Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2073 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 · ★ · right ✓

yo did u see Ceres at the palace, she's literally been carrying that torch everywhere

1. the nurse bathed the prince in some fragrant liquid, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. the nurse bathed the prince in some fragrant liquid at night while his mom was spying, no cap — score 1
3. the nurse rubbed the prince with some oil, no cap — score 0
4. the nurse held the prince over the fire and sang to him, lowkey wild, no cap fr — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1976, line 19: «Old word: "Court" means the royal palace where the king and queen live and hold their grand meetings.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro the baby was so sick and crying nonstop, his mom was lowkey freaking out

1. the baby was sick from his teeth — no support
2. the baby was sick because the nurse was feeding him weird stuff at night — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. the baby was upset about milk — no support
4. the baby was sick because of his teeth — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 12: «That busy morning the Woman carried the crying Baby outside and gave him a handful of pebbles to play with, but he went on crying.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3). Against it: the same doer «woman» (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

wait so Phoebus just said nah to Ceres? like full nah?

1. yeah he said he was too busy and not cool with Pluto, so Ceres had to go alone to the cave — score 5
2. yeah he said he could not go since the sun cannot enter Pluto's gate, and he was sad about it — score 5
3. yeah he said he was too busy and not cool with Pluto — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. yeah he said he's busy and nah to Pluto — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 2073, line 1: «Phoebus turns down Ceres, saying his sunbeams would never get past Pluto's three-headed dog.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «phoebus» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl Hecate is so extra, she wants Ceres to just chill in a cave

1. she wants her to go home now — no support
2. she told her to come hang out in the cavern forever — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. she told her to stay — no support
4. she said come chill in the cave — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 2: «The Cat flatters her: she is wise and beautiful and should not be cruel. The Woman makes a bargain: one word in his praise and he may come into the Cave; two w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same place «cave» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

fr that dog with three heads is actually terrifying

1. Cerberus watches Pluto's front door — no support
2. Cerberus guards the gates of Pluto's kingdom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. Hydra guards the gates of Pluto — score -5
4. Cerberus guards the gate — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 2073, line 9: «Cerberus is the three-headed dog who guards the iron gates of Pluto's kingdom, so Proserpina seems trapped there forever.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «iron gates» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

the queen was lowkey nosy, she hid in the room to peek at the nurse

1. Metanira hid in the room where the nurse slept — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Metanira hid in the room where the nurse slept to spy on her at night — score 6
3. Metanira hid in the garden and watched the nurse through the window of the palace — score 5
4. Metanira watched from the hallway door — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 2073, line 5: «Queen Metanira hides in the room one night to spy on Ceres, and she sees the nurse bathing the child in a magic liquid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+2); the same place «room» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ceres looked so old and messy, like nobody would've guessed she was the seed goddess

1. people thought she was a lost old farmer — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. people thought she was a crazy wanderer with messy hair — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. people thought she was a mad drifter with tangled hair — score 0
4. people thought she was crazy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 559, line 6: «Who: Odysseus, a clever hero, and Circe, a goddess who turns men into animals.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «goddess» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

the kids would cling to her knees and stare at her with big sad eyes

1. they looked at her — score 0
2. the kids ran away from her — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. the children gazed at her sadly — score 5
4. the children looked up at her wistfully — ✓ the right answer · score 1

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 362, line 2: «At sunset he finds himself alone and runs bleating across the field, where the Wolf is waiting by a clump of trees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3); the same doer «kid» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

she took the prince and his brand new teeth were like, boom, ivory teeth

1. the baby grew teeth quicker than others — no support
2. the prince lost his baby teeth early — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. the baby got teeth faster than any other baby, so the queen cried with joy — score 0
4. the baby got teeth faster than any other baby — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 684, line 4: «Later the robber captain steals the sword, and the prince loses both his eyes to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh the prince didn't eat a single thing, not even milk, and still grew up strong

1. he never tasted any food, not even milk — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. he only drank nectar from the goddess's hand and never tasted food, not even milk — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. he never tasted any food, not even milk, and still grew up strong and healthy — score 5
4. he refused all food and milk — 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 2039, line 1: «At a grand banquet the Prince and Princess drink from a crystal cup that stays clear, because they truly love each other.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ceres literally said the queen would regret it if she messed with the baby's care

1. the child would pay for his mother's error — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. the baby would suffer for his mother's folly — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the baby would suffer for his mother's folly and she would be cursed forever — score 3
4. the queen would suffer for her pride — score 0

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 1762, line 19: «The king gives his baby for the daughter of a peasant, and the stranger later takes the girl away.», 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 «king» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which element of the text most clearly establishes the reason for Phoebus's refusal to accompany Ceres to the kingdom of Pluto?

1. His stated inability to pass the gateway, since sunbeams are forbidden in that kingdom and he must guard the sky for all the other gods — score 2
2. His stated inability to pass the gateway, since sunbeams are forbidden in that kingdom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. His stated inability to pass the gateway, since the sunbeams are forbidden in that kingdom, which Ceres herself had already admitted to the queen earlier in the palace — score -1
4. His stated refusal to ride with Ceres, since sunbeams are feared in that kingdom — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 486, line 3: «In the first kingdom the two of them chopped up the princess, stuck her back together with a puff of breath, and took gold and silver.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «first kingdom» (+4); the same thing acted on «princess» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

To what extent does the narrator attribute Ceres's physical decline to the duration of her grief and wandering?

1. She grows elderly in a very brief time, as a consequence of her sorrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. She grows weary as her wandering continues slowly — score 2
3. She grows elderly in a very brief time, as a consequence of the curse Pluto placed upon her by the river at dawn — score 2
4. She becomes aged in a short span from her sadness — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 489, line 7: «What: the mother visits every house and is refused, and she cries "our lad's an unlucky fellow!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «mother» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action of Queen Metanira is presented as the immediate cause of the nurse's displeasure and departure?

1. Her secret watching from the chamber to see the nurse — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Her refusal to let the nurse bathe the prince — score -4
3. Her concealment in the sleeping chamber in order to observe the nurse — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her hiding to spy on the nurse — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2073, line 5: «Queen Metanira hides in the room one night to spy on Ceres, and she sees the nurse bathing the child in a magic liquid.», 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) (-3). 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 ✗

In what manner does the narrator characterise the prince's recovery under the care of Ceres?

1. As remarkable, rapid, and entirely beyond the expectation of any ordinary observer in the household — no support
2. As remarkable, rapid, and entirely beyond the expectation of ordinary observers, who had given the boy up for dead — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. As sudden and beyond normal hope — no support
4. As remarkable, rapid, and entirely beyond the expectation of ordinary observers — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1092, line 14: «What stops him: "the respect with which that charming figure filled him", so he does not break in.», 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, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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