--- title: Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heav… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 2043 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2043-pg976-part2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 2043 # Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens **Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 2043 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo, so Theseus is like a tiny kid trying to lift a rock his mum made up as a test, right? - **1.** Totally, and the rock never budges, dude — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Kinda, but he's not that small, dude really — no support - **3.** Totally, and he tries for ages but the rock still won't move an inch, bro, so he waits — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Sorta, he's small but keeps going, mate yeah — 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 2043, line 15: «Why: Theseus believes he is already strong, which is why he is so eager to try.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+2); the same doer «theseus» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} wait, his dad is some king in Athens, like actual royalty? - **1.** Yep, King Aegeus, ruling Attica from Athens — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Nah, King Aegeus, ruling Thebes from the hills — score 3 - **3.** Yep, King Aegeus, ruling all of Attica and the lands beyond the sea from his great palace in Athens — score 3 - **4.** Nah, not royalty at all, just a rich merchant who ruled the harbour town of Piraeus — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1839, line 19: «The new tale begins with Brahma-datta, a king who rules "with righteousness and equity", which means he is fair and just.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rule» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} so his granddad is the boss of the palace, sick! - **1.** King Aegeus, super strong, the boss of Athens and all of Attica and beyond the sea — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** King Pittheus, super wise, the boss of Troezene — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Pittheus, pretty wise, the ruler of Athens — no support - **4.** King Pittheus, super wise, the boss of Troezene and the whole coast and all its ships — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} did he just give up and go home after one try? - **1.** No way, he kept tugging every single day and then his mum finally gave him a sword and a horse — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he left and never came back again — no support - **3.** No way, he kept on tugging every single day — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah he gave up straight away and went home to play with his friends in the palace and forgot all about it — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} ngl the rock sounds like it's cursed or something, what's up with it? - **1.** Just sunk deep and mossy, with ferns growing on it — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** Kinda, it's got a spell on it, mate — no support - **3.** Yeah it's cursed for sure, a witch put a spell on it and nobody can move it at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** Nope, just a normal rock, it's fine — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1852, line 1: «The two friends hurry away from the king's land, and the soldiers hide behind rocks to make sure the prince is really gone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «soldiers» (+1); the same place «rocks» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} his mum seems kinda sad, is she mad at him? - **1.** Yeah, she's really mad at him 'cause he keeps trying to lift that rock and won't stop — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nah, she just feels sorry 'cause he's so eager — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, she feels sorry for him but also wants him to stay home and help with the chores — no support - **4.** Yeah, she's cross 'cause he's so lazy — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} wait, why can't the king just come and visit them? - **1.** He's stuck in Athens with his guards, mate — score 1 - **2.** He's afraid of the sea and the long roads that lead to the forest so he never comes, bro — score 1 - **3.** He's got his whole kingdom to look after, bro — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** He's got his whole kingdom to look after and also a war with Crete, bro, so he can't leave — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 2008, line 2: «When the beast rises at the black rock, the boasting General runs and hides, but a brave youth on a black horse, with a black dog at his heels, comes to fight…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brave youth» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} so the rock is huge, like a giant could barely move it? - **1.** Yep, it's ponderous, like a total lump of stone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Yep, it's massive, like a big boulder, mate — no support - **3.** Yep, it's ponderous and so heavy that even a giant could hardly lift it off the ground at all — score 1 - **4.** Nah, it's light and small, a child could carry it home in one hand and toss it in the river — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1956, line 18: «Old word: "spur up" means hurry, like pricking a horse with spurs to make it go faster.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} did he think he was super strong or what? - **1.** Yeah, he thought he was basically a beast already and could lift any rock in the whole kingdom easily — score 2 - **2.** Nah, he knew he was just a weak little kid, bro — no support - **3.** Yeah, he thought he was basically a beast already — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Nah, he knew he was small and weak, so he asked his mum to teach him how to be brave and strong — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 115, line 11: «Why the King faints: the painting was "so beautifully painted that one thought it breathed and moved."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} is the wood near the city or something? - **1.** Yeah, a wood where his mum takes him to sit — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Nah, it's a deep wood far from the city where wolves and bears roam, so he stays close — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Nah, it's a field far from the city walls — score 1 - **4.** Yeah, a wood right by the city gates where his mum takes him to sit and watch the traders pass — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2033, line 3: «God has the broken heart and the dead bird brought to Him, and He says they are the two most precious things in the city.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same thing acted on «two precious things» (+2); the same place «city» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} did his mum tell him he could go soon? - **1.** Nah, she said not till he moves that rock, and even then he must ask his grandfather first — no support - **2.** Yeah, she said he could leave tomorrow morning with a horse and a sword from the palace armoury — **← Mova's choice** · score -3 - **3.** Nah, she said not till he moves that rock — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, once he gets his new sword, bro — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2043, line 7: «Who: his mother is Aethra, and she is the one who tells him about his father, King Aegeus.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} is this story about a boy who wants to be a hero? - **1.** Yeah, it's about a boy who loves the sea and ships — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Yeah, he's dying to go find his dad and be a legend — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** Nah, it's about a girl who sails across the sea to find a magic sword and become a queen of Crete — score 6 - **4.** Yeah, he's dying to go find his dad in Athens and be a legend, and he trains every day for it — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1824, line 6: «Who: the Prince is a brave boy who helps the eagles, and the Magician Punchkin is a cruel villain who keeps the Raja's sons and Balna's husband as rocks and tr…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same thing acted on «brave boy» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} In the opening part of the tale, what condition does Aethra set before Theseus may travel to Athens? - **1.** He must lift the rock and reveal what lies beneath it — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** He must kill the monster and bring back its head — score 1 - **3.** He must lift the rock — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** He must defeat the bull of Crete outright — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 2043, line 3: «Theseus begs to go to Athens, but his mother takes him to a rock in the wood and says he must lift it first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lift» (+4). Against it: the same doer «theseus» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Describe the manner in which Theseus attempts to move the rock during his early efforts. - **1.** He summons a team of oxen from the palace stables and ties ropes around its rough protuberances to drag it — score -2 - **2.** He grasps its rough protuberances and tugs and toils amain — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** He clutches its rough bumps and heaves and strains with might — no support - **4.** He grasps its rough protuberances, tugs and toils amain, then calls his grandfather to help him lift it — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2043, line 16: «How: he grasps "the rough protuberances of the rock," which means the bumps on it, and tugs at it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grasp» (+2); the same thing acted on «rough protuberances» (+2); the same doer «theseus» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} State the reason Aethra gives for the infrequent visits of King Aegeus to his son. - **1.** He is far away — no support - **2.** The king must tend the affairs of his court and army — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** A monarch must answer to the lords of his realm — score -1 - **4.** A monarch must attend to the welfare of his people — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1943, line 3: «He sets one hard rule: in the last month she must spin five skeins every day or lose her head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «one hard rule» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Identify the condition of the rock as described at the close of this part. - **1.** It is sunken deeper and moss-covered, but a young boy has cracked it open and found a sword inside it — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** It is buried deeper, overgrown with moss, and seems stuck fast — no support - **3.** It is sunken deeper, moss-covered, and seemingly fixed in the earth — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It is sunken deeper, moss-covered, and seemingly fixed in the earth, with ferns and vines curling around its base and roots — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1267, line 13: «Why he breaks the arrow's condition: he sees the fawns playing and jumps "like a fawn" to join them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+2); the same thing acted on «condition» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/e4/) - ← previous: [2041. The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2041-pg902-part11/) - next →: [2044. The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the g…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2044-pg976-part3/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)