Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a son found again

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 536 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 the baby gets dumped in a cave, right?

1. Yeah, Creusa hid him in a cave, then Hermes carried him to Delphi and left him on the steps — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Nah, Xuthus found him in the wood by the river — score 5
3. Yeah, Creusa hid him, then Hermes took him to Delphi — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Yeah, Creusa tossed him in the sea then he floated — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 395, line 15: «Who: the Bull hides in a cave, but a Goat "sharply attacked him with his horns".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same place «cave» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, who even is Hermes in this?

1. The god of war who fought at Troy — no support
2. The messenger god who carried the baby — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. The messenger god who carried the baby to Delphi and left him there — score 4
4. The god who guards the dead — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hermes» (+2); the same doer «gods» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so the priestess just adopted him?

1. Yep, she raised him like her own son, then told Xuthus the whole story — score 5
2. Yep, she raised him like her own son and kept him safe in the temple — score 5
3. Yep, she reared him at the temple — score 5
4. Yep, she raised him like her own son — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 536, line 2: «Creusa hides her baby in a wicker basket in a cave, and Hermes carries him to Delphi, where the priestess finds him and raises him as her son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «raise» (+4); the same doer «priestess» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Creusa get all jealous, innit?

1. She reckoned he'd steal her throne — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. She thought he was Xuthus's bastard — score 7
3. She reckoned Ion was her hubby's secret kid — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. She reckoned Ion was her hubby's secret kid from some other woman, so she plotted — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 536, line 8: «Why Creusa hid him: she feared the anger of Erechtheus, so she "concealed him in a lonely cave."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «creusa» (+6); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

That servant was well sneaky, yeah?

1. Yeah, he slipped a drug in the cup — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he put poison in Ion's wine — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he hid a dagger in his cloak — no support
4. Yeah, he was sneaky — 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 · ★ · right ✓

What's a libation, like, actually?

1. A bit of wine poured out for the gods — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A small cake offered to the dead — no support
3. A bit of wine poured out on the ground for the gods before eating — no support
4. A bit of wine drunk to honour the dead — 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 ✗

So the dove just dropped dead, lol?

1. Yeah, it drank from the poisoned cup — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, after it sipped the poisoned wine on the ground and fell over — no support
3. Yeah, after it sipped the wine on the ground — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, it was struck by an arrow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 536, line 4: «At a banquet a servant poisons Ion's wine, but Ion pours a libation first, and a dove that drinks it dies at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+4); the same doer «dove» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Did Ion go mental at the servant?

1. Nah, he just left — no support
2. Yeah, he dragged him to the priest — no support
3. Nah, he gave him a gift — no support
4. Yeah, he grabbed him and accused him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 536, line 5: «Ion accuses the servant, who blames Creusa, and the priestess shows the charms and basket that prove who Ion really is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «accuse» (+4); the same doer «ion» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who did the servant grass on?

1. Creusa, the wife of Xuthus, who had hired the servant — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. Creusa, the wife of Xuthus — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the priestess of Delphi — no support
4. Creusa, the wife of Xuthus and the mother of Dorus — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 193, line 1: «The narrator and his wife carry the dead hunchback to the Jewish doctor's door and send a servant up with a coin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What saved Ion from getting dead?

1. The priestess showed the charms and basket and proved he was the son of Phoebus-Apollo — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The priestess showed the charms and basket — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. The oracle's voice stopped the fight — no support
4. The priestess showed the charms and basket, and Creusa confessed everything right there — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 536, line 6: «Who: Ion is the son of Creusa, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens, and of the sun-god Phoebus-Apollo.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «son» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Creusa and Ion made up in the end?

1. Yeah, they got reconciled after she confessed, and she told him the truth about his birth at last — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, they got reconciled and she told him the truth, and then they all went home to Athens together — no support
3. Yeah, they got reconciled and she told him the truth — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she confessed and Xuthus kicked her out — 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 ✗

Wait, Ion's gonna be a dad of a whole nation?

1. Yep, the Ionians are named after him, along with the Dorians and the Achaeans — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, the Ionians are named after him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, the Dorians were named for him — no support
4. Yep, the Ionians are named after him and he founded their cities — 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 · ★ · right ✓

And who's Dorus, then?

1. Creusa and Xuthus's son, who founded the Dorians — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Xuthus's servant boy — no support
3. Creusa's son, who founded the Dorians — no support
4. The son of Creusa and Ion — 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly identifies the parentage of Ion, as described in the passage?

1. Son of Creusa and the god Hermes — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The son of Creusa and the sun-god Phoebus-Apollo — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The son of Xuthus and Creusa — score 3
4. Son of Xuthus and the sun-god Phoebus-Apollo — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 526, line 3: «Poor young Hymen loved a rich girl, so he dressed as a maiden and followed her to a festival.», 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 «poor young hymen» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the means by which the infant was conveyed from the cave to Delphi?

1. He was carried there by Hermes, sent by Apollo, and laid on the temple steps at dawn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was carried there by Hermes, sent by Apollo, wrapped in the wicker basket with the charms — no support
3. He was carried there by Hermes, sent by Apollo — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was rowed there by fishermen on the sea — 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 ✗

Which of the following correctly states the reason the dove expired after drinking from the libation?

1. The wine was meant for the old servant — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. It had been poisoned by the wine intended for Ion, which the servant had mixed at the altar — score 5
3. It had been poisoned by the wine intended for Ion when the servant secretly mixed it in the cup — score 5
4. It had been poisoned by the wine intended for Ion — ✓ the right answer · score 5

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 530, line 19: «Old word: "auspicious" meant favourable, lucky, or a good sign at the start of something, and "libation" meant a drink poured out as an offering to a god.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4); the same thing acted on «drink» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the individual upon whom Ion initially directed his accusation?

1. The servant — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The obsequious servant of Creusa — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The jealous wife of Xuthus — no support
4. The loyal priestess of Delphi — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 536, line 5: «Ion accuses the servant, who blames Creusa, and the priestess shows the charms and basket that prove who Ion really is.», 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 «servant» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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