A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason carries an old woman across a river and loses a sandal
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2077 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, did the old lady really make him carry her across the river, like, for real?
- 1. Yeah, she was proper bossy about it, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Yeah, she was dead rude about it, yeah — score 1
- 3. Yeah, she made him carry her over the river and then gave him a right telling-off, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Nah, she just asked him politely, mate — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1919, line 11: «The Princess runs away because she is "really afraid the Queen would be obliged to beat me," so she takes the King's boat from the little river.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «little river» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, so what was the lady holding for the whole trip?
- 1. A pomegranate, out of season — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A loaf of bread, still warm — no support
- 3. A jug of water, cold and full — no support
- 4. Some figs — 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 ✗
Bruv, why did Jason nearly chuck it on the rocks?
- 1. The current pulled him sideways — no support
- 2. He slipped on wet rocks — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. His foot got stuck in a crack and the current nearly swept him away — score -2
- 4. His foot got stuck in a crack — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 539, line 5: «Jason and Medea steal the Fleece from the sleepy dragon, then Jason kills Medea's brother Absyrtus in a trap.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+1). Against it: the same doer «jason» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did he actually lose a sandal, or is that just a joke?
- 1. He lost one golden sandal in the river, and the old lady said it was lucky — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. He lost both his sandals — score 3
- 3. He lost one golden sandal in the river while the old woman watched from the far bank calmly — score 3
- 4. He lost one golden sandal — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2077, line 4: «On the far bank the old woman says losing the sandal was lucky, blesses him, and hobbles away with her peacock.», 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 doer «sandal» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
What did the old dame say when he was gutted about the shoe?
- 1. Oh, what a shame — no support
- 2. Don't worry, boy — score -2
- 3. It was a bad omen — no support
- 4. Losing it was a lucky sign — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1886, line 1: «The part opens with the end of a fairy tale: the greedy old dame loses her gold, and Prince Featherhead and Princess Celandine are happily married.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+1). Against it: the same doer «greedy old dame» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
What's the peacock doing, like, showing off?
- 1. Showing off to the crowd — no support
- 2. Spreading its tail for Jason — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. It's just sleeping — no support
- 4. Flapping its wings — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2077, line 1: «Jason meets an old woman with a peacock who asks him to carry her across a raging river.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «peacock» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Is the crowd at Iolchos just chilling or is something proper going on?
- 1. They are cheering for a chariot race today — no support
- 2. They are waiting for a grand festival dinner — no support
- 3. They are watching a black bull sacrifice — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They are watching King Pelias make a black bull sacrifice to Neptune — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2077, line 5: «Jason walks to Iolchos, where a crowd is watching King Pelias, and people stare at his bare foot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «watch» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who does the king say is his dad, the sea god or what?
- 1. Apollo — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Neptune — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The sea god who rules the stormy ocean waves — no support
- 4. Vulcan — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why's everyone gawping at Jason's feet, bro?
- 1. He is lame — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He wears a helmet — no support
- 3. He's too tall — no support
- 4. One foot is bare — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
Did the old lady look dead old and creaky, or what?
- 1. She looked old but moved with grace — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. She looked very old and creaky but moved with surprising grace and strength — score 10
- 3. She looked weak and walked slowly — score 6
- 4. She seemed old and quite slow — score 10
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 957, line 6: «Who: Karen, a poor girl, and the old lady who looks after her, who "could not see very well".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «look» (+3); the same doer «old lady» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was Jason knackered after carrying her, or did he get a boost?
- 1. He was exhausted — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He felt stronger than before — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He felt much more tired — no support
- 4. He felt weaker than before — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the tree whack him in the river, or did it miss?
- 1. It hit him hard — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. It almost hit his arm — score 4
- 3. It missed him completely — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. It struck his head — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2077, line 3: «Halfway across, a tree nearly hits him, his foot gets stuck between rocks, and he loses one golden sandal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hit» (+3); the same doer «tree» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where's Jason headed next, sorted or what?
- 1. Off to the market — no support
- 2. Iolchos, to meet the old king — no support
- 3. To the king — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Iolchos, to see King Pelias — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 237, line 4: «Her sweetheart comes through the crowd with the golden ball, says he has come to set her free, and takes her home, while in the next tale a naughty boy and a f…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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 · right ✓
Which of the following describes the action by which Jason's sandal was lost during his crossing of the river?
- 1. The sandal was caught in a crevice when his foot became fixed between two rocks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. The sandal was pulled off by the current — no support
- 3. It fell off in the shallow water — score -2
- 4. The strap snapped in the rushing water — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1775, line 15: «The old man digs up the pot and then covers it again with "earth and twigs" to hide it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+4). Against it: the same doer «old man» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the reason given by the old woman for her assertion that the loss of the sandal was fortunate for the young man.
- 1. It confirmed he was the man the Oak had warned about — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. It showed that the gods had cursed him — score 2
- 3. It confirmed that he was the one the priests had described to her — score 5
- 4. It confirmed that he was the person foretold by the Speaking Oak — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 2067, line 8: «The beasts want to fawn on Ulysses, but he strikes them with his spear because "they had once been bloodthirsty men."», 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 doer «beasts» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the purpose for which the assembled inhabitants of Iolchos had gathered upon the outskirts of the town.
- 1. To see the king hold a sacred feast for the whole city of Iolchos — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. To observe the sacrifice of a black bull to Neptune by King Pelias — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To watch King Pelias sacrifice a white ram to the river god — no support
- 4. To observe the sacrifice of a black bull to Neptune by King Pelias, who was determined to keep his throne — 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 16, line 12: ««How do you like the Queen?» — «Not at all... she's so extremely—» — then, seeing the Queen behind her — «—likely to win, that it's hardly worth while finishin…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Describe the manner in which the old woman departed from Jason upon the far bank of the river.
- 1. She departed slowly with a hobbling gait, glancing back and smiling at him before she turned onto the path to the hills — score 5
- 2. She departed slowly with a hobbling gait, glancing back and smiling at him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. She stepped into a boat and drifted away without a word or a glance — score 5
- 4. She walked slowly off along the path, pausing once to turn towards him — 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 1945, line 5: «Then a new tale begins: an old woman finds a crooked sixpence and sets off to buy a little pig.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set off» (+3); the same doer «old woman» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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