Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Cadmus follows a heifer, kills a dragon and sows its teeth

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 534 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 ✗

Mate, who was Cadmus's sis, the one nicked by Zeus?

1. Semele — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Leda — no support
3. Europa — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Io — 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 ✓

Right, so what did the oracle say, like stop looking?

1. follow the cow — no support
2. build a wall — no support
3. seek his sister — no support
4. found a new city — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 534, line 2: «After years of searching in many countries, Cadmus asks the oracle of Apollo, who tells him to stop and found a city instead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same thing acted on «city» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wicked, which animal walked in front of him and showed the spot?

1. a white ox — score 8
2. a heifer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. a bull — score 8
4. a grey wolf — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 534, line 13: «fact: She walks slowly in front of him, and at last she lies down in "the long grass" where Thebes will stand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+4); the same place «front» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, that dragon was mental, so what was its skin like?

1. tough black — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. like armour of iron and leather — no support
3. thick brown — no support
4. hard and covered in bronze plates — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 83, line 16: «Real life: armadillos are mammals, with hair on their bellies and babies that drink milk; they are not a mix of hedgehog and tortoise. Their armour is made of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cover» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Cadmus just chuck a boulder at it first, or what?

1. a spear — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a heavy stone — score 4
3. a sharp spear — score 4
4. a huge rock — ✓ 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 166, line 7: «Where: the king first sees Douban in the hall, and Douban "bowed low to the ground" before him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Honest, how many of his mates did the dragon do in?

1. all of them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. only the strongest of the men — no support
3. all except the youngest one — no support
4. nearly all — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, the teeth thing, who told him to plant them?

1. Hephaestus — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Apollo the Seer — no support
3. Pallas-Athene — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Zeus, king of gods and men — 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 ✗

Mad, how many armed blokes were still standing at the end?

1. five — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. not a single one of them — score 7
3. just the two eldest ones left — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. seven — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 118, line 6: «Who: Thumbling, the peasant's tiny son, who is "no longer than a thumb", and two strange men who want to buy him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «two strange men» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «two strange men» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the last ones do, stop fighting or what?

1. fought on — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. swore oaths — score -3
3. made peace — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. they went back to their homes — no support

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 42, line 7: ««The sob he had fought with so long refused to be beaten … poor Mole at last gave up the struggle, and cried freely and helplessly and openly».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «rat» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which city did they all end up building, innit?

1. Sparta — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the city of Thebes on the Ismenus — no support
3. Thebes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the new walled town of Cadmea — 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 ✗

Did the masters really wait on their slaves at the Saturnalia?

1. Yes, they served food and wine — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yes, at festivals — no support
3. No, but at banquets — no support
4. Yes, at banquets — ✓ the right answer · 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 392, line 6: «The storm keeps going, so the master has to kill his yoke oxen to have food to eat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «food» (+2); the same doer «master» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper skint, did Cadmus get any reward for killing it?

1. a new land — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a marriage to the king's daughter — no support
3. his father's kingdom and land — no support
4. a new city — ✓ 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 ✗

Which deity was consulted at Delphi, according to the account of the founding of Thebes?

1. the Pythian god of prophecy — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Hermes — score 5
3. Apollo — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Poseidon, god of earthquakes — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «delphi» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «apollo» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal consequence of Cadmus's slaying of the dragon?

1. the loss of his men — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the slaying — no support
3. the founding of Thebes — no support
4. the sowing of its teeth — ✓ 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 · right ✓

By what means did the heifer indicate the site of the future city?

1. by lying still — no support
2. by sleeping by the spring — no support
3. by walking to the river — no support
4. by lying down in the grass — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 534, line 3: «A heifer that has never worn a yoke walks ahead of him until she lies down in the long grass where Thebes will stand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lie down» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1); the same place «long grass» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which king dispatched Cadmus in search of his daughter?

1. Phoenix — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Agenor — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Minos — score 2
4. Priam — 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 207, line 7: «WHAT: Khacan pretends to slay his son, then says "You owe your life to your mother."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «slay» (+1); the same thing acted on «son» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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