score 5
2. To test whether the Count is truly grateful for all the fox has done, and to see how he behaves when the fox seems dead — score 5
3. To see if the Count will keep his promises and reward the fox — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. To test whether the Count is truly grateful for all the fox has done — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 353, line 8: «The tyrant asks, "How can I know that you will keep your promise?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «promise» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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