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Myths of Greece and Rome, Demeter and Persephone, part 10: Demeter, grief-stricken, searches for her stolen daughter and learns that Zeus allowed it.

Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 504 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 ✓

bro, who actually grabbed Persephone in the meadow?

  • 1. Aides, the underworld boss — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. Poseidon, the sea god — score 4
  • 3. Ares, the god of war — score 4
  • 4. Hermes — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 504, line 8: «WHERE: Persephone was "gathering flowers in a meadow" when it happened.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «meadow» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, how many black horses pulled that chariot?

  • 1. Five — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Eight black horses — score 5
  • 3. Twelve winged steeds — no support
  • 4. Four — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 28, line 13: ««Trot up and down the towing-path as hard as you can, till you're warm and dry again, while I dive for the luncheon-basket.» (a towing-path is a path along a r…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same doer «horses» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

so Demeter was lowkey mad at who?

  • 1. Zeus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Hera — no support
  • 3. Pan — no support
  • 4. Eos — 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 ✗

real talk, how long did Demeter hunt for her girl?

  • 1. Nine days — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. Nine days and nights — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. Ten days and nights — score 4
  • 4. Three days and nights — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 440, line 7: «Where: the girl runs from the witch's house, and the chase crosses a river and a forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

lol, what did Demeter stop eating?

  • 1. Sweet nectar — no support
  • 2. All nectar and ambrosia of the gods — no support
  • 3. Mortal food — score 3
  • 4. Heavenly food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 504, line 5: «On the tenth day Hecate tells her, and Helios reveals that Zeus let it happen, so Demeter leaves Olympus and refuses heavenly food.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «demeter» (+2); the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «heavenly food» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

no way, what flower was the trap?

  • 1. A dazzling flower that gleamed like the sun — score -2
  • 2. A golden narcissus blossom by the stream — no support
  • 3. A narcissus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 4. A hyacinth — 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 504, line 12: «The flower is a narcissus, from whose stem "sprang forth a hundred blossoms".», 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 «narcissus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, which sun god saw everything going down?

  • 1. Eos — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Helios — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Hermes — no support
  • 4. Ra — 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 ✗

bruh, where did Demeter light her torches?

  • 1. Deep in the burning fires beneath Mount Etna — score 7
  • 2. Olympus hearth — score 7
  • 3. The flames of Mount Etna in Sicily — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 4. Mount Etna flames — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 504, line 14: «Demeter lights her two torches in "the flames of Mount Etna" to guide her way.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «flame» (+4); the same doer «mount etna» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

dope, what did Hecate say she'd heard?

  • 1. Screams — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Her mother's sobs — no support
  • 3. Her daughter's cries — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A cry — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 504, line 4: «Helios and Hecate hear her cries but cannot help, so Demeter searches for nine days with torches lit at Mount Etna.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same doer «helios» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey wild, how many blossoms on that flower?

  • 1. Ten — no support
  • 2. Ninety — no support
  • 3. A hundred — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. Nine — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 504, line 2: «She spots a huge narcissus with a hundred blossoms and bends down to pick it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, did Zeus actually sign off on the grab?

  • 1. No, he refused it — no support
  • 2. Yes, he allowed it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 3. Yes, he sent Hermes to guide her down — score 0
  • 4. Yes, he let it happen — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 504, line 5: «On the tenth day Hecate tells her, and Helios reveals that Zeus let it happen, so Demeter leaves Olympus and refuses heavenly food.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «let» (+2); the same doer «zeus» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bet, who was Persephone's mum?

  • 1. Rhea, mother of the gods — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Hera — no support
  • 3. Demeter — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Hestia — 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 ✗

sus, why'd Zeus let Aides take her?

  • 1. To be Aides' wife — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. To be his queen — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 3. For love — no support
  • 4. For a marriage vow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 501, line 10: «WHO: Hera is "extremely jealous" of the women Zeus loves, and she punishes them again and again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «women» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

ok bro, where was Persephone snatched from?

  • 1. A meadow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 2. A flowery meadow near Enna — score 1
  • 3. The sunlit meadow beside the river — score 1
  • 4. A hillside — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 504, line 1: «Persephone is picking flowers in a meadow with her friends, the ocean-nymphs.», 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 (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the divinity who, according to the text, conveyed Persephone to the lower world.

  • 1. Hermes, who guided souls to the underworld realm of the dead — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Aides, ruler of the underworld — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Aides, the dark ruler of the underworld dead — no support
  • 4. Hermes, the messenger god — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the number of days during which Demeter pursued her search prior to encountering Hecate.

  • 1. Nine days — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Ten days and nights — no support
  • 3. Nine nights — no support
  • 4. Nine days and nights — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Specify the reason which, according to the text, led Zeus to sanction the abduction of his daughter.

  • 1. Because Aides had bribed Hera with a great gift of gold and horses — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. That she might become Aides' wife and queen of the underworld — no support
  • 3. That she might become Aides' wife — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. To please the king of the dead — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the manner in which Demeter responded upon learning of Zeus's complicity.

  • 1. She wept — no support
  • 2. She cursed Zeus and hid in the mortal world — no support
  • 3. She abandoned Olympus and refused heavenly food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 4. She left Olympus — 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 504, line 18: «Demeter is angry with Zeus and "refused all heavenly food".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «heavenly food» (+4); the same action «refuse» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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