Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray girl becomes a sister, then the father dies

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 830 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 who even sang that sad stag song while the bread was baking?

1. his big sister — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the lady from the cottage up the hill — no support
3. the narrator's mum — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the old shepherd lady — 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 · ★ · right ✓

wait, where did dad hide the little girl, lowkey?

1. under his sheep-skin cloak — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. wrapped up in a blanket by the fire — no support
3. in his big woolly coat — score 7
4. behind the goat pen — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 178, line 17: «The boy's father hides him so that he can "fetch me out when the forty days have passed," meaning a set period of waiting.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same thing acted on «boy» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

so how many coins did she still have after those Albanian dudes left?

1. none — no support
2. three — score -1
3. two — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. one — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 771, line 16: «Old word: a "ducat" was an old gold coin used across Europe; today it is only found in old stories.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what did the priest shout in church at Easter?

1. Christ has risen, the tomb is empty, alleluia — no support
2. Come in, the saints are with us all — no support
3. Glory to God above — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. "Christ is risen" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 794, line 20: «Old word: "churchyard" means the land around a church where the dead are buried, and it still has the same meaning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same place «church» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

bruh, what happened when Anastasia fell in the water?

1. Her brother shouted loudly — no support
2. The narrator pulled her out — score 5
3. Nobody jumped — no support
4. Aphtanides jumped in after her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 262, line 1: «The lost girl falls asleep by the knoll and wakes at evening, when she hears Habetrot's voice through the self-bored stone.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

fr, what colour was the sea sometimes?

1. red — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. grey — no support
3. dark green — no support
4. blue — 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 ✗

ok what kind of nets was mum making for the bay?

1. sturdy linen sails for the three boats — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. sails — no support
3. fishermen's nets — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. linen shirts — 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 ✗

lol why did they dry her clothes on the boat?

1. they feared the priest would see — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. nobody could know about the fright — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the clothes had to dry before the Turks came back at dusk — no support
4. to keep the robbers away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 797, line 17: «Old word: "mourning" means wearing black clothes to show grief for a death.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+5). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

sus, who were the Franks visiting the mountain for?

1. to see the ancient ruins — no support
2. to climb Parnassus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. to visit the old monastery — no support
4. to study the ancient shrine of the Muses on the high slopes — 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 741, line 8: «Where: he climbs a mountain, where a giant sits "looking peacefully about him".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what food got roasted for the visitors?

1. roast lamb with wild herbs and fresh bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a whole kid goat and some wild birds from the hills — no support
3. bread and cheese — no support
4. lambs and birds — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the robbers do with their tobacco?

1. wrapped it in paper and smoked it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. chewed it in the evenings — no support
3. kept it in tin boxes and gave it to the visitors at dinner — score -5
4. rolled it in scraps of paper and passed it round the fire — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 828, line 11: «The merchant was so rich he "could have paved the whole street with gold", but his son spent it all.», 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 action «spend» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok last one, what was the only thing in the sky that night?

1. a small red light drifting slowly over the black gulf — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a pale moon — no support
3. a cloud — no support
4. a shooting star — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To whom did the mother sing her song of the stag in the hut?

1. To the little girl by the fire — ← Mova's choice · score 16
2. To her husband at the door — score 10
3. To the narrator, while bread baked in the ashes — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. To the narrator, who was sitting near the hearth while the robbers slept — no support

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 with score 16, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 301, line 10: «Night says "I am Night" and asks her to sing every song she sang to the child.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sing» (+4); the same thing acted on «song» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «death» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement accurately describes the coins found in the girl's hair?

1. Three silver coins, later reduced to two — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Three silver coins, all of which were given to the Albanians — score -2
3. Four silver coins, later reduced — no support
4. A silver ring and two coins — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 830, line 10: «The coins: three silver coins are found in her hair, and "they were all her possessions".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «possessions» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal reason Anastasia became the narrator's sister?

1. Her father swore an oath at the monastery that bound the two families — no support
2. A debt owed by her father — no support
3. The narrator's father adopted her after the raid on the village road — score 2
4. An old custom uniting her father to the narrator's — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 830, line 9: «Why: Anastasia becomes a sister because "her father had been united to mine by an old custom".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «unite» (+2); the same doer «old custom» (+2); the same thing acted on «father» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did Aphtanides first make the acquaintance of the narrator?

1. By running to him across the courtyard and shouting a greeting from the village — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By kissing him in the church at Easter — no support
3. By embracing him and proclaiming Christ is risen — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By sharing his bread at dawn — 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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