Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the bridge alone and saves Rome from Porsena's army

Tests: 9 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 352 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 read the bridge part?? horatius was lowkey insane, fr

1. horatius held the bridge alone against the whole army and jumped into the river with his armor on — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. horatius held the bridge alone and jumped in the river with his armor on — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. horatius fought the army and swam across the river with his friends — score 8
4. horatius held the bridge alone for hours and then jumped in the river with his armor and helmet on too — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 352, line 3: «The bridge topples into the river, Horatius loses one eye to a dart, and then he leaps into the swift Tiber and swims to safety.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leap» (+4); the same doer «horatius» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruh the one-eyed guy got a whole statue, that's lit ngl

1. the romans gave him a silver crown — no support
2. they gave him a statue — no support
3. he got a statue — no support
4. the romans made him a brass statue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 14: «The statue says, "Yes, you can make me alive again, if you will bestow on me that which is dearest to you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «statue» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

caesar's village mayor was so extra, struting around like a boss

1. caesar said he'd rather be head of a village than second in rome — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he'd rather be mayor — no support
3. caesar said he'd rather lead a village than follow in rome — no support
4. caesar said he'd prefer to rule a town than be a senator — 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 · ★ · right ✓

that storm scene had the captain freaking out, total mood, no cap

1. caesar ordered the sailors to bail the water and stay calm — score 5
2. caesar told the captain to grab the oars and stop panicking while the storm raged all around the boat — score 7
3. caesar told the captain to grab the oars and stop panicking — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. caesar told the captain to stop shouting and fix the sails — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 352, line 18: «In the storm, the captain moans, "All is lost! all is lost!", but Caesar says the boat "will not be lost; for you have Caesar on board."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «caesar» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

damocles was living his best life until he saw that sword

1. the sword was sharp — no support
2. the sword was hanging over his head by one horse-hair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
3. the king's sword was tied above his head with rope — score 6
4. the sword was dangling above his seat by a thread — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 352, line 19: «Dionysius is a "tyrant", a cruel ruler, and Damocles sees a sword hanging by "a single horse-hair" over his head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hang» (+4); the same doer «sword» (+4); the same place «head» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

the tyrant dionysius was so sus, everyone hated him

1. everyone hated him because he was cruel and unfair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. everyone hated him because he was cruel and unfair to the poor people of the city — no support
3. everyone feared him because he was rich and proud — no support
4. everyone hated him because he was cruel and unfair and always ruled by fear alone — 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 ✗

damocles was like, ok I wanna be you for a day, then he got scared

1. he got scared — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he went pale — no support
3. the sword made his face go pale and he wanted to leave — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the feast made his face go red and he wanted to sleep — 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 ✗

fr the river part, horatius prayed to a river like it's his bff

1. he asked the river to carry his boat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. he called on the tiber to keep his life safe as he dove into the deep and muddy water — no support
3. he called on the tiber to keep his life safe — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he called on the tiber to keep his life safe and then leaped down with his armor and shield — 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 288, line 16: «The river does not take the shoes, and the boat drifts because it "was not fastened" to the shore.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «river» (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

romans were so grateful, it's giving main character energy

1. they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city from the great army of Porsena — score 6
2. they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city and his friends at the bridge — score 6
4. they gave horatius money and a new house for his work — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 351, line 7: «Why he goes back: "Shall a Roman not keep his word?" he answers the Fathers who beg him to stay.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «roman» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

the roman guys chopped the bridge so fast, it's wild

1. they chopped the posts until the walls began to crack — no support
2. they lifted the stones until the carts began to move — no support
3. they cut the ropes — no support
4. they chopped the beams until the bridge began to tremble — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 352, line 9: «Horatius cries, "Hew down the bridge with all the speed that you can!", so the Romans start chopping the beams.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «chop» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

porsena's army was giant, like thousands of horsemen, for real

1. they marched fast — no support
2. they came crossing the eastern rivers near rome — no support
3. they came riding through the southern valleys — no support
4. they came marching over the northern hills toward rome — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 352, line 1: «King Porsena of the Etruscans marches on Rome with a huge army, and the Romans hide behind their walls.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «march» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

horatius took a dart to the eye and still kept going, lowkey legend

1. he threw his spear at the leading horseman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. he threw his sword at the nearby man — no support
3. he threw his spear at the leading horseman and then swam across the river with his armor on — score 9
4. he threw his spear at the leading horseman and kept fighting with his shield as the bridge fell — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 352, line 11: «A dart thrown by a soldier puts out his left eye, but "he did not falter" and he throws his spear at the foremost horseman.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+4); the same place «foremost horseman» (+4); the same thing acted on «spear» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

the statue part was fire, but the land part is even better, no lie

1. horatius got a gold crown and a fine silver cup — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. horatius got as much land as he could plow around in one day — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. horatius got as much land as he could plow around in one day, plus a fine house in the forum — no support
4. horatius got as much land as he could plow around in one whole day, and the Romans built a statue of him — 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 14 · ★ · right ✓

that whole sword thing was dramatic, it's like a horror movie fr

1. the sword hung by a single hair and could fall any moment — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the knife hung over the table and could fall at any second — no support
3. the sword dangled by a thread over his head at the feast — no support
4. the sword hung by a single hair and could fall any moment onto the king's guest below — 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 army advanced upon the city of Rome, and what defensive action did the Roman citizens undertake in response?

1. The Romans hid in the city — no support
2. The Etruscan army marched on the city, and the Romans fled into the hills and abandoned their homes in fear — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The army of Lars Porsena advanced toward the walls, and the Romans sent envoys to negotiate with the Etruscan king — no support
4. The army of Porsena, King of the Etruscans, advanced, and the Romans withdrew behind their walls and posted guards upon the roads — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 352, line 7: «Where: the wooden bridge over the river at Rome, with Porsena's army coming over the hills from the north.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «hills» (+2). Against it: the same doer «army» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Of what material was the bridge over the river constructed, and what was its principal function within the account?

1. It was built of stone, and it was the meeting place where the citizens gathered to trade — no support
2. Made of stone, a crossing — no support
3. It was constructed of wood, and it was the crossing point which the enemy sought to seize — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. It was constructed of brick, and it served as the main gate the enemy wished to burn — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 40, line 18: «From a stile they look back at the wood, «dense, menacing, compact», and hurry home to the river «that never made them afraid with any amazement».», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What consequence did the destruction of the bridge produce for the defence of the city, as stated in the text?

1. The bridge was saved — score 3
2. The city was lost — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Horatius believed the enemy would cross the river by boat at dawn — no support
4. Horatius perceived that the city was safe once the bridge had fallen into the river — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 352, line 16: «"Plow" is an old spelling of "plough", a tool pulled by animals to turn over the soil for planting.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What moral lesson does the tale of Damocles convey regarding the condition of rulers, according to the closing words of the narrative?

1. That kings are cruel — no support
2. Rulers should be feared — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. That the rich and powerful are not so happy as they seem, since they live in constant dread of harm — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That the poor are not so sad as they seem, since they live in quiet hope of rest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 20: «Old word: a "tyrant" is a cruel ruler who takes power by force, and people in Tell's time had no vote to remove him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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