Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Dodona, the Olympic games, and his wives
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 500 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 ✓
Oi, whose voice was in the oak leaves at Dodona?
- 1. Zeus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Apollo the sun-god — no support
- 3. Ra — no support
- 4. Pan — no support
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 500, line 5: «Zeus visits the mortal Antiope in disguise, and her twin sons Amphion and Zethus are left on Mount Cithaeron to die but are saved by a shepherd.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, what bird was Zeus always stuck with?
- 1. hen — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. owl — no support
- 3. raven — no support
- 4. eagle — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper question, how often did the Olympic games happen?
- 1. every three years — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. every two years — no support
- 3. every four years — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yearly — 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 ✓
Innit, who swallowed Metis to dodge a prophecy?
- 1. Ra — score 6
- 2. Hera — score 6
- 3. Zeus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Pan — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 500, line 14: «Who: Metis was swallowed by Zeus so that the prediction "should" not be fulfilled.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swallow» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «zeus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Dead cool, what popped out of Zeus's head?
- 1. Athene — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Eros — no support
- 3. Hephaestus, the lame god of the forge — no support
- 4. Dionysus, the youthful god of wine and joy — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 500, line 3: «The eagle is sacred to Zeus, and his first wife Metis is swallowed by him to stop a prophecy, so Athene springs out of his head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «athene» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gutted, what was Leto turned into to dodge Hera?
- 1. a grey wolf with burning eyes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. quail — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a golden-feathered bird of the marshes — no support
- 4. heron — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, which island got chained to the sea bed?
- 1. Delos — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the floating island of Aegina — no support
- 3. Ios — no support
- 4. the sacred isle of Cythera nearby — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Who was Antiope's dad, then?
- 1. Nicteus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Epopeus, king of Sicyon in the north — no support
- 3. Lycus, the king who ruled Thebes after Cadmus — no support
- 4. Lycus — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓
Wicked, who was the goddess of memory?
- 1. Mnemosyne — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Persephone — no support
- 3. Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth and midwives — no support
- 4. Eurynome, the mother of the Graces and dancers — 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 ✗
Nah, who was mum to the Graces?
- 1. Eurydice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dione, the mother of Aphrodite by Zeus — no support
- 3. Mnemosyne, the mother of the nine Muses — no support
- 4. Eurynome — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what was Demeter the goddess of?
- 1. the sea, ships and the winds of the storms — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Agriculture — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Navigation — no support
- 4. the underworld and the dead of the land — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sick, which lake is next to Dodona?
- 1. Prespa — no support
- 2. the great Lake Tritonis of northern Libya — no support
- 3. Lake Ohrid, deep in the mountains of Macedonia — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Joanina — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 301, line 14: «The water lifts her "as if she sat in a swing" and carries her to the far shore.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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 · right ✓
With reference to the passage, in which region was the oracle of Zeus at Dodona situated?
- 1. Epirus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Thrace — no support
- 3. northern Thessaly by the river Peneus — no support
- 4. the mountains of Pindus beyond the Macedonian plains — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 500, line 8: «Where: Dodona lies in Epirus, near "Lake Joanina", and it was the most ancient oracle in Greece.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «epirus» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
According to the text, by what means did Zeus prevent the fulfilment of the prophecy concerning Metis?
- 1. by sending her away — score 1
- 2. by binding her fate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. by marrying her — no support
- 4. by swallowing her — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 2: «But the baby keeps grunting, its nose turns into a snout and its eyes get tiny, until it is quite plainly a pig, so Alice puts it down and it trots off happily…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «baby» (+1). 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 · wrong ✗
Which statement regarding the Olympic games is consistent with the passage?
- 1. They were held in Olympia each spring. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. They were restricted to the sons of free citizens and were held only in the city of Elis. — no support
- 3. They recurred at intervals of three years. — no support
- 4. They recurred at intervals of four years. — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 500, line 11: «What: the Olympic games were held "at intervals of four years" at Olympia.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4). 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 · right ✓
Which of the following accurately identifies the mother of the twins Amphion and Zethus?
- 1. Antiope — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Alcmene — score 1
- 3. Semele, the mother of Dionysus by Zeus — score 1
- 4. Alcmene, the mother of Heracles and Iphicles — score 1
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 500, line 18: «Who: Antiope was the mother of the twins Amphion and Zethus, who were exposed on Mount Cithaeron.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «antiope» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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