Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace is described

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 515 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, did you clock Zeus setting Aphrodite up with Hephaestus, innit?

1. Nah, Zeus was just chilling and the wine was rubbish, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, the ugly bloke got the fittest wife, proper unfair — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, Zeus gave Ares the wife and Hephaestus got nothing at all — no support
4. Nah, it was Hera who fixed the match and Zeus just watched, then they all had a massive feast on the mountain top — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, why did Aphrodite keep laughing at her hubby's wobbly walk?

1. Cos she was bored — no support
2. Cos he was pouring wine all wrong, mate — no support
3. Cos she was well up for Ares, not him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Dunno, just did — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 515, line 3: «She prefers Ares, so Hephaestus grows jealous and both of them are unhappy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the bit with the wine cup, was it mint or dodgy?

1. He was serving the gods, slipped on the step, and the whole room burst out laughing at him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was pouring for the gods and everyone was in stitches — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was just pouring wine, nothing mad happened there — no support
4. Everyone got drunk and it got messy later on — 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 ✓

Wait, so did Hephaestus just sit there gutted and take it?

1. Nah, he went off and made a new wife out of bronze and gold — score 0
2. Nope, he just laughed along with everyone at the wine feast — no support
3. Yeah, he got well jealous and it made them both miserable — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, he marched up to Zeus, demanded a divorce, and then the whole mountain shook with rage for a whole week after — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 515, line 3: «She prefers Ares, so Hephaestus grows jealous and both of them are unhappy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare shoes that let you walk on air, were they actually a thing?

1. Nah, the gods mostly walked everywhere, though Hermes had winged boots that he wore into every battle on Olympus — no support
2. Nah, Hermes had winged sandals, but that's a different story — no support
3. Yeah, Hephaestus made them in his forge, and they let the gods run across the sea and the sky whenever they wanted, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Yeah, Hephaestus made golden shoes for the gods, wicked — ✓ the right answer · 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 515, line 10: «Hephaestus made "the golden shoes" that let the gods tread the air or water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «golden shoes» (+4); the same action «make» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

That temple on Etna, did the dogs really know who was good?

1. Nah, they just wandered around the temple all day and ignored everybody, which was the whole point of the old place — score 6
2. Nah, they just barked — score 3
3. Nah, they were just random dogs who ran off the visitors — score 4
4. Yeah, they fawned on the good ones and chased the bad ones off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 21, line 8: «Alice had never been in a court of justice, but had read about them in books; she knows the judge «because of his great wig» — and the judge is the King, weari…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «judge» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Poseidon's got a fork, right? What's it do, like, proper?

1. Fishing, mostly — no support
2. Calms the waves and keeps the sea still for sailors — no support
3. Makes earthquakes and pops up islands from the sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Makes storms and sinks ships out at sea — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 515, line 22: «As punishment Poseidon lost his power over the sea for a year, and then he helped build the walls of Troy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «build» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Poseidon's gaff a golden palace, or just a shack?

1. Golden walls covered in sea-monster carvings and a throne room where Zeus visits every single night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Plain stone outside, with a bit of gold inside, nothing fancy — no support
3. Golden outside, with fountains and crystal rocks, mega — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Golden outside, with fountains, crystal rocks, sea-horses in the stables, and a whole fleet of ships moored out front — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Poseidon actually help Zeus, or was he just a bit of a grass?

1. He helped beat the Giants and smashed Polybotes with Cos — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He fought beside Zeus, but then he got cursed and had to serve Laomedon building walls for ages — score 6
3. Nah, he sat out the fight with the Giants at home — score 2
4. He helped Zeus, then ran off to sulk for a year — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 515, line 20: «Poseidon helped Zeus against the Giants, hurling the island of Cos at the giant Polybotes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «zeus» (+4); the same action «help» (+2); the same doer «poseidon» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Hera got a proper hiding, didn't she, for the plot?

1. Yeah, Zeus beat her for being a rebel and a traitor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, Zeus beat her black and blue, then hung her from the sky with golden chains for the whole day and night — no support
3. Nah, she wasn't punished at all, Zeus just gave her a promotion and a new throne next to his for the feast — no support
4. Nah, she got a stern talking-to from Athena — 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 ✗

How long was Poseidon grounded for joining the plot, then?

1. A whole year, chained in the mountains beneath Etna with no food, water, or the company of other gods — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A whole year without the sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Forced to serve as a slave in Troy — no support
4. Chained in a cave for some months — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who did Poseidon team up with to build the walls of Troy, fam?

1. Apollo, for Laomedon — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Athena, for Hector — no support
3. Hephaestus and Ares, for the king of Argos and his sons — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Hermes, for Priam — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 171, line 12: «The third Calender says they are "all three sons of kings," which makes Zobeida's anger cool down at once.», 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 «three sons» (+2); a different action (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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the palace lit up at night with glow-worms, is that legit?

1. Yeah, glow-worms of the deep lit every room, the fountains, the crystal rocks, and the sea-horses' stables all night long — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, the palace was lit by the sun's chariot passing overhead, so it stayed bright every night of the year — no support
3. Yeah, glow-worms of the deep, lit up the whole fairy place — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, sea-lanterns and fire from Etna hung everywhere — 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 god did Zeus bestow in marriage upon Aphrodite, and what was the nature of that union?

1. Hephaestus, whose marriage with Aphrodite was a questionable boon marked by her disaffection — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Hephaestus, whose wedding with Aphrodite was a happy blessing filled with gifts and song — score 7
3. Hephaestus, whose marriage with Aphrodite was a questionable boon, marked by her disaffection, her open affairs with Ares, and a lasting quarrel that shook the halls of Olympus for ages — score 7
4. Poseidon, whose marriage with Demeter was a stormy alliance of the sea and the harvest, marked by a bitter rivalry that the gods never forgot — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 515, line 1: «Zeus thanks Hephaestus for his gifts by marrying him to the beautiful Aphrodite.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did Poseidon chiefly exert his dominion over the sea, according to the text?

1. By the sea-horses — no support
2. By his chariot — no support
3. By the trident, by means of which he produced earthquakes and raised islands — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. By his crystal palace, by means of which he ruled the waves and the fish of the deep — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 515, line 20: «Poseidon helped Zeus against the Giants, hurling the island of Cos at the giant Polybotes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «island» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Upon what occasion did Poseidon undertake the building of the walls of Troy?

1. Upon his marriage to a Trojan princess, to honor the city's gods — score 3
2. After a quarrel — no support
3. Upon a wager with Athena, to win the city of Athens for himself — no support
4. Upon his condemnation, for a year, to forego his dominion over the sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 515, line 22: «As punishment Poseidon lost his power over the sea for a year, and then he helped build the walls of Troy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «sea» (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+4); the same doer «poseidon» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What quality of the sea-god's countenance distinguishes him from his brother Zeus?

1. A softer voice and a gentler smile that charmed all who spoke with him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A stern brow and a graver face, with a longer beard and wild grey hair — no support
3. The absence of kindness and benignity, with sharper and more angry features — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He has the same kind and gentle eyes as his brother, but his jaw is broader and he holds a trident that makes him fearsome to mortals — 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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