Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1906 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 ✗

Mate, was Simon dead gullible or what?

1. Totally clever, innit, mate — no support
2. Nah mate, Simon was actually quite sharp, he sold them that goat and ran rings round the lot of them — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Honestly bruv, he got a bit soft at first but then he did them proper, didn't he, sorted the lot — no support
4. Proper gullible, innit, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1906, line 5: «He sends one laden goat home with his shopping, sells the goat tied in the yard for fifty gold pieces, and the rogues ride off with it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «simon» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, how many dodgy lads tried to scam him on the road?

1. Two, plus a mate or two — score 1
2. Three, the same as us lot — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Two, bruv — score 1
4. Just one — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1781, line 13: «The horse warns him, "Let no one tempt you to try to cool yourself", because the heat is worse than the cold.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Nina clock what he was on about with the goats?

1. Nah, she didn't have a clue what he meant, and she spent the whole afternoon hunting for the lost goat in the lane — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah, she clocked it straight off, he told her what he was doing and she laughed for ages about it — score 1
3. Nah, she was dead confused — no support
4. Nah, she was well lost — ✓ the right answer · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1254, line 2: «She takes the baby home, buries his mother, and raises him as her son, whom she calls Nur Mahomed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+1). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the goat that went off with the shopping, where'd it end up?

1. Back at the farm — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Home, lol — no support
3. Nobody knows, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Dunno — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the rogues actually pay for the goat?

1. Fifty quid — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Fifty quid, like, the gold — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Loads, lol — score 0
4. About twenty quid, the gold — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1372, line 13: «The monkey mocks him: "Of course, I won't GIVE you my liver, but come and get it if you can!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+4). Against it: the same action «give» (-2); the same doer «trick» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Was Simon proper annoyed at getting the mule back?

1. Dead annoyed, he gave it away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Not really — no support
3. Pretty fed up, he sold it on — score 2
4. Nah, chill — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1906, line 3: «Simon believes all three, so he gives the animal away and walks home on foot, complaining about the trick.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «give away» (+2); the same doer «simon» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honest, did the rogues think they had the goat's gold sorted?

1. Yeah, they reckoned they'd got it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, they knew they'd been done — score 3
3. Yeah, they thought they'd bagged it — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nah, they were proper gutted, because they had lost their gold and their mule and the goat wandered off as well — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 108, line 13: «The door falls "crashing through the branches," and the rogues think "the Evil One was descending the tree," so they run off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «rogues» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Simon get the two goats in the first place?

1. Cos they were all white — no support
2. Cos he wanted to ride one of them home and the other to carry the shopping back from the village — score 1
3. Cos they were dead identical — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cos the peasant offered him a bargain and he thought the goats would fetch good money at the market in town — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1518, line 11: «How: the woman cut a finger off the child, and the Thief brought "a young wild pig" in its place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Nina said her master was a total simpleton, didn't she?

1. Yeah, she said he was a bit slow — score 3
2. Yeah, she reckoned he lacked gumption — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Nah, he's clever — no support
4. Yeah, he was daft — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1906, line 14: «Nina calls her master "a simpleton" and says she thought he "would have had more gumption than that," meaning more common sense.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «nina» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Simon reckoned the three of them would try a fresh dodge, right?

1. Yeah, he was well sure of it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he said they'd try again, and he was ready with a second trick and the goat ready to go — no support
3. Yeah, maybe — no support
4. Nah, he thought they'd give up — 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 ✗

Who was the peasant with the goats, anyway?

1. Simon's cousin — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A shepherd from the village nearby — no support
3. A bloke from the village nearby — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A farmer — 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 goat stuck in the yard eating grass?

1. Yeah, munching grass like anything — no support
2. Yeah, chewing the cud like a boss — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Nah, it was tied up tight — no support
4. Yeah, it was eating grass, but also the rope the peasant had tied it with, which annoyed Simon a lot — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1906, line 18: «The phrase "chewing the cud" describes a goat or cow that slowly brings food back up from its stomach to chew again.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «chew» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is this tale about nicking stuff, or about getting your own back?

1. Getting stuff for free, bruv — score 1
2. Getting your own back, bruv — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Nicking stuff, innit, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Stealing, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1154, line 17: «Old word: "trumpery" meant cheap, worthless stuff, like the wreath the stepmother pretends to despise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the passage, what was the immediate cause of Simon's decision to give away the mule?

1. He was tricked — no support
2. He was persuaded by the rogues that the animal was only a donkey — no support
3. A donkey was sold — no support
4. He was persuaded by three separate men that it was a donkey — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1906, line 13: «Simon says, "You are the third person in the last two hours who has told me the same thing," and gives the mule away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «simon» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the passage, what was the price the rogues paid to acquire the second goat from Simon?

1. A hundred gold pieces, plus the mule as well — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Thirty gold pieces — no support
3. Forty silver coins — no support
4. Fifty gold pieces — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the relationship between Simon and the three rogues as depicted in the passage?

1. A feud in which the rogues are finally the winners overall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A contest of strength in which the rogues defeat Simon at last — no support
3. A contest of wits in which Simon is ultimately the victor — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A long-standing friendship between Simon and the three rogues, built on years of trust and mutual respect in the village — 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 · wrong ✗

What, according to the passage, was the role of Nina in the events described?

1. She cooked the meal — no support
2. She advised Simon and prepared the meal in accordance with his instructions — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. She travelled with Simon and helped him haggle at the market stalls — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. She argued with Simon and was then sent to the market for the goats — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1906, line 4: «Nina scolds him, but Simon says he will play the rogues a trick worth two of theirs, using two goats that look exactly alike.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «nina» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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