--- title: Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong man and a… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1907 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 13 tests right, exam 2 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/1907-pg7277-part44/) [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/) / 1907 # Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong man and are drowned themselves **Tests:** 6 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1907 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/1907-pg7277-part44/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Wait, so who even believed a goat could cook? - **1.** The three rogues, dumb as bricks and very greedy for gold — no support - **2.** The three rogues, dumb as bricks — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nobody at all, because the goat could not cook — no support - **4.** The shepherd, a foolish man — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «wife» (-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/1907-pg7277-part44/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Bro, what did Simon hide under Nina's cloak? - **1.** A bladder full of blood — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** A cloth soaked in water — no support - **3.** A bladder full of goat's blood and a sharp knife — score 5 - **4.** A little bag stuffed with red blood from the butcher — score -4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 668, line 3: «The seventh Simon asks for a ship full of rich cloth and jewels, and his brothers sail to the island.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «seventh simon» (+3); the same property (+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/1907-pg7277-part44/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Did the magic pipe actually work on Nina? - **1.** Yep, she sprang up alive — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes, the pipe worked, but then she ran off to the river — score 2 - **3.** Nope, she just lay there — no support - **4.** Nope, she stayed dead on the floor for three full days — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1716, line 16: «The magic: by "the magic arts of the old witch," Iwanich is "overpowered by sleep" even though he tries to stay awake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same doer «magic» (+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/1907-pg7277-part44/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} How much did the rogues cough up for the pipe? - **1.** Ten coins — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** Forty pennies — score 1 - **3.** Three hundred silver coins — score 1 - **4.** Two hundred gold pieces — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **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 1907, line 11: «The rogues buy the pipe for "two hundred gold pieces" and go home "joyfully".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rogues» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Which poor guy got chucked in the river by mistake? - **1.** The rogue — score -3 - **2.** Simon — score -6 - **3.** The shepherd — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** The stable boy — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1850, line 10: «The little son begs for food from the basket, and the text tells us "His father foolishly complied," so the servant's own mistake gets him caught.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «own mistake» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «father» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Why did they sack up the shepherd anyway? - **1.** Simon promised them a golden reward — score 1 - **2.** Simon wanted revenge — no support - **3.** Simon said the king would give his daughter — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** They wanted a bag of gold coins — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1907, line 14: «Simon ties the shepherd in the sack, saying the king would give his daughter to whoever is inside.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} Wait, who was chilling with sheep when the rogues showed up? - **1.** The old shepherd Simon, alone with his flock — score 1 - **2.** Simon — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Mr. Gray — no support - **4.** Tobias — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1907, line 17: «Simon says "if you had only drowned me in deeper water I would have returned with three times as many sheep."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Mate, what did Simon call the rogues? - **1.** Silly donkeys who never listen to anyone — no support - **2.** Silly, greedy donkeys who deserved every bit of their ruin — no support - **3.** Silly donkeys — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Stupid rascals — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 669, line 9: «Why the seventh Simon shouts: he cries "Stop! stop!" because he brings "a letter from the Princess Helena."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «seventh simon» (+3); the same action «shout» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} How did the rogues end up? - **1.** Captured by the king and tied in sacks for trial — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Robbed of all their gold — score 4 - **3.** Tied in sacks, thrown in the river and never seen again — score 3 - **4.** Tied in sacks and drowned — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1907, line 16: «The rogues drown the shepherd, thinking it is Simon, and are "more than startled" to see Simon alive.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rogues» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} What did King Kojata wanna catch? - **1.** The silver cup — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** The golden jug — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** The golden jug at the bottom of the well — score 4 - **4.** The golden jug that had floated away down the river — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1745, line 7: «What: the King sails out, is caught in "so thick a mist" that he loses his bearings, and finds land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «catch» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Why was Kojata so thirsty? - **1.** The day was hot and sultry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The road was long and dusty — no support - **3.** He had ridden far today — no support - **4.** Too much sun — 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/1907-pg7277-part44/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} What had Kojata's wife never given him? - **1.** A son to inherit the kingdom — no support - **2.** A son — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** An heir — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** A throne — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1835, line 5: «The ashamed dog begs pardon, the ring brings back the man's wife and house, and the Brahman's wife, holding his paper, goes to the king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} What grabbed Kojata at the bottom of the well? - **1.** Reeds — score -3 - **2.** Two claws — **✓ the right answer** · score -3 - **3.** Long weeds — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Roots — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1145, line 2: «At the bottom the water is too shallow, so she tricks the wolf into the other bucket.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «bottom» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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/1907-pg7277-part44/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} By what device did Mr. Simon persuade the rogues that his housekeeper had been slain? - **1.** A concealed bladder of blood pierced by his knife — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A hidden knife — no support - **3.** A small hidden flask of red paint and a sharp knife — no support - **4.** A goat's bladder stuffed with blood under the cloak — 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/1907-pg7277-part44/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which person was the victim of the mistaken drowning in the river? - **1.** The rogue who had taken Simon's cloak — no support - **2.** The innocent shepherd who was thrown into the river in the sack — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** The shepherd who had been tied in the sack by mistake — no support - **4.** The shepherd who had received the sack — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1900, line 16: «The King of the Low Countries was "not a very scrupulous person," which means he was not careful about doing what was right.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} What was the principal impediment to King Kojata's acquisition of the golden jug? - **1.** Its habit of eluding his grasp — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** The jug's heavy weight and size — score -3 - **3.** Its golden shine — no support - **4.** The river's cold — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1907, line 21: «The golden jug "eluded his efforts", slipping out of his grasp again and again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «grasp» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1907-pg7277-part44/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} By what means was King Kojata ultimately restrained beneath the surface of the well? - **1.** Two claws grasping his beard — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A cold claw — no support - **3.** Two long claws grasping his beard and dragging him under the water — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** Something pulling down his cloak — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 436, line 1: «The Eagle flies the King past two burning houses of his sisters and on to the home of his mother and eldest sister.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1907-pg7277-part44/e4/) - ← previous: [1906. Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1906-pg7277-part43/) - next →: [1908. Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 4…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1908-pg7277-part45/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)