Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 60: Odysseus frames Palamedes, Achilles sulks, Patroclus dies, Achilles chases Hector

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 554 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 Odysseus really stuff cash in Palamedes' tent, or what?

1. Totally, he stashed the money and faked a whole letter, like, super sus, bro, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Fr, he framed him so bad, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he stuffed it in his tent — score -5
4. Nah, he didn't — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 554, line 2: «Odysseus, who hates the wise Palamedes, hides money in his tent and forges a letter from King Priam.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forge» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «odysseus» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so why did Palamedes just sit there and say nothing?

1. Nah, just because — no support
2. Cause he knew it was hopeless, bro — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. Dunno, bro — no support
4. He figured nobody would believe him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 554, line 10: «Why again: Palamedes stays silent because he knows that, "in the face of such damning evidence, the attempt to prove his innocence would be vain."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «know» (-1); the same doer «palamedes» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who even was Briseis to Achilles, like, fr?

1. His captive, the daughter of a priest, and she was super into him, bro, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A Trojan princess he was obsessed with — no support
3. His captive, and she was really into him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His captive, a Trojan princess, and she was totally crushing on him, like, fr — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Achilles go full sulk mode in his tent?

1. Agamemnon took his girl Briseis away from him, so he's totally salty and won't fight, fr — score -3
2. Agamemnon took his girl, so he's salty and sulking in the tent, like, forever, bro — score 0
3. Agamemnon took his girl, so he's salty — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. Cause Hector killed his best friend — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 554, line 5: «Patroclus wears Achilles' armour and dies to Hector, so Achilles swears revenge and chases Hector round the walls.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, Patroclus wearing Achilles' armour sounds sus, right?

1. Yeah, he got super cocky in those shiny borrowed armours and totally went way too far, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he got cocky and went too far — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he got way too cocky, strutting around in Achilles' armour and charging way too far, fr — no support
4. Yeah, he got brave and pushed it — 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 ✗

Did Patroclus listen when Achilles told him to chill?

1. Nah, he ignored him and charged right in — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, he went too far and got smoked — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he ran off and got killed — no support
4. Nope, he kept charging and got killed — 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 ✗

Who finished off Patroclus, like, for real?

1. Hector, the big Trojan dude — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Hector, that's the big bad Trojan prince, Priam's son, no cap — no support
3. Hector, like, the Trojan captain — score 4
4. Hector, that's the big bad Trojan — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 554, line 16: «Why: Patroclus chases the Trojans to the city walls and forgets his friend's warning, so Hector kills him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «patroclus» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Achilles swear he'd wait to do the funeral?

1. He needed revenge on Hector, fr — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He wanted to kill Hector first — score 2
3. He wanted revenge on Hector first — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. He was so sad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 554, line 5: «Patroclus wears Achilles' armour and dies to Hector, so Achilles swears revenge and chases Hector round the walls.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «revenge» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «achilles» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayy, what did Hephaestus cook up for Achilles?

1. A cool new helmet, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A sick new suit of armour — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A new shield — no support
4. Some sick swords — 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 ✗

When Hector saw Achilles coming, what did he do?

1. Bolted straight for the city gates — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He tried to hide inside the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He ran off towards the walls — no support
4. He fled, bro — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 554, line 17: «Who: Hector tries to drag Patroclus' body into the city, but Menelaus and Ajax the Greater rescue it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+4); the same doer «hector» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Who was watching the chase from up on the walls?

1. The Trojan army — no support
2. The Trojan women, innit — score 1
3. Only the gods — score 1
4. The old king and queen, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 503, line 4: «She guarded cities, judged fairly, invented the plough and the wooden horse, and watched over the Trojan war on the Greeks' side.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «watch» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, was Achilles lowkey mad at Agamemnon the whole time?

1. Yeah, he was salty until Patroclus died — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Yeah, he was salty the whole time, right up until Patroclus got killed and he finally cooled off — no support
3. Yeah, he stayed salty till Hector came — no support
4. Yeah, he was mad till Patroclus died — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 554, line 15: «What: Patroclus begs to lead the Myrmidons, and Achilles lends him his own armour and war-chariot.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «achilles» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

In which manner did Odysseus contrive the false incrimination of Palamedes, and what was the ensuing sentence?

1. He hid money and forged a letter — score 5
2. He planted gold and got him stoned — score 0
3. He concealed gold in the tent and forged a letter, and Palamedes was condemned to be exiled — score 6
4. He concealed money in the tent and forged a letter, and Palamedes was condemned to be stoned — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 554, line 2: «Odysseus, who hates the wise Palamedes, hides money in his tent and forges a letter from King Priam.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same place «tent» (+2); the same doer «odysseus» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which act of disobedience by Patroclus brought about his death, and by whose hand did he fall?

1. He pursued the Trojans to the walls against Achilles' injunction, and fell by the hand of Hector — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He charged at the Trojan ranks against Achilles' order, and was struck down by Hector — no support
3. He ignored Achilles' command and pushed on to the gates, and was killed by the spear of Hector — no support
4. He pursued the Trojans all the way to the walls of the city against Achilles' explicit injunction, and fell at last by the hand of the mighty Hector, son of Priam — 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 256, line 1: «explain: The prince falls asleep in the wood, and his brothers swap his magic apples for their own and ride off to London.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+6). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What vow did Achilles make upon learning of the death of his friend, and what was the reason for it?

1. He vowed that the funeral rites would await Hector's death and the capture of twelve Trojans, to avenge his friend — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He swore the funeral rites would wait until he had killed Paris and taken twelve Greeks as slaves, to honour his fallen comrade — score 3
3. He swore revenge on Hector, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He swore the funeral would wait until he had killed Agamemnon and captured Priam, out of grief for his friend — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 554, line 5: «Patroclus wears Achilles' armour and dies to Hector, so Achilles swears revenge and chases Hector round the walls.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swear» (+2); the same thing acted on «revenge» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did Achilles come to be reconciled with Agamemnon, and what gift did he receive in consequence?

1. He returned to battle after the embassy's plea, and was given a shield forged by Hephaestus — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He rejoined the army after the embassy's appeal, and received a new suit of armour forged by Hephaestus — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He rejoined the battle after the great embassy of Odysseus, Ajax, and Phoenix pleaded with him at length in his tent, and received a magnificent new suit of armour forged by the god Hephaestus himself — no support
4. He rejoined the Greek army once the embassy of Odysseus, Ajax and Phoenix had made their appeal, and received from his mother Thetis a new suit of armour forged by Hephaestus — 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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