Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2078 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 u see that dude with one sandal, like wild?

1. fr, he was strutting around with one bare foot showing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. fr, he was walking around with a bare foot in front of everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. fr, he was walking around with a bare foot in front of the whole crowd and the priests, it was so awkward — no support
4. fr, he just walked up with no sandal — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so why was the whole town being so extra about his feet?

1. cause one foot was bare and they had never seen that before, and the oracle said a one-sandal guy was trouble — score -2
2. cause one foot was bare and the whole town was sure it was some kind of bad omen from the gods — score -1
3. cause one foot was bare and they had never seen that — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. cause one foot was bare and nobody had seen it — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1883, line 8: «Where: the fish are sold in the nearest town, where "not a house in the city was considered complete without a crystal bowl full of fish."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «consider» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «house» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh the king looked like he was gonna stab someone, right?

1. yeah he grabbed that big knife and got super mad, like he was ready to stab somebody right there — score 5
2. yeah he picked up the blade and got angry — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. yeah he grabbed the knife and got pretty mad — score 5
4. yeah he grabbed that big knife and got mad — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1844, line 1: «The gardener's daughter beats her kettle-drum just to test the King, and he comes running each time until he gets angry.», 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 «king» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait the oak tree really talked tho?

1. yeah, the tree talked in a deep voice — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, the leaves sounded like a huge wind speaking and a bass voice came from the trunk — score 0
3. yeah, the leaves sounded like a huge wind speaking — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. yeah, the leaves whispered like a big breeze — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1028, line 11: «What is left standing? The tree with the black stork's nest, though "the tree itself, however, was not worth much to speak of."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+3); the same doer «tree» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

why was the king so scared of a guy with one shoe?

1. cause the oracle said a one-shoe dude would knock him out — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cause a prophecy said a one-sandal guy would take his crown — no support
3. cause a prophecy said so — no support
4. cause a prophecy said a one-sandal dude would toss him off the throne — ✓ the right answer · 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 ✗

did the king actually want to be nice to jason?

1. nah, he was lying — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. nah, he was faking it to trap him — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. nah, he was acting to fool him — score 5
4. no, he was mean — no support

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 1818, line 13: «Why he goes: he lies in bed for "four or five days" and says, "I must go; I must see what she is like."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lie» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

what was jason wearing, was it some weird costume?

1. leopard skins, which is weird for that place — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. a leopard cloak, which is odd around there — score -1
3. leopard skins, which is not normal around there — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. leopard skins, which is not normal around there, and he looked like he came from the forest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 921, line 18: «Old word: "knee-breeches" were short trousers ending below the knee; today they are worn mostly in costumes and history plays.», 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 «old word» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what was the trick question the king asked?

1. how would you handle an enemy in your house — no support
2. what would you do to a guy who was out to get you and your whole family in the end — no support
3. what would you do to a guy who was out to get you, if he came to your palace and wanted your throne — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. what would you do to a guy who was out to get you — ✓ the right answer · 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 1999, line 6: «WHO: King O'Toole, an old king with a crippled goose, and Saint Kavin, who comes to him in disguise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «king o'toole» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

and jason said what, like for real?

1. he said he'd send the enemy for the fleece — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. he said he'd send that guy to get the golden fleece and make the king pay for everything — score 0
3. he said he'd send that guy to get the golden fleece from the grove of Ares — score 0
4. he said he'd send that guy to get the golden fleece — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1976, line 2: «She refuses to share her food, so he tells her that evil fortune will follow her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3). Against it: the same doer «man» (-3). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

that's kinda genius but also super risky right?

1. yeah, no one thought the journey could work — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, nobody thought the trip was even possible — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, everyone thought the trip was impossible — no support
4. yeah, nobody thought the trip was even possible, not even the sailors who knew the sea well — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 980, line 12: «Why does she do this? She is afraid that if Gerda sees roses she "would think of those at home, and then remember little Kay, and run away".», 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 «woman» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the king got happy and said "go for it"?

1. yeah, he was glad cause he thought jason would fail — score 5
2. yeah, he was stoked cause he thought jason would die — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. yeah, he was happy — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. yeah, he smiled cause he figured jason would be killed — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1999, line 13: «The king is happy to be "beholden" to the saint, which means he owes him thanks.», 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 «king» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

and what did the Oak tell jason to do?

1. build a galley with fifty oars — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. build a galley with fifty oars and find Argus to lead the crew — score 1
3. build a warship with twelve oars — no support
4. build a galley with fifty oars and sail to the sea right away — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 2078, line 5: «Jason says he would send such a man for the Golden Fleece, then goes to the Talking Oak of Dodona, which tells him to build a galley.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which phrase in the passage most clearly shows King Pelias's hostile intention towards Jason?

1. he clutched the knife — score 2
2. he gripped the sacred blade in his hand — score 2
3. "he clutched more closely the great knife in his hand" — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. he raised the bronze blade and stared at the crowd — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2002, line 16: «Old word: "gossoons" means boys in Irish English; it is still used in Ireland, though rarely elsewhere.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement most accurately describes the reason for the crowd's agitation at the altar?

1. The sight of Jason's bare foot caused the commotion — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The sight of Jason's bare foot caused the commotion, since no one in the city had seen such a sight before — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The sight of Jason's bare foot caused the commotion and the priests began shouting at the crowd to be silent — score 2
4. The noise of the crowd began the trouble — 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 2010, line 21: «Old word "melancholy" means very sad or gloomy, and it describes how Fin feels at the start of the part.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+4). Against it: the same doer «word» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which explanation best accounts for Jason's decision to answer the king's question honestly?

1. He is an upright and honorable prince who scorns falsehood and wants the gods to see his honesty clearly — score 4
2. He is an upright and honorable prince who scorns falsehood — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He is an upright and honorable prince who scorns falsehood, so he never lies even to a dangerous king — no support
4. He is a proud prince who wants the king's favor — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1924, line 9: «Why: the King wants to know who cooked such good soup, so he sends for the cook, who "must confess" the truth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which term correctly identifies the literary device in the Oak's utterance, "a deep bass voice, speaking as distinctly as a tree could be expected to speak"?

1. Personification — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Personification, giving the tree a human voice — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Alliteration — no support
4. Onomatopoeia — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1504, line 5: «The golden lady returns in a dream and gives him two laurel trees, a little golden rake, a bucket and a silken towel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+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

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