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Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is born strange, wins the gods' love, makes his pipe, and guards the shepherds

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 529 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 Pan's dad, innit?

  • 1. Dionysus — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Poseidon — no support
  • 3. Zeus — no support
  • 4. Hermes — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, was Pan's mum like a sea nymph or a wood nymph?

  • 1. a nymph from the hills, like, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. a wood nymph — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. a shepherd girl from the hills — no support
  • 4. a river goddess — 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 ✗

Bruv, what did Hermes wrap baby Pan in?

  • 1. the skin of a golden lion — ← Mova's choice · score 11
  • 2. a fox — score 7
  • 3. a hare skin — ✓ the right answer · score 11
  • 4. a bear — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 529, line 2: «Hermes wraps the baby in a hare skin and carries him up to Olympus, where the gods love him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wrap» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «hermes» (+2); the same place «hare skin» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why did they call him Pan, like?

  • 1. cos he had goat legs and horns and they laughed — score 5
  • 2. cos his goat legs made the gods laugh all night at the feast — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 3. cos he pleased everyone — no support
  • 4. cos he delighted them all — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 529, line 10: «Name: the gods called him Pan, meaning "all", "because he had delighted them all".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «pan» (+6). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wicked, what was the nymph Syrinx's trouble?

  • 1. Pan was after her — score 4
  • 2. Zeus was chasing her — score 5
  • 3. she refused to marry Pan and ran off to the river — no support
  • 4. Pan was chasing her — ← 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 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 529, line 3: «Pan loves music and wild freedom, and he chases the nymph Syrinx until the gods turn her into a reed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chase» (+4); the same thing acted on «nymph» (+2); the same doer «pan» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Dead good, what did Syrinx turn into?

  • 1. a tall river reed by the bank — score 7
  • 2. an owl — score 7
  • 3. a bee — score 7
  • 4. a reed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 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 528, line 5: «Last come the winds: Aeolus kept them shut in a cave, later they became winged youths, and Boreas carried off Oreithyia to Thrace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+5); the same doer «nymphs» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Honest, how many reeds did Pan use for the pipe?

  • 1. seven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. one — no support
  • 3. two — no support
  • 4. seven dozen reeds from the marsh — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Init, why did the shepherds go dead quiet?

  • 1. Pan was sleeping — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Pan was taking his siesta — no support
  • 3. Pan was having a kip — no support
  • 4. Pan was having his nap — ✓ 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 ✗

Gutted, what did the hunters do when they got nowt?

  • 1. they smashed the old carving — no support
  • 2. they dragged Pan's statue out and beat it till it broke — ← Mova's choice · score 0
  • 3. they beat Pan's wooden statue — ✓ the right answer · score 0
  • 4. they threw Pan's wooden statue into the river — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 77, line 15: «The hunter asks "the present habitat of the aboriginal Fauna", which means "where the wild animals of this land live now" ("aboriginal" here = there from the b…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «long words» (+3); the same doer «hunter» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sick, which battle did the Athenians say Pan helped win?

  • 1. the battle of Thermopylae — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Marathon — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. the great battle on the plain near Athens — no support
  • 4. Salamis — 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 ✗

Proper scary, where does the word panic come from?

  • 1. Pan's terrible screams — no support
  • 2. Pan's frightful voice in the forest at night — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 3. Pan's frightful voice — ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 4. Pan's loud, eerie howl — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 28, line 2: «The Mole digs at the water, misses it completely, flips over onto the Rat, grabs the side — and Sploosh! The boat turns over. The water is freezing; the Mole s…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come up» (+5); the same doer «mole» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Massive, what were the Satyrs' skins like?

  • 1. rough and shaggy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. smooth and glossy — no support
  • 3. rough, shaggy and stained with wine — no support
  • 4. bright and golden — 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 ✗

Real talk, who taught Asclepias all his herb stuff?

  • 1. the goddess Athena of the grey eyes — no support
  • 2. the Centaur Chiron — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. the wise Nestor — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. a shepherd — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 1: «The last story is about Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Solomon the son of David, the wisest king, who understood the talk of beasts, birds, fishes, insects, rocks and tre…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «talk» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what was Asclepias's dad called?

  • 1. Hermes — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Ares — no support
  • 3. Apollo — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Zeus — 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 ✗

Which deity was identified as the father of the god Pan according to the passage?

  • 1. Poseidon — score 2
  • 2. Zeus, the king who ruled the gods from Olympus — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 3. Hermes — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 4. Dionysus — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 511, line 1: «The unhappy father of Niobe's children kills himself, and the gods turn grieving Niobe into stone on Mount Siphylus.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «unhappy father» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What object did the nymph Syrinx become, thereby causing the origin of the pipe?

  • 1. a reed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
  • 2. a golden flower on the riverbank — score 0
  • 3. a bee — score 0
  • 4. a tall reed growing by the river — no support

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 29, line 21: «Old words: «implored» = begged; «heartiness» = warm eagerness; «make his acquaintance» = meet him; «mellowed» = softened and warm-coloured with age; «shipped h…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «old words» (+1). Against it: the same action «make» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Athenians attribute their victory at Marathon to the god Pan?

  • 1. the sudden flight of the Persian army across the plain — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. the alarm among the Persians — ✓ the right answer · score -2
  • 3. a sudden storm that scattered the Persian ships at sea — no support
  • 4. the sudden fear of the army — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 529, line 5: «Pan protects flocks and hunters, and people blame him for sudden frights, which is why we say "panic".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the principal function of the Satyrs in the passage?

  • 1. They were the spirits of the wild and the flocks — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. They ruled over the sea and rivers — no support
  • 3. They served as messengers between gods and men — no support
  • 4. They personified the free, wild life of the forest — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. 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 the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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