Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2084 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 the fleece glow in that grove, it was lowkey wild
- 1. nah, I was too busy watching the dragon to even look at the tree properly lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, it looked like the sun was stuck on a tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, the glow was like a lamp in the night — no support
- 4. nah, it was just the moon up high — 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 ✗
bruh Medea was sus, she was def gonna sell him out lol
- 1. fr, she's a total witch with a plan — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah bro, she was actually trying to protect him the whole time from her dad's guards — no support
- 3. nah, she helped him so she's good — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. yeah, she's just got a crush — 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 2084, line 6: «Who is the main speaker here? Medea, the enchantress and daughter of King Aetes, who helps Jason and is not always to be trusted.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+3); the same doer «medea» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
ngl that dragon was mad big, like a bus with teeth
- 1. no cap, his body was longer than the galley and his tail wrapped round the whole tree trunk — no support
- 2. no cap, his head was like the palace gate — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 3. nah bro, he was actually not that big, more like a regular dog with a loud bark — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. nah, he was honestly kinda cute ngl — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 842, line 19: «Old word: a "diligence" was a big heavy stagecoach; today we would say a coach or a bus.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
the antelope was dead cooked, it thought the glow was morning lol
- 1. lol, it was dinner for him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. rip, it got eaten in one bite — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. lol nah, the antelope escaped and ran off into the trees to find its herd again — no support
- 4. rip, the dragon was hungry — 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 ✗
Medea chucked the potion down his throat, that was pure genius
- 1. nah bro, he fought back hard and nearly grabbed her arm before the stuff finally worked — no support
- 2. yeah, she poured it in his mouth and he went quiet, then Jason ran off with the fleece — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. yeah, she knocked him out clean, no drama — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, she poured it in and he slept — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2084, line 5: «Medea throws a sleeping potion down the dragon's throat, Jason grabs the Fleece, and the crew sails home fast.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «jason» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
was Jason scared or just being a mega hero bro
- 1. he was scared but still went for it, respect — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah bro, he wasn't scared at all, he just walked up to the tree and grabbed it like a boss — no support
- 3. he was dead scared, then did it anyway — no support
- 4. he was scared at first but then he got over it and took the fleece back to the ship with the crew — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
the bulls were calm after the fire thing, like proper cows now
- 1. yeah, they just wanted rubbing and cuddles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. yeah, they just wanted rubbing and cuddles, and they followed Jason around like puppies all night — score 5
- 3. nah, they stayed super fierce and kept snorting fire at anyone who tried to get close — score 5
- 4. yeah, they chilled out and ate grass — 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 2055, line 10: «Why she trusts him: the bull "wanted to be friends with the child," so he ate grass from her hand.», 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 «bull» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
ok so what's the Talking Image, is it like a robot or what
- 1. a robot, yeah — no support
- 2. it's a magic ship thing that talks and shouts — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a magic bird — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. a magic ship that sails by itself, bro — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1361, line 5: «The stepmother peeks into the girl's room, thinks she is cursing her with a magic image, and asks her husband to let her leave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Lynceus spotted him from miles, that dude has eagle eyes fr
- 1. yeah, his eyes are super sharp, like a hawk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, he was using the magic lamp from the palace so he could see far in the dark — no support
- 3. yeah, his eyes are super sharp, like a hawk's, and he can see through the trees at night — no support
- 4. yeah, he can see miles, like an owl — 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 ✗
the North Wind lads were just chilling in the moon, bro
- 1. nah, they were just sitting there — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. nah, they were actually fighting the dragon in the grove and got knocked out by its fire — no support
- 3. yeah, they were hanging out in the sky — no support
- 4. yeah, they were flying about having a laugh — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1560, line 5: «Now Dapplegrim is ready, and the lad rides him to the palace, where jealous courtiers trick the King into demanding the Princess's rescue.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+3); the same doer «lad» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait so Jason's out with the Fleece, did they make it or nah
- 1. nah, they're still stuck in the grove — no support
- 2. yeah, they're flying home with it, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, they got it, all good — no support
- 4. nah mate, the dragon woke up and ate half the crew before they could reach the ship — ← 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 638, line 9: «The dragon thinks "I should like to eat you instead of these silly acid drops," while he outwardly wags his tail and smiles a very wide smile.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «dragon» (+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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
mate that grove was so dark, the moon couldn't even get in
- 1. yeah, it was sunny — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. fr, the oaks were way too thick — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, the trees were super dense — no support
- 4. nah, it was bright — 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 ✗
Orpheus with the harp was lit, that song was fire
- 1. nah, the crew was half asleep then — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, everyone was clapping along — no support
- 3. yeah, the whole crew was singing along — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, the crew were all rowing so hard they couldn't even hear the harp that night — 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 ✗
Which of the following best describes the action by which the Princess Medea incapacitates the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece?
- 1. She administers a sleeping draught from a golden box down its throat — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. She pours a magic liquid into its ears — score -2
- 3. She shoots it with an arrow — score 0
- 4. She forces a bitter herbal mixture into its mouth from a silver cup — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. 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: the same action «describe» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the brazen bulls no longer scorch the grass they attempt to graze?
- 1. Jason's yoke has made them too tired to eat — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Jason fed them a special herb that made their stomachs cool and their breath turn to mist, so no grass could burn anymore — score -1
- 3. Their breath is no longer hot, since the flame was taken away by Jason's magic charm — score -1
- 4. Their fiery breath and the furnaces in their stomachs have been extinguished — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1927, line 10: «How did the brother get free? He "had killed the Magician under the form of a bull", so the spell over him was broken.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «form» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following correctly states the consequence should Jason fail to quit Colchis before the next sunrise?
- 1. Aetes will burn the ship and imprison Jason in the palace tower — no support
- 2. The crew will be sold as slaves — no support
- 3. King Aetes will burn the galley and put the crew to the sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Jason will be made king — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2084, line 9: «Why do Jason and Medea go at night? King Aetes has forbidden any more tries, and he plans to burn the galley before sunrise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burn» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following most accurately characterises the manner in which the Golden Fleece is suspended within the sacred grove?
- 1. It hangs from the highest branch of a great oak tree, far above the reach of any man standing on the grass below — score 2
- 2. It is draped over a rock near the river bank, far out of reach — no support
- 3. It hangs from a tree at about a man's height above the ground — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. It is tied to the trunk of a sacred oak near the altar — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2084, line 8: «Where does the danger wait? In the Grove of Mars, where the dragon is "twisted round the trunk of the tree on which the Fleece hung."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hang» (+3); the same place «tree» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «fleece» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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