Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason crosses a river, meets his uncle, and sails to Lemnos
Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 537 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, so what's Jason's whole mission, innit?
- 1. Sail to Colchis for the fleece — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Win back his uncle's gold — no support
- 3. Get his kingdom back off his uncle, then marry a princess — no support
- 4. Get his kingdom back off his uncle — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, why'd Jason lose a shoe, mate?
- 1. He threw it at a goat — no support
- 2. The river swept it off — no support
- 3. He lost it in the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Gave it away — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 537, line 7: «What: He carries an old woman across a river, and she turns out to be the goddess Hera.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «river» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the old lady, like, for real?
- 1. Athene, the goddess — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A witch — no support
- 3. Medea — no support
- 4. Hera, the goddess — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
How long did Pelias throw the party, then?
- 1. Five days, proper feast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Five days of feasting, games and proper drinking — score 3
- 3. Seven days of feasting — score 3
- 4. Five days and nights, with a big feast every evening — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 207, line 3: «The old vizir catches a chill after the bath and dies, and Noureddin grieves before throwing parties with ten friends.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «parties» (+3); the same action «throw» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
What's the Golden Fleece, dead simple?
- 1. A magic golden fleece nailed to a tree in a grove — no support
- 2. A gold skin on a sacred tree — no support
- 3. A golden ram's skin in a shrine — no support
- 4. A golden fleece in a grove — ← 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 537, line 12: «The Golden Fleece hangs in the Grove of Ares, guarded by "an immense dragon, which never slept."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the proper strongman on the boat, fam?
- 1. Tiphys, at the steering oar — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Jason, at the helm — no support
- 3. Heracles, sat in the bow — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Castor, the boxer, at the rear — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Why were the Lemnian women on the look-out, bruv?
- 1. Cos they feared a raid by pirates — no support
- 2. Cos the men got killed in a jealous rage and they wanted revenge — score 1
- 3. Cos the men had all been killed in a jealous rage by their wives — score 1
- 4. Cos the men got killed in a jealous rage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 537, line 15: «The Lemnian women are alone because their men were killed "in a fit of mad jealousy."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «men» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
What did the queen give Jason, like?
- 1. Her mum's necklace — score 3
- 2. Some bread — score 3
- 3. Her dad's sceptre — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. A golden cup of wine — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 537, line 5: «The crew sails to Lemnos, where Queen Hypsipyle gives Jason her father's sceptre, and the Argonauts forget their quest until Heracles reminds them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «give» (+1); the same thing acted on «sceptre» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
What made the crew forget the quest, innit?
- 1. Chilling with the Lemnian ladies — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Partying with the local girls — no support
- 3. Feasting with the island women — no support
- 4. Drinking wine — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who kicked the lads back to work in the end?
- 1. Orpheus — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Heracles, the big strongman, who yelled at them — no support
- 3. Heracles, who gave them a proper talking-to — no support
- 4. Heracles — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, which god did Pelias sacrifice to?
- 1. Hermes — no support
- 2. Poseidon, the sea-god who shakes the earth — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Poseidon, god of the sea and horses — no support
- 4. Poseidon — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 524, line 1: «The dream god walks the earth scattering poppy seeds, and dreams leave the House of Dreams through an ivory gate for false ones and a horn gate for true ones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dream god» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «earth» (+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 ✗
Wait, what did the old lady promise Jason?
- 1. To help him — score 3
- 2. To shelter him from storms — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. To guide and protect him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. To give gold — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 85, line 2: «By chance the Stranger-man finds Teshumai at her Cave, having lunch with other Stone Age ladies. He politely hands her the bark. She takes one look, screams, a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ladies» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «man» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was Jason chill with the feasting at first, mate?
- 1. Yeah, he moved into the castle and never left the feast — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he moved into the castle and loved every minute of it — no support
- 3. Yeah, he moved into the castle — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he joined in the drinking — 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 · right ✓
Identify the condition under which Pelias consented to surrender the throne.
- 1. That Jason undertake an expedition on his behalf — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. That Jason first undertake a long and perilous expedition across the sea on his behalf — no support
- 3. That Jason undertake a dangerous expedition to Colchis on his behalf and return with the fleece — no support
- 4. That Jason fetch the sacred gold for him — 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 · wrong ✗
State the reason the Argonauts delayed their departure from Lemnos.
- 1. They were absorbed in feasting and pleasure — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They were completely absorbed in endless feasting, dancing and pleasure with the women — no support
- 3. They were distracted by an oracle's warning — no support
- 4. They were so absorbed in feasting and pleasure that they forgot the quest entirely — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 537, line 5: «The crew sails to Lemnos, where Queen Hypsipyle gives Jason her father's sceptre, and the Argonauts forget their quest until Heracles reminds them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forget» (+4); the same thing acted on «quest» (+2); the same doer «argonauts» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the person who assisted in the construction of the Argo.
- 1. Argos, a skilled ship-builder from Thessaly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Argos, a skilled ship-builder — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Argos, the famous helmsman — no support
- 4. Argos, a skilled ship-builder who worked for Athene — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Describe the manner in which Hera revealed herself to Jason after the river crossing.
- 1. By turning into a glowing woman on the far bank — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. By being transformed into a beautiful woman on the shore — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. By changing into a tall beauty standing on the riverside — no support
- 4. By speaking to him from a burning tree — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 537, line 3: «She turns into the goddess Hera, who promises to guide and protect him from now on.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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