Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors follow the smell of roast meat up to the palace

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2063 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 bruv, who got the Go shell, was it Eurylochus or nah?

1. Yeah, Eurylochus got it, but the rest of the crew were gutted about the whole thing mate — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Yeah, Eurylochus, proper lucky dude — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Nah, it was the greedy one mate — no support
4. Nah, it was Polites, he got the shell, proper lucky bloke innit — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 2063, line 1: «Eurylochus, who drew the word "Go", leads twenty-two sailors up the cliff toward the palace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2). Against it: the same doer «eurylochus» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate, what was coming outta that chimney?

1. Just smoke — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Smoke, and it smelled like roast pork, dead tasty — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sparks, and it smelled like sour wine, dead odd — no support
4. Dust, and it smelled like burnt bread, pretty rank — 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 ✗

so the purple bird was like peeping at em, yeah?

1. Yeah, peep peep pe-weep, dead sad, proper gutted — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, peep peep pe-weep, dead sad, proper gutted, and it kept going on and on — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Nah, it was singing, dead happy, proper nice — score 5
4. Yeah, peep peep pe-weep, dead sad, proper gutted, and then it flew right off the cliff edge — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 622, line 19: «Old word: "feather-brained" describes Darzee as silly, a bird who can keep only one idea in his head at a time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «bird» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, who wanted to skewer the bird?

1. The one who ate the most at the last feast — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The gormandizer, the greediest one in the crew, who had already eaten two loaves — no support
3. The gormandizer, the greediest one in the crew — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Greedy Joe — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 223, line 6: «Who: the princess's attendants wake up, listen, and then lead the prince to a room where they prepare his bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «room» (+3); the same thing acted on «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

and what did they do at that crystal spring?

1. Had a drink, then laughed at their wobbly faces, and one of them fell into the spring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Had a drink, then laughed at their wobbly faces — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Had a drink, then laughed at their wobbly faces until the sun went down behind the trees — no support
4. Filled their casks, then argued about the road — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the water making their faces look weird?

1. Yeah, all wobbly, so they felt dead dizzy mate — score 4
2. Yeah, all squiggly, so they couldn't stop laughing, even the greedy one, proper daft — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, all squiggly, so they couldn't stop laughing — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Nah, it looked normal, but they were dead thirsty — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1991, line 7: «What: The woman holds a knife over the child, and the child laughs in her face, so she throws the knife away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+3); the same doer «child» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the gardener grow flowers or herbs they wanted?

1. Flowers for the table, nice ones — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Herbs for stuffing, all meat stuff — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Onions for the sauce, all bland stuff — no support
4. Flowers along the path, but mostly herbs for stuffing, all meat stuff innit — 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 · ★ · right ✓

what was Eurylochus's gut feeling about it all?

1. That they were in a dream, dead dodgy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Dodgy, mate — no support
3. That the bird was a bad omen — no support
4. Bad vibes — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

so the palace was like castles in the clouds, yeah?

1. Yeah, like castles you see by moonlight, but made of ice and dead cold mist — score 0
2. Nah, more like a fancy farm, dead ordinary — no support
3. Yeah, like clouds up top, mate — no support
4. Yeah, like castles you see by moonlight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1955, line 9: «fact: The eagle is the one bird who has seen the castle, and he says "Yes, I came from there where it now is."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

did the sailors actually turn back at the end?

1. Yeah, back — no support
2. Nah, they went on for the feast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Nah — no support
4. Yeah, they ran back to the ship — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 805, line 7: «Who: the young sailor is "the son of a portrait painter" and has just passed his exam "with honor."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pass» (+3); the same doer «young sailor» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

what time of day was it when they got to the palace?

1. Midday, sun shining bright — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Evening, sun going down — no support
3. Early morning, all grey — no support
4. Midday, sun shining bright, right over the top of the cliff, dead hot — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 443, line 1: «Vasilissa asks the Baba Yaga who the three riders were: bright Day, red Sun and dark Night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «baba yaga» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

so what's the palace made of, innit?

1. Red brick, mate — no support
2. Stone — no support
3. Gold — no support
4. White marble — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1341, line 15: «The palace is "built of white marble beneath the lake", which Hidesato finds more beautiful than anything.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what sense were the mariners principally drawn toward the palace?

1. By sight — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. By the taste of wine carried on the breeze — no support
3. By the scent of roasting meat carried on the wind — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By the sight of gold on the towers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2015, line 11: «why he struck: Llewelyn shouted "Monster, thou hast devoured my child" before drawing his sword.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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 ✗

What was the immediate cause of Eurylochus's expressed disquiet regarding the purple bird?

1. His belief that the bird was a spy for the island king — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. His firm conviction that the bird knew of some harm awaiting them and wished to warn them away from the palace — no support
3. His conviction that the bird knew of some harm awaiting them — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The bird's bright purple feathers and odd cry — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1868, line 9: «Why the bird despairs: "he thought the Princess must have been persuaded to betray him".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «bird» (+2). 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 ✗

By what method was the party for the advance determined?

1. By vote — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By casting bones from a bronze jar — no support
3. By the captain's choice of his bravest men — no support
4. By drawing shells from a helmet marked Go and Stay — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the sailors perceive as they climbed the cliff?

1. The white marble towers of the palace rising above the trees, glittering in the midday sun and seeming unreal — score 1
2. The palace roofs and the sound of a distant feast over the hill — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The shining towers beyond the wood — score 3
4. The white marble towers of the palace rising above the trees — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1947, line 19: «Old words: "cudgelling" means a beating with a short, heavy stick, and "clomb" is an old word for climbed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); 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

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