Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sirens, a shipwreck, and Calypso's island
Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 559 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 ✗
ok so how long did Odysseus chill at Circe's gaff?
- 1. a whole month, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a whole week, mate — no support
- 3. a whole year, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a whole decade, mate — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, who was the dodgy blind bloke he had to visit in Hades?
- 1. Ajax, the moody one — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Tiresias, the blind bloke — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Achilles, the big lad — no support
- 4. Anticlea, the mum — 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 ✗
mate, what gross thing did he dig to catch the blood?
- 1. a well, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a cave, innit — no support
- 3. a fountain, innit — no support
- 4. a trench, innit — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
why'd he tie himself to the mast, like, seriously?
- 1. so he could fish, sorted — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. so he could steer, sorted — no support
- 3. so he could hear the Sirens, safe — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. so he could nap, safe — 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 ✗
what did the lads do that made Helios go mental?
- 1. they nicked the sacred oxen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. they nicked the sacred fish — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. they nicked the sacred sheep — no support
- 4. they nicked the sacred wine — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 236, line 19: «Old words: "bonny" means pretty, and "bogles" means goblins or ghosts, which is why the lads in the next tale fear them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lads» (+2); the same thing acted on «words» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
what did Zeus send to sink the ship, like proper?
- 1. a massive whale — no support
- 2. a massive fleet — no support
- 3. a massive wave — no support
- 4. a massive storm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 559, line 5: «While he sleeps, his crew kill Helios's cattle, Zeus sends a storm, and only Odysseus survives, washing up on Calypso's island for seven years.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «storm» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
who got stuck with Calypso for seven years, poor sod?
- 1. Eurylochus, poor sod — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Hermes, poor sod — no support
- 3. Odysseus, poor sod — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Tiresias, poor sod — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
so what did Calypso want in return, for real?
- 1. him to pay a fee — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. him to stay forever — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. him to be her slave — no support
- 4. him to fight 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
who got her to let him go, like, from the top?
- 1. Circe, big up — no support
- 2. Poseidon, big up — no support
- 3. Pallas-Athene, big up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Helios, big up — ← 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 543, line 2: «Chiron cannot be healed, so the gods let him die, and Pholus dies from an arrow he picked up.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
did Ajax chat to him in Hades, or nah?
- 1. yeah, he chatted — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, he cried — no support
- 3. nah, he ghosted him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, he hugged him — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
why'd Odysseus run back to his ship, like scared?
- 1. Achilles cursed him, scary — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ajax attacked him, scary — no support
- 3. loads of shades crowded him, scary — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Circe called him, scary — 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 · ★ · right ✓
what's Achilles on about, moaning he's dead?
- 1. he'd be a sailor, not king — no support
- 2. he'd be a soldier, not king — no support
- 3. he'd be a day-labourer, not king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. he'd be a shepherd, not king — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 559, line 13: «Achilles would rather be "the poorest day-labourer on earth" than king of the dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «poorest day labourer» (+3); the same doer «achilles» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
how was Calypso's garden looking, mate?
- 1. olives, dates and lilies — no support
- 2. pines, figs and roses — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. vines, grapes and violets — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. oaks, pears and daisies — 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 15, line 6: «The garden has a large rose-tree with white roses, and three gardeners are «busily painting them red».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «garden» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which goddess instructed Odysseus to consult Tiresias in the realm of Hades?
- 1. Calypso — score -1
- 2. Helios — no support
- 3. Circe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Athene — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 559, line 9: «Why: Circe tells him to consult the blind seer Tiresias about "his future destiny."», 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What was the consequence of the crew's slaughter of the sacred oxen?
- 1. Helios granted them a safe voyage — no support
- 2. Zeus sent a storm which wrecked the ship — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. the Sirens rescued them from the sea — no support
- 4. Circe restored them to humanity — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 559, line 5: «While he sleeps, his crew kill Helios's cattle, Zeus sends a storm, and only Odysseus survives, washing up on Calypso's island for seven years.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «storm» (+2); the same action «send» (+1); the same doer «zeus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Upon what substance did Odysseus rely to protect his crew from the Sirens' song?
- 1. sheep wool — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. woven cloth — no support
- 3. river mud — no support
- 4. melted wax — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which account correctly describes Odysseus's response to the Sirens' song?
- 1. He stopped the crew's ears with wax and lashed himself to the mast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. He bound the crew to the mast and ordered rowing — no support
- 3. He sealed his own ears with wax and rowed past — no support
- 4. He stopped the crew's ears with wax and fled the island — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 559, line 15: «The Sirens' songs make men want to leap overboard, so Odysseus is lashed to the mast with "melted wax" in his crew's ears.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lash» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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