Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part 13: Phaethon drives the sun-chariot and falls into the river Eridanus

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 507 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 ✗

Did you read about Helios's couch, like, the one from the sea-nymphs?

1. Nah, it was Hephaestus, proper — no support
2. Nope, the Hours made it, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Nah, that was Zeus, bruv — no support
4. Yeah, the sea-nymphs made it, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 507, line 6: «Who: Helios, the sun-god, rests on "the cool fragrant couch prepared for him by the sea-nymphs."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cool fragrant couch» (+4); the same action «prepare» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Phaethon was like, the sun's kid, yeah?

1. Nope, he was the Dawn's kid, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he was Clymene's brother, innit — no support
3. Yeah, he was the sun's son, dead proper — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he was Zeus's kid, bare — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who was Clytie then, the one who got turned into a flower?

1. Aetes's wife, she was a swan, proper — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Circe's mum, she was a poplar, innit — no support
3. Zeus's sister, she got done, bruv — no support
4. Helios's ex, she was jealous, mate — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, did Phaethon actually get to drive the sun chariot?

1. Nah, Zeus drove it, dead — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nope, Helios drove it, innit — score 6
3. Yeah, for like one day, bare — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he got grounded, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 507, line 14: «What: Helios swears by the Styx that Phaethon may have his wish, and Phaethon asks to drive the sun-chariot for one day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sun chariot» (+4); the same action «drive» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was it sick when the horses went mad?

1. Proper, they nearly set the earth on fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it was boring, bruv — no support
3. Nope, the horses were calm, mate — no support
4. Nah, the horses just walked, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 61, line 10: «A barge is a long flat boat on a canal; here a horse walking on the tow-path (the path beside the canal) pulls it with a long rope, and the barge-woman steers…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who ended it all, like, who stopped the chaos?

1. Zeus, he chucked a thunderbolt, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Hephaestus, he built a wall, innit — no support
3. Aphrodite, she sang, proper — score -1
4. Helios, he sat down, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 498, line 4: «The Greeks guess that people sprang from the ground like wild plants, and the gods teach them crafts, but people grow so wicked that the gods decide to end the…», 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 doer «gods» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did Phaethon land when he fell?

1. In the river Eridanus, bare — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. In the sea off Rhodes, mate — no support
3. In the river Styx, innit — no support
4. In the palace, dead — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 507, line 12: «Why: Phaethon wants proof, so he hurries to his father's palace to "refute the calumny."», 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). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was up with his sisters crying?

1. They went to school, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. They turned into poplars, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. They sailed away, proper — score 5
4. They got married, bruv — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 469, line 10: «Why: the Princess is angry and cries, "Now I'll teach you to go peeping through my windows".», 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 doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

And Cycnus, was he just some random dude?

1. Yeah, he was a river god, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he was Helios's servant, bruv — no support
3. Nah, he was Aetes's brother, mate — no support
4. Nah, he was Phaethon's best mate, bare — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Rhodes was a whole island that came up from the sea, right?

1. Yeah, Helios got it as his share, proper — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it was a bit of land, bruv — no support
3. Nah, it was a cave, innit — no support
4. Nope, it was made by Zeus, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 500, line 4: «Hera hunts Leto with the serpent Python, until Zeus makes the floating island of Delos fast with chains of adamant so she can give birth there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «floating island» (+4); the same action «make» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

How big was that giant statue at the harbour, like massive?

1. 1050 feet, dead massive — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 15 feet, bare small, bruv — no support
3. 105 feet, proper huge, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 50 feet, innit ok — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

Who was Eos anyway, the Dawn lady?

1. Helios's sister, she opened the doors, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Circe's sister, she was a witch, proper — no support
3. Phaethon's mum, she made gold, mate — no support
4. Zeus's wife, she ruled the sea, bruv — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the fate of Clytie, as recounted in this part of the narrative?

1. She was transformed into a flower that turns towards the sun — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. She was transformed into a shoot of frankincense that perfumed the air — no support
3. She was transformed into a poplar tree beside the river Eridanus — no support
4. She was transformed into a swan that brooded over the waters — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 483, line 18: «OLD WORD: "skazka" is a Russian fairy tale, so "only a skazka can describe" means only a fairy tale could describe it.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following correctly identifies the agent by whose thunderbolt the runaway chariot of the sun was brought to a standstill?

1. Hephaestus, the god of fire — no support
2. Helios, the father of the charioteer — no support
3. Aphrodite, the patroness of the youth — no support
4. Zeus, the ruler of the gods — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 507, line 17: «Who saves the earth: Zeus throws a thunderbolt at Phaethon and stops the horses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately states the reason why Phaethon journeyed to his father's palace?

1. He sought to become the guardian of the temple of Aphrodite — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He sought to learn the secret of the frankincense shoot — score 6
3. He sought to receive the Colossus as a gift from Helios — score 6
4. He sought to refute the claim of Epaphus that Helios was not his father — ✓ the right answer · 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 507, line 12: «Why: Phaethon wants proof, so he hurries to his father's palace to "refute the calumny."», 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 doer «phaethon» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly identifies the island that, according to this part of the narrative, was raised from the waters as the share of Helios?

1. Eridanus, the river where Phaethon was buried — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Colchis, the kingdom of his son Aetes — no support
3. Rhodes, which was the chief seat of his worship — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Crete, the island of the sea-nymphs — 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

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