Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's gifts and her shield

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 503 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 ✗

Oi, was Athene really born out of Zeus's head, innit?

1. Yeah, fully kitted out in armour — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, Hera made her alone, then Zeus took the credit for the birth at Olympus — no support
3. Yeah, he swallowed her mum Metis first, then she popped out fully armed — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Nah, she sprang from the sea — 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 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swallow» (+5); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was that public mint next to her shrine even for?

1. Storing grain for the poor folk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A public mint where the Athenian state struck silver owls and other coins for trade with all the islands — no support
3. Minting coins for the city and for the temple's priests to offer as gifts to pilgrims — no support
4. Making proper coins for the city — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, why did Athene chuck her flute in the fountain?

1. Coz she looked well daft playing it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Coz the tune was a bit off, like — no support
3. Coz she was fed up with the racket — no support
4. Coz Hera told her off for ruining the feast on Olympus and the other gods agreed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 503, line 17: «The flute: she threw it away after finding out that her face really did look ridiculous when she played it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wagwan, was Athene the goddess of war, or nah?

1. Yeah, all war — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she only fought to protect folk — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, she was goddess of the sea — no support
4. Yeah, that's Ares, but she fought too — 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 ✗

Proper, how did Arachne end up as a spider, then?

1. Athene felt sorry, so she turned her into a spider and let her weave forever in the corner — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. She challenged Poseidon to a race and lost badly, so Hades took her to the underworld — no support
3. She lost to Athene and got whacked — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Medusa turned her to stone, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 503, line 16: «Arachne, a mortal maiden she had taught to weave, beat her in a contest, so Athene struck her with a shuttle and she was changed into a spider.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «weave» (+5); the same doer «arachne» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted for her, but what did Pallas mean, like the name?

1. From pallo, I swing, with the aegis — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Because she was born in full armour and swung her spear at the Titans in Libya — score -2
3. From the aegis — score 6
4. Her shield — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 503, line 15: «Her name: Pallas came from pallo, "I swing", because she swung the aegis round and round to keep enemies away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swing» (+3); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Blud, which tree was Athene's, the one she made up with Poseidon?

1. A vine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The laurel tree — no support
3. The olive tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The fig — 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 ✗

Ngl, what happened to the olive tree when the Persians burnt it?

1. It burned down — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It withered — no support
3. It rotted at the roots — no support
4. It burst into new shoots — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, who did she give the deciding vote to at the Areopagus?

1. The family of the murdered man, who had demanded justice — no support
2. The Erinyes herself — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The judge — score 6
4. The accused person — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 61, line 4: «But Toad boasts too much. He says he loves washing and is never so happy as with both arms in the wash-tub — so the barge-woman gives him a heap of her washing…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «barge woman» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead easy, what animals were sacred to her?

1. Eagle, hawk and raven — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The owl, the cock, the serpent, the dove and the sacred bull of Athens — no support
3. Owl, cock, serpent, olive, the goose and every bird that flew over the Acropolis — no support
4. Owl, cock and serpent — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare clever, what did she invent for the farmers?

1. The plough — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The method of harvesting grain by hand — score 6
3. The sickle — score 5
4. Irrigation channels for dry fields — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 95, line 1: «Very angry now, the Woman makes a Still Magic so that she will never say a third word of praise. The Cave grows so still that a little mouse creeps out. «Ouh!…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «woman» (+2); the same thing acted on «third word» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, who built the Parthenon statue, do you know?

1. Zeuxis — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Phidias — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Myron — score 6
4. Scopas — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 360, line 2: «In Italy, poor little Antonio Canova helps his grandfather in the stone-yard and dreams of making statues.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, why did her temples go on the citadels?

1. To honour the dead heroes — no support
2. To hide — no support
3. For rain — no support
4. To guard cities and walls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 498, line 16: «Why: The Greeks thought people sprang from the earth because tender plants forced their way up "in the early spring".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «way» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which divine attribute did Athene inherit directly from Zeus, as recorded in the text?

1. The power to hurl the thunderbolts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Her spear — score 3
3. The skill of weaving fine cloth — no support
4. The aegis — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 503, line 11: «Her gifts from Zeus: she could "hurl the thunderbolts", "prolong the life of man" and "bestow the gift of prophecy".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurl» (+3); the same thing acted on «thunderbolts» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the Athenians regard the goddess Pallas-Athene, according to the passage?

1. As a lesser goddess — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. With mild indifference — score 3
3. With special veneration — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. With fear — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 503, line 9: «Why: she was the guardian deity of Athens, so the Athenians regarded her "with special veneration".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «athenians» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which object did Athene discard after her unflattering reflection was observed in the fountain?

1. Mirror — no support
2. The flute — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The shield — no support
4. Lyre — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 503, line 5: «Her shield, the aegis, turned enemies away, and her proud flute was thrown into a fountain after she was laughed at by the gods.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «proud flute» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the nature of the casting-vote Athene bestowed at the Areopagus, as stated in the text?

1. Favourable to the accused, but only because Athene feared Poseidon's anger over the trial — no support
2. Neutral, to keep the peace — no support
3. Favourable to the accused — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Against the accused, though she pardoned Orestes later because Apollo had persuaded her to — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 503, line 16: «Arachne, a mortal maiden she had taught to weave, beat her in a contest, so Athene struck her with a shuttle and she was changed into a spider.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «athene» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/503-pg22381-part9/