--- title: Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 153 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 13 tests right, exam 1 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/153-pg11339-part23/) [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/) / 153 # Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns. **Tests:** 6 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 153 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/153-pg11339-part23/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Yo, why'd Demades stop his fable halfway, innit? - **1.** Cos the crowd was shouting over him and nobody could hear — no support - **2.** Cos the lot had left — score 4 - **3.** Cos he was knackered — score 4 - **4.** Cos the crowd wasn't even listening — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 153, line 1: «Demades stops a fable halfway to make the crowd in the Assembly listen to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «demades» (+1); 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/153-pg11339-part23/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Bruv, the Monkey said he's an Athenian, sick lie or what? - **1.** Yeah, total lie, he's no Athenian — **← Mova's choice** · score 11 - **2.** Nah, he's legit Athenian, he just dresses weird, innit — score 11 - **3.** Yeah, totally fake, he's no Athenian, he just said it to get off — score 11 - **4.** Yeah, proper fake, he's no Athenian — **✓ the right answer** · score 11 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 153, line 8: «What: the monkey says he is "an Athenian" and that he "came of a very distinguished family".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «monkey» (+2); the same thing acted on «athenian» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 11. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} So the Dolphin was a bit sus with the old friend thing? - **1.** Yeah, he was mad with the monkey — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Yeah, he was bang on — no support - **3.** Yeah, he was well vexed — no support - **4.** Nah, they were good mates — 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 153, line 3: «A kind dolphin carries the monkey, who thinks he is a man, towards the port of Piraeus.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kind dolphin» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Wait, the Monkey thought Piraeus was a person, lol? - **1.** Yeah, he got it totally wrong — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Nah, he was sorted — no support - **3.** Nah, he was spot on — no support - **4.** Yeah, he was well off — 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/153-pg11339-part23/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Did the hungry Crow get the snake, or nah? - **1.** Nah, the snake woke up and bit him and he died there — score 4 - **2.** Nah, it bit him and he died — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **3.** Yeah, he ate it but then the snake bit him proper — score 9 - **4.** Yeah, he ate it all — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 9 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 doer «snake» (+4); the same thing acted on «crow» (+4); the same action «bite» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Those dogs chewing a lion's skin, bare funny, right? - **1.** Yeah, the fox said real lions have sharper claws — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** Nah, the dogs were chewing a bear skin the hunter left — score 6 - **3.** Yeah, the fox said real lions have sharper teeth and claws — score 6 - **4.** Yeah, the fox was right — no support **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 141, line 15: «Mercury: Jupiter tells him to add "an infusion of lies" to the ingredients of the Tradesmen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mercury» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} The Nightingale begged the Hawk, was she lowkey scared? - **1.** Yeah, she was dead scared — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, she pleaded for her life and wept by the nest — no support - **3.** Yeah, she pleaded for her life — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nah, she sang sweetly and the Hawk loved her song deeply — 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/153-pg11339-part23/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} So the Hawk said he won't drop his prize, peak logic? - **1.** Nah, he gave it up — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, he dropped it fast — no support - **3.** Yeah, he wasn't giving it up for a maybe — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, he's totally right — 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/153-pg11339-part23/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Why did the Rose say she was sad, like what's the tea? - **1.** She grows too tall — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** She only blooms for a while, then dies — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** She wilts far too early — no support - **4.** She fades in the summer sun — 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/153-pg11339-part23/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} The Amaranth never fades, that's wild, innit? - **1.** Yeah, its roots are deep — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, it never grows — no support - **3.** Yeah, its flowers are everlasting — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nah, it wilts in days — 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/153-pg11339-part23/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} The Dog got old age, so old folks are grumpy, right? - **1.** Yeah, they snap at people who annoy them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, they grumble at the young — no support - **3.** Nah, they're just sad — no support - **4.** Nah, they're always cheerful — 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/153-pg11339-part23/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} The Wolves wanted the sheep-dogs gone, the sheep fell for it? - **1.** Nah, the Sheep refused and kept their loyal dogs close by — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, the Sheep were fooled and gave up their guards, innit — no support - **3.** Yeah, the foolish Sheep agreed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, the Sheep were wise — 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/153-pg11339-part23/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} The Swan only sings once, sad or what? - **1.** Yeah, it sings when hungry — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, it sings often and loudly every morning of its life — no support - **3.** Yeah, it sings only when it knows death is near, sadly — no support - **4.** Yeah, when it knows it is dying — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following best describes the monkey's conduct towards the dolphin when questioned regarding the port? - **1.** He boasted of his knowledge of Athens and asked the dolphin for a reward — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** He falsely claimed familiarity with the Piræus — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He claimed to be a famous Athenian who knew the Piræus well — score 0 - **4.** He denied knowing the Athenian port — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 153, line 2: «A man sails home to Athens with a pet monkey, but a storm capsizes the ship and everyone swims.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/153-pg11339-part23/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal moral conveyed by the fable in which the dolphin dives beneath the surface. - **1.** Flattery of the powerful always leads to ruin in the end — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Friends are loyal in trouble — no support - **3.** Deceit is punished when it is detected — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Those who pretend to be friends will be thrown off the ship — 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/153-pg11339-part23/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Explain the significance of the crow's final lament in relation to the perils of greed. - **1.** The crow perishes because it sought an apparent advantage — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** The crow dies because it grabbed an apparent prize without caution — score 6 - **3.** The crow flew too close to the snake — no support - **4.** The crow perishes because it grasped at a prize that was never really its own — 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 153, line 5: «The dolphin is disgusted by the lie and dives, and the monkey drowns; then a crow dies and a hawk spares no one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «crow» (+4); the same action «die» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} State which creature, according to the fable of the Man, the Horse, the Ox, and the Dog, takes middle age. - **1.** The Ox, whose steady labour characterises that period — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The Horse — no support - **3.** The Horse, whose strength carries the rider home at dusk — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **4.** The Dog, whose keen nose serves the hunter well — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 75, line 7: «On Monday morning the Horse came first, "with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth" and asked him to trot; the Dog came "with a stick in his mouth" to f…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same doer «dog» (+2). 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/153-pg11339-part23/e4/) - ← previous: [152. Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a lion wins a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/152-pg11339-part22/) - next →: [154. Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/154-pg11339-part24/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)