--- title: Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 135 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/135-pg11339-part5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 135 # Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier **Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 135 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Mate, did the servants get a proper lie-in? - **1.** No way, she kept them up all night working and they had no sleep at all — no support - **2.** Nah, she made them get up before the cock even crowed at dawn every single day — score 1 - **3.** Yeah, she let them sleep till the sun came up — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** Nah, she had them up as soon as the cock crew — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 135, line 11: «They thought that without the cock, they "could sleep longer", which was their hope.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «servants» (+4); the same action «sleep» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Bruv, why did they actually whack the cock? - **1.** They reckoned they could lie in longer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** They reckoned the cock was too loud and kept them up every single morning — no support - **3.** They fancied a cheap meal of chicken — no support - **4.** They hated the bird because it had woken them up before dawn 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Innit, what did the cock do wrong, then? - **1.** Bit too loud — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Loads, it was rude — no support - **3.** Nothing, it was just doing its job — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It crowed far too loudly each day — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Wait, so the widow didn't hear the cock, yeah? - **1.** Nah, she woke them way later — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Yeah, she just stayed in bed — no support - **3.** Yeah, so she woke them way earlier — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Nah, she heard the cock fine but got up later on the day anyway — score 5 **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 135, line 4: «But the Widow does not hear the cock, so she wakes them earlier than ever.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «widow» (+4); the same action «wake» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Proper gutted, right? What happened to the servants in the end? - **1.** They had to work all through the freezing night and were not allowed rest — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** They got worked in the middle of the night — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** They got told off by the Widow — no support - **4.** They had to work all night in the cold — 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 135, line 5: «They end up working in the middle of the night, and their plan has failed badly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «servants» (+4); the same action «work» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Lowkey, was the widow actually strict? - **1.** Yeah, she was a bit mean — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, she was dead thrifty and hard-working — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, she was dead soft — no support - **4.** Yeah, she was dead lazy and rude to them — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Sus, did the servants think it would work? - **1.** Nah, they thought it would be a disaster — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Yeah, they reckoned they'd get more sleep and the Widow would never find out about it — score 6 - **3.** Yeah, they reckoned they'd get more sleep — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Nah, they didn't think about it at all and just acted on impulse without any planning — score 3 **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 135, line 11: «They thought that without the cock, they "could sleep longer", which was their hope.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «servants» (+4); the same action «think» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Hang on, what's "abed" mean? - **1.** At rest — no support - **2.** In bed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** Up — no support - **4.** Awake — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 135, line 16: «Old word: "abed" means in bed, and "lie abed" means to stay in bed late in the morning.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same circumstance (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Ngl, what's the lesson of this one? - **1.** Lazy people get what they want — no support - **2.** Never kill animals just because they annoy you in the morning — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** Getting rid of an annoyance can sometimes make it far worse than before — no support - **4.** Bad plans can backfire big time — **✓ 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 41, line 3: «Out on the dark road again, the Rat walks ahead. Suddenly a smell reaches the Mole like an electric shock: it is HOME — his own old home, the one he ran out of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} Wait, who's the main one in the story? - **1.** The widow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The cock that was killed by the servants — no support - **3.** The servants — no support - **4.** The mistress — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Bro, how did they feel about getting up early? - **1.** They hated it, especially in winter — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** They did not mind it much but hated the winter cold most of all — no support - **3.** They hated it because the mornings were cold and the cock woke them too early — no support - **4.** They found it quite nice at first — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Wait, did the cock actually survive the story? - **1.** Yeah, it escaped into the woods and crowed again the next morning at dawn — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Nah, they wrung its neck — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah, it ran away safe — no support - **4.** Nah, they wrung its neck and then cooked it for the Widow's supper — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 135, line 8: «Where: the story takes place in the Widow's house, where the cock lives and crows at dawn.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «crow» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} Is "thrifty" like being a total cheapskate or what? - **1.** Yeah, it means being a cheapskate — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, it's mean — no support - **3.** Nah, it means careful not to waste stuff — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, it means hating to spend a bit — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following best describes the outcome of the servants' action towards the cock? - **1.** The servants made the Widow angry and she sold them off to another household for the cold winter months — score -3 - **2.** The servants got away with it and kept the cock's noise away — no support - **3.** The cock was not harmed by them — score 0 - **4.** The servants caused themselves greater hardship than before — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 135, line 11: «They thought that without the cock, they "could sleep longer", which was their hope.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on (+3); the same doer «servants» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the phrase which indicates that the servants had not anticipated the result of their action. - **1.** "They thought they could sleep longer" — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** "They were not ready" — no support - **3.** "They reckoned they'd get more sleep" — score 6 - **4.** "They weren't prepared for the consequences" — **✓ the right answer** · 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 135, line 11: «They thought that without the cock, they "could sleep longer", which was their hope.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «servants» (+4); the same action «think» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} State the reason the Mistress failed to rise at her customary hour on the morning following the cock's death. - **1.** The cock, which usually roused her, had been killed by the servants and no longer crowed at all — score 6 - **2.** The cock, which usually roused her, no longer crowed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** The servants had locked her bedroom door that night — no support - **4.** She had been out late at a neighbour's party and had drunk too much wine the night before — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 135, line 8: «Where: the story takes place in the Widow's house, where the cock lives and crows at dawn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cock» (+4); the same action «crow» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Explain the moral conveyed by the tale, with reference to the events described in the text. - **1.** Removing the cause of an annoyance may not relieve it, and may worsen it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Removing the cause of an annoyance may not relieve it, and may worsen it, as the servants discovered to their great cost in the story — no support - **3.** Killing animals that annoy you is always wise and kind — no support - **4.** Getting rid of an irritating thing is always the best choice, because the servants were right to kill the cock to sleep longer — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/e4/) - ← previous: [134. 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