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title: Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 374 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 374 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.

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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/374-pg19994-part13/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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so the wolf was basically starving bc the dogs were always on it, right?

- **1.** nah, the wolf ate plenty of lambs since the dogs were always sleeping soundly in their warm beds — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** yep, those dogs stayed awake and watched — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** nah, the dogs were asleep all night — no support
- **4.** yep, but the wolf also found plenty of food near the village market every single morning, so he was fine — score 8

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**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 367, line 8: «Why the Wolf wants her: he is hungry and "hunting for something to eat", and he has "got his eyes on the Lamb".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «wolf» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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lowkey the wolf wanted to eat the dog, didn't he?

- **1.** yeah, he really wanted to eat the dog, but the dog had sharp teeth and a loud bark that scared him off — score 5
- **2.** yes, he planned to sneak up later — no support
- **3.** yeah, but the dog looked too strong — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **4.** nah, he never thought about eating the dog at all, he just wanted to hear more about the house and its fine food — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 374, line 7: «What: the Wolf wants to eat the Dog, but he "would gladly have eaten him" and does not dare try because the Dog looks strong.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same doer «dog» (+4); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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the dog said the wolf could eat cake and stuff, right?

- **1.** yes, sugar, cake, and tidbits too — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** yes, bread and lamb for supper — no support
- **3.** nope, only chicken bones and water — no support
- **4.** yes, but he had to chase beggars and bark at people all day long to earn each piece of cake — **← Mova's choice** · score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 374, line 11: «The Dog's offer: "You can be as well-fed as I am if you want to," and to get it, the Wolf must just chase people with canes and bark at beggars.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolf» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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bruh, what was that worn spot on the dog's neck?

- **1.** the mark from his chain and collar — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a stain from the muddy yard floor — no support
- **3.** some kind of old wound from a fight with another dog that happened in the market square last spring — no support
- **4.** the spot where the Dog had been bitten by a fox while he was asleep under the big oak tree near the farm — no support

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**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/374-pg19994-part13/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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that dog was so salty about the chain, wasn't he?

- **1.** yep, he was furious about it — score 5
- **2.** yep, he growled and snapped at the wolf, saying the chain was the worst thing in the whole world to bear — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** nah, he was calm, but he later wept quietly in the corner of the yard for many long and lonely hours — score 8
- **4.** nah, he said it was just a trifle — **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 12, line 17: «The Cat's proof: a dog "growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased", but "I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «growl» (+4); the same doer «dog» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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so the wolf got scared of a chain and just dipped?

- **1.** yep, he thanked the dog politely, and then he ran off to find a meal at the farm down the road — score 8
- **2.** nah, he stayed to talk more, but then he got tired and ran back to the woods after the sun went down — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **3.** yep, he ran back to the woods — **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** yep, he went home to sleep — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 374, line 5: «The Wolf says a chain is no good, the Dog shrugs, and the Wolf runs back to the free woods.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run back» (+4); the same doer «wolf» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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is the moral basically that freedom beats a full belly?

- **1.** nope, a warm house and a full stomach are worth more than any amount of freedom, as the wolf discovered — no support
- **2.** yes, nothing is worth more than liberty — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yes, a full belly matters most — no support
- **4.** yes, but also the dogs were nice and the chain is good too because it keeps you safe from wolves — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**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 361, line 15: «What: The dancers' master beats Mignon with a stick, and Wilhelm holds him fast by the collar.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «master» (+2); the same action «hold» (+1). 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/374-pg19994-part13/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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the dog said he wouldn't take lambs at that price, right?

- **1.** yep, all the tender young lambs in the world — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** nope, he would eat the lambs — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** yep, he would take the cakes — score 8
- **4.** yep, he would give up the chain and his master's warm bed for all the tender young lambs in the world — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 374, line 18: «The Dog refuses even lambs: he would not take "all the tender young lambs in the world at that price."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+4); the same thing acted on «lambs» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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so the wolf was just lying about being a wolf, right?

- **1.** yep, he pretended to be a wolf, but really he was a stray dog from the far side of the hill who wanted food — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** nah, he was skin and bones and hungry — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** nah, he really was a wolf, thin and starving from the long winter, and he came to the village that night for food — score 8
- **4.** yes, he was a wolf in disguise — score 6

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**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 370, line 12: «fact: The Wolf pretends to care about the Goat, but she says "It's your own appetite you are thinking of."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pretend» (+4); the same doer «wolf» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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bro, why was the wolf so sad that he almost cried?

- **1.** he pictured the dog's chain being cut and then all the happiness of living at the house with the master — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he was afraid of the big dog — no support
- **3.** he remembered his lost mother and the long cold nights in the woods when he had been alone and hungry and cold — no support
- **4.** he pictured all that happiness coming his way — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/374-pg19994-part13/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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did the dog really say nothing about the chain, like at all?

- **1.** he said nothing at all, just a trifle — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14
- **2.** yes, he talked about the chain — score 7
- **3.** nope, he spoke about the shepherd — no support
- **4.** nope, he said a lot — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 14, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 374, line 14: «The Dog hides the truth at first, saying "Nothing at all" and "Oh, just a trifle!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «dog» (+4); the same place «all» (+4); the same thing acted on «nothing» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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lowkey, is the dog's life really better than the wolf's?

- **1.** yeah, the dog has the better life — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** the dog has a chain, so it is not really better — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** no, the wolf is free and happy — no support
- **4.** nah, the dog is happy — no support

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**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 215, line 6: «Who: the narrator, a merchant greedy for gold, and the dervish, a holy man who "lives a very quiet life".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «holy man» (+4); the same thing acted on «quiet life» (+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/374-pg19994-part13/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following best states the moral conveyed by the fable of the Wolf and the House Dog?

- **1.** There is nothing worth so much as liberty — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Comfort is worth more than the woods — no support
- **3.** Hunger makes a dog wise — no support
- **4.** Full bellies outweigh freedom in life — no support

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**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/374-pg19994-part13/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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With reference to the text, what did the Dog specifically require of the Wolf in order to secure a comfortable existence?

- **1.** That he should chase every person who carries a cane, bark at every beggar, and sleep by the gate each night — no support
- **2.** That he should sleep in the yard and wag at guests — no support
- **3.** That he should chase persons carrying canes and bark at beggars — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** That he should hunt the wild hares of the forest and bring them home to the master's table before dawn — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 374, line 3: «The Dog says that all he does is chase cane-carriers, bark at beggars, and fawn on the family for tasty scraps.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bark» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Identify the precise object whose presence upon the Dog's neck caused the Wolf to abandon his designs on the Dog's company.

- **1.** The chain fastened to a collar, the mark of which was visible — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A heavy iron ring on his paw — no support
- **3.** A worn leather strap around the neck — no support
- **4.** A thin rope — no support

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**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/374-pg19994-part13/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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In the course of the fable, what did the Wolf resolve to do upon learning the true nature of the Dog's situation?

- **1.** He ran straight home to his den — score -1
- **2.** He returned at once to the woods, abandoning the Dog's offer — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** He decided to accept the chain as the price of comfort, and he waited by the gate until the master came to fetch him — score -1
- **4.** He thanked the Dog warmly, promised to think about the offer during the night, and then wandered slowly back home — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 16: «The Wolves ask the Dogs to hand over the flocks, and once the Dogs are "well inside" the den, the Wolves "tore them to pieces".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «dogs» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/e4/)

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