Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 15 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 ✓

in Gladiator everyone dies in every fight. was it like that?

1. No, not every fight ended in death — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. Yes, and the crowd always voted death — no support
3. Yes, every single fight — no support
4. No, nobody was ever hurt — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 11: «Not every gladiator fight ended in death, and the thumbs-up or thumbs-down sign may be a modern guess.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end» (+4); the same doer «gladiator fight» (+4); the same place «death» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

Thumbs down meant kill, right? Everyone knows that.

1. Yes, Caesar invented it — no support
2. Yes, it is written down clearly in Roman law books — no support
3. Not sure; that sign may be a modern guess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. No, it meant "well done" — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 11: «Not every gladiator fight ended in death, and the thumbs-up or thumbs-down sign may be a modern guess.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «thumbs» (+4); the same thing acted on «modern guess» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

Why does Pompeii tell us so much about Roman life?

1. It was never part of Rome — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. People still live in the old houses today — no support
3. Ash buried it quickly, keeping streets, shops and graffiti — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The Romans wrote a long guidebook to the town for visitors — 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 ✓

Your mate says English has nothing to do with Latin. What is true?

1. About half of English words come from Latin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. English is the same as Latin — no support
3. Latin came from English — no support
4. No English word at all comes from Latin, not one — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 15: «Latin was the language of Rome; French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian grew from it, and about half of English words come from Latin, often through…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «half» (+4); the same place «latin» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Why might Christianity spread so well through the Roman Empire?

1. Everyone was forced at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was only taught in Judea — no support
3. Roman roads and one big empire helped people travel — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The emperors were all Christian right from the very start — 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 ✗

If the bathhouse is shut for a week, what would Romans miss?

1. Their chariot races and gladiator shows — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Washing, exercise and chatting with friends — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Their only meals of the day, cooked in the pools — no support
4. School lessons — 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 7 · right ✓

Fans scream for the Greens at the Circus Maximus. What is that most like today?

1. A quiet library — no support
2. Football supporters cheering their team — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. A church service — no support
4. A school exam — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 3: «For fun, crowds cheered chariot teams at the Circus Maximus, like football fans, and watched gladiators in the Colosseum. Many gladiators were slaves or prison…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «cheer» (+3); the same thing acted on «chariot teams» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Why was a fire in the insulae so dangerous?

1. The flats were made of ice and melted in the heat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Firefighters were not allowed in by law — no support
3. Many people lived crowded together in tall blocks — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nobody lived there — 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 ✓

dormice for dinner?? who ate that lol

1. Nobody, it is a joke — no support
2. Gladiators only — no support
3. Rich Romans at their feasts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Every poor Roman each day — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 8: «Ordinary Romans ate bread, porridge, olives, cheese and vegetables, and rich Romans held feasts lying on couches, with dishes like dormice and fish sauce.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «rich romans» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Roman wealth depended on unfree people. Which shows that?

1. Everyone in Rome was paid well for every job they did — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Enslaved people worked houses, fields and mines — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Slavery was banned in Rome — no support
4. Only animals did any heavy work — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 15: «When farms made more food than needed, some people could have other jobs, such as potter, builder, priest or leader.», 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 doer «people» (+2); the same thing acted on «other jobs» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Which is true about a famous gladiator?

1. He never fought anyone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He could be as popular as a sports star — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was paid by Egypt — no support
4. He was always a senator — 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 volcanic eruption whereby the town of Pompeii was interred in the year 79.

1. The eruption of Etna — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The eruption of Hekla — no support
3. The eruption of Krakatoa — no support
4. The eruption of Vesuvius — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dwellings of the majority of the population of Rome?

1. Tents disposed outside the walls — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Caverns beneath the seven hills — no support
3. Spacious villas with gardens and mosaics — no support
4. Crowded tenement blocks termed insulae — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the derivation of the English vocabulary.

1. Approximately one half derives from Latin, frequently through French — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The whole derives from Greek, by way of the Roman poets — no support
3. No part whatsoever derives from Latin — no support
4. Latin derives from English — 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 origin of the greater part of the gladiators.

1. Priests of the temples, chosen by lot each year in the great forum — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Officers of the legions — no support
3. Members of the Senate — no support
4. Enslaved persons and prisoners, together with some volunteers — ✓ the right answer · 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

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