Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 42: warriors sprout from the teeth and fight to the death
Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2083 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, so the dragon teeth grow into what, innit?
- 1. snakes, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. armed blokes with spears — score 2
- 3. armed warriors with spears — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. bigger dragons — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 60, line 4: «The Mole sees that his friend's eyes have turned a streaked, shifting grey — «not his friend's eyes» — and drags him inside and holds him down; the Rat struggl…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+1); the same doer «eyes» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, why'd the three warriors start scrapping?
- 1. thought a bloke struck them — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. they were drunk — score -1
- 3. thought a mate hit them — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. they reckoned a mate hit them — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 2083, line 3: «Jason throws a stone, the warriors think a neighbor hit them, and they fight until only one is left.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2). Against it: the same doer «warriors» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper wicked, but how many dudes did the stone actually bonk?
- 1. loads of them, like dozens — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. four — no support
- 3. three — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. like seventeen dudes — 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 ✗
Did Jason reckon the Fleece was worth it after all that?
- 1. nah — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. not really, no — no support
- 3. not so much, nah — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the last warrior yell before he keeled over?
- 1. "Death, then glory, friends!" — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. "Victory!" — score 2
- 3. "Glory! Eternal honour!" — no support
- 4. "Victory! Immortal fame!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 2083, line 2: «Armed warriors burst out of the soil, shouting and clashing their swords.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why'd the king go mental at Jason, like?
- 1. he feared Jason would win — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. he thought Jason was a fool — score 1
- 3. he feared Jason would fail — score 1
- 4. he was angry — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2078, line 2: «The noise grows so loud that it spoils King Pelias's sacrifice, and the angry king turns to glare at Jason.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5). Against it: the same doer «angry king» (-2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Didn't the king say Jason's not allowed to nick the Fleece?
- 1. yes, but only one more try — no support
- 2. no more tries, on pain of death — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. no more tries, and he must leave Colchis by sunset — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. yes, one more try — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2082, line 3: «At midnight she leads him through the silent city to the pasture where the brazen bulls rest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+3); the same doer «jason» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where's Jason gonna have a go at the dragon, then?
- 1. the Grove of Mars — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the dark grove where the dragon guards the golden tree — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. the sacred grove just outside the city walls — no support
- 4. the Temple of Juno — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1704, line 8: «Where: the Glass Mountain, with a golden apple-tree at the top and a golden castle beside it, guarded by a dragon at the gate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «glass mountain» (+1). Against it: the same action «guard» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Medea reckoned Jason's night's work was what, exactly?
- 1. badly performed — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. it was a brilliant feat, well worth the praise — no support
- 3. well performed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. very well done, but cruelly so — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
What're the warriors called, like, in the book?
- 1. sons of the serpent's line — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. sown men — no support
- 3. the dragon's sons — score -1
- 4. sons of the dragon's teeth — ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 2061, line 1: «The five last warriors sheathe their swords and obey Cadmus, who puts them to work building a city.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «cadmus» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
How many heroes has Jason got with him, bruv?
- 1. forty — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. fifty — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. six — score 1
- 4. ten — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 208, line 10: «What: the king orders the captain of the guard to take forty men, to pillage Noureddin's house, and to rase it to the ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Who told Jason to go see the king in the morning?
- 1. Medea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Aeetes — score 3
- 3. Chiron — score 3
- 4. the old centaur who trained him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 2066, line 11: «Ulysses orders them to "Wait for me here until tomorrow" and frowns sternly to stop them following.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «order» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · right ✓
What did Jason reckon the dragon would do to the crew?
- 1. snap the lot of them up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. eat them — no support
- 3. burn the ship and the men — no support
- 4. kill the crew — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what effect did Jason's stone act upon the assembled warriors?
- 1. It caused their mutual slaughter here — no support
- 2. It set them against one another — score -1
- 3. It induced mutual combat among them — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It caused the warriors to turn upon one another in mutual combat and die — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1458, line 13: «Why: the King is turned "into stone, just as he stood there with his sword lifted", so the people are free of him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). 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 · right ✓
What was the principal reason King Aetes refused Jason further permission?
- 1. He dreaded Jason's success — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. He feared Medea's betrayal — score 2
- 3. He hated Jason — score -1
- 4. He was jealous — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1904, line 18: «What the King fears: "it is all over with her now", because he thinks the snake will harm his daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fear» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the nature of Medea's comment upon the fallen warriors' conduct?
- 1. She ridiculed their vanity — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She praised their courage — no support
- 3. She scorned their foolishness — no support
- 4. She mocked them — ← Mova's choice · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2083, line 15: «Medea calls the warriors "simpletons" and smiles slyly at Jason.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «warriors» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the final outcome of the warriors' conflict with one another?
- 1. The last survivor killed his brothers and then fled the field alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Most fled, one stayed — no support
- 3. All died save the last survivor — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. All died except the last survivor, who fell at once — 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
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