Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6: Theseus sails to Crete and meets the brazen giant Talus
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2047 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 ✗
Bro, what colour were the sails on Theseus's boat?
- 1. dark — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. tan — no support
- 3. black — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. red — 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
Ok so who begged Theseus to swap the sails for bright ones?
- 1. his dad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. the old priest of Athens — score 3
- 3. his brother — score 5
- 4. a cousin — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 2047, line 1: «Theseus sails off from Athens under black sails, and his old father begs him to raise bright sails if he comes back alive.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+4); the same receiver «theseus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
No cap, what was the giant holding on his shoulder?
- 1. a heavy brass club studded with nails — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a long iron-tipped spear from the armoury — no support
- 3. a brass club — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a heavy stone — 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 ✗
Lowkey wild, what was Talus made of?
- 1. iron — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. copper — no support
- 3. bronze — no support
- 4. brass — ✓ 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
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the sus king running Crete?
- 1. the cruel ruler of the island — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Minos — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Aegeus — no support
- 4. Icarus — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1870, line 12: «The King hears her and says: "how could you betray me to our cruel enemies when I loved you so dearly?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the king kinda cringe to the poor victims?
- 1. he poked them — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. he fed them — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. he fled — score 4
- 4. he praised them — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1929, line 5: «A lost King hears his music and promises to give whatever meets him first at home, but he cheats by writing that he will give nothing at all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «lost king» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, how far did Talus walk in a day?
- 1. forty miles — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. eight thousand miles — no support
- 3. eighteen hundred miles — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. ten miles — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Deadass, what did Theseus call Minos?
- 1. a thief — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. a monster — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a coward — no support
- 4. a tyrant — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2047, line 15: «Minos is called "a stern and pitiless king," and his face shows no mercy when he tests the youths.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «youths» (-1); 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
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, why did Talus let the boat in?
- 1. he was bribed — no support
- 2. he said Pass! — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. he was asleep — no support
- 4. he lost his way — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2047, line 19: «The word "gait" means the way a person or creature walks, so the jerk in Talus's gait is the way he walks.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «way» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what did the crew do when the wind picked up?
- 1. lowered the mast — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. dropped anchor — no support
- 3. rowed hard — no support
- 4. trimmed the sails — ✓ 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
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Who supposedly made Talus, fr?
- 1. Vulcan — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. the smith god Hephaestus of the forge — score 5
- 3. the blacksmith of the gods, Cyclops — score 5
- 4. Hermes — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 2047, line 10: «Talus is made of metal, and the story says "the figure flickered and glimmered" when the sun shone on him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «talus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Be honest, what did the young people do on the boat?
- 1. sang songs and played games on deck — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. wept and prayed — score -2
- 3. danced in circles and laughed loudly — no support
- 4. danced and laughed — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 926, line 5: «The boat reaches the town of Hjalmar's old nurse, who nods, beckons and sings him a song.», 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). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the old king of Athens propose that the sails be altered upon his son's safe return?
- 1. by cutting sails — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. by hoisting bright sails — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. by sewing new white sails — no support
- 4. by ordering the crew to sew golden sails in place — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Of what metal, according to the account of the master, was the figure known as Talus composed?
- 1. bronze — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. tin — no support
- 3. iron — no support
- 4. brass — ✓ 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 · right ✓
By what designation was the monarch who received the Athenian youths at his palace known?
- 1. King Minos — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the king of the great palace of Crete — no support
- 3. Prince Theseus — no support
- 4. King Aegeus — 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 · right ✓
What reply did Theseus make when he was asked whether he was appalled at the prospect of being devoured?
- 1. he gave his life freely — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. he begged for mercy — score 4
- 3. he offered his life freely to the king — score 4
- 4. he refused the offer — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1642, line 6: «fact: The rich man's three sons each try to build a ship that floats on land and sea, because "whoever could build a ship that should float both on land and se…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «three sons» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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