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Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic

Tests: 8 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 13 of the history 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. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

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 · right ✓

my cousin says Romulus and Remus are proven history. what's the truth?

  • 1. It is a legend; Rome grew from villages — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 2. It is proven by the old bronze statue of the wolf — no support
  • 3. The wolf's bones were found — no support
  • 4. They were real Greek kings — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 5: «Legend says Rome was founded in 753 BC by the twins Romulus and Remus, who were fed by a she-wolf, but archaeology shows Rome grew from small villages on hills…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+2); the same doer «rome» (+2); the same place «small villages» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor, right?

  • 1. Yes, he was crowned emperor in 44 BC — no support
  • 2. Yes, he ruled for 40 years — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 3. No, Romulus was — no support
  • 4. No, Augustus was the first emperor — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 13, line 7: «Rome was first ruled by kings; in about 509 BC the Romans threw out the last king and swore never to have a king again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rule» (+4); the same doer «kings» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

If one consul wanted to start a silly war and the other said no, what happened?

  • 1. The king decided — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The Senate was closed — no support
  • 3. Neither could act alone, so it was blocked — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The first consul won anyway and marched off to war — 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 · right ✓

Why did Romans hate the word king for centuries?

  • 1. They had thrown out a cruel king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 2. The word was rude in Latin — no support
  • 3. Kings were Greek — no support
  • 4. They had never had a king — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 7: «Rome was first ruled by kings; in about 509 BC the Romans threw out the last king and swore never to have a king again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw out» (+3); the same doer «romans» (+3); the same thing acted on «last king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

You see a football badge with a wolf feeding twins. Which city's legend is it?

  • 1. Athens — score 4
  • 2. Rome — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 3. Sparta — score 6
  • 4. Carthage — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 13, line 5: «Legend says Rome was founded in 753 BC by the twins Romulus and Remus, who were fed by a she-wolf, but archaeology shows Rome grew from small villages on hills…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

Why do we have a month called July?

  • 1. It is named after Julius Caesar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It was named by the Vikings — no support
  • 3. It is named after a Roman river — no support
  • 4. It means "hot month" in Greek — 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 ✓

Hannibal beat Rome many times. Who won in the end?

  • 1. Rome defeated Carthage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. Carthage conquered Rome — no support
  • 3. Nobody, it was a draw in the end — no support
  • 4. The Greeks, who beat both of them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 12: «Hannibal of Carthage, in North Africa, marched an army with war elephants over the Alps into Italy and beat the Romans many times, but Rome did not give up and…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «rome» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Senators killed Caesar in 44 BC. What were they afraid of?

  • 1. That he would free all slaves — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. That he would lose a war — no support
  • 3. That he would leave Rome — no support
  • 4. That he wanted to be king — ✓ 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 9 · right ✓

oi why do germans say kaiser and russians said tsar?

  • 1. Both words come from Caesar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Both mean "wolf" — no support
  • 3. They are Viking words — no support
  • 4. Both come from Hannibal — 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 · right ✓

A town picks its spot where a river can be crossed. Why is that clever?

  • 1. Rivers keep the town warm in the winter — no support
  • 2. No enemies can swim — no support
  • 3. Fish jump straight into the houses — no support
  • 4. Traders and travellers pass through it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 9: «Traders travelled in caravans of camels, which can go a long time without drinking, across the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts, resting in oasis towns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «traders» (+3); the same place «oasis towns» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

Augustus kept saying the Republic still existed. Was he right?

  • 1. No, real power was now with him as emperor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, nothing changed at all when he took over — no support
  • 3. No, he made Rome a Greek city — no support
  • 4. Yes, the consuls ruled 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the person who in 27 BC became the first emperor of Rome.

  • 1. Hannibal — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Augustus — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Romulus — no support
  • 4. Julius Caesar — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Roman Republic?

  • 1. Citizens elected magistrates for terms of one year, two consuls sharing the highest office — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 2. The army appointed a dictator each decade — no support
  • 3. The Senate was elected by all women — no support
  • 4. A single hereditary king governed for life, advised by his sons and the priests of Jupiter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 2: «Rome first had kings. In about 509 BC the Romans threw out the last, cruel king and swore never to have one again. Instead they made a republic, where citizens…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «elect» (+2); the same doer «citizens» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the foundation of Rome.

  • 1. The foundation by the twins is proven by documents — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The tale of Romulus and Remus is legend; the city arose from settlements upon hills by the Tiber — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The city was founded in 1453 — no support
  • 4. The city was established by Carthage — 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the reason for which Julius Caesar was slain by senators in 44 BC.

  • 1. He had surrendered all of Gaul to the enemy — no support
  • 2. He had abolished the month of July — no support
  • 3. They apprehended that he intended to make himself king — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. He had been defeated by Hannibal in Italy — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 4: «Rome fought Hannibal of Carthage, who crossed the Alps with elephants, and won. Then the general Julius Caesar grew so powerful that senators killed him, and h…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); the same thing acted on «julius» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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