Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps Jason tame the brazen bulls and sow the dragon's teeth
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2082 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 who's the princess in this bit, what's she called
- 1. Medea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Medea, the king's daughter — no support
- 3. Antiope — no support
- 4. The sorceress from Colchis, Medea — 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 ✗
wait, what was in the little gold box she gave him, innit
- 1. Sweet perfume — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Salve — no support
- 3. Scented ointment — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Fragrant balm — 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 where did they meet up at midnight, like exactly, fam
- 1. The gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The well — no support
- 3. Marble palace steps — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Outside the city walls — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro what's in the basket she hands him, be honest
- 1. A bundle of dried herbs wrapped in a cloth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Silver coins — no support
- 3. Bronze arrows — no support
- 4. Dragon's teeth — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓
lol what do the bulls chew on, is it grass or something gross
- 1. Hay — no support
- 2. Grass — no support
- 3. Fiery cuds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Green leaves — 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 2082, line 13: «The bulls rest in "that farthest corner of the field," chewing their fiery cuds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
ok so how's he not getting burned up, mate, did he have a shield
- 1. The ointment — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A shield — no support
- 3. A bronze shield — no support
- 4. Her magic spell — 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 ✗
proper scary bit: what do the bulls actually grab onto, like which bits
- 1. Ears — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Neck — no support
- 3. Legs and necks — no support
- 4. Horn and tail — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's the plough like, was it new and shiny or proper old and rusty
- 1. Bright and new — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. New — no support
- 3. Old and rusty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Shiny — 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 ✗
who taught him to plough, was it the centaur, the one with the horse body
- 1. Chiron — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Orpheus — no support
- 3. The wise old centaur Chiron in the mountain cave — no support
- 4. The centaur who lived in the cave on the mountain with his students — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 543, line 1: «Heracles chases the centaurs into Chiron's cave and by accident shoots his old friend in the knee.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «cave» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's the moon doing when the field's done, like where is she
- 1. Just over the hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. High in the east — no support
- 3. A quarter way up sky — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Behind hill — 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 ✗
what does he do with the teeth after, be real
- 1. Scatters and harrows them — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Sows them in the rows — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Buries them — score 3
- 4. Plants them carefully deep — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 2082, line 5: «He yokes them to the old plow, breaks up the field, and sows the dragon's teeth, then waits to see what happens.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sow» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
so what would the bulls do to some random dude, like proper
- 1. Shrivel him up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Turn him into ash — no support
- 3. Burn him — no support
- 4. Tear him to pieces — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was the vibe when the tree caught fire, did it just go up
- 1. Glowed red for a moment — no support
- 2. Caught fire at once — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. It smoked — no support
- 4. Lit up in a blaze — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1194, line 12: «What happens: she seized the cane, "her clothes caught fire", and she was "burned to ashes".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+3). 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 · wrong ✗
Which relative of Medea's father taught her the art of enchantment?
- 1. Calypso — no support
- 2. The witch who lived on the island beyond the sea — no support
- 3. Circe — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Her aunt, the sorceress Circe of Aeaea — ← Mova's choice · score -5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1734, line 11: «The Princess says "I won't kiss him again", but then changes her mind when she hears the tune and says "One ought to encourage art."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «one» (-2). 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 ✗
State the means by which Medea protected Jason from the fiery breath of the bulls.
- 1. Rubbing on a scented ointment — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Smearing a sweet-smelling oil — no support
- 3. Application of a perfumed unguent — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Anointing his whole body with a fragrant ointment the night before the contest — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Specify the manner in which Jason restrained the two brazen bulls.
- 1. By binding them — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Catching each by the neck and head — no support
- 3. Holding both by the horns tightly — score 1
- 4. Seizing one by the horn and one by the tail — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1278, line 11: «The second trick works because the shepherd believes the bleating is "the sheep and the kid that I lost", so he ties the bull "hastily to a tree".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tie» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the purpose of ploughing the field before the dragon's teeth were sown.
- 1. To cut deep furrows so the water can run from the field into the river — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. To make the soil soft for planting — no support
- 3. To kill the weeds and grass — no support
- 4. To prepare black earth for sowing — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1689, line 12: «Why the people flee: the reward is so large that "in the twinkling of an eye" everyone runs into the fields.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3); the same place «fields» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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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