Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the field of Ares, the Fleece and a murder

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

Lesson 539 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, how did Chalciope feel when she clocked her sons?

1. Dead chuffed — no support
2. Proper gutted, like she'd lost her phone — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Chuffed to bits, like a kid at Christmas — no support
4. Proper buzzing, like she'd won the lottery — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 539, line 1: «The heroes reach Aetes's castle, where Chalciope finds her lost sons and Medea sees Jason.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+1); the same doer «chalciope» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Did Medea fancy Jason the second she saw him?

1. Yeah, she was well smitten with his vibe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she thought he was a bit dodgy — no support
3. Yeah, she was properly smitten with his whole vibe and told her sister straight away — no support
4. Nah, she was more into the idea of the Fleece than his vibe, mate, honestly — 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 ✗

Bruh, what did Aetes do when Jason spilled the tea about the Fleece?

1. He sent in his guards, bruv — no support
2. He went off on one, full rant — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He went off on one, full rant, and then called his whole army out — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He shouted, threw the cups, and then ordered his guards to chase them down — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 90, line 3: «But the Man says the Sea is not obedient: once a day and once a night it rushes up the Perak river and floods his house, then runs out again and leaves only mu…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what did Aetes promise if the boys proved they were proper gods?

1. They'd get the ship — no support
2. The Fleece would be sold, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The Fleece would be theirs, fam — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Gold for them, fam — 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 539, line 14: «Why: Jason must do the task because Aetes promised the Fleece only if the heroes proved their divine origin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «aetes» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what job did Aetes give Jason, like the big test?

1. Yoke the bronze-hoofed bulls to a cart — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yoke the fire-breathing oxen to a plough — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yoke the fire-breathing oxen to a heavy plough and bring back the Fleece — no support
4. Yoke the fire-breathing oxen to a plough and sow the field before dusk — 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 ✗

Who made those fire-breathing oxen anyway?

1. Prometheus, the fire thief — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Hephaestus, the smith god — ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Ares — score 9
4. Zeus — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 154, line 15: «A sick man vowed a hundred oxen, but "hadn't an ox in the world," so he made them out of tallow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+6); the same thing acted on «oxen» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what were the dragon teeth for?

1. To make a poison for the king — score 5
2. To grow a field of golden grain — no support
3. Sowing them so armed men popped up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. To poison the river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 539, line 4: «Medea secretly helps with magic, so Jason yokes the oxen, sows the dragon's teeth and beats the armed men with a rock.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sow» (+4); the same thing acted on «teeth» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Medea give Jason to keep him safe?

1. A sleeping draught — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. A magic salve, like a force field for a day — ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. A sharp dagger wrapped in silk for the fight — score 2
4. A woven cloak that hides him from all foes — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 181, line 6: «Hindbad is a porter, a man paid to carry heavy loads through the streets of Bagdad, and he is weary and sour from his work.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+6); the same thing acted on «man» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did Jason chuck at the armed dudes to make them fight?

1. A shield — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A bronze helmet — no support
3. A spear — no support
4. A massive rock — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how did Jason get past the dragon in the grove?

1. Medea knocked it out with a potion while Jason stole the Fleece — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Medea knocked it out with a potion — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He slew it with a spear — no support
4. Jason slew it with his sword — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 539, line 5: «Jason and Medea steal the Fleece from the sleepy dragon, then Jason kills Medea's brother Absyrtus in a trap.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «fleece» (+4); the same action «steal» (+1); the same doer «jason» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, where was the Fleece hanging?

1. Up high in an oak tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hung from a cedar branch — no support
3. Up high in an oak tree, guarded by a sleepless dragon coiled below — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Up high in a sacred oak tree in the grove — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 5, 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «guard» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, so what did Absyrtus do after Medea set him up?

1. He turned up at the temple in the dark — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He charged at Jason with a sword — no support
3. He sailed off towards Colchis — no support
4. He turned up at the temple in the dark, unarmed, and was caught by surprise — 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, what was Jason's signal after the killing?

1. He shouted to his men loudly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He waved a lit torch in the air — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He waved a lit torch in the air from the bow of the ship — no support
4. He waved a lit torch in the air and then ordered the men to row — 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 14 · ★ · right ✓

Nah for real, what did the talking board say about the Argonauts?

1. They must be purified by Circe or Zeus stays angry, as the oracle warned them all — score 3
2. The gods forgave them but Medea must marry Jason — score 3
3. They must be purified by Circe or Zeus stays angry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. They must be purified by Circe or Zeus stays angry, and the Furies will hunt them — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 538, line 13: «fact: Glaucus: the sea-god told the Argonauts that Zeus wanted Heracles to stay behind for another mission.», 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 «argonauts» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In which place did the murder of Absyrtus take place?

1. Inside the temple of Hecate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. In the grove of Ares — no support
3. At the altar of Hera — no support
4. In the temple of Artemis — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which people were present at the castle to receive the returning youths?

1. Chalciope and Medea, the king's daughters, along with the whole royal court — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Chalciope and Absyrtus, the king's sons — no support
3. Chalciope and Medea, the king's daughters — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Chalciope and Medea, the king's daughters, with their maids and guards — 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 ✗

What condition did Aetes stipulate before surrendering the Golden Fleece?

1. That the heroes demonstrate divine origin by a superhuman task before the whole Colchian court and priests — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. That the heroes demonstrate divine origin by a superhuman task and then leave Colchis at once — score 3
3. That the heroes demonstrate divine origin by a superhuman task — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. That the heroes prove their strength in a single battle — score -1

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 539, line 14: «Why: Jason must do the task because Aetes promised the Fleece only if the heroes proved their divine origin.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «jason» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did Jason render himself invulnerable for the trial?

1. By anointing his spear and shield with a magic salve — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. By wearing a cloak of golden thread — no support
3. By wrapping his body in a bronze shield from Ares — no support
4. By anointing his spear and shield and his whole body with a magic salve from Medea — 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

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