Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, escapes the winds and the Laestrygones, and meets Circe

Tests: 1 of 15 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 558 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 ✗

Wait, so the giant got totally wasted on that wine, right?

1. Nope, he just sipped it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, he passed out cold — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, he just pretended to be drunk the whole time — no support
4. Yeah, he got really drunk — 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 558, line 21: «What is "beverage" today? It is a drink, such as the strong wine the giant enjoys and that Odysseus brings in a goat's skin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «strong wine» (+3); the same doer «giant» (+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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what name did Odysseus pretend to be?

1. Achilles, the swift one — no support
2. Noman, like nobody — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Ulysses, king of Troy — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Noman, like nobody at all, the stranger — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 558, line 7: «What does Odysseus call himself? He says his name is "Noman", so the giant cannot tell anyone who hurt him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «name» (+7); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay but how did they actually blind him?

1. They heated a stake in the fire and drove it deep into his one eye socket — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They stabbed a hot olive stick in his eye — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They pushed a glowing pine branch in his eye — no support
4. They drove a sharpened log into his face — 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 didn't the other giants help him out?

1. They believed he was just joking — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. They were afraid of the stranger hiding in the cave with him — score 6
3. They thought he was just messing around — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. They assumed the gods had cursed him and wanted no part of his troubles — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 496, line 15: «The Giants "personified brute strength alone", so they had muscle but not much brain.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «giants» (+6); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So how did the guys get out of the cave, fam?

1. They ran away — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They escaped by the back wall — no support
3. They climbed out — no support
4. They hung under the sheep — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who was the dude who yelled his real name?

1. Nobody, from the cave — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The giant himself — no support
3. Odysseus, from the ship — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Eurylochus — 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 ✗

Did the giant throw stuff at the boat, lol?

1. Yeah, he hurled a massive boulder that splashed close by the bow — no support
2. Yeah, a boulder missed the boat — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Nope, he threw a rock far away — no support
4. Yeah, a huge rock nearly sank it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 352, line 18: «In the storm, the captain moans, "All is lost! all is lost!", but Caesar says the boat "will not be lost; for you have Caesar on board."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4); the same thing acted on «boat» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what was inside that leather bag Aeolus gave them?

1. The foul weather gods — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. All the bad winds — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Every stormy breeze — no support
4. All the good winds to carry them home safely — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the crew open the bag, though?

1. They hoped it was gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They were curious — no support
3. They thought it was loot — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They were hungry — 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 ✗

Those cannibal giants, were they actually nice to the guys?

1. Yeah, they fed them dinner — no support
2. Nope, they ate most of the men and then sank eleven of the fleet's ships — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Nope, they sank eleven ships — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Nope, they devoured the crew and sank eleven ships in the harbour — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 558, line 1: «Next morning the giant eats two more men, drives his sheep out, and shuts the cave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «giant» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay so who went to Circe's place first?

1. Odysseus himself, the leader of the crew — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Eurylochus and all the crew together at once — score 3
3. Eurylochus, the chosen one — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Antiphus, the captain's son — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 221, line 8: «Where: the first judging is a game in a house, and the real judging takes place in the Caliph's palace in Bagdad.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «house» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Circe's crib actually fancy or nah?

1. Nah, it was a cave — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, marble floors and gold cups — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, just a hut — no support
4. Nope, plain floors and wooden cups — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Circe's drink turn them into anything?

1. Yeah, they turned into pigs and went on to roam the island forever — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, they became pigs and forgot all their names and journeys — no support
3. Yeah, pigs, but they kept their brains — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, goats, though they stayed human — 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 ✓

What did Hermes give Odysseus to save himself?

1. a magic bronze sword — no support
2. a potion — no support
3. a root — no support
4. a herb called Moly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 498, line 17: «Who: Deucalion was the son of Prometheus, and he and Pyrrha were saved "on account of their piety".», 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

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did Odysseus beat Circe in the end?

1. He resisted her spells and then forced her to swear a binding oath to him — no support
2. He ran outside to fetch help from the crew and returned with a weapon — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He drank, then charged at her with his sword — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. He threatened her, then he left the hall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 558, line 21: «What is "beverage" today? It is a drink, such as the strong wine the giant enjoys and that Odysseus brings in a goat's skin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+4). Against it: the same doer «odysseus» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which name did Odysseus give Polyphemus when questioned concerning his identity?

1. Mentor — score 0
2. Nestor — score 0
3. Nobody Who Is Here — no support
4. Noman — ← 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, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 558, line 2: «That evening Odysseus gives the drunk-to-be giant strong wine and says his name is Noman.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «noman» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By which means did the comrades of Odysseus escape from the cave of the giant?

1. by the door — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by hanging on the sheep's wool — no support
3. by slipping under the flock — no support
4. by clinging beneath the sheep — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal herb which Hermes bestowed upon Odysseus as a safeguard?

1. Lotus — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Basil — no support
3. Moly — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nux — 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 ✗

What fate befell the companions of Odysseus who drank the wine of Circe?

1. They were turned into pigs but kept their human minds — no support
2. They were changed into swine and then imprisoned in Circe's sty for a year — no support
3. They were transformed into swine — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They were changed into dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 188, line 10: «Where: Comari is a place "where men drink no wine by an unalterable law", so Sindbad sails there to trade.», 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 right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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