Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34: sea, river, tree and mountain nymphs, Echo and Narcissus, and the winds of Aeolus

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 528 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 mate, who kept the winds locked in a cave, innit?

1. Zeus — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Aeolus — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Hephaestus — no support
4. Hermes — 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 528, line 15: «Who: Aeolus was a king of the Aeolian Islands, and Zeus gave him the command of the winds, which he kept "shut up in a deep cave".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, which nymphs were like sea mist at sunset?

1. the Nereides — no support
2. the Oceanides — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the nymphs who lived in the streams of the deep ocean — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. the Oreades — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 528, line 11: «What: the Dryades were the tree nymphs, and a tree nymph "ceased to exist when it was either felled, or so injured as to wither away".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «exist» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Proper wicked, which nymphs danced on the waves in green robes?

1. Hyades — score 8
2. the Dryads — score 8
3. the Nereides — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. the Oceanides — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 528, line 2: «The sea nymphs were the misty Oceanides, who drifted over the water at sunset, and the lovely Nereides, who danced on the waves in green robes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dance» (+4); the same place «waves» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Is it true Echo wasted away for Narcissus, bruv?

1. Yeah, only her voice was left — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, she lived in the hills — no support
3. Nah, Narcissus loved her back but Aphrodite stopped it at the last minute — no support
4. Yeah, Hera cursed her so she could only repeat other people's words — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 528, line 4: «The mountain nymphs, the Oreades, hunted with the goddess Artemis, and poor Echo faded away for Narcissus until only her voice was left.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «voice» (+2); the same action «leave» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what flower got its name from Narcissus?

1. the hyacinth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the flower that sprang from the blood of the dying Adonis — no support
3. the narcissus — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the white water-lily that floats on still ponds — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did the Athenians build for Boreas after he sank the Persian fleet?

1. a huge bronze statue on the shore at Athens — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a festival — score 3
3. an altar — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. a stone — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 528, line 16: «What: Boreas saw Oreithyia on the banks of the river Ilissus, and he carried her off to Thrace to make her his bride.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same action «make» (-3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, who was Boreas' bride?

1. Chloris — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Oreithyia — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Persephone — no support
4. Halcyone — 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 ✓

Ay, which nymphs chased deer with Artemis, like proper huntresses?

1. the Oreades — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Naiads — no support
3. Dryads — no support
4. the Nereides — 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 ✗

Proper, what do the mermaids come from, them old sea nymphs?

1. the Oreades and Dryads — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Oceanides and Nereides — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the Titan sea gods Oceanus and Nereus with their many daughters — no support
4. the Nereides, the daughters of Nereus and Doris who lived beneath the waves — 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 ✓

Bro, which nymphs looked after the fruit trees?

1. the Meliades — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the tree nymphs of the orchards who were born from the blood of Uranus — no support
3. the nymphs of the ash trees who guarded the groves of Ida — no support
4. the Oreades — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 277, line 18: «Old word: "mihi secus videtur" is Latin for "it seems otherwise to me", a polite way of saying "I disagree".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same action «seem» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wot's the Naiades' gig then?

1. making rain — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. looking after springs and lakes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. guarding trees — no support
4. guarding the sea shore — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, which tree nymph was all strong and sturdy, like a proper beech?

1. the nymph of the great sycamore who guarded the old grove — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. the elm nymph — score -2
3. the ash nymph — score -2
4. the beech nymph — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 528, line 3: «The Naiades looked after lakes and streams, while each tree nymph lived and died together with her own tree.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «tree nymph» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, which nymph was the shy one with blue eyes and a silver dress?

1. the poplar nymph who sang in the wind and had green eyes — no support
2. the linden nymph — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. the elm nymph who wore a golden crown and dwelt by the river — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. the ash nymph — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 397, line 11: «The Two Frogs were neighbors, and one of them lived in a deep pond, "far removed from public view."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Dead simple, who got the Hyades always crying with rain, innit?

1. the seven daughters of Atlas who became a star cluster — no support
2. the daughters of Nereus and Doris who ruled the storms of the sea — no support
3. the Oreades — no support
4. the Hyades — ← 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 528, line 17: «Why: the Hyades were always shown weeping, because they were "invariably accompanied by rain", which is why they seemed to cry.», 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 «hyades» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following nymphs were the daughters of Nereus and Doris?

1. the Nereides — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the children of Oceanus and Tethys who ruled the rivers of the earth — no support
3. the Oceanides — no support
4. the Dryades — 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 · right ✓

To which group of nymphs did the nymph of the linden tree belong?

1. the tree nymphs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the river nymphs — score 4
3. the sea nymphs — score 4
4. the nymphs — 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 528, line 6: «Who: the early Greeks believed that every river, spring and brook had a spirit, and they called these spirits nymphs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «spirits nymphs» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which god gave Aeolus the command of the winds?

1. Poseidon, god of the seas and earthquakes — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Eos — score 8
3. Pan — score 8
4. Zeus — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 528, line 15: «Who: Aeolus was a king of the Aeolian Islands, and Zeus gave him the command of the winds, which he kept "shut up in a deep cave".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «aeolus» (+6); the same action «give» (+1); the same thing acted on «command» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which winds were said to be the children of Eos and Astraeus?

1. the winds — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. the seven planetary stars — no support
3. the storms — no support
4. the four principal winds — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 259, line 19: «"Burd" is an old Scots word for a young maiden, and "Goode'en" is the old way of saying good evening.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old scots word» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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