Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down

Tests: 4 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2052 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 ✗

yo, why did Antaeus get stronger every time he touched the ground?

1. cuz he was a god — no support
2. cuz Mama Earth was his mum and she hooked him up — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. cuz he drank the magic river — no support
4. cuz he had a magic pine tree that glows — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 232, line 18: «Old word: "Repast" is an old word for a meal, and "prostrated" meant bowing so low that the body touched the ground.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, who was the dude in the golden helmet, fr?

1. the Giant Antaeus, big and mean — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a Pygmy king with a golden crown — no support
3. some dude named Zeus — no support
4. Hercules, the hero with the lion skin — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, why was the stranger going to the Hesperides place?

1. to snag three golden apples for King Eurystheus — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. to snag three golden apples for King Eurystheus, who ordered him to bring them home — no support
3. to fetch a lion for the Pygmies — no support
4. to grab some silver coins for his own king — ← 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 1916, line 9: «Why: he wants food and a bed, and later he hurries to the castle because he wants to "consult" the Oracle.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, what did the Pygmies do to wake the giant up?

1. poked him with swords and shouted in his face — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. they poked him with swords and shouted in his face until he finally woke up angry — score 7
3. they tied ropes to his legs and shouted in his face, poking him with swords and spears — score 2
4. they whistled and danced around his feet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1500, line 15: «Jack uses "a strong cord" with a slip-knot at each end, choking the giants and then stabbing them "to the heart".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «stab» (+1); the same thing acted on «giants» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what was Antaeus gonna make from the lion skin?

1. a huge set of armour for himself and his tiny Pygmy friends to wear in battle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a pair of gloves for his own hands, which he would wear while fighting — no support
3. a warm blanket for the Pygmies — no support
4. a pair of gloves for his own hands — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, why did the giant get so mad at the end?

1. the Pygmies laughed at his size and shape — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his pine tree got smashed by the stranger's club — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. his pine tree got smashed by the stranger's club after he had been tricked by the Pygmies — no support
4. his pine tree got smashed by the stranger's club, and his mother the Earth was hurt too — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, where did Antaeus's pine tree stick after his big swing?

1. deep in the dirt beside the river, where the Pygmies had been hiding from him all along — no support
2. on the ground, right by his big feet — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. deep in the dirt, too stuck to pull out — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. deep in the dirt, too stuck to pull out, even though he pulled with all his mighty strength — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 334, line 1: «Wendy gives the boys her "last words," and Smee ties her to the mast while Hook plans to make them walk the plank.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «last words» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

so did the Pygmies cheer or freak out at the end?

1. they shrieked like crazy, screaming along with him until the whole valley was filled with noise — score 5
2. they cheered loudly for the Giant, hoping he'd win — score 0
3. they shrieked like crazy, screaming along with him, then hid in their huts when the splinters flew — score 5
4. they shrieked like crazy, screaming along with him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 2052, line 5: «Antaeus swings his pine tree, Hercules blocks it and clubs him to the ground, and the Pygmies scream in terror.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scream» (+3); the same doer «pygmies» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what bugged the Giant about the stranger's shoulders?

1. they were broader than his own, and that stung his pride more than anything else — score 4
2. they were broader than his own, and that stung — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. they were broader than his own, and the Pygmies had teased him about that very thing — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. the stranger's helmet was shinier than his — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1959, line 7: «WHAT: Jack says "Let him come! I have a tool to pick his teeth", which shows he is brave and enjoys teasing the giant.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tease» (+6); the same thing acted on «giant» (+2). Against it: 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 ✗

bro, is it true the Giant got stronger after like ten steps?

1. yeah, the text says ten times stronger each step, which is why it's so dangerous — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, the text says he stays the same size — no support
3. yeah, the text says ten times stronger each step — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, the text says he gets weaker each time he touches the ground and falls apart — 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 ✗

wait, what did Hercules hit Antaeus with to make him fall?

1. a pine tree, swung at his knees — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a golden helmet, thrown at his face — score 2
3. his club, right on the top of his head — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a stone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 538, line 5: «At last they reach Colchis, see the Golden Fleece shining in the sacred grove, and Jason sets out for the palace with his companions.», 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 «heroes» (+1); a different action (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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

tbh, why didn't the Giant just stay on the ground?

1. he was lazy but he had to fight the stranger, since the Pygmies kept shouting at him — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. he was too proud to let the stranger pass — no support
3. he was afraid of the Pygmies — no support
4. he was lazy but he had to fight the stranger — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 498, line 13: «Why: Gaea made her children invincible while they kept "their feet on the ground", so the rocks thrown at them made them fall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «children» (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, did Antaeus hit his mum the Earth by accident?

1. yes, he struck her and she groaned and trembled, which made the whole valley shake — no support
2. no, he struck the lion and the lion groaned, while his mother the Earth trembled only a little bit — no support
3. no, he struck the Pygmies and they wailed — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. yes, he struck her and she groaned and trembled — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2051, line 8: «fact: Where: Antaeus lies with his head in one part of the kingdom and his feet "across the boundaries of another part."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «antaeus» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

bruh, what kind of helmet did the stranger have?

1. a golden one that shone in the sun, and a lion's skin that hung down his back — score 2
2. a golden one that shone in the sun — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. a leather one with a feather — score 0
4. a silver one that shone in the rain — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 2052, line 2: «The stranger walks closer, and he turns out to be a man with a golden helmet, a lion's skin and a big club.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «man» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · right ✓

ngl, who was the little guy in the story that kept nagging?

1. a tiny bird — no support
2. the Pygmies — no support
3. the Pygmies, the tiny folks who yelled to wake up the giant — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. the lion, a small beast that roared all day long — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 897, line 14: «fact: Stork-papa calls her story "an old story which happened in the time of my grandfather."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same doer «fact» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which individual approaches Antaeus in the course of this passage, and what distinguishing equipment does he bear?

1. Hercules, bearing a golden helmet and a club, who walks slowly towards the sleeping Giant on the road — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hercules, bearing a golden helmet and a club — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a Pygmy chief, carrying a spear and shield — no support
4. Hercules, bearing a golden helmet, a club, and a lion skin cape thrown over his back — 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 ✗

State the source of the strength which Antaeus derives, as the narrator describes it in the passage.

1. contact with the Earth, his mother and protector, who gives him strength with every touch — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. eating the lion's heart every single morning — no support
3. contact with the Earth, his mother and protector — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a gift from the king of the gods — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 892, line 10: «Why: she frees him because "a stronger will than her own" seems to give her strength, and the text calls it "acts of mercy".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reason that Hercules gives for his presence upon the road through the territory.

1. the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus, as well as the slaying of the nearby giant — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus, who had sent him on this errand — no support
4. the rescue of his cousin from the bottom of the sea — 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 ✗

Determine the outcome of the final contest between Antaeus and Hercules, as described by the narrator.

1. the pine tree is shattered and the Giant's blow fails — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the Giant falls and the Pygmies sing a song — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. the Pygmies flee and the Giant wins — no support
4. the pine tree is shattered and the Giant's blow fails, so Hercules wins the contest at last — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 16: «The Gryphon asks «Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille? Or would you like the Mock Turtle to sing you a song?»; when Alice eagerly chooses the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2052-pg976-part11/