Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus loses Eurydice twice, then dies, and Apollo's worship is described

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 511 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 so who was Eurydice's dad, no cap?

1. the river-god Strymon of Thrace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Oceanus — no support
3. the sea-god Nereus — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the nymph Oceanid of the deep sea — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh why did Orpheus go down to Hades, was it lowkey a rescue mission?

1. to get his wife back — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. to ask Hades to release his mother from the dead — no support
3. to visit the dead — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. to flee the Thracians — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 511, line 11: «Why: he went because his longing to see her again "became at last so unconquerable" that he had to try.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl what did the snake do to Eurydice, was it sus?

1. struck her arm — no support
2. bit her ankle — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. stung her hand — score -2
4. bit her foot — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 511, line 9: «What: Eurydice was "bitten in the foot by a venomous snake" as she fled across some fields.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «bite» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

fam did Orpheus actually look back, or was that just mid?

1. he turned round to check — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. he glanced to see her — no support
3. he looked back — no support
4. he doubted the gods — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 511, line 4: «Hades agrees to let her go if he does not look back, but he turns round to check and loses her for ever, then Thracian women tear him apart.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn round» (+5); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

so like who tore Orpheus apart, was it the Furies?

1. Thracian women — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. a crowd of drunken shepherds from Thrace — score 4
3. Spartan soldiers — score 4
4. Bacchic revellers — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 511, line 15: «Who: Thracian women, performing the wild rites of Dionysus, "tore him in pieces" because he would not join them.», 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 «thracian women» (+2); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

bet, what happened to his head after they got him?

1. it sank in the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. it rolled to Olympus — score 3
3. it floated down the Hebrus — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. it floated to Lesbos — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 249, line 17: «WHAT HE FOUND: under the oak tree he found "a prodigious great treasure", where "prodigious" means huge.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, what did the Muses do with the rest of him?

1. burned him on Ida — no support
2. buried him near Thrace — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. buried him under Olympus — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. left him there — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 475, line 4: «The new tale starts: a rich moujik who never shared his money dies, and his two buried pots keep him from rest.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo why did the Greeks think Delphi was the middle of the world?

1. Zeus released two eagles that met over the stone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Muses sang there — no support
3. the sacred snake appeared — no support
4. two eagles from Zeus met there — ✓ 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 ✗

so what was the prize at the first Pythian games?

1. olive oil — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a horse — no support
3. gold or silver — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a bronze tripod and a wreath of bay — 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 · ★ · right ✓

rizz check, how did Orpheus charm the beasts?

1. with his music — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. with a magic spell — score 5
3. by his wisdom — score 5
4. with a harp — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 511, line 2: «Orpheus, son of Apollo, sings so sweetly that wild beasts, rushing rivers and whole mountains and trees are charmed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wild beasts» (+3); the same action «charm» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

no way, was Tarquin's book deal a total scam?

1. the Sibyl was never seen — no support
2. no, she sold them — no support
3. the Sibyl burned books and came back — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the books were sold to Tarquin — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 511, line 5: «The text then tells how Apollo was honoured at Delphi, Delos, Sparta and Rome, and how the Sibyl's nine books were sold to Tarquin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «nine books» (+4); the same action «sell» (+3); the same receiver «tarquin» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro where did they find the Apollo Belvedere?

1. ruins of ancient Ostia — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. ruins of old Tivoli — no support
3. a vineyard on the outskirts of ancient Antium — no support
4. ruins of ancient Antium — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, was Niobe's mum turned into a rock?

1. no, into a bird — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, into a snake — no support
3. no, into a tree — no support
4. yes, into stone — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what condition did the rulers of Hades consent to release Eurydice?

1. That Orpheus should walk ahead and never look upon her face until they reached the world above the earth — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. That Orpheus should keep silent and not turn his eyes upon her until they had climbed out of Hades and reached daylight — no support
3. That Orpheus should not look upon her until they reached the upper world — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. That Orpheus should not weep until they left the cave — no support

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 511, line 12: «What: Hades agreed to release her "on condition that he should not look upon her until they reached the upper world".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «reach» (+3); the same doer «hades» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which temple originally preserved the Sibylline books before the fire?

1. the temple of Mars on the Campus — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the temple of Juno at Veii — score 6
3. the temple of Jupiter at Rome — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. the temple of Apollo — 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 509, line 17: «Old word: "celibacy" means living unmarried; now it is used mostly for people who stay single for religious reasons.», 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 «people» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which people spared the island of Delos when sailing against Greece?

1. the Carthaginians — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Athenians — no support
3. the Persian king Xerxes and his army — no support
4. the Persians — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

What became of the father of Niobe's children after their deaths?

1. He took his own life beside his favourite son — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He died in battle at Thebes — no support
3. He fled to Thebes — no support
4. He was turned into stone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 178, line 16: «The boy is buried in an underground room because his father's wise men prophesied that Agib would bring him death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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