The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone, finds his father's sword and sandals, and sets out for Athens
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2044 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 ✗
Did Theseus actually shift that massive rock or what?
- 1. Yeah, he totally flipped it over and then strolled off, no cap, fam — no support
- 2. Yeah, he totally flipped it over, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, he didn't even try, he just sat there chilling for ages, honestly — score -2
- 4. Yeah, he rolled it right off, dead easy — ← Mova's choice · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2044, line 8: «What: he rolls the great rock aside, and "The great rock stirred!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «roll» (+1). Against it: the same doer «theseus» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, so what was under the rock, mate?
- 1. A sword with a gold handle and some sandals — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Loads of gold and a sword and some sandals, and a note from his mum — no support
- 3. A spear with a silver tip, and a cloak — no support
- 4. A massive sword with a gold handle, plus sandals and a letter from his dad — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
Why did his mum look proper gutted when he lifted it?
- 1. Cos she knew he was growing up and leaving — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Cos the stone nearly crushed him, mate — no support
- 3. Cos she was worried he'd be sad later — no support
- 4. Cos she knew he was gonna leave for ages and never come back home — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Grandad want him to walk to Athens, innit?
- 1. Nah, he told him to take a boat, cos the roads are full of nasty robbers — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he said go by boat, roads are dodgy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he wanted him to walk all the way there, but the roads were fine, honestly — no support
- 4. Yeah, but only with some guards — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Did Theseus get scared of the robbers?
- 1. Yeah, he wanted to turn back home now — score 3
- 2. Yeah, proper scared — no support
- 3. Nah, he just kept on walking the boat way — score 3
- 4. Nah, he got well keen and wanted to go that way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2044, line 13: «How Theseus reacted to the robbers: he "pricked up his ears" and was keener than ever to go that way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same thing acted on «way» (+2); the same doer «theseus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did Scinis end up, bruv?
- 1. Stuck in the air between the cliff and the sea — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Stuck up in the air above the rocks — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Flew off into the sea, dead — no support
- 4. Drowned, mate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2044, line 16: «What happened to Scinis: "Scinis stuck fast in the air" between the cliff and the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «scinis» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Theseus just leave the wild pig there, or what?
- 1. Nah, he killed it and gave the bacon to the poor — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. Nah, he tied it up and took it home — score -1
- 3. Yeah, left it there — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Yeah, he sold the pig to some rich bloke — score -7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1351, line 13: «Kintaro's mother is called Yama-uba, and she hid her grief "with a strong face" when her son left.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3). Against it: the same doer «son» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
How did people in Athens know about him before he got there?
- 1. Word had already spread that he was a hero — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Travellers had brought stories of his deeds from every corner of the land — no support
- 3. He had sent a herald ahead of him to warn the whole city of Athens — score 2
- 4. Rumours had reached them from Troezen first — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1818, line 6: «Who: the hero is the only son of a Raja, and his mother is the Rani, who knows far more than she says.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «only son» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same doer «hero» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did folks in Athens reckon Theseus would be?
- 1. As mighty as the gods in the sky — no support
- 2. A legend who'd outshine every hero from the old stories put together — no support
- 3. As sick a hero as Hercules and Jason and all the rest of them — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 4. As sick a hero as Hercules and Jason — ✓ the right answer · score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 548, line 13: «Why: Hippolytus is cursed because Poseidon had promised to grant Theseus whatever he asked, and Theseus asked him to destroy his son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «son» (-1); the same doer «theseus» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was his dad, like, for real?
- 1. King Aegeus, the king of Athens, mate, like the actual one — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. King Aegeus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. King Priam — no support
- 4. King Minos — 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
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why were the nephews gonna cause trouble for him?
- 1. Cos he'd beat up their mates and then go and nick the throne — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cos he'd wreck their plans, innit — no support
- 3. Cos he'd stop them nicking the crown — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Cos he'd stop them nicking the crown and the whole palace from 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
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Who was Medea, proper evil?
- 1. A wicked witch who was now the king's wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Some random lady — no support
- 3. A nasty servant — no support
- 4. A cruel queen from the south — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2013, line 1: «Trembling's shoe fits, so the prince knows she is his wife, and she rides to church three times in new clothes so everyone can see her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «wife» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which object did Theseus discover beneath the stone after he had removed it?
- 1. Old sandals — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. A jewelled spear and a pair of gloves — no support
- 3. A golden-hilted sword and a pair of sandals — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A bronze helmet and a silver shield set — 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 2014, line 18: «Old word: a "bosthoon" is a clumsy, stupid fellow, a word from Irish English still heard in parts of Ireland.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which course of action did Pittheus recommend to his grandson for the journey to Athens?
- 1. Travel by sea, avoiding the robbers and monsters that roam the mountain roads — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Travel by sea, to avoid the dangers of the land route — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Sail by sea, so he could avoid the dangers of the land route and visit the coast towns — no support
- 4. Go by land with a strong escort of soldiers — 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 individual sought to deprive Theseus of his inheritance once he had reached Athens?
- 1. Medea, who had poisoned the old king's brother and wished her son Medus to rule — no support
- 2. Medea, the sorceress who wanted her son Medus to inherit the kingdom and bury Theseus — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Medea, who wished her son Medus to inherit the kingdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The nephews, who plotted to seize the crown for themselves — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 548, line 1: «Theseus sails home but forgets to change the black sails, so his father Aegeus thinks he is dead and jumps into the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forget» (+4). Against it: the same doer «theseus» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the principal reason for the hostility of the nephews toward Theseus upon his arrival?
- 1. They feared he would seize the crown and sceptre — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They had heard he would outshine them and take the throne by force of arms — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. They were jealous of his famous deeds — no support
- 4. They hated his grandfather Pittheus — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 548, line 19: «Old word: "abdicated" means gave up a throne, so when Theseus "voluntarily abdicated the throne" he chose to stop being king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «throne» (+2); the same doer «theseus» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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