Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles saves a maiden, wins the oxen and apples, and enters the Underworld
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 544 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, did you read the bit where Heracles nearly zapped the sun?
- 1. Yeah, he aimed his bow at the sun. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Yeah, he drew his bow and threatened to shoot the sun-god Helios over the sea. — score 4
- 3. Yeah, he threatened to shoot the sun-god with his bow and arrows. — score 2
- 4. Yeah, he threatened to shoot the sun-god — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 544, line 14: «Why does Heracles raise his bow to heaven? The heat is so "insufferable" that he threatens to shoot the sun-god.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bow» (+2); the same doer «heracles» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, that king Laomedon is well dodgy, innit?
- 1. Yeah, he broke his promise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he gave the promised horses, then tried to cheat the hero later. — no support
- 3. Yeah, he broke his promise and then refused the horses to Heracles. — no support
- 4. Nah, he kept his word. — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, Atlas literally got played by Heracles, right?
- 1. Nah, Atlas was the one who tricked Heracles into taking the sky back for good. — no support
- 2. Yeah, he got Atlas to fetch apples. — no support
- 3. Yeah, he tricked Atlas into holding the sky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Yeah, he tricked Atlas into holding the sky while he went to fetch apples. — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 544, line 5: «For his last tasks he tricks Atlas into fetching the golden apples, then goes down to the Underworld to fetch Cerberus.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+4); the same thing acted on «atlas» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Proper gutted for Geryones, wasn't he?
- 1. Yeah, he lost his fight and died — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he fled from the fight. — no support
- 3. Nah, he won his fight. — no support
- 4. Nah, he survived. — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Heracles really swim with a cow over the sea?
- 1. Nah, he didn't swim, he took the golden boat and drove the herd across. — score 2
- 2. Yeah, he towed the cattle by a rope. — no support
- 3. Yeah, he swam with one ox by the horns — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Yeah, he swam across the sea holding one ox by the horns. — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 347, line 10: «WHERE: Gilbert's ships float among "great white ice-bergs" in the cold sea, three days from land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «float» (+4); the same place «cold sea» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Fam, what was that dragon thing in the apple garden?
- 1. A monster that guarded the apples. — no support
- 2. A hundred-headed dragon that never slept — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A hundred-headed dragon that never slept and guarded the golden apples. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. A fierce serpent that guarded gold. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 534, line 15: «fact: The spring lies in a wood and is guarded by a "fierce dragon", which kills the men.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «guard» (+1); the same doer «fierce dragon» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, so who got the apples in the end?
- 1. Eurystheus got them, then they went back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Eurystheus got them, but then they went back to the garden. — no support
- 3. Eurystheus got them. — no support
- 4. Heracles kept them all. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 238, line 2: «At three castles, the Bull's brothers give her an apple, a pear and a plum, and tell her to keep them unbroken until her greatest trouble.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «apple» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, Cerberus had three heads, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, and a dog's tail. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, just one. — no support
- 3. Yeah, and snakes on his back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he had two tails. — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Was Medusa a real threat in the underworld?
- 1. Nah, she was just a shadow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, a shadow. — no support
- 3. Yeah, she was. — no support
- 4. Yeah, she turned him to stone. — 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 ✗
Dude, who got stuck to a rock down there?
- 1. Theseus and his friend Pirithoeus, fixed to the rock. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Theseus and Pirithoeus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Theseus and Pirithoeus, who had tried to steal Persephone. — no support
- 4. Orpheus and Eurydice. — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lowkey, why was Eurystheus so mad at Heracles?
- 1. He wanted him to die on a hard task — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He was jealous because Heracles was stronger and had been sent by Zeus. — no support
- 3. He wanted the apples for himself. — no support
- 4. He wanted Heracles to die on one of the hardest tasks of all. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «heracles» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
So was the last task the easiest one?
- 1. Nah, it was the most dangerous one, guarded by the Hesperides. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, it was the easiest one. — no support
- 3. Nah, it was the most dangerous one — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, it was the hardest one. — 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 ✗
Innit, Heracles beat the giant with a dog, right?
- 1. Nah, he only beat the master, not the dog. — score 5
- 2. Nah, he beat the dog and then the master — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Nah, he beat the dog first and then the giant master in a fight. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Yeah, he beat the dog, then the herdsman, then the giant master of the cattle. — score 5
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 171, line 7: «What: Zobeida asks why they "should first whip the dogs and then cry over them," and the porter says the men want an answer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same thing acted on «dogs» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Explain with reference to the text the reason for which Heracles departs from the court of Laomedon.
- 1. Because the king, having been freed from the monster, once more broke faith with the hero. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Because the king, freed from the monster, once more refused the promised reward and the hero's due. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Because the king, having been freed, once more refused the horses. — no support
- 4. Because the king, having been freed from the monster, once more broke faith with the hero and then drove him from the city in shame. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 85, line 17: «Real life: picture signs are still misread today. The same emoji can mean different things to different people, which is one reason we use words when it matter…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «words» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the number of tasks performed by Heracles and the number of years in which they were accomplished.
- 1. Ten tasks, accomplished over eight years of service, as recorded in the narrative of the hero's life. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ten tasks, accomplished in eight years, as recorded in the narrative. — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Twelve tasks, accomplished in seven years, as told in the story. — no support
- 4. Ten tasks, in eight years. — 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 ✗
Identify the character who, by a stratagem, obtained three golden apples from the Hesperides for the hero.
- 1. Eurystheus, who received the apples and sent the hero to fetch them himself from the far western garden of the nymphs. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Heracles himself, who first climbed the tree and then contrived to put the dragon to sleep and outwitted the Hesperides. — score 5
- 3. Heracles, who contrived to put the dragon to sleep and outwitted the Hesperides. — score 5
- 4. Atlas, who contrived to put the dragon to sleep and outwitted the Hesperides. — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 255, line 6: «who: Jack, a young prince, sent by his sick father in London to find golden apples.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «golden apples» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Describe the manner in which Heracles gained the assistance of Helios for the crossing to the island of Erythia.
- 1. Helios, moved by the hero's courage, lent him a golden cup in which he sailed by night. — no support
- 2. Helios, admiring the hero's daring and his bow, lent him the golden boat in which he made his nightly voyage across the sea. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Helios, struck by the hero's bold threats, lent him the golden boat for a swift nocturnal crossing to the shores of Erythia. — no support
- 4. Helios, admiring the hero's daring, lent him the golden boat in which he made his nocturnal transit. — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 116, line 10: «The King cries, "Ah, how wickedly have I rewarded his great fidelity!" because he realises he treated John unjustly.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «realise» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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