Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achilles drags his body, Penthesilea falls, Achilles dies
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 555 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 Achilles really drag Hector round the walls like three times, no cap?
- 1. nah, he only dragged him once — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. yeah, he went around the whole city like a hundred times — score 5
- 3. yeah, three laps, straight up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, he dragged him around the walls for days and days — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 555, line 7: «What: Achilles ties Hector's body to his chariot and drags it round the city.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drag» (+4); the same doer «achilles» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruh, who was Penthesilea's dad, the one who made her so strong?
- 1. Zeus, the king of all the gods on Olympus — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Poseidon, the sea guy — no support
- 3. Ares, the war god — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. her dad, idk — 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 ✗
so the Amazons were all girls, right, like full warrior girls?
- 1. nah, some men — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, all girls, fr — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nah, men were in it too — no support
- 4. nope, mixed — 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 ✗
wait, why'd Achilles get so salty and bounce to Lesbos?
- 1. cause Agamemnon didn't back him up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. cause Briseis got taken from him — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. cause the gods told him to leave the battle entirely — score -4
- 4. cause Agamemnon stole his prize and insulted him in front of everyone — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 554, line 4: «Agamemnon takes Briseis from Achilles, who sulks in his tent while the Trojans burn the Greek ships.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «briseis» (+2). Against it: the same action «take» (-1); 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
did Achilles really lift the queen up when she was dying?
- 1. no, he killed her again there — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, he was gentle with her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, he cared for her body — no support
- 4. nah, he stabbed her — 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 ✓
ngl that Thersites dude was so weak, what happened to him?
- 1. Achilles punched him dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Diomedes stabbed him down — no support
- 3. Achilles knocked him out with a single punch to the jaw — no support
- 4. Ajax struck him so hard he died later in the tent — 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 ✓
who was Memnon's mum, like the goddess of dawn or something?
- 1. Eos, the dawn goddess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Thetis, the sea goddess — no support
- 3. Hera, the queen — no support
- 4. Athena, the war goddess — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
how did the Trojans even get Achilles, like was it sneaky?
- 1. Paris shot him in the heel — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. Hector stabbed him in battle — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Apollo guided Paris's arrow — no support
- 4. Hector ambushed him at the gate with a spear and a trick — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 555, line 1: «Hector finally stops running and fights Achilles, and he dies at the Scaean gate.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «achilles» (+4); the same doer «hector» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, why did Eos weigh the scales again, that doesn't sound right?
- 1. Zeus weighed their destinies — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Zeus balanced the two of them — no support
- 3. Zeus weighed the fates on scales — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Hera weighed them — 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 ✗
so the Winds carried Memnon away, like actual wind dudes?
- 1. yeah, Zeus sent them down — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. yeah, Eos sent them down — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. no, Zeus did it — no support
- 4. nope, just a storm — 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 528, line 15: «Who: Aeolus was a king of the Aeolian Islands, and Zeus gave him the command of the winds, which he kept "shut up in a deep cave".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «winds» (+3); the same doer «zeus» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+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 ✗
who got Achilles' armour in the end, the ones who fought hardest?
- 1. the Trojans took it from the Greeks after a long battle in the field — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ajax got it, fought hardest, fair — no support
- 3. Odysseus got it, fair and square — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Ajax took 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
did Ajax go mad over losing the armour, that's kinda extreme?
- 1. nah, he went mad but lived on — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, he went insane and later wandered the world for years — no support
- 3. yeah, he lost his mind and died — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, he went totally mad, slaughtered a flock of sheep, and then killed himself in shame — 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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following best describes the treatment of Penthesilea's body by Achilles, as recorded in the passage?
- 1. He lifted her gently from the ground, washed her wounds, and handed her body back to the Trojans with full honour and mourning rites — score 1
- 2. He lifted her gently from the ground and resigned her body with honour — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. He carried her body away and hid it from the Greek army in shame — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. He stabbed her body again and left it to rot on the field of battle — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 420, line 4: «His clever brothers steal the rest, then kill a Diachok who grabs at the gold, and they hide the body.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
According to the passage, which of the following circumstances led directly to the death of Achilles?
- 1. a dart shot by Paris, aided by Phoebus-Apollo, which pierced his heel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a spear hurled by Hector, aided by Ares, which pierced his thigh — no support
- 3. a poisoned dart shot by Paris from the walls of Troy during the dark night after the funeral games, which pierced his heel while he slept — no support
- 4. an arrow loosed by Teucer, aided by Hera, which struck his chest in battle — 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 accurately identifies the prize that was awarded in the funereal games held in honour of Achilles?
- 1. the armour made for Achilles by Hephaestus, which was then awarded to Odysseus by the vote of the Greek leaders — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. the chariot of Achilles, won by Diomedes in the race — no support
- 3. the armour made for him by Hephaestus, awarded to Odysseus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the bronze shield forged by Hephaestus, given to Diomedes — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «own armour» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between Memnon and Achilles, as set out in the passage?
- 1. Both were sons of goddesses and wore armour made by Hephaestus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Both were sons of goddesses and fought at Troy — score 1
- 3. Both were sons of kings and wore armour from Ares — score 2
- 4. Both were sons of goddesses, and Memnon's armour was made by Hephaestus while Achilles' armour was carried by the Winds to Troy — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 469, line 2: «Each night she rises from her coffin and conjures horrors, but he traces a circle, keeps reading and never looks behind him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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