Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead, part 27: Midas's gold river, then Dionysus and Aides
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 521 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 bruv, who's the wine god with the ivy wreath on his head, innit?
- 1. Bacchus, son of Zeus and Semele — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Eros — no support
- 3. Pan — no support
- 4. Dionysus — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
proper dead question, which god was the boss of the dead lot?
- 1. Ares — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cronus — no support
- 3. Aides — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Typhon — 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 ✓
mate, what did the peeps at the Dionysia do, like, was it a party?
- 1. held plays and processions for him all week — score -2
- 2. competed in tragedies and comedies for him — no support
- 3. sang hymns to him — no support
- 4. held plays for him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 500, line 2: «The great national festival is held at Olympia every four years, and the games unite all the quarrelling Greek states.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «hold» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, who's the dude with the snake-heads dog guarding the gate?
- 1. Pegasus — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the three-headed dog Cerberus — no support
- 3. Chimera — no support
- 4. Cerberus — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓
lol who even pays the boatman with a coin under their tongue?
- 1. the old ferryman Charon of the Styx — score 4
- 2. Pan — score 4
- 3. Hermes, guide of the dead souls — score 4
- 4. Charon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 521, line 16: «What: Charon ferried shades only if they had the toll, "a small coin or obolus", placed under the tongue.», 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 «charon» (+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 ✗
gutted, what's the river that makes you forget everything, fam?
- 1. the river Acheron of sorrows — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Styx — no support
- 3. Lethe — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Acheron — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
bare fit ancient stuff, which river has the grains of gold in it?
- 1. the Lydian river Hermus near Sardis — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Pactolus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Eurotas — no support
- 4. Meander — 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 · ★ · right ✓
sick, what was the name of that panther-riding statue by Danneker?
- 1. Ariadne — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Semele — no support
- 3. Bacchante Ariadne of Naxos — no support
- 4. Hera — 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 · ★ · right ✓
innit, how many heads does the guard dog have, like seriously?
- 1. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. two — score 0
- 3. three heads, snarling — score 1
- 4. three heads, one at each gate — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 341, line 4: «That afternoon the fishermen come back with three boats full of fish, and everyone feels more hopeful than ever.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
bruv, did Achilles reckon being a king of the dead was peak?
- 1. no, he'd rather be a labourer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. yes, he'd rather be a king — no support
- 3. no, he'd prefer a shepherd's life — no support
- 4. yes, he did — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 521, line 18: «Why: Achilles said he would rather be "the poorest day-labourer on earth" than rule over the shades.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «poorest day labourer» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
mad question, what date was the Liberalia partying day?
- 1. 1st of May — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the 17th of March, sacred to Liber — no support
- 3. the 5th of June — no support
- 4. 17th of March — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
ok real talk, which place had the balmy air and lots of flowers?
- 1. Olympus — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Elysium — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nysa — no support
- 4. Delos — 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 ✗
wait, did Midas get rich off a river or off a mountain mine?
- 1. a temple — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a river — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a mine — no support
- 4. a spring — 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 ✗
With reference to the passage, which deity was regarded as the patron of dramatic performance?
- 1. Hermes — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Zeus — score 4
- 3. Eros — score 4
- 4. Dionysus — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 521, line 6: «Who: Dionysus, the god of wine, was regarded as the patron of the drama.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «regard» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
According to the passage, by which river did the shades have to be ferried before entering the realm of the dead?
- 1. the flaming river Phlegethon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the river Acheron of sorrows — no support
- 3. Acheron — no support
- 4. the Styx — ✓ 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 ✗
In the text, which coin was customarily placed beneath the tongue of the deceased?
- 1. a small silver coin of Athens — no support
- 2. a bronze coin stamped with an owl — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. an obolus — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. a talent — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 521, line 16: «What: Charon ferried shades only if they had the toll, "a small coin or obolus", placed under the tongue.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
According to the passage, which judge pronounced sentence upon the shades after their confession?
- 1. Cronus — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Aeacus — no support
- 3. Minos, son of Zeus and Europa, the king — no support
- 4. Minos — ✓ 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
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